Random Neurons Firing

Allen September 1st, 2005

  • Listening to the Dixie Chick’s song More Love while driving home yesterday.  Tell you what girls:  you load up with all of that personal wealth, drive down to New Orleans and walk around town.  Let me know how that More Love thing goes then.  Oh, when you are done — don’t try to "even the score".
  • So who will serve on the blue-panel ribbon about 7 years from now trying to determine why the big chain retail outfits haven’t moved back into New Orleans?
  • I’m tired of seeing human scum looting and trying to pass it off as justifiable.  Exactly how are those 10 pairs of Nike shoes and plasma TV going to help feed your family?  While I can understand somewhat someone who is out searching for food and water, those who are looting non-essentials are just plain looters.  Thugs and cretins.  Even those who are stealing food and water are still stealing.  And yes, I might do the same thing if I was in their situation.  But just because I’m willing to do it doesn’t make it morally right. 
  • Even more reprehensible are the TV commentators who almost seem to enjoy the spectacle.  We were watching MSNBC last night (yeah, I know — should have changed the channel) when one reporter was commenting on the looting going on at the Wal-Mart.  He said something to the effect of, "Yes this is wrong. But this is a large chain and you almost have to laugh."  I’m going to guess that on the whole "Ayn Rand / Karl Marx" spectrum he’s on the "each to his abilities, each to his needs" end of scale.
  • Below even this are those political cretins who are attempting to blame this on Bush somehow.  Either because he didn’t sign the Kyoto treaty (which the Senate didn’t ratify) or because there is a war in Iraq.  The party of JFK and Truman is dead.  The shambling ghoul calling itself the "Democratic Party"  is like a zombie — it has the same name and appearance of the Democratic party, but it’s really a different creature.
  • Clue to those who are suggesting that the National Guard should be available for emergencies.  No.  They are not the disaster police.  They are there for national defense.
  • Just heard from my wife that people are firing on a helicopter flying over the Super Dome.  I’m sure that will really help things along.
  • I’m so proud of those who attempt to extract themselves from the hellish situation and attempt to help those around them.
  • I’m equally distraught at those who seem to sit back on their haunches and say, "When is the government going to take care of me?"  Have we sunk so low that people really think they don’t have a stake in their own lives?  I just finished listening to Atlas Shrugged and some of the people in New Orleans remind me of the village near Dagney Taggert’s cabin.
  • Speaking of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand was a terrible writer.  Recently wrote a review in her style and it was rather tortuous to write.  Several brilliant passages, but you have to wade through a lot of purple prose to get to them.  I’ll try to quote my favorites later.

So this wasn’t really a link dump, but I had several thoughts I needed to get out.

I’ve been extremely busy at work and a home.  So as before, life trumps blogging.  I’ve made another note to myself to write at least once a day, but that can’t always happen.

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