http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/ennoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:17:08 PDTBlogger http://www.blogger.com2331125http://www.feedburner.comhttp://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/6E0y3laqP6E/skeptical-atheists-or-tea-party-goers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:05:20 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-817386068103740262In my post, "The Epistemology of Richard Dawkins", I asked:"I do wonder if these young Dawkins fans are much better potential Objectivists than the older Tea Party-goers." Having been involved in...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/10/skeptical-atheists-or-tea-party-goers.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/btjUEhYMlmI/epistemology-of-richard-dawkins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:02:33 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8963609045989077390On Wednesday evening, I had the pleasure of seeing Richard Dawkins speak at Queens College in Charlotte. He presented to a “sold-out” (tickets were free) crowd of 2300. Dawkins read selections from...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/10/epistemology-of-richard-dawkins.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/QvG4UIANS2w/better-late-than-never.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:56:42 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-4165970914773452458I took this video at the Charlotte, NC Tea Party on Independence Day -- and then forgot about it.Better late than never...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/09/better-late-than-never.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/1fiFAyu8tMk/support-this-health-care-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:00:46 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-7401444625282762362If you oppose the Obama invasions of your individual and property rights, then please consider the following as a plan to support. Recently in the Wall Street Journal, CEO of Whole Food Markets John...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/08/support-this-health-care-plan.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/z5fqtS0xQt0/are-conservatives-going-to-save.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:07:42 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8218533332771676278I guest blogged at EGO this week. Asked the question, "Are The Conservatives Going To Save Socialism Again?"UPDATE: Be sure to read the comments.UPDATE: Martin at EGO reports that both Forbes and...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-conservatives-going-to-save.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/r-N7isKsjw8/purpose-driven-life-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:47:24 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-111199726132916453UPDATE: Rick Warren is the pastor of the mega-Saddleback Church. He led the prayer at President Barack Obama's inauguration.I originally published the review you see below of Warren's "The Purpose...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2005/03/purpose-driven-life-part-1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/rCuq-Vmu-mU/latest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:29:56 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-6775519606630811078Have been focusing on a 6,000-word, 2,000-year philosophical and historical exploration that runs from Ancient Greece to Virginia. First draft is done. Polishing now. Working title is "The...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/07/latest.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/-cpNQk_mK48/on-wbt-with-pete-kaliner-last-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:41:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-1957522726932373094Was on WBT-AM 1110/99.3 FM in Charlotte "The Colossus of The South" last night asking the question why there has been no moral condemnation of the Flint, Michigan policies to buy, tear down and"green...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-wbt-with-pete-kaliner-last-night.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/nkVA_9Q3BzE/united-states-of-america-and-islam-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:09:51 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-3852842287610302874In his speech today in Cairo, President Barack Obama made the following statement:As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/06/united-states-of-america-and-islam-have.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/LkaPvPr1Qdg/history-of-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:31:48 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-3912383666930069569The focus of this series of posts is philosophy, but from a historical perspective. Using a number of sources listed below, I am going to provide a “note-based” presentation of a history of...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/CXvwebD-_Ik/everybodys-talkin-about-new-blog-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:03:22 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8821753663824768885New blog in town. Integrates very easily into your RSS reader.On Twitter also.http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/04/everybodys-talkin-about-new-blog-in.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/LdXb3wpC33o/charlotte-tea-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Mon, 04 May 2009 05:02:39 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-3610328150655716349The Charlotte Tea Party was pretty good. The police estimated 1500, but WBT radio said they always estimate low and they thought it was about 2000. A friend estimated 3000. A number of us...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2009/04/charlotte-tea-party.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/Be29jH18Jbw/history-of-ideas-democritus-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:13:35 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-5553126487194761359I am adding notes on Democritus to my "History of Ideas" notes. Democritus was one of the Greek Big Three -- Aristotle and Plato are the others -- whose ideas still drive our culture today.You will...