tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:35:49 +0000Wha?Republicans PalinBaucusfederal reserveBidenEconomicsRightsthanksgivingKylGlenn BeckfreedomSlaveryWar on Drugsstock marketPelositaxesBarney FrankPeter SchiffReidFederal BudgetDan ProftJewsCanadaIkeFlagChicago WaySomewhatReasonableGoreCampaignDeath penaltyTim LynchKrauthammerSestakClintonTARPShiftyConstitutionUnemploymenthumorsingle payerterrorstimulusFriedrich von HayekmarxismBeamerCamelotclass warsSvetlana KuninChristmasInvestorsBushMike ReederBoazbriberyDan MitchellgovernmentIrishGeorge MasonLincolnnews biasHazlittElectionssopaHouse of RepresentativesTannerRepublicansImmigrationHumble LibertarianNate HennBlagoWalter WilliamsrascistTim TebowReichlibertarianDaleydemocratsIllinoisHousingFeatured ArticlesCatoracistEasterP J O'RourkecorruptionNewt Gingrich1st amendmentMessamorepovertySubsidiesImpeachmentObamalotRahm EmanueleducationSuicideBin LadenOWSextremistMedicare ReformSocial SecurityChicago TribuneHerman CainriotsGreedNixonbig governmentHealthcarehopePublic ServiceRand PaulMoralityTrumpNasaSal Khangovernment motorscrime"Reverend" WrightImprimusState of the UnionHeartlandKirkObamaCashinLiesBumper StickersFascismFCCRacismheroesStrogerAbortionLibyaRahmsputinOsamaGary JohnsonC S LewisIslamRon PaulTSAInternetSocialismperspectiveNobelGitmogolfArnold AhlertRescorlapoliticsJan SchakowskyBordersGreenbailoutCap and TradeJobsWarShameScott BrownClimateCarterWWIIRomneyFairnessbill boardsSupreme CourtunionsInflationHealth CareFriedmanPaul RyanObamacaremedia biasThomas SowellhistoryPro-choiceTea PartyQuinnLarry ElderdebtCoolidgeTea BombBirtherfatVatKassChicken Little<strong> Because the Inference of Silence is Assent</strong><p></p>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)Blogger227125WhatWeThinkAndWhyhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-7269952843604598675Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:13:00 +00002012-02-13T08:04:44.426-06:00humorhistory2/12/12 In 1809 on this day a man evolved from a monkey and entered into this world.  His parents named him Charlie. In adulthood, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin's bouncing boy went on to have a theory about how animals got to be the way they are and it changed the world. Along the way his theory pissed off a lot of religious people and a controversy started that continues to this day. He got so famous theyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/rrhzJZ6KYYk/cheeky-history-new-blog-feature.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/rrhzJZ6KYYk" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/02/cheeky-history-new-blog-feature.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-7168708335027801924Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:05:00 +00002012-02-08T19:05:39.703-06:00ElectionsRon PaulFor quite a while now I have been telling any Obama detractor who would listen that I think they are missing the point by focusing on our organizer-in-chief. It's not to say he isn't a problem, because he is. But it's kind of like your cough is a problem when you have strep throat. When it comes to your health, the cough is really beside the point. And like Obama's damaging presidency, it's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/oidjw90h6Pk/its-beside-point.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/oidjw90h6Pk" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-beside-point.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-3061733481746152908Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:52:00 +00002012-02-06T08:18:23.752-06:00humordebtbig governmentA short while ago my friend Tom - who traded bonds for many decades and knows something about debt -sent me an email that simplified the understanding of the federal debt problem. I'm guessing he thought it might end up on this blog. Some of you might have seen the email I'm referring to. It has been forwarded all over the net since then. I added it at the bottom of this post for those who mighthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/pjvlz3EgCog/laughing-your-debts-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/pjvlz3EgCog" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/02/laughing-your-debts-away.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-4751661394871140062Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:50:00 +00002012-02-02T10:50:21.267-06:00humorpoliticsSome comic relief is needed during this campaign season so I ripped off the idea of posting these videos from our friends over at The Humble Libertarian. If you rely on lip reading to understand what the candidates are saying, you end up with the same understanding that the rest of us have. Let's start with Ron Paul since most people think (correctly) that I favor him for next President of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/C7QpodKIRxs/bad-lip-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/C7QpodKIRxs" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/02/bad-lip-reading.