Beuricrats Are Often Officious Jerks

who try to abuse power they don't have....

At least, that's my main take-away from Paul's latest post. There's good stuff there, too, but I'm in that sort of mood.

FEMA came in and told those volunteers and Kenna that they had to leave, FEMA was here now. Kenna told them she worked for the firefighters, not them. They were obnoxious, bossy, got in the way, and criticized everything. The volunteers refused to back down and kept doing their job, and doing it well. Next FEMA said the HEB supplies and kitchen had to go, that was blatant commercialism. Kenna said they stayed. They stayed.

New "Buffett Rule"

Let's do like they want, and make it so the guy's secretary isn't being taxed at a higher rate than he is-- lower income tax to 15% across the board....

Different Views

are no good if you haven't got a window.

Fake-traditional proverb that bubbled up from my musing on the growing-more-common pop wisdom about how we need to seek out views that we disagree with online.  Basically, it doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with someone's point of view if you don't share, in some way, their world view.

What is the point in a Catholic arguing abortion with someone who thinks humans are just animals and thus another human's life is worth no more than his dog's?

Sometimes the road one chooses is more important than the shoes one wears-- no amount of walking in another's shoes will get you to a destination that's on a different path.