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Friday, June 27. 2008

A couple of Friday morning links

Getting the French to work. (h/t, Flares)

It's about Amendments 1,2, and 14. The NY Sun on the candidates and Heller.

And Tiger on the NYT on Heller. A quote: "There are plenty of Constitutional rights that drive inefficient, inconvenient, or even unwise public policy. One can recognize that a right exists and deplore the consequences of the right." Lots of wisdom in that simple sentence. Rights aren't about efficiency or even effectiveness - they are about human dignity and freedom. As the old saw goes, "Mussolini got the Italian trains to run on time."

Save the planet - ban drive-thrus.

The insane world of Congress. Powerline. Nevertheless, House Dems seem headed for a "permanent majority." Even if deserved, it's a depressing thought because they do not seem to understand even the basics of free market economics - or to value freedom as I understand it.

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"Getting the French to work"

The company I contract with just moved their systems from Europe to the U.S. I believe for that very reason. Getting the Europeans (French especially) to actually DO what we needed done was an all out battle. Every time. It got so bad I actually bought this framed card from "despair.com":

http://despair.com/effort.html

I had it on my desk until the I.T. manager said it might not be a good idea when they had the European project manager in for a visit. heh.
#1 JoeC on 2008-06-27 14:28 (Reply)

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