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Peter Cresswell's blogThe story of one control after another![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sat, 2007-02-10 23:07
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
- Thomas Jefferson They say one bad apple spoils the barrel; one rotten apple will quickly affect a whole bunch. The same is true of government controls. One control is introduced to 'correct' something that's making some legislator unhappy, following which economic imbalances occur; new controls are pretty quickly called for to try to correct them, following which more are introduced to correct the dislocations that occurred from those controls, and so on. Control follows control, as dislocation follows imbalance. The history of government controls is like the story of the Emperor's New Clothes in reverse:
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Malthus meets the Greens, and we're all going to die!![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Wed, 2007-02-07 21:16
Recent Comments: Good post, Peter... — by Ross Elliot on Wed, 2007-02-07 21:54 ( categories: )
Taking the Christ out of Christmas![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-12-17 22:17
I hear people complaining that "Christ is being taken out of Christmas." In fact, the Vatican, poor dears, have "accused some western countries of waging "a war against Christmas" by removing Christian values and symbols from the holiday." So what? Christ was never in Christmas, except in fiction and by order of the Council of Trent. Jesus wasn't even born in December: he was born in July*, which makes him a cancer -- just like religion. Recent Comments: Who The Grinch Is — by Jeff Perren on Sat, 2006-12-23 15:37 Kenny, re Grinch-i-ness... — by Ross Elliot on Sat, 2006-12-23 07:57 The Grinch is a US... — by Marcus on Sat, 2006-12-23 00:25
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Where's my free will?![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Wed, 2006-12-13 23:10
Recent Comments: Eyes wide open or half closed, discernemnt or apathy — by Sandi on Thu, 2006-12-14 00:01 ( categories: )
Jesus H. Christ!![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Tue, 2006-12-12 01:35
Jesus! What a nut! Who? Pastor Becky bloody Fischer, that's who, the former head of the 'Jesus Camp' documented in the film of the same name (hold on to your head, here's a trailer), and still head of KidsInMinistry.Com -- tagline, "redefining children's ministry in the 21st Century"! The exclamation mark, by the way, is mine. You'll understand why quite quickly. Recent Comments: Reason — by Jeff Perren on Tue, 2006-12-12 20:03 Reason - dup deleted — by Jeff Perren on Tue, 2006-12-12 20:02 "Still, I don't accept your — by Peter Cresswell on Tue, 2006-12-12 19:24
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A(nother) Big Bang![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-12-10 21:38
Reposted from SOLOHQ due to the popularity of Daniel's recent thread. I spent this last week in some of the world’s great Opera Houses.
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QUOTE: -"Under a worldly camouflage we have come to be dominated by a new natural religion ... Ecologism"![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-12-10 01:26
Quote for today:
Recent Comments: Marcus? — by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-12-14 01:10 ...a case in point...THEN there's James Lovelock! — by Orson on Tue, 2006-12-12 02:28
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Free Radical 73: The Assault on Free Speech![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-12-01 00:12
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Science v religion - Dawkins v Haggard![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-11-16 00:23
What happens when an atheist with a rather 'disintegrated' philosophical world view debates a religionist with an integrated but factually incorrect worldview about the foundations of science and the scientific method? Recent Comments: Robert... — by Marcus on Sat, 2006-11-18 18:52 Only... — by Robert on Sat, 2006-11-18 06:43 Scientists and empiricism... — by Robert on Sat, 2006-11-18 01:10
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What 'everybody knows' about Tuvalu![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-11-16 00:22
![]() Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died... - Leonard Cohen Recent Comments: That's How It Goes — by Kyrel Zantonavitch on Fri, 2007-10-19 15:48 ( categories: )
Delusions, and the people who have them![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-11-16 00:20
Recent Comments: Ok I admit it — by Sandi on Sat, 2006-11-18 00:10 ( categories: )
A new 'Frank Lloyd Wright house' nears completion![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-11-16 00:19
Recent Comments: not — by Brant Gaede on Tue, 2008-07-29 22:41 Nihilism! — by Ptgymatic on Fri, 2008-07-18 15:27 Right Wright — by Brant Gaede on Fri, 2008-07-18 05:49
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More capitalism => More forests.![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-11-16 00:18
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Selling disaster: The four horsemen of the modern apocalypse![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-11-03 01:37
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed - and hence clamorous to be led to safety - by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." -H.L. Mencken There's money and power and headlines aplenty in scaremongering (and much less and many fewer in good news), but how often is the scaremongering accurate? And does it matter? Disaster sells. Recent Comments: Time to stock up on canned tuna, 'cuz... — by Summer Serravillo on Fri, 2006-11-03 11:45 Hard work ahead — by Rick Giles on Fri, 2006-11-03 08:24 Excellent post Peter.
