Wednesday, November 27, 2002

This on Education from the New York Times.  One question.  Where are these students to transfer when their right to transfer to a better school that is full going to go when that better school is destroyed due to being filled beyond capacity?  What right will they have then?  This is just another example of the Government's range of the moment attitude, they know they can no-longer look to the future to save them because they know there isn't a future to be had.  Instead they prefer to close their eyes and minds to the future and mutter it will work, somehow. comment [] 4:56:50 PM

Here is a more rational take on the situation from the New York Times. The point that you can't legislate morals is the important one.  Morals are not a decree from the government or God or that inhuman beast called "The People".  Morals come from reality as does everything else.  Man must act as man in order to survive.  There is no way around this not even the ever growing government has the ability to negate reality.  Corporate officials do need to be held responsible, by themselves.  They also need to be checked well by their employers before being hired.  The past isn't a foolproof guide to a person's morals but it's the closest you have.  The Government of this country tries at every avenue to relieve you from the respnsibility of thinking or being rational in it's school system, why then do they cry that executives can't think morally?  How is man to be moral if thinking is branded as outdated?  In order to be moral man needs to use his rational faculty at every step in order to make decisions of Right or Wrong.  When this very faculty is decried as old fashioned or inferior to the will of the People what then is left to judge?  Leave the Government out of schooling and business and let the world recover before you try your approach that has never worked and never will. comment [] 4:51:07 PM

An article from The New York Times, Why Business Needs a More Powerful S.E.C. First off a quote "Do you want to be subject to the varying laws, whims and political aspirations of 50 egos in 50 states? If the vacuum in Washington persists, rest assured that you will be."  Instead of suggesting repealing the laws that he acknowledges are subjective and varying he proposes stronger regulations.  Basicly the question is would you rather what we have or do you want to be subject to the whims and political aspirations of the headless gargoyle know as "The People".  The only outcome of enforcing morals at the point of a gun is finding the gun turned back at you held by a man asking, "What are morals but edicts of the people, brother?" The point on stock prices and people being unwilling to invest in companies who they suspect of wrong-doing begs a question.  When did the government, who's track-record of lies and deciet that stretches from its very foundation become more reputable and respected than the judgement of an individual stock buyer?  Once again the government wants to step in not to return confidence to the market but to alleviate you from the responsibility of thinking, and the consequences of not.  Companies whose executives are un-trustworthy will not be invested in, leading them to ruin, that is how capitalism works.  One more quote.  "So, chief executives, it's time to call your pals in Washington. After all the money you give them, they'll be happy to hear from you. "  This is the exact way we got in to the problem.  Allowing government interference in the market can only lead to pressure groups spending huge sums to make sure their gang has bigger guns.  comment [] 4:40:39 PM

My girlfriend who's also an avid Rand fan, meaning she's a fan of life typed up an essay written by Ayn many years ago on a topic I'd like to write about in the near future.  The topic is the parrallels that can be drawn between Atlas Shrugged, written over 40 years ago to the modern world.  They're not hard to see and I'm going to quote a tagline from Mr. Dave Winer,  It's Even Worse Than It Appears. comment [] 4:11:08 PM

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