tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883177.post4654561538703525601..comments2024-01-05T21:31:11.122-06:00Comments on The Town Crank: I love stories like this, LXXXISteve Erbachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883177.post-38681641686868681972006-12-28T05:05:00.000-06:002006-12-28T05:05:00.000-06:00Rob,
Yes, indeed. After posting 80 of these stor...Rob,<br /><br />Yes, indeed. After posting 80 of these stories one would think that one would become jaded. Not so.<br /><br />Steve Erbach<br />The Town Crank<br /><br />P.S., I noticed from your Blogger profile that you have <b><i>six</i></b> blogs?! Where do you find the time to keep up with them all?Steve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883177.post-22474535793805479052006-12-28T05:03:00.000-06:002006-12-28T05:03:00.000-06:00Brian,
» Perhaps they were afraid he'd shoot his ...Brian,<br /><br />» Perhaps they were afraid he'd shoot his eye out. «<br /><br />To be fair, I suppose that somebody in the administration might have thought something along those lines. But then, not to be fair, I remember <a href="http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives2/archives2view/view408.html#Iron">Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy</a>: "In any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representative who work to protect any teacher including the most incompetent. In all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions."<br /><br />Steve Erbach<br />The Town CrankSteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883177.post-8126199410825572762006-12-27T02:30:00.000-06:002006-12-27T02:30:00.000-06:00Some officials obtuseness never fails to amaze me....Some officials obtuseness never fails to amaze me.<br />Common sense is sorely lacking in this case.RobChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906914888029961524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8883177.post-4163160072648083262006-12-26T15:39:00.000-06:002006-12-26T15:39:00.000-06:00All this over ... a pellet gun.
Perhaps they wer...All this over ... a pellet gun.<br /><br />Perhaps they were afraid he'd shoot his eye out.<br /><br />You'll excuse me - I need to go confiscate my children's new pellet guns before they massacre each other.Brian Dunbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12952894032434503816noreply@blogger.com