Thank — by Sandi on Fri, 2006-11-03 07:46
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How the new 'left' and 'right' meet in the authoritarian middle![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-10-19 22:36
Recent Comments: Well said, Peter — by Kenny on Mon, 2006-10-23 19:15 " As long as Third Way and Neocon strategists eschew ideas... — by Marcus on Sat, 2006-10-21 00:26 Right on. — by Ross Elliot on Fri, 2006-10-20 22:26
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FREE RADICAL 72: The Great Environmental Sellout![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Tue, 2006-10-17 22:27
The mainstream media only picked up on NZ's political challenge of the year in late September, but The Free Radical had the whole Darnton V Clark story and the details about the stolen election in July!
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Recent Comments: Thanks. — by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-10-27 22:02 Great work Peter. — by Marcus on Fri, 2006-10-27 20:18
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Not that I'm boasting...![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-10-09 20:44
Now, I'm not one to boast -- quiet at the back! -- but I just thought I'd let you know I've been invited to participate in something pretty exciting. Edward Schatz is an archivist and photographer who travels the world documenting what he describes as Modern Masters of Art and Organic Architecture from around the world. His recent round of interviewees includes Douglas Cardinal, Gregory Burgess, Laurie Virr, Bart Prince, Robert Crumb, Daniel Lieberman and Eric Lloyd Wright ... and me! Recent Comments: Tremendous stuff and my — by Sandi on Tue, 2006-10-10 23:37 Congratulations PC! You — by JulianP on Tue, 2006-10-10 21:08 Congratulations! — by Melissa Lepley on Tue, 2006-10-10 16:26
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Real footy tomorrow!![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-09-29 02:29
Recent Comments: "Surely individualistic, — by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-10-02 04:51 Most libertarian sport? — by Kenny on Sat, 2006-09-30 09:54 ! — by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-09-29 03:20
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[Today's Reprise] The Long, Long Trail of Appeasement, Capitulation and Death![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-09-11 04:42
We are at war. We, the people of the west are at war with people who wish to destroy us. It's a different war than we're used to, an asymmetric war -- a so-called fourth-generation war -- so it's one some people still don't recognise (or still don't want to recognise) but we are under sustained attack. We are at war. Recent Comments: One would have thought... — by Marcus on Thu, 2006-09-14 14:47 One would have thought 9/11 — by Sandi on Tue, 2006-09-12 09:16 Helen bin Laden — by Jameson on Tue, 2006-09-12 01:19
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Civilisation Under Siege (SOLO, Sept 11, 2001)![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-09-10 10:14
If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere, It's up to you, New York, New York! This was a declaration of war—but a declaration by whom, and against what? 2,500 people were killed in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. Today, in mainland USA, many many more have been killed in appalling scenes as America was left defenceless. Airline security was exposed. The Pentagon was breached. The glory of the New York skyline was rent asunder; the twin towers of the World Trade Centre—shining spires of capitalism and twin symbols for man's achievement—are no more. Recent Comments: Thanks — by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-09-10 21:04 The question — by Chris Cathcart on Sun, 2006-09-10 17:01 Peter — by LWHALL on Sun, 2006-09-10 13:17
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What Architecture Is All About![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-09-08 23:09
Now we're at the halfway point of our architectural debate over at my main blog 'Not PC,' here's a brief meditation on what architecture is all about. In five words or less: giving meaning to our lives. To quote the late Claude Megson, "If it doesn't have meaning, then you're just wanking." Read on now for the thousand-word meditation... Recent Comments: Thanks — by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-09-10 21:11 Peter — by TRowland on Sat, 2006-09-09 17:40 Standing ovation. — by Prima Donna on Sat, 2006-09-09 07:07
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Art: there's more to it than just meets the eye.![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-09-03 23:34
Art. On the subject of art, ain't there a lot of misunderstanding about -- as this still ongoing and fascinating thread at my main blog shows if nothing else does. But isn't it odd how something we've all experienced and enjoyed is somehow so widely misunderstood? All of us have felt, after watching a film or having indulged in a DVD marathon of a favourite TV show, that our thinking has somehow been changed by the experience -- having been immersed in the world of CSI or House for example we might imagine ourselves to have become more analytical and more attentive to detail (or more cranky); after a Prisoner marathon we might feel particularly astute and mistrustful; and after hours of reality shows (if you can stomach that) you could feel intensely competitive and 'loaded for bear.' All of us have been touched at some time by a painting, a film, a piece of music or a work of architecture or sculpture. If we hadn't, we just wouldn't be human. Anything that affects us like this can't be causeless, and indeed it isn't.
