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This Snowstorm Fiasco OUGHT to be a Lesson to OPPOSE the Nanny State [Don't waste a crisis!]
1/27/15 | sff

Posted on 01/27/2015 9:04:41 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

Looking at the glorious NON-EVENT that was this BS blizzard, I ask that we conservatives teach our friends how to see the dangers of the nanny state.

Think about it....media, politicians and "scientists" in the government all worked together to SHUT DOWN commerce, freedom of movement, etc.

I know this would be easy to let them off the hook and say "Well, they did their best, better safe than sorry, etc."

I think, however, that this splendidly demonstrates that these entities think of themselves as overlords who KNOW better than their citizenry how to conduct themselves in a potential crisis.

I grew up where schools shut down if the weather was REALLY REALLY bad, but NEVER did we have a governor threaten us with arrest or tell us to not open our business.

The American pioneers would laugh in the face of Cuomo, Malloy, Christie, and the rest. We should too.


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: nanny; overreach
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To: Adder

Juno huh? Maybe they can name the next one “Eglecias”.


61 posted on 01/27/2015 11:03:12 AM PST by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: Alberta's Child

I’ve not taken issue with government choosing to close schools.


62 posted on 01/27/2015 11:04:29 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

That’s my point. If we’re supposed to be free people with limited government involvement in our lives, then why are there government schools in the first place? I can’t think of anything that does more to put your freedom and liberty at risk than sending your children off to a government-run school to be indoctrinated by agents of that government.


63 posted on 01/27/2015 11:19:13 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
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To: SoFloFreeper

You and I might stay off the roads, but the blizzard of ‘78 proved just how stupid people are. Since 1978 I believe people have become much stupider (is that a word??).

I don’t like big government, but one of the necessary functions is public safety and public works (roads included). I’ll give them a pass on this one.

And... You are correct. Government seems to be wrong more often than not.


64 posted on 01/27/2015 11:20:50 AM PST by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: Poser

“You and I might stay off the roads, but the blizzard of ‘78 proved just how stupid people are.”

And how exactly did they prove their stupidity?

It started on Monday and very quickly became severe. Lots of people didn’t make it home from work. That’s stupid?

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65 posted on 01/27/2015 11:28:49 AM PST by Mears (awesome.)
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To: Alberta's Child

A different issue, but you’re right that schools indoctrinate children.

Ours have been privately educated.


66 posted on 01/27/2015 12:00:40 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

BUMP


67 posted on 01/27/2015 12:02:04 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Shepard Smith was just on claiming that this was the first use of a brand new (very expensive) US built weather forecasting model... and he claims that it was “spot on” and worked PERFECTLY.


68 posted on 01/27/2015 12:05:40 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Mears

You are correct. The blizzard of 78 was not well forecasted and got severe suddenly forming in place over the gulf stream. There were many other similar storms that passed out to sea harmlessly.


69 posted on 01/27/2015 12:08:25 PM PST by palmer (Free is when you don't have to pay for nothing. Or do nothing. We want Obamanet.)
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To: dirtboy
Some areas may have been spared but farther NE they got hit.


Snow is seen piled up on a snowbank in the Suffolk County
town of Dix Hills, New York, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton


Fourteen-year-old Will Adam snow boards down a street on Beacon Hill during a
large winter blizzard in Boston, January 27, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

70 posted on 01/27/2015 12:12:25 PM PST by deport
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To: dirtboy

Just NW of Boston here. Twenty eight inches and still snowing.


71 posted on 01/27/2015 12:31:11 PM PST by Rick66
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To: SoFloFreeper

72 posted on 01/27/2015 12:32:11 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Rick66

Hate to tell you, but on radar it looks like the storm is retrograding westward instead of moving off to the NE.


73 posted on 01/27/2015 12:38:36 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Rick66

74 posted on 01/27/2015 12:44:06 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Patriot777

We can send that one on to them

Maybe they could have naming contests!


75 posted on 01/27/2015 3:43:00 PM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: Adder

Absolutely! And I’d like to name this next one “Winter Storm Faux-Pas”, as I think a bunch of us are going to get P-wnd by it!


76 posted on 01/30/2015 5:19:31 AM PST by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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