Posted on 07/27/2011 8:47:43 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
A blogger named David McElroy recently wrote of a Birmingham (Alabama) businessman who, after listening to a room full of moochers and leeches piss whine and moan about the evils of business, publicly threw in the towel regarding his attempt to open a new coal mine.
David compared what happened to a scene right out of “Atlas Shrugged” and then mused, “But I wonder how long it’s going to be before businesspeople really do start walking away and deciding it’s not worth doing business in America today. Or is it already happening and we just don’t know it?”
Well, David, it’s going on right now all around us and we do in fact know all about it. I have a good friend from high school who was drafted in the Vietnam era, then earned his civil engineering Bachelor of Science degree afterward at N.C. State via the GI Bill.
He started his own construction company, and has run it ever since, directly employing dozens of people and spending millions annually on equipment and materials, thereby employing countless others. Until now; until Obama was elected.
The bottom fell out of the economy under Obammunist economic policies, and then Obamacare de-exempted small construction companies from the 50-employee exemption as demanded by the unions so they could kill all non-union construction companies. Well it worked.
My friend said he was finally fed up and was finally able to say what Obama has demanded that all productive people must say, namely, “I have enough money”.
He said he figured he had worked hard all his life, saved his earnings, and it was finally it was time to enjoy his savings. My friend fired all his employees, gave away all his equipment........ and retired…
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Wait’ll T-Mobile shuts down next spring. They have a huge presence in Bellevue.
One straw at a time, and eventually the camel’s back breaks.
That's basically Tom Baugh's philosophy as he describes it in his Starving the Monkeys. Galt's Gulch today is a state of mind and a plan of action.
The metaphor that comes to mind is that of a glass rod under tension. Everything looks fine until it doesn’t. Then - SNAP!
>>The metaphor that comes to mind is that of a glass rod under tension. Everything looks fine until it doesn’t. Then - SNAP!<<
Yeah. Your metaphor reminds me of this:
http://www.grandpappy.info/honehour.htm
>>Kentucky is a great state along as you stay away from those Amish Terrorists,<<
We’ll be getting our bulk foods from one of their stores. We watch them like hawks, though. :-)
Yep - the One Hour meltdown. A real possibility.
My dad lives in Florence, KY for the time being and is recently retired. A few years ago he bought some land in Central Kentucky for his retirement property. When they did the land survey, appraisal, and titlework, etc., the deed said “10 acres, more or less.” (There’s a large spring-fed pond on his property that crosses into his neighbor’s property.) He did some reseach and found that that is how they estimate things there. I don’t know if he meant in that county or in KY, but he said it went back to the days of Daniel Boone. Did your deed say anything similar?
Have you met your closest neighbors? My dad said it took quite a while to meet his. They are fiercely private and shun outsiders. He held a large BBQ and posted signs to invite everyone within 100 acres. The immediate two property owners came over with food and once they figured out he was “good people,” they sent the kids out on 4-wheelers to fetch everyone else. Pretty soon, there were 100 people there with food enough for 300 because everyone brought something.
From then on, he couldn’t stop the stream of people coming by to welcome him. They all literally stop in the middle of the road and roll down their windows to say hello when they pass each other headed to/from “town.” When one needs a hand, they all help. They help each other birth calves, hang tobacco to dry in their barns, repair fences, clear brush, etc. My dad was a pipefitter, so he’s the resident emergency plumber. They don’t pay each other, they just share the workload when help is needed knowing that they can call on each other as needed.
Amazing people.
Just two weeks ago, after passing through Yellowstone via Cody, we drove the "Sweet 16" highway through Ten Sleep Canyon.....I thought that area was more stunning than Yellowstone itself.
In my case, I got to know my neighbors really fast. Almost everyone within a mile is now a close personal friend. And I am completely with you on the good people part. I’ve lived in Seattle all my adult life and never had friends like these. Not even close. Oh, and when we came to town last year with our moving van, one of them graded our driveway to get us up and another used his tractor to pull our truck up. And did I mention the free vegetables?
I feel like one of them in a very real way. I just hope I can return all the favors some day.
Rodeo country!
Yeah, I gotta tell you everything is a lot greener this year than it usually is. Sure is pretty though.
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