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Amusement at the JUSTIFICATIONS often given as excuses for even the most basic of actions, the laughter becomes hardier at the more complex of the justifications. By the way, this kind of justifying is recorded in Shakespeare's time so folks have been excusing their feeble ways for centuries.
The latest in a long line of justification for inaction harks back to blog #62 on the use of water in drought stricken fire areas from flood driven water areas in America. There was an article out of Washington recently that pooh poohed the idea of taking water to drought areas from flood areas as too costly and unrealistic. The article cited "a Texas oilman who once envisioned long pipelines carrying water to drought stricken Texas cities". A VISIONARY, obviously, whose idea was ahead of its time. The article called it just one of the untested fantasies of moving water vast distances.
GOOD IDEAS START OUT AS FANTASIES AND THOSE WHO HEAR THEM ALWAYS SAY "OH, NO THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE (WRITE IN HERE WHATEVER JUSTIFICATION!!!!!! that COMES TO MIND).
This WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER writer, obviously, is NOT a visionary and states that "moving vast quantities of water is not simple or cheap experts say," (DID ANYONE SAY IT WAS?????) "and thus not realistic." (NEITHER IS THE GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON BUT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT!!!!!!) "Mostly it's too costly and political"(SAME AS WASHINGTON AGAIN!!!!!! AND THIS NEWS WRITER LIVES THERE?????). OKAY--neither WAS making a pipeline to Alaska and let's remember ALL WHO SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE and THAT IT WASN'T REALISTIC. SAME EXPERTS.
THE ANSWER TO THAT can be assumed to be "but oil MAKES MONEY". OF COURSE IT DOES AND SO COULD WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you are pipe lining WATER TO A DROUGHT AREA, DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE AS VALUABLE TO THEM AS OIL?????????????? MAYBE MORE VALUABLE??????Is it possible that the FOLKS WHO ARE BEING FLOODED MIGHT CONSIDER MOVING THAT WATER ALONG A BENEFIT AND CONSIDER IT AS VALUABLE AS OIL????????????????? I would venture a guess (but I'm no statistician) that the cost of the fires in Texas and the costs of floods in mid-America and Louisiana alone could pay for the "hundreds of billions" of dollars this article cites building pipelines could cost.
AND WHAT ABOUT EXISTING PIPELINES CARRYING OIL? REMEMBER!!!!!!!!!!OIL AND WATER DON'T MIX!!!!!!!!!!! CAN WE USE THOSE SAME LINES AT GIVEN TIMES??????? CONTAMINATION??????PROCESSING IS A CURE AND THIS IS NOT WATER TO DRINK! its FOR THE LAND!!!!!!!!!!!
The WEIGHT OF WATER is also cited by the Washington newspaper writer as a justification for not moving massive amounts of water up mountains and quotes Arizona law professor,Robert Glennon, author of the book "Unquenchable" as saying "What all those zany ideas suggest are the traditional beliefs that we can control nature and there must be some oasis out there where we can go to import water." He continues "But those are mirages, tempting but not realistic." OH RIGHT ON, PROFESSOR!!!!!! THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE WAS A "MIRAGE AND OASIS" AS WELL BUT IT WAS DONE!!!!!!!!!! CAN WE DO LESS FOR SUFFERING AMERICANS. AND DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA: HERE'S YOUR WORK FORCE AND JOB CORPS. GET WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!!
First and foremost, as a writer and and artist, I take exception to a lawyer's view of reality. The mess of "REALISTIC" laws in this nation currently floundering through the legal system are an indictment of the realities of the legal process. Left to legal reality, there would be little or no progress attributed to OUTLANDISH, ZANY, CREATIVE IDEAS.
Secondly, the weight of water may have to be explored by Engineers WHO set a course around, through or down through mountains to create portals to send the heavy weight on its way. Engineers built a Shuttle under the sea from England to Paris AND THE NAYSAYERS SAID IT Couldn't BE DONE!!!!!!!!!! THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER WAS TOO GREAT AND WOULD COLLAPSE THE STRUCTURE ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC........... HEY, it seems WE CAN JUSTIFY ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE REASONS AS WELL AS POSITIVE ONES.
