Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Sweet land of liberty...
Mike reflects on how far we’ve come [links in original]:
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Mike reflects on how far we’ve come [links in original]:
Keep telling yourself how “free†you are next time you strap on your government-mandated seat belt to drive your heavily regulated automobile to a garage sale that’s been federally-inspected and sanctioned [link now dead, try this one- o.g.], or flush your government-approved toilet — the necessary two or three times. Keep it in mind when you try to hire someone who doesn’t meet federal diversity standards, and oh — better be sure you pay them the wage the government tells you is high enough, too. Don’t even think about enjoying a flavored cigarette on your break; best forget about sodas and other drinks with sugar in them too, because they’re next on the ban-list. When you get home and notice that one of your piece of shit government-mandated CFL lightbulbs is dead, be sure to dispose of it according to federal regulations. And thank your benevolent government every day for the one freedom you actually do retain: the “freedom†to do everything the government tells you, as and when it tells you.Be sure to read the whole thing; skip it and you’ll miss Mike’s total demolition of the Wall Street Journal’s Thomas Frank.
No tyranny to see here, folks, just government-approved FREEDOM!
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Interesting to see an approving post quoting an endless gripe about regulation following a 3000-word post complaining about the WSJ's efforts to undermine... much needed regulation.
All regulation is bad except the ones prevening your personal business from being choked to death, eh?
Posted by: glasnost at 09/27/09 02:29:37 (OfNdr)
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I wrote a (long) reply which somehow got trapped in the spamcatcher, so until Pixy retrieves it...
The common thread you're looking for is both involve a powerful institution that's making things tough for the individual: The CLECS have that power because of previous government regulation; the government has that power because we have granted it to it.
Call me an equal-opportunity distruster: Suspicious of big government and big business.
The common thread you're looking for is both involve a powerful institution that's making things tough for the individual: The CLECS have that power because of previous government regulation; the government has that power because we have granted it to it.
Call me an equal-opportunity distruster: Suspicious of big government and big business.
Posted by: Old Grouch at 09/27/09 16:00:18 (dt7YR)
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