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-7826994042991836661Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:06:00 +00002012-02-01T13:10:18.479-06:00ObamaEconomicsElectionsAs President Obama attended his latest campaign pander party (thinly disguised as government business instead of the taxpayer supported campaign trip it actually was) the things he said in his speech reminded me of something Dr. Walter Williams has said; "Politicians exploit economic illiteracy.” So as the professor also often says, "Let's look at it." Putting aside the inane headline in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/u2QLIBAAd6I/university-of-michigan-is-good-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/u2QLIBAAd6I" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/02/university-of-michigan-is-good-place.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-1811855321445150795Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:51:00 +00002012-01-25T13:51:20.494-06:00ObamaState of the UnionpoliticsI wouldn't usually regurgitate a GOP talking point, or for that matter one of their videos, but in the spirit of taking my cues from our esteemed President, I'm posting a video that compares last night's State of the Union address (really just a campaign speech on the taxpayers' dime) with the one he gave last year. And actually the year before that as well. The wording is almost the same in mosthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/6iTKwYFzw2c/why-write-new-speech-when-you-can-just.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/6iTKwYFzw2c" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/why-write-new-speech-when-you-can-just.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-4412080108105869962Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:53:00 +00002012-01-19T11:53:25.694-06:00sopaSal Khanhumor As hard as it is to imagine, some of you didn't know that this site was closed yesterday, all day long. Maybe you missed the post from the previous day which announced the shutdown (it didn't make the email notification that some of you receive), or maybe you had some huge personal issue that prevented you from performing your daily ritual of checking here for new content first thing after you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/oJx5W4C_nJY/shutdown-ends-whatwethinkandwhy-reopens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/oJx5W4C_nJY" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/shutdown-ends-whatwethinkandwhy-reopens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-3006380467705289892Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:33:00 +00002012-01-17T19:34:34.866-06:00sopahumorIn a certainly meaningless gesture, this site will be closed tomorrow, 1/18/12,  in protest of the proposed SOPA Law - the “Stop Online Piracy Act.” Many large sites are doing it, so by golly, we are too. As sad as I am to risk the great harm that will befall our republic because people will not be able to read any new and terribly important content here, we must send a message to law makers. Sohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/zEvyJAV0bDo/this-site-will-be-shut-down-for-one-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/zEvyJAV0bDo" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-site-will-be-shut-down-for-one-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-6586940279501434021Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:46:00 +00002012-01-16T09:48:04.699-06:00educationSal KhanGood ideas don't come from bureaucrats. At least I can't think of one that ever has. The messy free market is the mother of innovation. As we learn more about how we learn, the science of education continues to evolve. These new approaches lead me to wonder whether I would have become better educated if these techniques were available when I was a student. Sal Khan is an amazing person. And hishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/emeQu18ncGg/evolution-of-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/emeQu18ncGg" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/evolution-of-education.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-5347427950412171883Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:46:00 +00002012-01-11T14:28:11.718-06:00ElectionsRon PaulpoliticsJust a few minutes long, it actually lets you learn some things about the candidate and his positions. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/whUy5_0jSKM/real-interview-with-difficult-questions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/whUy5_0jSKM" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-interview-with-difficult-questions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-2148592505629008683Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:57:00 +00002012-01-12T22:24:57.248-06:00RightsEconomicsJobs About a month ago I was fortunate enough to attend a book signing luncheon in downtown Chicago,  sponsored by the Heartland Institute, where I had the opportunity to hear Tom Palmer make a presentation on the topic of a new book that he edited, titled The Morality of Capitalism.  