tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post9182809359873788727..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Sturgeon's Law As A General PrincipleRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-47628364383505188782014-06-02T12:52:49.882-04:002014-06-02T12:52:49.882-04:00I don't know Roberta. I tend to think the mach...I don't know Roberta. I tend to think the machine of government has gotten so large that even the rich no longer control it. The machine is sucking ever more resources from the nation, and eventually it will collapse when there's no more, eh...left to...<br /><br />Talked myself in to a circle there. :-)<br /><br />Anyway, when an agency like the EPA can put out regulations that do NOT get voted on by congress-critters, we have no representational gubernment. Which is pretty much what you're saying. I think. :-)LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-75451495308419070402014-06-01T16:54:49.823-04:002014-06-01T16:54:49.823-04:00"it's hard to get more than 50% of the El..."it's hard to get more than 50% of the Eligible Voters to get off their Butts"<br /><br />to support a revolution... or to oppose it? That blade may cut both ways.wolfwalkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-16564729355100552902014-05-31T16:46:48.150-04:002014-05-31T16:46:48.150-04:00Nice summation.Nice summation.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-24129485487827327942014-05-31T16:24:45.131-04:002014-05-31T16:24:45.131-04:00Yep. But it's either play by their Rules, or ...Yep. But it's either play by their Rules, or start an Armed Revolution and Storm the Bastille.<br /><br />Which ain't gonna happen, since it's hard to get more than 50% of the Eligible Voters to get off their Butts, call the local Board of Elections for an Absentee Ballot, and vote for a President.<br /><br />Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.com