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/12/history-of-ideas-democritus-update.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/Gqx2Ebpa4wo/eric-daniels-to-speak-at-uncc-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:53:51 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-4569027133988807102Who: Eric Daniels, research assistant professor at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and speaker for the Ayn Rand InstituteWhat: A talk explaining why capitalism is the only moral...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/eric-daniels-to-speak-at-uncc-on.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/0H28n9dZehY/history-of-ideas-philosophy-of-germans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:28:24 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-7214102112701167827Back to the History Of Ideas main page.6. The German Philosophy: from Kant to Hegel and Herbart, -- 1781-1820.The Enlightenment ended soon with the ideas of a German…Immanuel Kant.[I]n his Natural...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas-philosophy-of-germans.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/1B4yNqEjjII/history-of-ideas-philosophy-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:32:20 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-4769934553860409818Back to the History Of Ideas main page.5. The Philosophy of the Enlightenment: from Locke to the death of Lessing, -- 1689-1781.…[T]he basis for the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century was...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas-philosophy-of.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/Kelc-YZqb5g/history-of-ideas-renaissance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:24:00 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-1064501432246506061Back to the History Of Ideas main page.The Dark and Middle Ages end. Reason and the City of Man re-emerge.4. The Philosophy of the Renaissance: from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.The...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas-renaissance.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/_Jx8wIyqR0Y/history-of-ideas-mediaeval-period.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:33:44 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-7271123440468257659Back to the History Of Ideas main page.3. Mediaeval Philosophy: from Augustine to Nicolaus Cusanus, -- from the fifth to the fifteenth century.The first battle in the historical duel was won...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas-mediaeval-period.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/0QIfYVdC7iU/history-of-ideas-hellenistic-roman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:20:19 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8984590560594966760Back to the History Of Ideas main page.2. Hellenistic-Roman Philosophy: from the death of Aristotle to the passing away of Neo-Platonism, -- from 322 B.C. to about 500 A.D.The Hellenistic-Roman...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-ideas-hellenistic-roman.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/p7sHXLpCvQQ/history-of-idea-greeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:11:09 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-1041245537666530207Back to the History Of Ideas main page.1. The Philosophy of the Greeks: from the beginnings of scientific thought to the death of Aristotle, -- from about 600 to 322 B.C.The roots of freedom,...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/history-of-idea-greeks.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/_goPpzTWjps/reason-as-basis-of-human-interaction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:51:44 PSTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-7575478604729943785In a recent lengthy discussion with a friend who is an Obama supporter, she wanted to focus upon economics. Her view was that top economists had endorsed Obama. Why was that not enough for me to...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/11/reason-as-basis-of-human-interaction.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/A2BYvxdUu4U/religulous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:06:38 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-4096536757992207882"Religulous" is a funny, sometimes serious, skeptic's tale of religion. And I mean the true meaning of "skeptic". Bill Maher does a good job of slicing and dicing religion. He travels to the...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/10/religulous.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/A7KX_GegDsA/financial-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:58:06 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-3276556495886024835The cause of the current financial crisis is right here. At the core are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which are quasi-governmental agencies.As usual, it was predictable and stoppable. People knew...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/09/financial-crisis.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/tzMUgAdQeDQ/what-would-ayn-rand-have-done.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:00:55 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-8104396337076958931From Time magazine on the financial bailouts of the past week:Brook doesn't blame speculators, traders or financiers for the market's near-collapse, but instead blames government for having...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-would-ayn-rand-have-done.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCharlotteCapitalist/~3/7UpUX0Igw5k/charlotte-capitalist-indicator_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Exalted Moments)Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:47:25 PDTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5646434.post-1173130971139200216Intermediate Trend: 2 (since week of 9/19) integrated.*Recent Signals*6/12: 0 (go short) 134.458/14: 2 (cover short)129.549/4: 0 (go short) 124.309/11 market oversold cover 1/2 of short...http://charlottecapitalist.blogspot.com/2008/09/charlotte-capitalist-indicator_21.html