The Grail of Equality (11/11)
By P.T. Bauer
Disregard of the restriction of the opportunities of the poor effected by egalitarianism is promoted by a curious asymmetrical application of the environmental determinism which underlies so much contemporary discourse on social affairs.
The poor are seen as helpless victims [...]
Looks like Laura isn't the only person questioning where the stimulus money actually went. The Chicago Tribune also has some questions about the White House's accounting.
The Obama administration claims that its $787 billion economic stimulus program has "created or saved" 640,329 jobs across the country, with more to come. [...]In case you haven't heard, Wikileaks has released some intercepted pager messages from September 11, 2001.
But what is really neat is the way that 911stories.net is displaying the highlights.
So, I decided to peruse the much discussed Climategate emails and it wasn't long before I ran across this interesting little epistle. I think Phil may have to be asked some serious questions by officials in the UK. One would think that some news outlet would be a little' [...]
Are tips obligatory or do they represent a reflection of satisfaction on the part of a paying customer towards his or her server? In many restaurants, there is an automatic group fee (tip) added on to a meal for large gatherings. If this is the policy of the restaurant then [...]
Another exclusive piece from Michael Scheuer on Ron Paul Forums today, talking about Holder's decision to hold terror trials in a New York courtroom instead of in front of a military tribunal.
What Americans and the world will see in New York....is an exercise in political expediency staged in a courtroom,' [...]Dr. Richard Ebeling was interviewed by Jeff Lloyd while visiting the Bahamas.
Dr. Ebeling is accosted by every socialist pretense in the book but dispels them all in an entertaining and educational way. If we in the free market camp were as lucid as Dr. Ebeling, we would [...]
This is so sweet, but you really have to click on the video and read the text under the "more info" section to get the whole experience.
I was printing out my son's next book, Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, when on the last page I spotted the word "Thanksgiving". It turned out to be a very delightful way to end a book:
Mr. Laurie slipped into the hall, said a word to the children, and all [...]
Glenn Beck makes a few good points about mainstream media outlets refusing to publish things that were never meant for public consumption. Riiiight.
Without fear there is no convincing reason to act. Without panic there is no reason to do so immediately. Creating [...]Hey, [...]
“Flying monkeys from undersea volcanoes could possibly reduce income from farming and fishing, possibly driving some women into sex work and thereby increase HIV infection; if, in fact, there are flying monkey emitting undersea volcanoes, " said James after one too many cocktails. "One cannot ignore the possibility that such phenomena [...]
Well, it's really Lew Rockwell's, but President Larson could use it as a decent blueprint. Here are some of my favorite days:
DAY ONE: The federal income tax is abolished and April 15th is declared a national holiday. The 40% reduction in federal revenues is matched by a 40% [...]
As a boy, Mr. Conte also loved to make music -- first on [...]
‘We are burdensome to the world, the resources are scarcely adequate for us… already nature does not sustain us.’ Thus wrote Tertullian in 200 AD, when approximately 180 million human beings lived on the planet Earth.
Brendan O'Neill gives us a little history of the perennial overpopulation worries. His excellent' [...]
I think that YouTube will pull this soon, but NBC doesn't have it up on their site yet (that I can find).
From the Associated Press:
"In the past, the Federal Reserve was held in very high esteem," said Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a libertarian who ran a quixotic third-party presidential campaign in 2008. Now, it's "the source of our problem," suggests Paul, author of the bestseller "End the Fed."++
Usually' [...]
An oldy but a goody:
Once There Was A Great Nation...
It was founded by pilgrims who decided to leave their own country, which didn't encourage freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the individual. So they migrated to an uncivilized land inhabited only by savages. The rock' [...]
My Saturday has been sort of a hodgepodge. I should be off at my husband’s workplace holiday party tonight, but had a little trouble finding a babysitter, so am sitting home trying to chip away at a variety of tasks—screening the “toll free” and obvious solicitation calls as I sit [...]
Has anyone been following this breaking news? I haven't had the time to read much since I've been busy building a tree fort with my son; nice and high in case the ice caps melt.
A Credibility Meltdown for the World's Leading Climate ScientistsNovember 21,' [...]
I've written about this before and I'll probably write about it again, because I doubt I'll ever be able to wrap my head around the hypocrisy of politics. Yes, I know the book "Rules For Radicals" promotes it, and I know that it's effective. I know it shouldn't surprise me.' [...]
