Category Archives: media

Causality

Posted on May 22, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if a person, (the originator), points a gun at another, aims at the victim’s heart, pulls the trigger, the mechanism of the gun operates, the hammer drives the pin into the primer, the … Continue reading →

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Class Warfare and the Anus

Posted on May 15, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that calls for class warfare, snake oil that is still peddled even today, are like the old joke about the anus, but turned around a bit. The parts of the body get together and … Continue reading →

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Politics and the Nature of Government

Posted on May 9, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that there are a lot of people who are ignorant of the fact that everything that happens in government is politics. Politics is the nature of government and all governments over all time have … Continue reading →

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At the Gestapo… We Deal in RESULTS!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me, that the modern incarnation of welfare state capitalism, punishes virtue and rewards vice, (in all things and in all ways). Then those very people, who have created such a system of incentives and disincentives, … Continue reading →

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The Responsibility of the Media in a Liberal Society

Posted on May 1, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that if there was a checkout person at a convenience store, who only checked out certain people, that person would loose his or her job. If there were a trash collector, who only worked … Continue reading →

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Democracy, Tyranny and the Market Sytem

Posted on April 21, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that there are ways to make things that work well and ways to make things that work poorly. When a means is chosen that has a historical track record, of making things that work … Continue reading →

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From the Sustainability Desk…

Posted on April 18, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that the tern sustainability is bandied about without a care as to whether or not it has any real applicability to the example represented. This is unsustainable and that is unsustainable, no mention why … Continue reading →

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Capitalism or Culture, Who Can Say?

Posted on April 14, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that the difference between capitalism, as expressed in the market system, and culture have a great deal in common, and their respective effects on society are often confused, even by very smart people. Many … Continue reading →

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Distributive Justice

Posted on April 10, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that any governmental budget debate can be framed as a debate between whether or not the goods of society should be rightly distributed by either merit or political favor. The definition of merit being … Continue reading →

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Libyan Civil War

Posted on April 7, 2011 by john

Dear Friends, It seems to me that this Libyan intervention has been handled as poorly as it could have been. Without question, I cannot think of a worse way it could have been handled by the International Community, the United … Continue reading →

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