Archive for November, 2008
Turbaconducken
Turbaconducken – Neatorama. Holy crap.
I think I’m in love.
Why “Inflation” Is Back
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical on November 19, 2008
Ideas and Consequences ~ Why “Inflation” Is Back| The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. Just in case you don’t understand what inflation is.
It is definitely worthwhile to note that:
1) Hitler came to power greatly due to economic turmoil caused by runaway inflation.
2) Runaway inflation (more than 1000% a year) is occurring elsewhere in the world today.
Not good news…
Save Us from Government Spending
Posted by in economics, freaky, government, philosophical on November 17, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: Save Us from Government Spending | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Another great little “economic stimulus” lesson. It reminds me of some of my old compatriots that would try to tell me that I could somehow “consume my way to wealth”.
But, um, that just doesn’t work. The laws of economics really are as simple as the old saying: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” It cannot truly be generated out of thin air: when the government tries it, all they do is destroy the value of the money that’s already out there. Just look at the value of the dollar between 1900 and 2000 if you want to see some freaky, freaky crap.
That is the “value” of the Fed.
U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays?
Posted by in economics, food, freaky, government, philosophical on November 13, 2008
U.S. Agricultural Programs: Who Pays? | The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. An absolutely fantastic explanation of just how farming subsidies work–and how damaging they are to the economy.
And by the way, if you think that they help out the “subsistence/family farmer”–they most definitely do not.
Oh, and they also are absolutely devastating to the poor, both here in the US as well as in the Third World. As a matter of fact, if the US tariffs on just sugar and ethanol were dropped, there would be far fewer shortages of food around the world.
Amazing how lobbying–and our corrupt government–can destroy lives and literally kill thousands, if not millions, of people…
Humility or Hubris?
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical, politics on November 12, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: Humility or Hubris? | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Another great description of basic economic law…and how all of the glorious promises of “change” need to be carefully considered in light of the basic laws of economics.
It sucks that when you fall down, it hurts. But there’s not a damn thing you can do to turn off gravity. And if someone promised you that the government would turn off gravity for you so that “everything would be alright”, you’d think they were a fool.
So why is it that people believe that the government can fix the economy with ridiculous buyouts and “economic stimulus packages”? The money has to come from somewhere. It’s kinda like physics: “Matter is neither created nor destroyed.”
Economics: it’s the law.
Vox Popoli: The first of many backstabs
Posted by in freaky, government, philosophical, politics on November 11, 2008
Vox Popoli: The first of many backstabs. Like I said. Republican = Democrat.
And nobody wins but the government.
Annals of Democracy:
Posted by in government, philosophical, politics on November 4, 2008
Annals of Democracy: Rock, Paper, Scissors: The New Yorker. Interesting article about the changes in the voting process in the United States.
And we need to not stop now–instant run-off elections, preferential voting, there are a number of improvements that need to be made to break this ridiculous “two party lockout” that we currently have…
Vote your values
Posted by in government, philosophical, politics on November 3, 2008
WorldNetDaily | Vote your values. I couldn’t agree more.
And like Vox, I will be voting for Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party tomorrow.
Fight the power, baby.