Most people get all steamed over how other folks' places appear. I guess if you live across the street, you want the sights to meet your standards. Great if they do, tough if they don't. The guy might not like the way you look either.
Many principles of anarchism were precious tenets of the founders of America. The philosophy of protecting and preserving the sacred rights of the individual prevailed for many generations before breaking down under the pressures of materialism and political influences such as socialism, communism, fascism, and even capitalism.
Government is government whether national, state, county, or municipal. Freedom-lovers pay too much attention to the oppressive acts of the pompous royalty in Washingotn, DC. But local government intervention is often more abusive and totalitarian than state or federal.
In every locality, you find breakdowns of privacy, responsiblity and individual rights. Group responsiblity is in fashion. As Hitler, Castro, Stalin, Mussolini, and the boys told us: "The individual belongs to the state." Americans - both liberal and conservative - seem to agree.
More and more municipalities have laws and ordinances to prohibit citizens from repairing or tinkering with machinery in their own backyards and garages. The stated purpose of government is ignored. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry claimed governments were to protect our liberties - not to save our eyes from unsightly sights.
If the guy next door parks old French cars on the front lawn - his front lawn - it's none of government's business. Any offended neighbors well might approach the neighbor and protest. If the Citroens remain on his lawn, the best alternative would be to fall back and take joy that we live in a nation, state or community which butts out of affairs of taste. But such a philosophy no longer thrives in the sweet land of liberty. Many folks would move away from a neighborhood having bad taste, and they are free to go.
But wouldn't you prefer the company of a dude who exercises freedom on his own property to someone who is offended by it? We don't have Beauty & Perfect Order Police just yet. Think: "in the eye of the beholder" and "ain't nobody' business but my own."
Didn't Ford, Bell and Edison invent gadgets and devices at home? How miserable their miserable neighbors must have been Should we pity the thousands of Americans who have had the bad luck to reside next door to Amways distributors working out of their garages?
Liberty is first. It includes the right to use your property your way. You may watch over your own property, but not that of others.
Liberty is beautiful, in its own way.
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Miscellany* A Ross Perot type of candidate could have a lot to say in the presidential race. A third party or independent would attract millions of disgruntled and disillusioned voters.
* Your Utah Governor proclaims this to be "Lightning Awareness Week." Or is it next week? Either way, watch out.
* Nissan is working on plans to build an automobile for $3,000. That's three thousand dollars!
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Meeting & Events
* Men's Support Group is forming and will announce a date and meeting place as soon as permission is granted.
* The Guilt Trip Support Group is looking for more members. Be assured, we do not report anything to the authorities. We're not finks and snitches, just bad people.
Twenty-Years-From-Now News
Washington County Commissioners voted unanimously to install stop & go lights in each of the 317 roundabouts in the county in an effort to reduce accidents and road rage.
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