🚀 go-pugleaf

OK, so we're being "screwed" by our government?  And your answer is what?
maybe anarchy, or what about the wild west.  Even better, let's just forget
the fact that we are lucky enough to have people who care enough about
making our lives better and sacrifice themselves by running for office,
working for the government; often for less money than they could get in "the
real world", and let's get someone who thinks like this to share with us
their wisdom?

I don't work for the government, am not a member of any political party.
And that's my .00000002 cents worth.


"Terry K" <tkspragg@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:3C8E153D.4865C4E0@nbnet.nb.ca...
> The reason why?
>
> Someone in the gov needs excuses to give pork contracts to their
> friends.  Any excuse is OK, so long as they can duck and cover.  Why
> not a shoelace registration, training and license campaign?  Shoe
> laces conceal a wide variety of dangers, including trips and falls,
> resultant medicare costs, lost shoes, even  being an obvious tool to
> accomplish suicide!  We must protect the holeplessly depressed from
> them selves! A new tax on shoelaces should pay for it all, and I
> could write another new database application to keep track of those
> authorised to sell and purchase shoelaces, for only a few million
> dollars.  Hay! if I get the contract, I'll stop criticising,
> right;-)?
>
> The gov promotes contempt by it's actions. Time for real reform.
> Shrink the gov! If we don't, we need shrinks ourselves.
>
> This is so tranparent that most don't even mention it, they just
> grin, bear it, and go down under the table.  The only way to stop
> this is to quit working to avoid taxes and starve the buggars to
> death. That, or we all go to the steps of the capitol, each with a
> pint of rum and an old shoelace, registration fees for the new
> party, or one foot of signed rope,  to be tied into a length
> sufficient to 'restrain' our favorite politicians' excesses. This
> harmless, patently impossible protest method might make for quite a
> party. Shades of Rhinoseriousity! Join the "Grey" Party! So long as
> the last person to tie one on holds onto his property, these threads
> of protest could grow into guite an immoveable ball of string, right
> there in the parking lot. Whoever holds the end with at least one
> hand would be the party boss, and would have another hand free to
> toast the opposition with flammable rum! Such toasting would of
> course  require the use of a bumbershoot and a shower curtain, so as
> not to adversly contaminate the virgin minds of any young persons
> who might see this goings on as perverser than what the gov is doing
> to us with our own stolen tax money.
>
> I say we hold politicians accountable for their campaign promises,
> as if by offering to stand for, and being elected, they had some
> kind of contract with the electorate, who have a right to expect
> "Good Government."
>
> Terry K
>
> Bret Johnston wrote:
> >
> > Ah yes the common sence equation. Ya just can't teach that... It's
almost
> > like the Fire Arms regulations, I have a FAC, I took the course and as
> > before the course I'm still just as carefull as I always was (and for
the
> > snippers that's damn carefull, including 28 years military experiance
with
> > the odd firearm).  They regulate the shit out of me but that still
doesn't
> > stop the illegal sale of restricted weapons and the nut cases, but what
the
> > hell I'm regulated.
> >
> > The Boat Operator Card does not a competent boat operator make.  That
comes
> > with common sense and experiance, even the bureocrates in the ivory
towers
> > should be able to understand that one.  I carry a compass, a GPS, a VHF,
a
> > sounder, an auxillary moter, flares, fire extinguisher etc. etc. etc.
not
> > because I'm regulated because it's stupid not to.  I don't go out in bad
> > weather, I come in if the weather is worsening, I keep my boat well
serviced
> > and have a spare everything.
> >
> > This is like the fire arms thing, one nut case goes into a college and
kills
> > a bunch of women, yes indeed an awfull thing but now I'm regulated to
death.
> > Somebody invents the Personnel Water Craft places the village idot at
the
> > controls and once again I get regulated.
> >
> > End Rant
> >
> > Bret
> >
> > "AK" <adam.kennedy@rogers.com> wrote in message
> > news:3c8baaee.1612988919@66.185.95.104...
> > > I understand what you are saying - but why would a seasoned mariner
> > > take a full day course when he could likely teach it?
> > >
> > > I challenged the test at the boat show and passed. Did the same thing
> > > for the Firearms Aquisition Certificate a few years back.
> > >
> > > Sure -  a lot of it is common sense -  then again a lot of accidents
> > > could be avoided if people excercised that.
> > >
> > > AK.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 23:03:06 GMT, "Stinky_Cat" <me@here.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >X-No-archive: Yes
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >What's the deal with the CCG's Boat Operator Card?
> > > >They to claim to want to improve water safety by forcing people to
take a
> > > >course and then pass a written exam.
> > > >
> > > >I was at the boat show two weeks back and there was an outfit there
that
> > was
> > > >promoting themselves by telling people to try the exam and if you did
not
> > > >pass, you did not pay. It was $40.00 if you passed.
> > > >
> > > >I'm sure you can see what's going on here.
> > > >
> > > >I saw young children, and others, passing this test and I know for a
fact
> > > >they did not pass.
> > > >
> > > >Of course they are going to pass everyone... at $40.00 a head, how
can
> > they
> > > >not... this is easy money. What a racket!
> > > >It does not seem to be regulated at all.
> > > >
> > > >By the way.. I passed. :)
> > > >
> > > >SC/*
> > > >
> > > >
> > >