September 2008 - Posts

My $700 billion bailout check..

Published Fri, Sep 26 2008 9:14 AM | duffmann808

My $700 billion bailout check seems to have gotten lost in the mail. Hopefully the post man brings it tomorrow. But honestly, this is an atrocity to the common sense of the American people and a travesty to the goodwill we have towards others. The government...

Taxes are patriotic?

Published Fri, Sep 19 2008 10:44 AM | duffmann808

Joe Biden says paying higher taxes is patriotic, here . Anyone who can explain to me how a presidential or vice-presidential candidate can think this, and get away with it wins nothing more than respect. In addition to that, the justification offered...

Filed under: socialism, freedom, biden, fallacy, democrat

Paying Students to Get Good Grades...

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 10:21 AM | duffmann808

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-money-for-grades-11-sep11,0,7506945.story This article basically says that the Chicago school district will start paying students for grades. A first reaction from the title made me furious...

My ego's like my stomach.

Published Fri, Sep 12 2008 9:16 AM | duffmann808

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 As Tim Kasher wrote, "My ego's like my stomach, it keeps shitting what I feed it", and lately no matter what news coverage I look at I feel like I might need to do...

Socialists

Published Wed, Sep 10 2008 5:12 PM | duffmann808

I go to a relatively open school, in the sense that I hear many different and contrasting ideas every day, and there is no fear of being outcasted because you have a different idea. While I love this fact, and respect what it lends to our University community...

Filed under: speech, socialism, stupidity, freedom

Government at large.

Published Fri, Sep 5 2008 9:36 AM | duffmann808

I am a libertarian free market amateur economist, which will become clear either now, or within future blogs. I call myself an amateur in the sense that I have not yet attained a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in economics, although I am in pursuit of all...

Filed under: liberty, government, constitution, people

Education Indoctrination

Published Fri, Sep 5 2008 9:31 AM | duffmann808

One thing that is often misinterpreted is that certain institutions get their prestige because of what they produce. Although this has at times in the past been true, it is not to be automatically assumed at this point in American history. Many of the...

Filed under: USA, life, president, Education, politics

Race Relations

Published Fri, Sep 5 2008 9:22 AM | duffmann808

A constant problem in the developed world has been the relation of races with each other. People are destined to judge each other for one reason or another, and the laziest/easiest way to do so has always been to judge based on how others look. Judging...

Filed under: racism, USA, Race, life, president