http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/07/the-individual.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/07/the-individual.html/comment-page-1#comment-6194 Payday Loan Advocate, United States Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:42:21 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/07/the-individual.html#comment-6194 <p>The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was published as a warning. It tells the tale of London in the year 2540, in a dystopian future in which the government controlled every aspect of the citizens’ lives, down to not allowing any dissenting, or in other words free, thought. This was Huxley’s vision of what will happen to societies if the government was allowed enough leeway to impose their iron fist into the everyday lives down to thoughts, words, and free choice of the citizens. This novel was controversial, and still is, but what is worse still is that his and also George Orwell’s cautionary tales of restriction of governmental regulation are beginning to come true, even here in the land of the free, the USA. For instance, the California government has allowed zoning of Los Angeles to include where fast food restaurants cannot have a store open. Burger joints are becoming outlawed, and one of the next targets is the payday loan industry, which has already come under fire. Many politicians and candidates are pledging to rid their respective states, municipalities, and also the entire United States of this legitimate and valuable service industry. Many of these politicians are hoping to get elected so that they can serve their own self interest or the banking lobby’s interests. How far should they be allowed to go before we, the American people, say enough? Post Courtesy of Personal Money StoreProfessional Blogging TeamFeed Back: 1-866-641-3406Home: http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans.htmlBlog: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/ </p> The novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was published as a warning. It tells the tale of London in the year 2540, in a dystopian future in which the government controlled every aspect of the citizens’ lives, down to not allowing any dissenting, or in other words free, thought. This was Huxley’s vision of what will happen to societies if the government was allowed enough leeway to impose their iron fist into the everyday lives down to thoughts, words, and free choice of the citizens. This novel was controversial, and still is, but what is worse still is that his and also George Orwell’s cautionary tales of restriction of governmental regulation are beginning to come true, even here in the land of the free, the USA. For instance, the California government has allowed zoning of Los Angeles to include where fast food restaurants cannot have a store open. Burger joints are becoming outlawed, and one of the next targets is the payday loan industry, which has already come under fire. Many politicians and candidates are pledging to rid their respective states, municipalities, and also the entire United States of this legitimate and valuable service industry. Many of these politicians are hoping to get elected so that they can serve their own self interest or the banking lobby’s interests. How far should they be allowed to go before we, the American people, say enough? Post Courtesy of Personal Money StoreProfessional Blogging TeamFeed Back: 1-866-641-3406Home: http://personalmoneystore.com/NoFaxPaydayLoans.htmlBlog: http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/07/the-individual.html/comment-page-1#comment-6193 SuperMike Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:23:15 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/07/the-individual.html#comment-6193 <p>I did notice that the heroes (and villains), do to their planning, knowledge, and skills, were able to escape the paralysis and remained effective throughout the film. One character even had a house full of computers run on generators so he could continue his activities. (I'd never even considered a hacker/survivalist hybrid before) <br /> One thing that bugged me was that, according to the plot, regular people's activities seemed to grind to a halt because they blindly expected direction. <br /> ***** Spoiler alert***** <br /> At the beginning of the film, the bad guys make every traffic light in a particular area turn green. There's instantly a series of medium-intensity traffic accidents in every single intersection. The resulting gridlock is apparently insoluble. No one says, "Ok, so there's an accident and the police aren't coming, I'm going to at least try to get this car out of the intersection". <br /> A lot of people took pretty good care of themselves (and others) during Katrina.</p> I did notice that the heroes (and villains), do to their planning, knowledge, and skills, were able to escape the paralysis and remained effective throughout the film. One character even had a house full of computers run on generators so he could continue his activities. (I’d never even considered a hacker/survivalist hybrid before)
One thing that bugged me was that, according to the plot, regular people’s activities seemed to grind to a halt because they blindly expected direction.
***** Spoiler alert*****
At the beginning of the film, the bad guys make every traffic light in a particular area turn green. There’s instantly a series of medium-intensity traffic accidents in every single intersection. The resulting gridlock is apparently insoluble. No one says, “Ok, so there’s an accident and the police aren’t coming, I’m going to at least try to get this car out of the intersection”.
A lot of people took pretty good care of themselves (and others) during Katrina.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/07/the-individual.html/comment-page-1#comment-6192 la petite chou chou Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:27:45 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/07/the-individual.html#comment-6192 <p>I'm pretty sure that was the point.</p> I’m pretty sure that was the point.

]]> http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/07/the-individual.html/comment-page-1#comment-6191 Sameer Parekh Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:56:50 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2007/07/the-individual.html#comment-6191 <p>That's an interesting point. But in the movie, did government save the day? No. "Mac" and John McClane did. The movie appealed to me in part because it demonstrated the ineptness of government and the resourcefulness (if a bit over-the-top and not-quite-believable) of the individual. (or the small self-organizing team, McClane + "Mac")<br /> </p> That’s an interesting point. But in the movie, did government save the day? No. “Mac” and John McClane did. The movie appealed to me in part because it demonstrated the ineptness of government and the resourcefulness (if a bit over-the-top and not-quite-believable) of the individual. (or the small self-organizing team, McClane + “Mac”)

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