Nobody asked but … A drone that executes Americans is no more acceptable than cops who truncate due process. We hear people who say that cops know their jobs, but the very term “law enforcement” includes the preservation of due process, the very oath includes upholding of ALL of the Constitution. — Kilgore Forelle
Category: Nobody Asked, But
Reconfiguration
Nobody asked but … We need to “reconfigure” the mindsets of all those computer nerds who are disciples of whoever thought up “reconfiguring.” He/she was just a person. We users, however, are in the 100s of millions. If I were hopeful of making a living as a computer nerd, I would cater to the 100s…
The Call of the Wild
Nobody asked but … We are in our twelfth year of living on the farm, but a thing happened last week that made us feel helpless for the first time. The dogs who live with us, who run free, caused the death of a yearling deer, close enough to us that we had to try…
Voluntaryism is Stupid
Nobody asked but … Today I was searching the Web for a good definition of voluntaryism (finding several) to create a link in my friend Verbal Vol’s column for this week. The search engine performed admirably until I saw its suggested other searches in the right margin. Number 1 on the list was “Voluntaryism is…
A Secret Statist Decoder Ring
Nobody asked but … Here are some of my Facebook responses to a person who seemed to want man-made legislation, which he incorrectly calls “law”. The choice to do an evil happens at a concrete place while the formulation of a law is an abstraction, and the combination has at least two faults, 1) the…
The Narcissist Who Would Be King
Nobody asked but … Who is more narcissistic, the rich person who wants to buy the opportunity to run the world or the do-gooder who wants to force the rich to buy him the opportunity to run the world? In either case, the running of the world will not be by voters, nor by the…
How Goes the Whiskey Rebellion?
Nobody asked but … One of the negative consequences of collective action is that the desire for free lunch must collide with T.A.N.S.T.A.A.F.L. – There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Lunch. The Hamiltonian solution is taxes, which must be taken, even if violence is necessary, even if killing is necessary. The modern American…
Summer Invasion
Nobody asked but … I had thought that news of this cataclysm was generally known, but I found out in a recent Facebook squabble that it is not yet so. My wife and I and our neighbors must endure a home invasion in our little farming corner, annually. Hordes of uninvited guests cover our hillsides.…
Preserving the Unkeepable
Nobody asked but … Statists, those who would preserve the unkeepable, cannot account for things which are not directly accountable. They deceive themselves and others by choosing to account for that which confirms their bias. That which they wish to obfuscate they make complex. They deal in acronyms, like GNP and CPI. They generate mystery. …
Same As It Ever Was
Nobody asked but … I don’t know about where you live, readers, but here is how we do it in Kentucky. No matter how many early candidates for high office, the big law firms, which run the state, split up their rainmakers among all the candidates. Every big law firm buys part of every candidate.…