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Anti Corruption Laws

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, anti corruption laws are only as good as their enforcement, and if the same corrupt politicians enforce those anti corruption laws on themselves, those laws are as good as worthless. If self policing … Continue reading

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Our Catch Me if You Can Form of Governance

  Dear Friends,   It seems to me, no law that is enforced on the people, when broken, has the negative effect on our society, culture, economy and good government, than when our lawmakers violate Our Constitution and their own … Continue reading

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Standards Based Society Versus Regulated Society

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, standards are better for humanity than regulation, but regulation is better for the elite. Standards encourage commerce while regulations are, by design, intended to give some politically favored group, privilege. Standards drive people … Continue reading

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The Slippery Slope of Utilitarianism

  Dear Friends,   It seems to me, the philosophy of utilitarianism is a slippery slope. Many well intentioned people have espoused the utilitarian philosophy with tragic results. Utilitarianism, like Bentham and John Stuart Mill’s seem to have an empirical … Continue reading

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Fight the power… by being the power that will be!

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if we truly want to change the World for the better, we must exhibit the change we want to see. Most of us would like the World to be a better place, but we … Continue reading

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The Thirst for Logic and for Gold

Dear Friends, It seems to me, I may not be able to convince a thirsty man to take a drink of water, but I can at least have water available for him… if he comes to his senses. Those who … Continue reading

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The Weed of Regulation

Dear Friends, It seems to me… regulation has a way of overgrowing the economic garden of a country. Regulation becomes a weed, when it ceases to be a standard and instead becomes accordant, or is a means to prevent competition. … Continue reading

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Who Really Needs to be Policed?

Dear Friends, It seems to me, that if any segment of the population of any country, need surveillance, it is the Elite. No other group has a greater ability to lower the standard of living of a people, than the … Continue reading

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CEO Salaries and Congressional Perks.

Dear Friends, It seems to me that most people in business have no idea what business is about. They are utterly ignorant of how business works. Business is about getting the customer to love your product, good, or service. It … Continue reading

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Bourgeois Virtues Compared to Communal Virtues

Dear Friends, It seems to me that whenever bourgeois virtues are compared to communal virtues bourgeois virtues win out every time. The Bourgeois virtues are vilified by the progressive, socialist and Marxist all the time but are never defined. We … Continue reading

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