Government oversteps again - puts people's lives at risk

The unaccountable initiator of force, also known as government, once again shows how inept and dangerous it has become. A 5-year old boy in England sought treatment for his serious cancer outside the country in Prague, Czech Republic. He had been in British socialist hospitals and was of course getting worse. By the way, in England people have terrible healthcare, but like in Canada they feel obliged to praise it because it’s “loving and fair”, even though it sucks.

 

So this kid’s family decides to go to Prague where it is not run by a totalitarian healthcare system which prevents people from seeking alternatives. But although the government didn’t like that its subjects left to seek a better solution, they let them go anyway because they are free, rational people right? WRONG! Nope, the government sent their thugs after them and had them arrested in a foreign country. That’s right, the arms of government can reach even beyond its own borders!

 

So anyway, after escaping this tyranny, the family sought proton beam treatment for their son. The result: he is cancer-free. Whereas before he couldn’t speak or feed himself, he can now talk again. Will the government of England now admit its mistake and declare that people are no longer domesticated animals and can make their own decisions? Of course not! They’ll continue to say that unless you submit to their “hospitals” which are horrendous, then you will be unsafe.

 

Had this boy died in a British hospital, there would have never been an article written about him. No one ever hears about stories like this unless it involves someone defying the all-powerful government. How dare they! Break free from the propaganda! Canada’s and England’s healthcare systems are not just terrible, they’re immoral! When “free” people cannot care for themselves or their loved-ones because some bureaucrats doesn’t want them to, that’s unjust and wrong!

You don't really own your property in St. John's

Heritage structures are a big deal in St. John’s. Most of the time when I hear about city council they are discussing whether or not some building or house or random structure is “protected” as a heritage building. It’s almost as though they’ve discovered a loop-hole in property ownership and are all too eager to exercise it. They love to get their meat-hooks into the private affairs of individuals and this is one area where they feel particularly powerful. One such case emerged recently where there is an old house on 25 Winter Ave. which was purchased. Remember, this house was sold from one private owner to another. Yet, somehow a bunch of bureaucrats feel they have some kind of say as to what happens with the property. The even weirder thing is that many councillors not only feel they have some kind of say into what happens to the house, but they have some form of ownership as well. This comes out in the reactions of some city councillors to the destruction of the property.

 

Shannie Duff, a former councillor, released a statement saying she “felt sick” about the destruction of the property. Dave Lane said “It hurts my heart to think of it.” These are the reactions of owners, and I’m sure these people have convinced themselves they in fact do own these properties and their subjects have been allowed to temporarily reside in them at their will.

 

One of the things that separates Canada from uncivilized countries is property ownership. In communist countries, things are all held in common. You don’t really own anything. But the result of not owning anything is people don’t care of it much. If a property cannot be changed or bulldozed, its value decreases. A rotting “heritage” house on prime real estate will have little value to someone who wants to live in a modern home. But it’s more than a practical matter, it’s a philosophical matter. To believe that the state owns everything and can, at whim, decide what its subjects can do with it, subjugates one group of people to another. And in this case, it subjects them to their inferiors. Politicians just have to have a nice smile and say things people like to hear to have massive power in our democratic system, while on the other hand for someone to legitimately purchase a large property, they have to have provided enormous value to society through their goods or services. The latter group should have almost full autonomy over what they do with their own property which they’ve purchased.

 

The whole “heritage” ploy in St. John’s is nothing but a charade designed to give functionaries who can’t make it in the real world enormous power over the lives of people. They have tried to make 20 year old buildings “heritage” buildings, they’ve demanded brand new buildings conform to standards of “heritage”. It’s just keeping everyone back in the past, in a super artificial way. It’s classic power-grabbing. Trust me, no one moves to St. John’s because on some obscure road, someone was prevented from modernizing a house.

 

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(picture from CBC)

Test on bus

Testing bus

Environmental tax -- oops I mean "fee"

Whenever you buy certain electronic items, you pay a fee which goes to some organization which allegedly uses the money to "properly dispose of" these items. But REMEMBER: this is not a tax. Nothing to see here, just move along. Their website continuously repeats that this "fee" is not a "tax". I'm sure there is some technical explanation for why this is not the case, but either way it doesn't matter what they call this thing when I am forced to pay anywhere from $1 to $36 on top of the purchase price for an item.

Well, at least I can feel better because the organization reassures us that this fee is used 100% toward properly disposing of the item.

From the website:

Paid at the time of purchase, the fee reflects the true cost to collect, transport and responsibly recycle each item at the end of its useful life.

Alright, so they collect millions of dollars and they spend it all. That's reassuring!

But today a report came out showing this organization actually had a surplus of $850,000. Think about that for a second. A government initiative with a SURPLUS. What bozo was so stupid he couldn't think of any possible way to spend that money. I've seen firsthand the astronomical waste in government departments. If this person had any sense whatsoever, he would have used the money to build an amazing employee lounge with a massive tv, maybe a pool table, and possible hire a dozen of his buddies to work for the operation.

Obviously he wasn't thinking enough like a government worker.

Oops, what I meant to say was I AM GLAD THE GOVERNMENT IS CHARGING THIS BECAUSE I LOVE THE ENVIRONMENT.

People and "causes"

If you post something on Facebook and say oh this is so awful I can't believe this happening, you haven't done anything. Ok, you've created a tiny sliver of awareness. But that's almost nothing. If you want to change something, do something. Don't bemoan the fact that some people are hungry, go give someone food. And please stop thinking that by demanding the government do something that somehow you've done something - you haven't.

facebook is getting stupid

facebook is getting stupid now. just one politically correct article after another. not sure if anyone else notices that. like the huge number of articles about "fat is beautiful". there are several variants on this. it's always about women too. here are some examples
1) this advertiser was brave and commendable for using plus-sized models in their advertising
2) the industry thinks this woman who is average size is fat, but we disagree
3) barbie dolls are bad stereotypes, but this caring man created an accurate representation
etc.

okay, I get it. fat is beautiful, fat is normal, fine. but do I have to see it in every second post?

another thing is dogs and cats or animal abuse in general. help the animals, save the animals, protect the animals. oh and of course, lost animals. so many lost animals. it's like there's a huge epidemic of missing or abused animals and I have to find out about every single one.

then there's all the progressive memes. "denmark pays its teachers a million dollars a year and they only work 2 hours a day. unlike in america." or "portugal legalized all drugs unlike in the US where they are all banned. portugal is way better than america" etc.

oh and my favorite is the "society thinks this, but I think the opposite", when in actual fact 90% "society" already agrees with the "opposite". they just try to come off as morally superior.

I don't know about anyone else, but this is basically all I seem to see on facebook. so what I'm thinking of doing is writing something each day which is politically incorrect but probably a lot more accurate than all this stuff, so stay tuned!