The choice among candidates or Propositions can be confusing at times. Hell, most of the time. I think the switch flipped when imperfections in a solution became more important than the solution. Then ads stopped telling you why you should vote for something, and instead focused on why you shouldn’t vote for that other something. [...]
1) Freedom is having the right to lead your own life as you see fit, up until it infringes on someone else’s right to do the same. 2) Subsequently, freedom is also having the right to lead your own life, without being infringed upon by others. If we were all accountable enough to [...]
Remember the old Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups commercials that always had two people bumping into each other, where one had a chocolate bar and the other had a random jar of peanut butter? “Hey, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!”, then “No, you got your peanut butter on my chocolate!” So an Occupy [...]
The topic of immigration policy has been in the news a lot lately, and I found myself caring much less about the topic than I used to. In the past I kind of viewed illegal immigration as theft – where somebody who doesn’t have the right to be here was stealing my opportunities. I know, [...]
I think drugs are going to be a major news story in the 20-teens. A small but increasing faction of Americans has been crying out to legalize drugs for about 50 years now. And they are quietly winning… sort of. The current drug boom started in the 1960′s and 70′s with Marijuana and then LSD, [...]
So it just occurred to me, if you were to describe the political ideology that exists within the average mid-to-large sized business, it would probably be a Totalitarianism. I’m not complaining about that, because if you think about it, that’s kind of the way it has to be. Businesses exist solely to make money and [...]
If a freak nation-wide thunderstorm dropped gumdrops and gold doubloons from the skies today, which 9/11 would be remembered next year? If a person breaks their spine in an accident, do we memorialize the day of the accident, or celebrate the day they learned to walk again? I know, “Never Forget”. And I don’t think [...]
Today a report was released by NASA that essentially reminded me of Jim Mora’s infamous “Playoffs?” speech: “Playoffs? Don’t talk about playoffs! Are you kidding me!? Playoffs!? I’m just hoping we can win a game, another game!” Mars? Don’t talk about Mars! Are you kidding me!? Mars!? We’re just hoping we can make it to [...]
There are a few things you’re never to discuss at the dinner table: Religion, Politics, or Money. So if you’re eating right now, bookmark and come back later… The reason you’re not supposed to discuss such things are two-fold. One, people are passionate about all three of these subjects; having formed their opinions over a [...]