Comments on: Government Getting Away With What Plebes Can’t http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/05/22/government-getting-away-with-what-plebes-cant/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: tarran http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/05/22/government-getting-away-with-what-plebes-cant/#comment-56203 tarran Sat, 24 May 2008 22:31:02 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=2583#comment-56203 Oh, my grandfather could beat that one. He was driving down a extremely narrow one-way street just east of Hahvuhd Squeah when a garbage truck came barreling up the road going the wrong way, honking its horn at him. My grandfather angrily shouted at the garbare truck driver that they were going the wrong way on a one way street. He received the jaw dropping response, "Hey buddy, <em>we're</em> the government. Now get out of our way." Oh, my grandfather could beat that one.

He was driving down a extremely narrow one-way street just east of Hahvuhd Squeah when a garbage truck came barreling up the road going the wrong way, honking its horn at him.

My grandfather angrily shouted at the garbare truck driver that they were going the wrong way on a one way street. He received the jaw dropping response, “Hey buddy, we’re the government. Now get out of our way.”

]]> By: trumpetbob15 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/05/22/government-getting-away-with-what-plebes-cant/#comment-56188 trumpetbob15 Fri, 23 May 2008 18:09:34 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=2583#comment-56188 Brad, A similiar thing happened to me only with a garbage truck and a stop light. I was behind one a few months ago and when the light turned green, out flew some garbage. I could only wonder, where were the litter Nazis for that one? Brad,

A similiar thing happened to me only with a garbage truck and a stop light. I was behind one a few months ago and when the light turned green, out flew some garbage. I could only wonder, where were the litter Nazis for that one?

]]> By: Mark http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/05/22/government-getting-away-with-what-plebes-cant/#comment-56176 Mark Fri, 23 May 2008 13:34:07 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=2583#comment-56176 FWIW- a few years ago, the DC Metro was experiencing similar issues (I'm guessing they still are). Anyways, the Washington Post decided to cover the story and actually turned it into a major investigative journalism series; IIRC, they didn't pull any punches. So, on occasion, the media is actually willing to go after the government (which owes a duty to the public) in the way that they go after the private sector (which doesn't). On occasion. FWIW- a few years ago, the DC Metro was experiencing similar issues (I’m guessing they still are). Anyways, the Washington Post decided to cover the story and actually turned it into a major investigative journalism series; IIRC, they didn’t pull any punches. So, on occasion, the media is actually willing to go after the government (which owes a duty to the public) in the way that they go after the private sector (which doesn’t). On occasion.

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