Comments on: Power to the People https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/power-to-the-people/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:29:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Doug https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1104537 Doug Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:26:53 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33934#comment-1104537 And so now do you believe it’s time to “water the tree of liberty”?

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1089803 Bob Sykes Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:02:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33934#comment-1089803 One of the main goals of the late Nineteenth Century Progressives was to get politics out of legislation by transferring the legislative power to the bureaucracy. So, since Teddy Roosevelt, Congress has been writing very vague laws that give the bureaucrats expansive authority to write the regulations that actually flesh out the laws. The unfireable and unelected bureaucrats have gladly run with the ball.

One advantage to the elected officials is deniability: They never voted for the regulations.

]]> By: Fake Herzog https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1089243 Fake Herzog Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:05:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33934#comment-1089243 While the movie is crap, Herbert is right that Lynch had visual flair and considered stylistically there are many elements of that film that hold up even today (I just re-watched it and narratively the film is a total mess — the acting is also very uneven — what the heck is Sting doing in that movie!!!)

]]> By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/power-to-the-people/comment-page-1/#comment-1088809 Lucklucky Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:49:13 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33934#comment-1088809 That is no news for us that know Sir Humphrey Appleby…

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