[Notoriously Conservative]

http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/03/spurious-partitions.html

[SES1066]

Thanks for bringing my attention to a most salutary example of individual vs governmental interaction. The underlying story is hilarious in demonstrating how a prank can generate consequences far beyond imagining due to inevitable bureaucratic processes even in the 'free-wheeling 1950s' - God alone knows what current examples might be.

While the author points to the judiciary as an area where corrections are difficult / impossible to make, I wonder about those decisions or actions made by the very bureaucratic 'alphabet agencies' like OSHA, EPA and EOC. I have heard (third-hand plus) of stories about proper positioning of fire extinguishers where companies / factories are wrung out in attempting to resolve conflicts between governmental regulations & inspectors.

This is what SCARES me about the Obama push to increase governmental intrusion. Nothing is so permanent as a bureaucracy and its stakeholder group(s). Every new governmental employee is a BURDEN upon the non-governmental economy and some of the proposals by President Obama make it clear that a much larger government is in the works.