Looking at new ideas (or old ones) has to be done with an OPEN MIND and with the RECOGNITION OF NEW METHODS and ADJACENT costs. It is costing these flooded and drought stricken states and their citizens beyond belief!!!!!! SOMEONE OUT THERE MUST WANT TO EXPLORE "ZANY, OUTLANDISH, UNREALISTIC" IDEAS AND MAKE THEM REALISTIC?????????? PLEASE, SPARE THIS BLOGGER THE PLEBIAN THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!! THE JUSTIFICATIONS!!!!!!!! AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITIES!
ON ANOTHER FRONT THIS BLOGGER IS POSTING A PROTEST AGAINST THE WORST USE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ZONING LAWS. In Florida, a man was run out of the Restaurant business after a three-year code dispute and fines amounting to over $638,000. ($500. a day) HIS SIN?????????? Bad food-NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!! LOUSY SERVICE?????????? NO, NO, NO. CHEEKY ATTITUDE??????????? Well MAYBE. HE HAD THE AUDACITY TO BUILD A "CHICKEE HUT" on the side of his business.
For those of you not familiar with FLORIDA INDIANS, THE CHICKEE HUT WAS THE INDIAN HABITAT AND THE HUTS WERE FOUND ALL OVER FLORIDA as little as TWENTY YEARS AGO. And many locals including my parents had them built in their back yards for barbecues. Great atmosphere!!!! THEY HAVE ROOFS OF Palm Fronds among other vegetation and a frame of local wood from trees. They were cherished because of their history. Now this Florida town took exception to a CHICKEE HUT being built on the Restaurant owner's land NEXT TO HIS RESTAURANT (NOT IN IT) WHICH COST HIM $26,000. (even Indian wampum has risen) and was not up to THEIR zoning standards (ONLY THE INDIAN'S). HISTORY SELDOM IS up to ZONING STANDARDS!!!!!!!!! They told THE RESTAURANTEUR to take it down and he refused. AFTER ALL IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FREEEEEE COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!
END OF TALE??????????? Well he tried to get approval for modification--city said no deal--tear it down or be fined. OUT OF THE MESS OF LAW, THE CITY WAS AWARDED A FORECLOSURE JUDGEMENT (because they had the law on their side with zoning) WHICH ALLOWED THE CITY TO TAKE THE MAN'S PROPERTY TO RESOLVE THE FINES so HE JUST FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 bankruptcy.
Our REALISTIC LEGAL SYSTEM DID NOT SEE HISTORIC SEMINOLE INDIAN CHICKEE HUTS AS BEING EXEMPT FROM BUILDING CODES IMPOSED BY THE PRESENT ZONING SYSTEM. Our legal system is based on THE REALITY of LAW.
CAN WE SEE THAT THE REALITY OF PRESENT DAY LAW AND THE REALITY OF LIFE HAVE DIFFERING POINTS OF VIEW???????????? JUSTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE BUT NOTHING CHANGES THE FACT THAT SOMEONE doing business up to food standards and other building standards, evidently honestly and straightforwardly, is now bankrupt, lost his business and his property because he wanted the freedom to build a HISTORIC CHICKEE HUT AND NOT BE ORDERED TO TEAR IT DOWN.
SOMEHOW, DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE SOME OF THE STORIES that we read about in COMMUNIST CUBA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA???????????
WHEN YOU VOTE NEXT YEAR, THINK ABOUT THE LOCAL LAWS AND YOUR LOCAL OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE NATIONAL CANDIDATES!!!!!!!! BE AWARE THAT OPPRESSIVE AND DICTATORIAL LOCAL LAWS ALLOWING NO EXCEPTIONS AND THE ABILITY TO PRESS LARGE FINES CAN BE A HAZARD TO THE FREEDOM to which we all aspire. When justifications are offered for the candidates choices in applying jurisdiction, be sure that you agree that the loss of freedom is worth the action. A CHICKEE HUT can look messy; it can attract palmetto bugs; it is after all part of nature and not part of modern living; but is it SO BAD THAT IT JUSTIFIES the GOVERNMENT RUINING A CITIZEN'S LIFE??????????
This blogger can find no REALISTIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CITY TO HAVE ACTED IN THIS MANNER BUT I'M SURE THEY CAN OFFER PLENTY!!!!!!!!!!! JUSTICE DOES NOT COME FROM JUSTIFICATION OR EVEN THE REALITY OF LAW. IT COMES FROM COMPASSION AND COMPASSION IS OFTEN ONLY FOUND IN FREE MEN!!!!!!!
CHEERS, CONNIE
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