tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post244415837983493386..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: Little Black BoxesSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13860580917290008292013-01-05T07:53:23.907-07:002013-01-05T07:53:23.907-07:00Jersey, I'm not exactly a Luddite, but I am ve...Jersey, I'm not exactly a Luddite, but I am very much against the IMPOSITION of new technologies on those who do not WANT or NEED them.<br /><br /><br />I am a fierce advocate for Freedom of Choice within the traditionally agreed upon moral parameters.<br /><br /><br />If you don't know what I mean by "moral parameters," please ask me,and I'll tell you. <i>[HINT: We can't be free to choose to murder at will, etc.]</i><br /><br /><br />I'm glad you realize that endless change often creates undesirable instability, and can not properly be called "Progress."<br /><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-62665837328644138452013-01-05T07:47:30.030-07:002013-01-05T07:47:30.030-07:00Are you "our" Jez? The Englishman I'...Are you "our" Jez? The Englishman I've been sparring with at odd intervals at my blog and elsewhere? <br /><br /><br />You sound like him. ;-)<br /><br /><br />Just curious.<br /><br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-22064956455245395162013-01-05T06:53:55.509-07:002013-01-05T06:53:55.509-07:00The problem always boils down to people. That is ...The problem always boils down to people. That is why morality is important, and I don't necessarily mean the Christian variety. Our constitution is the secular bible for government to follow, but they've abandoned it.<br /><br /><br />We have become an immoral people and, we get the leaders we deserve, and I do mean leaders, since the DC denizens look upon us as benighted flocks of sheep to be alternately fleeced and cared for.Silverfiddlehttp://westernhero.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-14976650767079789712013-01-05T05:30:53.055-07:002013-01-05T05:30:53.055-07:00Technologically this is a necessary step on the wa...Technologically this is a necessary step on the way to driver-less cars. Sure, it could be used for nefarious purposes, but so can any technology. If you have a problem with seat belt laws, wouldn't it be better to attack the law itself, not the technology that might, among many other more positive applications, be used to uphold it.Jez Austinhttp://www.facebook.com/jez.austinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-30907073742117924962013-01-04T22:43:55.204-07:002013-01-04T22:43:55.204-07:00Since hybrids don't use much gas there's b...Since hybrids don't use much gas there's been a push to find some other way to extract taxes from drivers - hence the GPS pay-per-mile tax floated around. Rush predicted this years ago and sure enough, it is coming to pass.<br /><br />I think I need to dust off my O-Scope, Spec-A and breadboards, along with those forbidden GPS jammer designs I've come across...Hugh Farnhamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-73168863743298583052013-01-04T21:38:25.778-07:002013-01-04T21:38:25.778-07:00If the insurance could use these devices to prove ...If the insurance could use these devices to prove wrongful claims, then it would be a good thing for all.<br /><br /><br />But... If a con man knows that other people have these devices, he could arrange "accidents" so as to use the device against the mark.<br /><br /><br />I don't know if insurance companies think this is a good idea. But I'd personally be leery of it.<br /><br /><br />JMJJersey McJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-55678052744997450962013-01-04T21:28:34.157-07:002013-01-04T21:28:34.157-07:00Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone w...Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone when it comes to that insanity. I happen to be one of a few progressives who think too much "progress" can often be a bad thing. I wish more "liberals" understood that.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-69105168208835657762013-01-04T19:34:47.437-07:002013-01-04T19:34:47.437-07:00Damn nice Rod.Damn nice Rod.Kidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-787600175714132632013-01-04T17:45:59.256-07:002013-01-04T17:45:59.256-07:00For once w agree, Jersey!
Way to go!
