tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post62264423556416408..comments2024-03-29T09:25:32.972-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "Government" and "Efficiency" . . . two words seldom found togetherPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40476867570321177242019-07-14T01:34:13.169-05:002019-07-14T01:34:13.169-05:00Language barriers are still an issue when dealing ...Language barriers are still an issue when dealing with USCIS. Good luck finding a native-born English speaker to help you with any problems. <br /><br /> Protip: There aren't any. <br />Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34739873318891367282019-07-12T04:00:45.098-05:002019-07-12T04:00:45.098-05:00This is because there are two governments.
The sh...This is because there are two governments.<br /><br />The shadow government created by Mr. Wilson, a.k.a. the "Deep State" and the one you get to vote for. The one you vote for controls ever less, including who counts the votes.OvergrownHobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683596916721077471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29437048537554798862019-07-10T07:19:22.012-05:002019-07-10T07:19:22.012-05:00On the other hand, if you think about it you quick...On the other hand, if you think about it you quickly realize that an efficient government would be a serious menace. <br /><br />The major problem, of course, is that the government is trying to do too goddamn much. Over the course of decades I have come to realize that I do not have a detailed political philosophy. I don't want to limit government because I have some list of powers and responsibility that I think government should have. I simply serve what it has done and not done in the past. And I say "That isn't working. How about we stop and do something else?"<br /><br />Based on historical observation; governments are good at brute force and bean counting. When not distracted by other issues governments do ok at building roads (brute force) and delivering the mail (bean counting). Governments should maintain the armed forces because attempts at privatizing that function have been worse than government armies (see; the 30 Years War). And governments are catastrophically bad at anything requiring taste, subtlety, and nuance. Hence, Governments should get the hell out of buying Art, advising people on their diets, and overseeing medical care.<br /><br />We need to tell our elected representatives that, no matter how entrancing the prospect of overhauling Health Care (or some other glittery distraction) may be, we want them to upgrade and maintain the roads and the borders first. When and if they get that under control, we can talk about other issues.C. S. P. Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307088118631856756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67750556501570227962019-07-09T14:22:29.177-05:002019-07-09T14:22:29.177-05:00Some time back here in Mpls., MN I attended a publ...Some time back here in Mpls., MN I attended a public forum on traffic 'congestion'. One of the county commissioners stated, 'You can't build your way out of congestion,' in an attempt to make so-called Light Rail more palatable to the public. When I replied in the public comment session that while that might be true you can certainly not-build your way into it, I got a round of applause.Bob Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01605741445499179146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63068204975173130562019-07-09T10:49:45.216-05:002019-07-09T10:49:45.216-05:0095 has been a cluster from day 1!!! Within a month...95 has been a cluster from day 1!!! Within a month of it's completion, there were already backups in Jacksonville, FL, and in NC and VA... sigh Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89099771660987741792019-07-09T09:29:54.871-05:002019-07-09T09:29:54.871-05:00You assume ineptness where malice may be present. ...You assume ineptness where malice may be present. Take roads for example. Air quality regs make it harder and harder to increase traffic throughput. The intent is to force us off the roads and into public transit, move closer to work, carpool, and so forth, eroding our actual freedoms, all in the name of reducing emissions.CDHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269477811093343097noreply@blogger.com