Random Commentary for 18 August 2010

1. Posting to Adam Kokesh’s Facebook Wall —
   

   If you’re looking for flicks where the special effects are the real plot, go with stuff like Bitch Slap, Meet the Feebles, Bad Taste, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, stuff like that.

2. Posting to William Norman Grigg’s Facebook Wall —
   

   “unless there’s something venerable about a former Burlington Coat Factory”

   No way that’s the case.

3. Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
4. Re: Yesterday’s Higher Ed Town Hall —
   

   We at the Rio Grande Foundation have done a good deal of work on higher education and support the concept of a master plan to ensure that limited resources are used efficiently and that institutes of higher ed exist because they are necessary, not as trophies and patronage tools for local politicians.

   The idea of a Master Plan, when left to the State, leads us to where we’re at right now. Especially since when you have a State-controlled Master Plan, the bureaucrats insist on a few Master Planners, complete with salaries, guaranteed pensions, medical benefits, take-home cars and the like.

   Much, much better to let each individual come up with his or her own Master Plan(s) for education, finance, property management, self-defense, medical treatment, etc., etc.

   Haven’t we had enough of the State-supported Master Planners already?

   Anyway, I like the idea of something analogous to the BRAC Commission for State-run educational institutions.

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