Archives for the ‘Banality of Bureaucracy’ Category
Thursday, 25 September 2008
I’m just about through with the people in Washington, D.C. and all those who share their mentality.
Frankly, my dear, I no longer give a damn. My short term goals are to keep putting food on the table and gas in the tank so I can get to and from work. My long term goals are [...]
Tags: administration need, bad debt, bailout plan, binary data, bush administration, chris dodd, committee hearing, financial meltdown, food on the table, hubris, long term solution, losing faith, minor breakdown, rasmussen reports, senate banking committee, system collapse, term goals, train wreck
Posted in American socialism, Banality of Bureaucracy, Current Events, Economics, Federal Wars, Government, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Friday, 12 September 2008
Government created the financial market climate responsible for the risky loans that should never have been given. Yet government has now appointed itself the savior that will rescue us from bad decisions made by government. How this guy can be so far off base is amazing.
Self-reliance. Individual responsibility. A faith in free markets and a [...]
Tags: bad decisions, bear stearns, economic model, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal national mortgage, federal national mortgage association, finance lenders, government sponsored enterprises, harsh discipline, home mortgage corporation, lehman brothers, market climate, mortgage finance, national mortgage association, risky loans, securities and exchange commission, self reliance, u s treasury, unprecedented intrusion
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Ideas, Memewars, Nanny State of Mind, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, Trevordamus, United States, War on Intelligence | 2 Comments »
Monday, 8 September 2008
Whether we’ll admit it or not, we are a communist nation. As such, no one is free to fail. No one is free to succeed either. In fact, no one is free at all. We are all pawns in the hands of the politicians - those proud men and women who tell us that they [...]
Tags: apparatchiks, bailout, bear stearns, communist nation, fannie freddie, fannie mae, fannie mae and freddie mac, investment markets, irregular intervals, jim rogers, nationalization, parasite, pawns, presidential candidates, proud men, public private partnerships, ruling party, schemers, tipping point
Posted in Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Current Events, Government, Memewars, Political, Politics, Rampant Consumerism, Signs of the End Times, United States | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
You may not have noticed, but America is in trouble. Our credit is overextended. Our military is overextended. Our welcome in the rest of the world is overextended. Civil liberties are disappearing and it’s only a matter of time before people start vanishing too. As a group, we’re getting fatter and lazier. Our political system [...]
Tags: abdication, beginning of the end, Democrats, executive branches, fiscal policy, foreclosure, inspiration, integrity, jack cafferty, mccain, perfect storm, phil gramm, recession, republican candidate for president, republican party, republicans, rest of the world, umbrella, whiners
Posted in 21st century, Apropos Rumination, Banality of Bureaucracy, Correct Me Please, Current Events, Federal Wars, Government, Ideas, Political, Politics, Trevordamus, United States | 1 Comment »
Friday, 29 August 2008
I spend a lot of time thinking about the role of the state in my life. I’m interested in the limits on legitimate functions and how far those should extend. For more than a decade, I’ve been thinking about how the state’s role is bigger than I am comfortable with. I’ve concluded that the state [...]
Tags: apprehension, cafe hayek, conceptions, dispute resolution services, government agency, irs audit, legitimate role, mistrust, politician, producer groups, silly questions, stockbrokers, uncomfortable chairs, waiting in line
Posted in Banality of Bureaucracy, Government, freedom | No Comments »