Comments for Long Time Gone http://mccrarey.com Sat, 25 May 2013 12:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 Comment on The wonderful world of Disney by Kevin http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390806 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:48 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390806 I am proud of the crappy public school that I went to and the crappy public school teachers that dedicated their life to teaching kids like me for a crappy salary. I suppose that makes me a taker too. Look,I understand wanting less government, but to pretend the government does nothing good for people and the free market fairy dust is the answer to every problem doesn't make sense to me. To me the government is like an umpire at a baseball game. No one pays money to see the umpires and no one particularly like them, but they are necessary to keep order so the players (free market) can safely, effectively and legally do their jobs. If you have bad individual umpires or bad rules you make changes, but you don't eliminate all umpires from the game and let the players call their own balls and strikes. I am proud of the crappy public school that I went to and the crappy public school teachers that dedicated their life to teaching kids like me for a crappy salary. I suppose that makes me a taker too.

Look,I understand wanting less government, but to pretend the government does nothing good for people and the free market fairy dust is the answer to every problem doesn’t make sense to me.

To me the government is like an umpire at a baseball game. No one pays money to see the umpires and no one particularly like them, but they are necessary to keep order so the players (free market) can safely, effectively and legally do their jobs. If you have bad individual umpires or bad rules you make changes, but you don’t eliminate all umpires from the game and let the players call their own balls and strikes.

]]> Comment on The wonderful world of Disney by Kevin Kim http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390800 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:09:25 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390800 T-Money in America. Imagine that. <b>"...the private sector can do almost everything the government can do, only better."</b> If that's the basic point, I agree. T-Money in America. Imagine that.

“…the private sector can do almost everything the government can do, only better.”

If that’s the basic point, I agree.

]]> Comment on The wonderful world of Disney by John McCrarey http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390795 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:10:56 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390795 Well Kevin, Disney built all the roads inside that 47 square mile park, Disney University to teach employees the things they should have learned in our crappy public schools, and Disney corporate tax, sales tax, vehicle tax, fuel taxes, (along with everyone's elses) paid for those roads, not the government. The government doesn't build anything. It takes. Well Kevin, Disney built all the roads inside that 47 square mile park, Disney University to teach employees the things they should have learned in our crappy public schools, and Disney corporate tax, sales tax, vehicle tax, fuel taxes, (along with everyone’s elses) paid for those roads, not the government.

The government doesn’t build anything. It takes.

]]> Comment on The wonderful world of Disney by Keith McCrarey http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390792 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:54:35 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390792 I don't know how many times Boothroyd whacked me with his perforated paddle-- more than three, less than ten-- but he always really cranked up and hit me as hard as he could. Typical of members of the California Teachers Assn, his incompetence got him promoted to Vice Principal. One day Greg had to get out of school early and Mom sent me in the car to pick him up. When Boothroyd saw me in the office, he told me to get out of there or he would call the police. A real asshole. I don’t know how many times Boothroyd whacked me with his perforated paddle– more than three, less than ten– but he always really cranked up and hit me as hard as he could. Typical of members of the California Teachers Assn, his incompetence got him promoted to Vice Principal. One day Greg had to get out of school early and Mom sent me in the car to pick him up. When Boothroyd saw me in the office, he told me to get out of there or he would call the police. A real asshole.

]]> Comment on The wonderful world of Disney by Kevin http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390790 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:38 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/24/the-wonderful-world-of-disney/#comment-390790 I am sure Walt Disney would appreciate the government funded public schools that helped prepare and educate some of those 66,000 employees He'd probably appreciate the interstates that get people the resort and the power grids, water, airports and other essential infrastructure government helps provide. Walt Disney didn't build that! :lol: I am sure Walt Disney would appreciate the government funded public schools that helped prepare and educate some of those 66,000 employees He’d probably appreciate the interstates that get people the resort and the power grids, water, airports and other essential infrastructure government helps provide. Walt Disney didn’t build that! :lol:

]]> Comment on A walk in the park by John McCrarey http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/20/a-walk-in-the-park-2/#comment-390458 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:19 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/20/a-walk-in-the-park-2/#comment-390458 Yeah, it all looked good. I had some pretty nice ribs and chicken one day, and improvised some in the other parks. Of course, Jee Yeun packed a kitchen into our room, so I was eating salads and the like at night. Yeah, it all looked good. I had some pretty nice ribs and chicken one day, and improvised some in the other parks. Of course, Jee Yeun packed a kitchen into our room, so I was eating salads and the like at night.

]]> Comment on A walk in the park by Kevin Kim http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/20/a-walk-in-the-park-2/#comment-390420 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:02:49 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/20/a-walk-in-the-park-2/#comment-390420 Congrats on the continued weight loss! I don't know how you managed to avoid eating all those sinfully tempting victuals that they serve at Disney World and Epcot. I've seen some Food Network shows devoted to highlighting Disney's food, and all of it looked amazing to me. Congrats on the continued weight loss! I don’t know how you managed to avoid eating all those sinfully tempting victuals that they serve at Disney World and Epcot. I’ve seen some Food Network shows devoted to highlighting Disney’s food, and all of it looked amazing to me.

]]> Comment on A disappearing act by Kevin Kim http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/18/a-disappearing-act/#comment-390242 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:32:28 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/18/a-disappearing-act/#comment-390242 Close call. Close call.

]]> Comment on Ups and downs by Kevin Kim http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/13/ups-and-downs/#comment-389848 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:56:14 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/13/ups-and-downs/#comment-389848 Kudos! Continued good luck to you. Kudos! Continued good luck to you.

]]> Comment on Centenarian sighting by Kevin Kim http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/12/centenarian-sighting/#comment-389762 Sun, 12 May 2013 14:22:24 +0000 http://mccrarey.com/2013/05/12/centenarian-sighting/#comment-389762 I hear echoes of Groucho Marx in that reply. I hear echoes of Groucho Marx in that reply.

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