[competentone]

I watched the program last night on the History Channel called "Lost Worlds" -- it was a re-run, maybe some of you have seen it.

The segment I saw was a look at some of the sites used during WW2 for the Manhattan Project. What was interesting -- and was commented on during the program -- was that literally "whole cities" were built in remote areas of the country in order to do the work needed to complete the project. These cities were built in the matter of months. Today, any attempt to do something similar would take many years -- the "environmental impact" studies alone would probably take at least 2 years!

We've lost much our freedom -- it's been "bureaucratized" away. The "brave people" -- the builders and creators in this world -- still exist, but they have been weighed down with the endless rules and regulations created by the miserable little losers in our society.

The losers are vaguely aware of their own ineptitude, but rather than strive to increase their own competence and abilities and do something productive with their own lives, they instead work to "throw a wrench in the works" for those with ability who are engaging in productive pursuits. The losers cannot succeed with their lives, so they strive to bring the successful people down to "their loser level." Everything from "controlled growth laws" to the progressive income tax has this mentality at its roots.

It's the vandal mentality, the inept person thinks, "I can't create something like this, but since I can smash it to pieces -- or stop it from happening -- I must be as good as the person who can build it."