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The grace of Santiago Calatrava![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Sun, 2006-09-03 18:59
The man's a genius. An artistic and engineering genius.
Recent Comments: Saarinen and Milwaukee — by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-09-04 23:49 Peter — by AdamReed on Mon, 2006-09-04 23:39 Katherine — by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-09-04 23:27
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Dagny Taggart Answers Kant![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-09-01 00:13
Anyone remember the passage below from Atlas Shrugged? We are in the train's cab at the opening of the John Galt Line. Recent Comments: Melody — by jeffrey smith on Thu, 2009-06-04 01:49 Olivia — by jeffrey smith on Thu, 2009-06-04 01:34 Tchaikovsky on Wagner — by jeffrey smith on Thu, 2009-06-04 01:14
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Kofi Annan "keeping the peace" by wishful thinking![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-08-31 21:36
THE TIMES: Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General, has called for all Israeli troops to be withdrawn from southern Lebanon as soon as an international force earmarked for the area reaches 5,000... Under UN Resolution 1701, signed earlier this month and agreed by both Israel and Lebanon, provision was made for a international force of 15,000 to act as a buffer between Israel and Hezbollah... The UN Secretary-General claimed that the Lebanese authorities yesterday assured him they were taking measures to stop the flow of weapons from Syria and Iran to their ally Hezbollah via sea and air...
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"Four-thousand years ago..."![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-08-31 21:34
Back then, war and death and disaster were still largely the order of the day and the focus of much of daily life, and life for the most part was seen as simply a small part of the more important journey taking place after death. (Think for example of the Great Pyramids and the Egyptian death cults, and the Sumerian and Chinese fortresses of this period. Such was the architectural expression seen under the sun.)
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'The Scream ' has been found. Two cheers.![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-08-31 21:26
You see, here's an example of something that is good art -- very good art -- that I don't like at all. If anything better expresses the dis-ease and dislocation expressed by twentieth-century 'thinkers' -- the nausea and helpless angst of Jean Paul Sartre; "things fall apart, the centre cannot hold"; "alone and afraid in a world I never made"; etc; etc. -- then it is this piece. Recent Comments: Capitalism the Unknown Ideal — by James Heaps-Nelson on Fri, 2006-09-01 01:28 Damn, Private Simovici ... — by Lindsay Perigo on Fri, 2006-09-01 01:13 I'll do you one better, then. — by Boaz the Boor on Fri, 2006-09-01 01:06
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A helpful suggestion for 'random acts of kindness day'![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-08-31 21:24
Perhaps if that was to be combined with Casual Sex Friday ... ? Recent Comments: Ross... — by Marcus on Sat, 2006-09-02 16:38 Holidays — by Melissa Lepley on Fri, 2006-09-01 15:20 "It's usually about now that — by Ross Elliot on Fri, 2006-09-01 08:29
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" Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace -- but there is no peace..."![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Thu, 2006-08-31 01:34
Recent Comments: Marcus, are you having your period? — by Marcus on Sat, 2006-09-02 16:46 Marcus, are you having your — by Ross Elliot on Sat, 2006-09-02 01:15 Well then, I'm glad we won — by Melissa Lepley on Fri, 2006-09-01 17:37
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Dr Montessori's "old age"![]() Submitted by Peter Cresswell on Fri, 2006-08-25 23:50
So often so short of perspective, once again this contributor put in his contribution and came out with a lemon. What drives people to cut down heroes and heroines with snide onliners I'll leave as an exercise for the reader. What drives a so-called Objectivist who should know better I'll leave as another exercise, one for which the Objectivist literature itself provides a useful clue. So what’s the truth about Dr Montessori? Recent Comments: Welcome — by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-08-28 01:10 A disgrace — by Peter Cresswell on Mon, 2006-08-28 01:04 Sharath — by AdamReed on Mon, 2006-08-28 00:37
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