"Rooted" may be a better choice of words. What you see above is the top of an actual fence post that used to sit on my property.

The photograph above represents what I eventually came to see whenever I paid it a visit. So I brought it to life with my camera and some computer software simply as an exercise in creativity.

I can only attest for the 23 years I have lived here but local historians believe it's a good bet this post was probably placed in the ground over a hundred years ago. The general consensus is that it was set where it shouldn't of been; just outside my property line.

So last spring when the city of Alpine was reassessing it's property the location of my errant post was duly noted.

When I took down the fence [by demand] this post was so stubborn I had to pull it out with a tow chain hitched to the chassis of my truck. Apparently it was placed in the ground when it was still alive and as a result of an apparent "last gasp" effort, it sprouted roots. Seriously, a fence post with actual roots.

My wife has labeled me as a know-it-all (and as she is one herself she must certainly be correct). Know it or not it's her rhetoric reference to the the fact that my opinions are rooted in 62 years of experience. The fence post story illustrates the fact that right or wrong, in the end, even the most established and rooted of "whatever" can be dislodged with proper persuasion. So please feel free to attempt to dislodge any of my opinions that follow if deemed necessary.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Broccoli of Logic

Makes me want to gag.

Mandated health insurance is now being compared to auto insurance. If you drive you must have auto insurance. I agree with that. Good idea. The flawed logic that follows is that if you are alive you must have health insurance.

This logic, 'spoon fed' to the masses by the Obama administration and propagated by the mainstream media, is like being forced to eat broccoli, or lima beans or in my case, asparagus. What's next, mandated life insurance? Burial insurance?

Many people don't even own a vehicle. Some who do never intend to drive them. Can you imagine the outrage of New Yorkers who walk, bicycle or use mass transit if they were forced to purchase auto insurance via a government mandate?!

Ironically, if you do own a vehicle and drive, your mandated auto insurance covers medical expenses for at the very least, someone you hurt in an accident (you can choose to exclude yourself).

The solid logic that follows the above is that not everyone needs or wants health insurance.

Here's a very enlightening video from Reason TV illustrating how some people, by their own free will, choose to spend their hard earned money on other 'stuff:'



- Larry
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The Ignoramuses Rule

The airport serves about 20 people a day, and the only flights are to Washington, D.C. Dozens, perhaps hundreds of news outlets covered this story of waste over the last several months, after the airport snagged an additional $800,000 in stimulus funds to pave a backup runway.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) proposed an amendment to stop the insanity. He sums the situation up (house floor video) tidily and bleakly. "This is something we need to stop. If we can't stop it, we can't stop anything."

The bill was DEFEATED!



- From Reason.com
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I'm Being Tortured by Stories of Torture!

What's the big deal?

Here's a list of the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques as reported by ABC news:
  • The Attention Grab torture.
  • The Attention slap torture.
  • The belly slap torture.
  • The Long time sanding torture.
  • The cold cell torture.
  • The water boarding torture.
So far I've been lucky, I’ve never been captured by anyone for any reason and yet have endured much more torture than that which is listed above.

The following is a list of tortures I have endured:
  • The silent torture (coupled with the I don’t hear you torture).
  • The won’t shut up torture.
  • The wash your own clothes torture (coupled with the make your own bed torture).
  • The "don’t touch me!" (cold shoulder) torture.
  • The "it wasn’t me" torture, and,
  • The absolute mind breaking, over the line, demonic torture, delivered by hand picked, hardened teen-aged torturers, the 'I know more than you do' torture.
I have to admit, I’ve never been water boarded but apparently there must be some appeal or amusement involved with the process as two C.I.A. prisoners took the ride 266 times before they decided to 'open up' to their interrogators.

- Larry
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