tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post969635660187294380..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Politics, The Type II Risk, And Our Chosen OutsiderFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-64041602450371422862017-01-03T13:23:23.138-05:002017-01-03T13:23:23.138-05:00I would submit that risk analysis is studied every...I would submit that risk analysis is studied everyday by every living person on the planet. Life is an ongoing exercise in risk analysis. Some are better at it and/or learn faster than others. I'm sure to many that's just not 'fair'. As was said, life is hard but it is harder if you are stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-64699466978591832002016-12-31T11:03:39.548-05:002016-12-31T11:03:39.548-05:00Exactly. "is it worth it?"
"If we ...Exactly. "is it worth it?"<br /><br />"If we save one child." But is it worth it?<br /><br />And now, you're right again. Is it worth overthrowing entire bureaucracies like the DHS or Department of Education, if significant problems can be laid on their doorstep?<br /><br />But we no longer get reasoned arguments from the media about what benefits we get from a federal department, as opposed to its cost. What we get is the importance of that department, skewed statistics, and an "of course" argument that it should carry on with even more funding.<br /><br />There is a popular TV show that was shown a few years ago from a Stanford class on Social Justice. Although the professor spent time talking about Adam Smith, Rousseau and others, his final lesson concluded that socialism is the answer to modern problems.<br /><br />His "oh, so compelling" argument was the one about 6 people in a lifeboat with only enough resources for 5. (I'm simplifying.)<br /><br />The answer is simple. You get rid of the one who can't help the most.<br /><br />EPA, DHS, Education, Energy. . . they aren't helping. They are hurting.<br /><br />And we're going broke. So, get rid of the ones that aren't helping the most. Period.<br /><br />And, I have to mention Karl Denninger. We have to get rid of monopolies in medicine and the wrong way we're letting that entire bureaucracy overcharge for health.Tim Turnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-66809752037456152112016-12-31T09:18:16.510-05:002016-12-31T09:18:16.510-05:00Wanda: An excellent example. I'm sure it invol...<i>Wanda:</i> An excellent example. I'm sure it involved a hideous cost to Portland, and at no measurable improvement in water quality (or anything else).<br /><br /><i>Historian:</i> An EMP assault is indeed a frightening prospect. Along with the threat of a catastrophic asteroid impact, it belongs in the category of "Threats We Close Our Eyes To In The Hope That They Won't See Us." As for relocating federal bureaucrats to Montana, I'd keep that idea on the QT for now. We wouldn't want the Montanans to become alarmed and secede.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-43715305108307599552016-12-31T09:09:10.967-05:002016-12-31T09:09:10.967-05:00I just remembered an example of a Type II risk: b...I just remembered an example of a Type II risk: back in 2014, a teenager was caught on video peeing into an open reservoir. The City of Portland decided to dump all 38 million gallons of drinking water in the reservoir, even though they acknowledged that there was basically no risk to health from this tiny contamination. http://time.com/66459/portland-reservoir-pee/Dr. Mabusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190706197508265132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-4573911647514017732016-12-31T08:45:18.983-05:002016-12-31T08:45:18.983-05:00Fran:
I would add to your list of 'Pressing a...Fran:<br /><br />I would add to your list of 'Pressing and difficult issues' the 'Black Swan' of an EMP attack by North Korea or Iran, among other unfriendly nations. The outcome of such an attack would be catastrophic; several authors have made fictional treatises based on such an attack. One of the best is "One Second After" and another is "Lights Out."<br /><br />Illegal immigration is itself an issue, but I submit that the immigration of Islamics, specifically, is also an issue. Islam is not compatible with Western Civilization.<br /><br />As regards the various Federal Agencies comprising the Fourth Branch of gooberment which is strangling these presently united States, I was at a holiday party last night (Pre- New Years party) and I made the suggestion that instead of outright abolishment, that we relocate these departments. My initial suggestion was that we move the State Department to Liberia, move the EPA to Libya, move the Energy Department to Siberia, et cetera. <br /><br />Now in reality, I have no doubt that the indigenous occupants of these countries would object strenuously to having their community invaded by such lowlife scum. However, we could relocate these departments to various places in flyover country where land and office space is cheap. In particular, the northern tier Midwest and intermountain West has all sorts of possible locations. <br /><br />I suspect that the prospect an EPA staffer would face in relocating to Miles City Montana, let's say, using some surplus FEMA trailers for temporary office space during a Montana winter, might create an incentive to find other employment. However, it is certainly appropriate to decentralize the Federal government in the face of the expanding nuclear threat, and would certainly save a huge amount of money by avoiding further infrastructure upgrades to a heavily stressed location such as Washington DC. In an age when most meetings and communication can easily be done online, there is no justification for cramming still more function into already overcrowded cities.<br /><br />This sort of indirect approach might be much more fruitful than a direct assault on departments which have long since expanded past the point of any usefulness they may have ever had.....<br /><br />Historian<br />Historianhttp://www.libertyhollow.weebly.comnoreply@blogger.com