~ FTFor once w agree, Jersey!<br /><br /><br />Way to go!<br /><br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-48531493968925561052013-01-04T17:26:43.874-07:002013-01-04T17:26:43.874-07:00No doubt we will be restricted to so many miles or...No doubt we will be restricted to so many miles or face jail time.Bunkervillehttp://twitter.com/bunkervillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-41836986959065072922013-01-04T16:38:58.018-07:002013-01-04T16:38:58.018-07:00How many times and how many ways could one say:
...How many times and how many ways could one say:<br /><br /><br /><b>FORSTER, HUXLEY and ORWELL were GREAT PROPHETs?</b><br /><br /><br />Very sadly, they were, they were , they were, they were, THEY WERE.<br /><br /><br />And modern liberals have no qualms whatsoever about being reduced to obedient soulless automata -- SLAVES of a RUTHLESS, HEARTLESS, ALMIGHTY STATE!<br /><br /><br />GAWDHEPPISS!FreeThinkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-66285335962630262192013-01-04T10:45:42.275-07:002013-01-04T10:45:42.275-07:00I'm sick of all the stupid pointless gadgets t...I'm sick of all the stupid pointless gadgets they put in cars these days. Just more things that can malfunction, and less room to perform basic maintenance on your car. I had to change a starter on one of my cars recently and it was a just plain ridiculous task. Replacing an f'n starter! That used to be something you could do in minutes. It took me literally hours. Next car I get will be low end classic with a manual transmission... and manual everything else. And room under the hood to actually work on it without requiring a forth or fifth friggin' dimension of my body.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42168915807257208622013-01-04T10:22:41.003-07:002013-01-04T10:22:41.003-07:00Rob,
Agreed.
Insurance adjusters in the field wo...Rob,<br />Agreed.<br /><br /><br />Insurance adjusters in the field would be rarely needed -- if at all.Always On Watchhttp://twitter.com/Always_On_Watchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-36057132817438791592013-01-04T08:03:54.573-07:002013-01-04T08:03:54.573-07:00And we still foolishly believe we are a free peopl...And we still foolishly believe we are a free people. Eventually the government will restrict movement and we'll have to get "travel papers." It's all to prevent global warming you see.infideldemanahattanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-67896882338988252332013-01-04T08:00:20.050-07:002013-01-04T08:00:20.050-07:00We are living in the information age. Our laws (pr...We are living in the information age. Our laws (protecting our rights) are still in the stone age.conservativesonfirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-15123223016967732152013-01-04T07:04:24.857-07:002013-01-04T07:04:24.857-07:00Our government at work. Of course the surface has ...Our government at work. Of course the surface has just been scratched. It will only continue as Big Brother's growing tentacles become evermore entangled in our daily lives.Les Carpentetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-61105588673664938242013-01-04T06:52:12.523-07:002013-01-04T06:52:12.523-07:00Until people see such incursions as a bipartisan i...Until people see such incursions as a bipartisan issue, liberty versus an overreaching state, our slow enslavement to the state will continueKurt Silverfiddlehttp://profiles.google.com/kurt.silverfiddlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-28804583524511744242013-01-04T05:57:37.491-07:002013-01-04T05:57:37.491-07:00Oh hells yeah. This will give the insurance compan...Oh hells yeah. This will give the insurance companies ample opportunity to point the blame elsewhere and not hafta pony up a buck or two.Rob O'Danielhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=692271352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-8725663677503325312013-01-04T05:56:01.046-07:002013-01-04T05:56:01.046-07:00Nice.
They can jam this needless crap down our t...Nice.<br /><br /><br />They can jam this needless crap down our throats, yet we still <a href="http://www.2dolphins.com/2007/05/portable-power-pains/" rel="nofollow">don't have standard power outlets in our cars</a>, which would cost a coupla dozen bucks at worst...<br /><br />Now, when are they gonna do something about all of the uninsured jackwagons tooling around out there?Rob O'Danielhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=692271352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-70581504105466787862013-01-04T05:38:46.305-07:002013-01-04T05:38:46.305-07:00Maybe I'm wrong, but I would expect car-insura...Maybe I'm wrong, but I would expect car-insurance companies to love these devices.Always On Watchhttp://twitter.com/Always_On_Watchnoreply@blogger.com