tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post8883549310031482716..comments2024-02-23T15:59:49.280-07:00Comments on Mobile Kodgers: BORDER TOWN DRAMARandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-9782877553933446352010-03-21T11:05:15.493-06:002010-03-21T11:05:15.493-06:00Hey Jude (bet you get lots of that)
I'm loving...Hey Jude (bet you get lots of that)<br />I'm loving my new trailer--enjoying the comforts, the interesting challenge to make it sustainably sufficient and boondockable---am almost there---may do a blog on what it takes to turn an assembly line trailer into a truly livable unit. Also am devising fresh stealthy tactics.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-91860269859099196492010-03-21T09:34:57.269-06:002010-03-21T09:34:57.269-06:00Waited most anxiously for your next post (since yo...Waited most anxiously for your next post (since you moved on from the Stealth Trailer). Enjoyed the "Border Town Drama" BUT what I really want to know is. . .How is the new trailer?Judehttp://theadventurecrew.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-34186567883929807722010-03-18T15:03:41.846-06:002010-03-18T15:03:41.846-06:00Well let's not get too carried away, Randy. ;-...Well let's not get too carried away, Randy. ;-) I enjoyed the book, and have a certain amount of sympathy for some of the political implications, but I'm not particularly enamored with all aspects of her philosophy.Japhyhttp://www.myshrinkinglife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-1746518387806011732010-03-17T20:49:24.747-06:002010-03-17T20:49:24.747-06:00To Adam and Rita--Thanks for your Input. Adam: Tr...To Adam and Rita--Thanks for your Input. Adam: Truthfully, the extreme freedom of the Slabs is funded largely by the taxpayers as most of its inhabitants receive some sort of government grant--usually $600 of SSI each---with no rent to pay it is enough to subsist nicely (even stay high on booze or whatever)<br />Rita: Kudos for trudging through Atlas Shrugged--I managed also. I've no doubt that the commentor to this blog took that user name to signal his affinity for Ayn Rands philosophy.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-78411498488871630142010-03-17T16:36:56.131-06:002010-03-17T16:36:56.131-06:00Great post.
On leaving the Rio Grande Valley in ...Great post. <br /><br />On leaving the Rio Grande Valley in Texas this year, had to pass through a record number of border inspection sites. At one, just past Falcon State Park, they even wanted to look inside my trailer. They seemed to be doing this to all the rv's.<br /><br />One of your messages is from John Galt. I just finished trudging through Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". There is a character in it named "John Galt". Everyone keeps asking "Who is John Galt?" Just seemed a little ironic seeing the name.ritahttp://westernviews.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-74453124204649956312010-03-16T20:18:19.367-06:002010-03-16T20:18:19.367-06:00Hello,
I stumbled across your blog after traversin...Hello,<br />I stumbled across your blog after traversing cheaprvliving.com, so the Thoreauvian lifestyle you and others are trying to pursue is my obvious interest. But musings on government are always nice, and I was interested by your take on Mexico. I wonder why a laissez-fare (more social than economic) system works in a place like Slab City, but not in a country? I suppose it has something to do with size--a larger unit would be more difficult to control, and individual charity isn't as frequent when you don't see the person every day.<br />Just something to think about.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-53254845978261643702010-03-16T17:56:42.498-06:002010-03-16T17:56:42.498-06:00Randy - I enjoy your blog. I'll leave politic...Randy - I enjoy your blog. I'll leave political discourse to the deeper thinkers. What I was taken by was that when you parked your truck on the Calif side of the border prior to your bike ride...you parked directly in front of a No Parking sign! Anarchy!Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-57600103933826604782010-03-16T17:05:04.175-06:002010-03-16T17:05:04.175-06:00Well thanks. Yes, I have a blog, but it's mid-...Well thanks. Yes, I have a blog, but it's mid-renovation and only has one post up right now. I hope to get that fixed soon. www.myshrinkinglife.comJaphyhttp://www.myshrinkinglife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-24789918646302992352010-03-16T11:03:54.335-06:002010-03-16T11:03:54.335-06:00Wow Japhy! Very well said! You've shed new li...Wow Japhy! Very well said! You've shed new light for me. "we must have a culture that embraces helping others and social responsibility for libertarianism to work". (i.e. better culture would increase liberty and diminish government--but not the reverse--hence culture is the better starting point?) Do you have a blog I can read?Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908010960752449161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-21322330316462323872010-03-16T06:07:09.806-06:002010-03-16T06:07:09.806-06:00Hmmm...my second post came up using my google acco...Hmmm...my second post came up using my google account. I note the irony!Japhyhttp://www.myshrinkinglife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-73936216903591784652010-03-16T06:05:32.673-06:002010-03-16T06:05:32.673-06:00By the way, thank you for always taking the time t...By the way, thank you for always taking the time to make these thoughtful and thought provoking posts. I always find myself checking your site eagerly to see if there's another new post. :-)John Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373015865379084167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-4587586279210322212010-03-16T06:03:09.514-06:002010-03-16T06:03:09.514-06:00I'm sure you don't really believe Mexico i...I'm sure you don't really believe Mexico is an example of libertarianism in action. And I'm not sure it's fair to judge an entire political philosophy based on some minor implementations of a "few" aspects of the greater philosophy as a whole. It's like pointing to the failures in medicare as proof of how government regulation of healthcare cannot work--it's just not a fair criticism. <br /><br />I will say this, as someone who considers himself a libertarian, most libertarians nowadays are greed obsessed defenders of a big corporatist economic system that has no tie to what a true free market is. Likewise, most libertarians talk a good game about private charity, private aid, but never do a bit of it themselves. <br /><br />What they fail to understand is that libertarianism in our current culture just won't work. We must have a culture that fully embraces helping others and social responsibility in order for libertarianism to really work. This status obsessed materialistic culture undermines libertarianism rather than helping it, and libertarians would be well served to just focus on making their communities better as a way to advance their political aims. They forget, government only exists where there is a failure of others to provide solutions. We must work to provide those solutions, and overreaching government will go away on its own.<br /><br />Of course, most libertarians are just conservatives who have realized its not cool to be conservative anymore, and are trying to claim an ideology they don't really believe in fully. But libertarianism isn't just free market economics--it's a social philosophy of individual and social responsibility.Japhyhttp://www.myshrinkinglife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31383424.post-11909136527910858432010-03-16T03:27:25.270-06:002010-03-16T03:27:25.270-06:00An excellent commentary.An excellent commentary.Robnoreply@blogger.com