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As I write this, it’s the last day of August, 2024, and I have been wrestling with the City of Madison Rental Licesing people for nearly two months now.
Here’s the story.
THE BACKGROUND
For this particular rental house, I have owned it for nine years, having purchased it in 2015 (near as I can remember). It has been rented out since I bought it.
The City of Madison requires a license to rent out a residence, and to obtain this license, the house must pass an inspection. The new tenant cannot get the electricity turned on until this license is issued.
This page is here to share with the world an IDEA I’ve had that could revolutionize wildreness SAR (Search and Rescue). The genesis of the idea came from a book I’m currently listening to, The Cold Vanish, by Jon Billman, and by a couple of streaming series I am also currently watching.
All of these are about searching for and hopefully rescuing people who go missing in wilderness areas, and right off the bat, it seems to me one of the biggest obstacles to conducting these search and rescue operations is the terrain. It is nearly always far away from civilzation, and extremely difficult to get to. Continue reading One-Person Wilderness SAR Vehicle→
Those of you who know me well are aware I’m pretty much apolitical, sometimes anti-political. I believe strongly in freedom and the right of the American people to be themselves without government interference.
I do recognize that there are lowlifes in every sector of a society, those who will take any advantage they can, even if it hurts someone else. This is why we have laws. To have laws, we must have lawmakers, which, unfortunately, means politicians.
One of my biggest exasperations over the years has been lawmakers who see something going on they consider wrong, and so rush to pass yet another law to prevent everyone from doing that wrong thing … regardless of any other law that might already exist. My position is usually, “Let’s enforce the laws we have before we pass any new ones. Let’s enforce the laws we have or get rid of them.” Many years ago, when the Equal Rights Amendment was making a big splash, I thought that was one of the stupidest things ever – simply because we already have laws in place to guarantee what these amendment proponents wanted.
By the way, this stupid thing has been around since 1923; in 1972 it passed both houses of congress. 35 states of the 39 required actually ratified the amendment, but five states later rescinded their ratification. My opinion: we don’t need it – we only need to enforce laws we already have on the books.
All this is a lead-in to the following YouTube video, in which a Representative from South Carolina says pretty much the same thing, although much more powerfully. I expect some among you will condemn him and what he says because of party affiliation, or because he attacks a sitting president that you like. But listen closely, and you’ll hear he’s calling for an omni-partisan enforcement of existing laws, regardless of party affiliation. I applaud his position.
I hereby stick my neck out to make this statement: if you don’t agree that all laws should be enforced (and not selectively), then you might want to take a closer look at whether you would rather live in freedom, or under a totalitarian or communist regime.
That’s all. Stepping down from my rare political soap box now. And yes, I’m open to discussion about this.
It’s time to GET OUT!