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Mandatory jury duty

One of the basic tenets of Objectivism is that the human mind does not function at the point of a gun.

HOW, THEN, is justice served by pointing a gun at a person's head and telling that person: "YOU WILL decide whether another human being is guilty or innocent. OR ELSE."

Only altruism makes such a thing even imaginable.

Oh, really?

From "Wind turbines threatening existence of the lesser prairie chicken", January 6, 2010, Oklahoma Gazette:

“We are not a wind power company,” said OG&E CEO Peter Delaney at the wind conference. “We don’t desire to be a wind power company. We’re market driven. We’re not driven by a mandate.”

Dear Peter Delaney,

How can a government-controlled and -protected monopoly - such as OG&E - even remotely begin to consider itself as being anywhere near market driven?

And as to the story's main subject - efforts to mitigate the impact of wind turbines on the lesser prairie chicken - I refer readers to recent postings by Keith Lockitch at the Ayn Rand Center's Voices for Reason blog:

Greens against green energy

Greens against green energy–follow-up

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Objectivist Round Up - Best of 2009

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My New Year's Resolution

My New Year's resolution for 2010: I resolve to openly and aggressively pursue my own personal agenda.

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Problem and solution

The problem: Congress has passed over the line into despotism.

The solution: Take away Congress's power to regulate commerce.

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