Hannah’s Blog

Man using nature as his toilet or depository of waste has as long a history as man’s presence on earth. That’s why there has been no effort to prevent this behavior, even though man’s ability to turn matter into toxins that threaten all forms of organic existence has significantly changed man’s relationship to nature.
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The Constitution is a recipe that defines the behavior of the agents of government. Think of it as similar to a description of how to process food. Regardless of whether the ingredients are animal, vegetable or mineral, we slice and dice and beat and heat, also regardless of whether diners will like what we produce. We do not, however, throw the edible and inedible in a pot and serve it up unprocessed and uncooked, unless we’re feeding pigs for whom garbage is good enough.
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What has been left out of discussions of property rights is the obligation that comes with the right to private property. That is, the right to have not just one’s person (privacy), but the material assets to which one lays claim, respected is not included and, indeed, contradicts the inherent right of any organism to sustenance, mobility, interaction and communication. In a sense, the right to property is a civil right because only in a civilized society is it recognized. In the natural world, it’s keep as can keep and assets have to be constantly protected from externals claims.
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Press Release from office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen:
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Once upon a time, state and federal bureaucrats took some delight in spouting jargon and downright gobbledigook, which, if the audience didn’t catch “their drift,” served as a justification for “leading them down the primrose path” — i.e. prompting inner city residents to accept “programs” contrary to their best interests, such as the wholesale dispersal of a neighborhood to the far suburban reaches.
In an effort to discover the particulars of how the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) works, I ran into what can only be called “beyond gobbledigook” emanating, not from federal or state bureaucrats, but from a couple of insurance agents, Tom and Carson Kozoil of Reno and Sparks, Nevada doing business as the Accurate Insurance Services company.

While their discussion of funeral insurance seems straight forward and almost blunt,

Accurate Insurance can help you with your funeral planning. This is one way you can also make sure your wishes are fulfilled. We carry several budget oriented plans to make sure your funeral is as extravagant or frugal as you want. Maybe you prefer cremation in the name of cost. Some people just don’t want to be in a box in the ground.

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In previous posts I’ve made reference to the apparent substitution of property, as in private property, to distract from a pervasive reluctance to give the private person her due. In other words, the ownership of things is offered to compensate for the privacy of the person not being honored. I’m not yet clear in my mind whether the elevation of the private ownership of things, as opposed to oneself, is cause or effect of the supposed primacy of the private corporation. There’s no question that the issue of private corporations being subject to social regulation and supervision has been traditionally dismissed by appealing to the principle of privacy as a guard against public interference with private interests and rights. That privacy is not characteristic of groups, whatever their motivation for joining and cooperating together, seems to have been (perhaps intentionally?) overlooked. So, of course, that something, which doesn’t exist, can’t be and shouldn’t be protected isn’t factored into arguments for corporate regulation either, since nobody is keen to have the principle of privacy compromised. That “private corporation” is actually an oxymoron hasn’t registered in our public discourse.
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Members of the Federal Judges Association being addressed by Barack Hussein Obama.

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The problem is permits.
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One of the perennial delights for visitors to the Village on Saint Simons Island are the dishes of soap suds and wands set out in front of the toy store for making bubbles and luring customers into the store. Somehow, making bubbles seems emblematic of vacationing on the island — a short-term respite from the hustle and bustle of life in the city that can be enjoyed year after year.
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