tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post8082053149034238162..comments2023-10-23T09:23:05.584-05:00Comments on Live Oaks: The Power of Positive ThinkingBrian Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-40637624608426337182008-12-22T14:17:00.000-06:002008-12-22T14:17:00.000-06:00When I started this blog I focused primarily on Ho...When I started this blog I focused primarily on Houston. Over time that changed, partially because I found so many other things to write about.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-51777269120956513562008-12-22T09:08:00.000-06:002008-12-22T09:08:00.000-06:00My hope is that someday an Objectivist weblog writ...My hope is that someday an Objectivist weblog writer will write solely about one town. Such a project might seem narrow at first, but it isn't except in geographic scope. Philosophy applies to everyone, everywhere, and at all times. <BR/><BR/>The one city chosen would be the equivalent of a cross-section of a plant as prepared for microschopic examination. Even though physically limited, it can still reveal a great deal about the whole. Besides, getting down to the level of particular individuals and particular laws is much more colorful and interesting.<BR/><BR/>I have been tempted to write such a weblog myself, but it doesn't fit into my central purpose in life. I hope someone else will create such a weblog. The payoff individually could be great. One could get to know that one city very well--well enough to start to make connections socially and intellectually, connections that are difficult to make for individuals who move from topic to topic.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-87642491786427677902008-12-22T08:33:00.000-06:002008-12-22T08:33:00.000-06:00I agree that local regulations are often the most ...I agree that local regulations are often the most oppressive. My theory on that is busy bodies can have more influence at the local level. In addition, local legislators are often more responsive to the "will of the people", that is, the noisy gang of the day.Brian Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604845862020723068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364362406345742956.post-13434569376135053822008-12-22T08:03:00.000-06:002008-12-22T08:03:00.000-06:00Your theme, that wishing doesn't make it so, i...Your theme, that wishing doesn't make it so, is well taken. I suspect that many supporters of the new administration will demonstrate that theme. We may briefly see another President Kennedy-style "Camelot"--and then a lot of disillusionment, without understanding. They will leave behind a trail of destruction.<BR/><BR/>> ". . . Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which covers the Banking and Finance regulations, contains more than 4,500 pages of regulations."<BR/><BR/>And, of course, that covers only US federal regulations. There are also state regulations, county regulations, and city regulations. The latter don't receive much attention from weblog writers, but I note that you have focused on them often. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes the most personal forms of oppression are local.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com