"I challenge you to a duel!"
What drives people to engage in such mutually destructive activities like personal duels where both individuals may be killed or permanently maimed?
Human beings are social creatures and unconsciously place a high premium on social status. As if by magic, children perceive and internalize the social [...]
The University of California has announced that they need to hike undergraduate fees by 32%. Here's the snippet that draws my attention:
Mark Yudof, the university president, said the state budget cuts had left the university no choice but to raise fees, and noted that the system received only' [...]
As the primary season politicking starts en vigor, there is the question as to what is foremost on the minds of Americans and, particularly, conservative voters. In the Ron Paul camp, we’re hoping that people are starting to understand the wretched mess we’re in due to creeping socialism and the [...]
To me its an example of the incompetence and the contradictions that result from the incompetence of those holding and vying for power. It confirms my suspicion, in order to survive and succeed at least for a while in politics (a) you must not know [...]
Sometimes, a short news clip can be very insightful:
What would a news report on guns be without showing the Black Panthers? At 03:10, Captain Doug asks how the public can be protected from a person that clearly has a firearm on their person. Yes, [...]
Concepts that are insufficiently thought through cause more harm to mankind than anything else of our own making.
If you care for people, do not try to defy reality.
Differences between human beings are an integral part of the human condition. They cannot be removed without [...]
George Will describes the efforts of Arizona to fight the efforts of Congress to pervert the Commerce Clause. A piece:
This year, the Congressional Research Service delicately said "it is a novel issue whether Congress may use the (Commerce) Clause to require an individual to purchase a good or" [...]
Lew Rockwell Writes:
Congratulations to Ron Paul! His amendment to audit the Fed was just passed, kicking out he evil Mel Watts version, in the financial services committee. Still to come, the vote on the whole bill, and much can happen, but this is great news. Bernanke and friends must [...]
Here's a cool visual (Look! Shiny colored things!) of the growing USA unemployment numbers by county. It won't embed, so you'll have to click.
[cohort11.americanobserver.net]Hat tip: Mark Perry's Carpe Diem
Tracy has the best headline: "...at the Bailout Ball AGAIN!"
Details are there, too. I'll just say that Mitch McConnell is hosting another fundraiser and let Tracy give you the rest of the story.
And THESE are the people we’re supposed to trust with our health care? They can’t even handle basic bookkeeping, and can’t proofread their website well enough to know that Arizona definitely doesn’t have 86 Congressional Districts (none of the current states of the Union do). I think that they’re [...]
Graham spends a lot of time, making some very good points on the law, I believe.
We had a discussion about this issue in my international relation class the other day (we were talking about international law and some of the attendant problems), and sort of [...]
I never could stand O'Reilly much, and when he assumed the role of GOP-machine water boy, he was off the watch list entirely. He shows his true colors in this "interview". Notice that the constitution is tossed out along with decorum and/or objectivity as' [...]
Ron Paul shows the dearth of logic up on the Hill:
But the government’s prescription for the ills caused by intervention is always more intervention. We see this not only in healthcare policy, but also in foreign policy, in economic policy, and in monetary policy - basically, in all [...]
At the very end of the clip you will hear two or three loud noises - don't worry there is nothing wrong in the room where you watch this.
From the NebraskaWatchdog:
There’s good “Stimulus” news for Nebraska and bad “Stimulus” news.
The good news is that according to the federal government’s Web site, recovery.gov, the stimulus has created 17.4 jobs in Nebraska’s 17th Congressional District.
The bad news is that Nebraska has only 3 congressional districts!
[...]I think of Sarah Palin in largely the same way I think of a handsome ex-beau: a huge disappointment once he opened his mouth.
Before McCain pulled her up onto the national stage, Palin's name was occasionally tossed around as a libertarian-leaning Republican. Heck, she even said something nice about Ron' [...]
Our friend and occasional commenter, PTG, created this a year or so ago, and has given permission for us to use:
Seems sort of appropriate given the current foreign trip…
[...]I think there are places and industries where unions can serve legitimate purposes. For example, coal mining. Very often, the coal mine is the only employer (at least, that actually produces anything) within 100 miles of the mine. It's cruddy work, and the endless regulations create a plethora of entry' [...]
Georg Thomas, Laura Ebke, Eric Parks, Angela Thorn, James, Triple Hash, TanGeng, Eric Larson
