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diff --git a/verbose.go b/verbose.go
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+package ENV
+
+// this is an experiment at this point to
+// see how this turns out
+
+func Verbose() bool {
+	// always use the ENV value first
+	if envPB != nil {
+		found := envPB.FindByVar("Verbose")
+		if found == nil {
+			// Verbose isn't in the ENV. do nothing here
+		} else {
+			// return what the ENV has
+			// fmt.Println("returning from the ENV:" + found.Value)
+			if found.Value == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	// nothing in the ENV.  check argv
+	for _, v := range argv {
+		if v == "--verbose" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func If(key string) bool {
+	// always use the ENV value first
+	if envPB != nil {
+		found := envPB.FindByVar(key)
+		if found == nil {
+			// Verbose isn't in the ENV. do nothing here
+		} else {
+			// return what the ENV has
+			// fmt.Println("returning from the ENV:" + found.Value)
+			if found.Value == "true" {
+				return true
+			}
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	// nothing in the ENV. check argv
+	// todo: turn key to lowercase and check here
+	for _, v := range argv {
+		if v == "--verbose" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}