tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post5581461567506082767..comments2023-07-18T03:44:33.021-07:00Comments on The Bit Maelstrom: Drug Tests Are Bad, mm-kay?blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-79824556360357355322009-02-12T09:52:00.000-08:002009-02-12T09:52:00.000-08:00I think it goes along with the whole "reset" butto...I think it goes along with the whole "reset" button concept: People can't imagine--they can't fathom how life would be possible without all these tons of government bureaucracies!<BR/><BR/>The left has been very good at inculcating the notion that life was simply barbaric before government intruded into every area of our lives.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-57252164602039739992009-02-12T06:28:00.000-08:002009-02-12T06:28:00.000-08:00I didn't get a job once because one of the forms a...I didn't get a job once because one of the forms asked if I used drugs. I simply wrote: "If I did, would I answer 'yes' ??"<BR/><BR/>What's sad, is that the idea of making welfare recipients pass drug tests sounds just great to me. Yet it is <I>instinctively</I> so far out of the realm of possibility, it would never even have occurred to me. That's how successful "the culture of victimhood" has been.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-81205989144729053352009-02-11T18:41:00.000-08:002009-02-11T18:41:00.000-08:00Oh, of course not, I went off more on my own tange...Oh, of course not, I went off more on my own tangent, figuring people would read your post first.<BR/><BR/>It seems absurd, of course, that there should be requirements to create wealth that don't exist for draining wealth, but of course, if you're on the drain side for very long, you're probably wallowing in irresponsibility.<BR/><BR/>Besides, welfare is an entitlement, and work is a responsibility. You can't deny people an entitlement and of course you put requirements on responsibility. (Is that double-speak-y enough for you?)blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268985416439660021.post-41533365801974406482009-02-11T17:25:00.000-08:002009-02-11T17:25:00.000-08:00Yes, they're bad. I'm not entirely sure that was t...Yes, they're bad. I'm not entirely sure that was the point though. I've worked in several jobs where they were required. I didn't like it either.<BR/><BR/>Still, the notion that people who actually work and are on the productive side of the taxpayer/welfare recipient relationship have to be tested while those benefiting from their <EM>forced</EM> largess still irks me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com