triticale - the wheat / rye guy

Another Whole Thing

As is often the case with whole things, this one was written by Bill Whittle. As is always the case with whole things, you should read this one one.

I do take issue with one of the metephors used in the essay. Wolves, and predators in general, have their place in the balance of things, and wolves in particular are beautiful beings. The looters in New Orleans were more nearly like hyenas, but no animals would pass up food for plasma TVs.

Conversely, I was very much pleased by this statement in the comment section: A couple of competent master sergeants, football coaches or Girl Scout troop leaders could have and would have gotten this started. Fact is that altho the Girl Scouts are far less a paramilitary organization than the Boy Scouts, they do teach a lot of important skills, leadership, cooperation and some baseline subsistance being among them, and I am proud that we have been involved with the organization these past few decades.