I have watched a couple seasons of Weeds now during my weekly laundry time. At first, Weeds was a funny and cute show mocking suburban life in a new way.
Now I hate the characters and find the humor stale.
Each episode though is pretty much the same crap with small differences. The show is essentially a cheesy soap opera masquerading as something better.… read more “Weeds: Fun at First, Then Awful”
Free speech, by its very nature, cannot survive without free trade. ‚ Think about it. ‚ If the government allocates goods and services, that means you you have no choice and must rely on the government to give you what you need to survive. ‚ One person or a small group of people will decide whether or not and how much food/shelter/medical care/transportation/vacation/etc to give you.… read more “Free Speech Cannot Survive Without Free Trade”
Forbes was kind enough to publish an article discussing the financial collapse from the perspective of one of the few smart bankers left in the country, Andrew Beal owner of Beal Bank. Here are a couple of quotes to take to heart:
The FDIC’s stated purpose is to “encourage liquidity in the banking system,” and Beal would love the extra capital, but FDIC staffers have told him, without providing details, that the program was not designed for him.… read more “Great Article on Financial Collapse”
Is it possible that we have started to give ourselves too many rights?
Rights are legal or moral entitlements or permissions that are vitally important to theories of justice/law. Rights recognized by the government shape the way laws are written and enforced and are the core pillars for supporting government programs.
America was founded with a few basic rights outlined in the Constitution and Bill of Rights.… read more “Can We Have Too Many Rights?”
The government generally should not be in the business of helping poor people, but if it is, it needs to be smart about delivering aid in the best possible way. Currently our government delivers aid to a variety of different groups of poor people through a hodge-podge of programs: Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, farm price supports, public housing and many more.… read more “How Government Can Best Help Poor People”
Daniel Hannan’s following speech rings true for America as much as it does for Britain:
… read more “I Wish America Had Politicians LIke Daniel Hannan”
Ordinarily, I will not quote other people’s articles much on my blog, but this article by Jerry Bowyer is very scary and discusses how America’s free market’s are being nationalized right now and our country is rapidly becoming a socialist country.‚ The problem is that I can’t see anyway to stem the overwhelming tied rising up against the free markets right now.‚ … read more “Great Forbes Article on Nationalization of America”
Facebook has made some upgrades to it’s interface… you can now comment on or thumbs up just about anything other people stick in the mini-feed.‚ Basically Facebook has stolen Twitter’s secret sauce.‚ Not to mention it has all the rest of the Facebook interface with profiles, chat, networks and the million apps.‚ I am not usually a big fan of using things like twitter, FB, myspace or linkedin but tonight I got sucked in and chatted with a few people and commented on a bunch of random comments from people.‚ … read more “Facebook About to Slaughter Twitter”
Important note: Please keep in mind that I am not talking about who PAYS for medical care in this post, but instead talking about how it is provided and the business models available.
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the most powerful union in the history of man and has crushed the life out of medical care in the United States for well over a century.‚ … read more “AMA Reduces Quality & Quantity of Health Care”
People, why does no one ever believe me when I repeatedly say that government bailouts of private businesses is harmful in the short term and devastating to a free country in the long term?
One of the biggest recipients of the U.S. government bailout is the insurance behemoth AIG.‚ AIG has received $170 billion and counting.‚ … read more “AIG Burns Taxpayer Cash, Gives $165 Million Out In Bonuses”