Just some friction in The Machine |
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Posted
10:56 PM
by Gerald Klaas
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Posted
9:49 PM
by Gerald Klaas
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Posted
6:31 AM
by Gerald Klaas
Declaring "a battle for the soul of the Constitution ... a battle for the soul of America," a broad coalition said Monday that it will pull out all the stops to defeat Janice Rogers Brown's appointment to the nation's second most powerful court.This so-called "broad coalition" includes the Sierra Club, the California Association of Black Lawyers, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, not exactly a set of groups with a history of eternal vigilance protecting the "soul of the Constitution". Sunday, October 19, 2003
Posted
7:40 PM
by Gerald Klaas
It happened to me. I had thought that I would have made a profound difference in the world by the time I was 40. I had thrown myself at the task like a hapless ball against the wall in a game of squash, continually having to take time out for the bitchy little demands of life (paying the rent, etc.), and suddenly I was 40 and the place was unrecognizably worse than when I had first noticed that it was bad! As Doug already knows, I turned 40 this year as well, and as Allen Hacker observed in his time, I too have noticed that the place seems worse than it was when I noticed it was bad, despite all of my individual efforts. I haven't gotten to the place yet where I thought I'd quit, I've always just figured I'd go down kickin'!
Posted
4:49 PM
by Gerald Klaas
When individual incentive is capped and robbed, as it is today through regulations, fees, taxes and rules, the economy suffers. Just like it is, right now.
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Gerald Klaas
I'm trying to follow the ideals of Henry David Thoreau, in his essay On Civil Disobedience. Thoreau refused to cooperate with The Machine of oppressive government and encouraged all moral people to do the same. He referred to this "civil disobedience" as creating friction in the machine. Given enough friction for a long enough period of time, the machine will break.
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