Well, Finland has decided that fast broadband access is a legal right that everyone should have. This amazes me, as, unless I am mistaken, even electrical service isn't a legal right here in the U.S. I mean, if you cant pay for it, you are not going to get it. And from my experiences growing up way, WAY out in the middle of BFE in southeast Texas, my grandparents and my parents had to PAY the electric company to come out and run the power that last half mile to where the house was. The only 'right' we had was the right to pony up the money.
Now don't get me wrong. I love my internet access. Its one of the few modern conveniences that I truly would not want to be without (along with microwaves and digital music). But a right to fast broadband access? I don't know. Seems like another reason to have another government agency to me.
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Quote of the Day + Opinion
One of my favorite Thomas Jefferson quotes, I was reminded of it today by a post on Mauser Girl's blog.
Big Government. The words even sound ominous. To me, it conjures up dark visions of Orwellian societies. Or maybe that movie Blue Thunder. Mainly, though, whenever I think about how large and overbearing our government has become, I think about the differences in how people acted when I was a boy and young man in the 70's and early 80's and how people act now. I attribute that change to the constant growth of government and its intrusion into every aspect of our lives.
Everywhere I go, I see the unmistakable signs of the 'sheeping' of our society. Parents no longer try to raise their children, they leave that to the schools and the government. No one tries to discuss problems or disagreements anymore, they either avoid the subjects altogether or call the police, a.k.a, the government. If someone slips on the floor of a store, they immediately sue, since surely it is someone else' responsibility to watch where they are going! If its rains so much that it threatens to flood, people wait for the 'government' to tell them to get to higher ground. If a windstorm trashes a neighborhood, the majority of people will stand around with their thumbs up their butts waiting for the 'government' to tell them to start picking up the debris. No one practices personal initiative anymore. Let people's lives get just a few degrees away from their norm and the sheeple either run around in circles bleating loudly or huddle together in a corner, waiting for someone to tell them what to do. All of these things are right in front of our eyes, yet society just puts on their 'happy-happy-joy-joy' glasses and continues along, secure in the knowledge that if something bad happens, the 'government' will take care of it!
I personally have been able to take care of myself for quite a few years now, and on those occasions where I do screw the pooch, I am entirely capable of dusting myself off and picking up the pieces of my mess. If I happen to need a hand up, I ask for one. Not a handout, nor a lifetime of someone sticking their hand up my arse and working my life. I don't want someone telling me that I can't exercise my constitutional rights. I don't want double standards. I don't want my so-called 'elected officials' trying to legislate every aspect of my life. I am a reasonably intelligent human being, able to work out my own problems, plan my own finances, and plan my own future. I neither want nor need the 'government' treating me like I am a child. I want my government to do what the constitution mandates along with the those handful of jobs that you simply have to have a government perform in this day and age of interlaced world economy. No more and no less.
How about you?
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
Big Government. The words even sound ominous. To me, it conjures up dark visions of Orwellian societies. Or maybe that movie Blue Thunder. Mainly, though, whenever I think about how large and overbearing our government has become, I think about the differences in how people acted when I was a boy and young man in the 70's and early 80's and how people act now. I attribute that change to the constant growth of government and its intrusion into every aspect of our lives.
Everywhere I go, I see the unmistakable signs of the 'sheeping' of our society. Parents no longer try to raise their children, they leave that to the schools and the government. No one tries to discuss problems or disagreements anymore, they either avoid the subjects altogether or call the police, a.k.a, the government. If someone slips on the floor of a store, they immediately sue, since surely it is someone else' responsibility to watch where they are going! If its rains so much that it threatens to flood, people wait for the 'government' to tell them to get to higher ground. If a windstorm trashes a neighborhood, the majority of people will stand around with their thumbs up their butts waiting for the 'government' to tell them to start picking up the debris. No one practices personal initiative anymore. Let people's lives get just a few degrees away from their norm and the sheeple either run around in circles bleating loudly or huddle together in a corner, waiting for someone to tell them what to do. All of these things are right in front of our eyes, yet society just puts on their 'happy-happy-joy-joy' glasses and continues along, secure in the knowledge that if something bad happens, the 'government' will take care of it!
I personally have been able to take care of myself for quite a few years now, and on those occasions where I do screw the pooch, I am entirely capable of dusting myself off and picking up the pieces of my mess. If I happen to need a hand up, I ask for one. Not a handout, nor a lifetime of someone sticking their hand up my arse and working my life. I don't want someone telling me that I can't exercise my constitutional rights. I don't want double standards. I don't want my so-called 'elected officials' trying to legislate every aspect of my life. I am a reasonably intelligent human being, able to work out my own problems, plan my own finances, and plan my own future. I neither want nor need the 'government' treating me like I am a child. I want my government to do what the constitution mandates along with the those handful of jobs that you simply have to have a government perform in this day and age of interlaced world economy. No more and no less.
How about you?
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