[geeks] Liber-fascism

[Nick B.]

I'm curious, do you have any experience whatsoever inside the government?  I've
got about 10 years, and every one of them increased my contempt for all things
US Government (civilian side, I have minimal experience with the military side,
and understand things are "Better", FWIW).  The level of waste and corruption
boggles the mind.  I could spend days telling various stories that you would
never believe.
When I tell people about the lady who came to work, and every
day drank at her desk from a clear bottle that smelled of alchol they don't
believe me.
When I tell people about the pair of Cisco ONS 14454s laying in a storage
closet because "it would be embarrassing to return them" they think I'm making
it up.
When I talk about the *three* top end SANs in a fairly small data center, none
of which were in any real use (IBM DS8100, HDS USP and something else, which
I've forgotten the details of) they think I must be joking.
And this is just in the tiny tiny fraction of the US Federal Government I've
seen.  There are a very few things that the government *MUST* do (provide for
the common defense, IMHO police, and I'm willing to accept education).  Allowing
them to do anything else is the height of stupidity.
If you'd like to take this offline I'll provide you more detailed examples, and
a bit more history, but pretty much, when you hear "US Government" think "total
and utter incompetence with malice".
	Nick
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:00:17AM -0500, William Barnett-Lewis wrote:
> I am so tired of these people who bitch about taxes while happily
> using the infrastructure the rest of us have paid for.
> 
> Sorry. But I am so tired of those who think that they somehow have a
> right to pretend that their greed over-rides other people establishing
> a community based on a social contract.
> 
> I belong to a nation that has become great because of a social
> contract that these liber-children want to refuse to honor even as
> they steal our labor value while refusing to pay their fair share.
> 
> If that is what you believe, then fine. Go to some third world
> sh*t-hole that makes Mississippi look like an enlightened nation. But
> do not ask me or my children to die for them while we are doing our
> national service because they have already said they do not want us
> to.
> 
> > --
> > Jonathan Patschke | "There is more to life than increasing its speed."
> > Elgin, TX         |                                   --Mahatma Gandhi
> > USA               |
> 
> Your last post only triggered this rant. I apologize in advance if I
> have misstated your views. OTOH, it I have not, then please consider
> living in another nation as I am tired of supporting parasites. I pay
> my taxes happily and, guess what? I'm willing to pay more if my
> children live in a better world as a result. I feel sorry for yours.
> 
> William
> -- 
> Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance
> like no-one is watching.
> 				Alex White
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