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10-29-2010 12:38 PM #10
Wow!
Astute indeed!
And quite thought provoking.
I didn't watch them all, but that Daniel Hannan sure dribbled a bib-full.
The cliche "those who ignore history are doomed to re-live it" springs to mind.
We see the centralisation of power happening here in God's Own Country too; with the power moving from the people to the faceless, nameless, cloned 'suits' of bureaucracy.
A few years back I took the Dept. of Conservation, Forest and Bird Society, and the South Taranaki District Council to court; they were jointly proposing legislation that I felt usurped their powers/mandate.
The most terrifying time of my life...here was I, a poor dumb peasant from the bush, facing a bevy of lawyers whose hourly rate was more than my monthly drawings.
But I beat them!
One up for the little guy!
They knew the theory, but I was well versed in the practical aspects of the argument...I compared them to eunuchs in a harem...they knew how it was done, saw it done every day; but were totally incapable of doing it.
So nil bastardo carborundum.
Don't let them grind you down.johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.
'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
It was SWMBO's little dog. .
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