A small book full of big ideas, it's very readable and I recommend it highly. During that speech*, Palmer (who, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/BoIa6qWrok0/this-country-needs-more-undertakers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/BoIa6qWrok0" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-country-needs-more-undertakers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-6354183056423254982Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:39:00 +00002012-01-08T14:39:03.159-06:00ElectionsRon PaulpoliticsDear Dr. Paul, I am a supporter and I have done all that I possibly can to promote your candidacy on my website and in personal discussions with friends. I've done that despite breaking my own goal of making the site about concepts and ideas rather than politics or people. I think it's that important because I think it may be too late if the country gets even one more term of Obama/Bush http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/GXCrFlyPM3w/open-letter-to-dr-ron-paul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/GXCrFlyPM3w" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-letter-to-dr-ron-paul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-8661543843160083092Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +00002012-01-05T12:20:43.995-06:00humordemocratsElections Republicans have been making a joke out of themselves recently so no sense in piling on right now. In which case, I thought it might be fun to poke a little light-hearted fun at my Democrat friends to start the new year. Which is not to say there isn't a heck of a lot of truth to the joke. Most good jokes have a lot of truth in them. You may have seen this going around in email, but it's worthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/KBYYhCiPa98/little-levity-to-start-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/KBYYhCiPa98" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2012/01/little-levity-to-start-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-6407999494200023266Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:39:00 +00002011-12-31T16:54:37.002-06:00MessamoreDan MitchellCatoHeartlandAs the final leaves fall off the 2011 tree, it's time to jump into the pile and make a few observations about what we raked up here at WhatWeThinkandWhy this past year. I'm fairly certain that almost everyone who reads this blog was irritated (at a minimum) with something I wrote or something I posted in the sidebar this year. It's not surprising since I picked on Democrats and Republicans with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/whgsI7Tk1B4/putting-match-to-leaves-we-raked-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/whgsI7Tk1B4" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/putting-match-to-leaves-we-raked-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-986961671240631808Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:44:00 +00002011-12-23T13:54:01.677-06:00ChristmasWith Christmas upon us it is time to temporarily put aside the presentations of the concepts and ideas that have inspired this blog to exist. The last few years I have put videos on the sidebar of some of my favorite Christmas music performed by artists whose renditions I thought were top notch. And last year after a friend sent me the one below which shows a planned "flash mob" presentation ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/wtTcGHGtrbo/christmas-tradition.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/wtTcGHGtrbo" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-tradition.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-6413703089725124027Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:42:00 +00002011-12-20T10:42:15.758-06:00ElectionsRon PaulHere are the last three full segments of the interview we started yesterday. Please leave your "vote" on whether you found them useful in the poll on the right. It only takes a second and it's totally anonymous. I have received several comments that the information is more clear than in the debates, which relatively few people have watched. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/TM8mFnL3U_Y/leno-and-ron-paul-on-tonight-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/TM8mFnL3U_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/leno-and-ron-paul-on-tonight-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-7874348302702405154Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:33:00 +00002011-12-19T08:47:48.453-06:00ElectionsRon Paul New poll results 12-19-11 After missing the Tonight Show appearance of Ron Paul the other night, perhaps because I haven't watched a late night talk show in a few decades, I stumbled upon these videos and it occurred to me that it was likely that many of you might have missed it too.  And also having been informed by readers that the series of interviews of Dr. Thomas Sowell that we ran here http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/MuQRSWsQhbs/jay-leno-interviews-ron-paul-on-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/MuQRSWsQhbs" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/jay-leno-interviews-ron-paul-on-tonight.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-1556681913392195927Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:36:00 +00002011-12-15T15:55:35.914-06:00RightsConstitutionbig government Do you think the title to this piece is over the top? I'm sure some of you do. But I can assure you that I'm serious. And as you celebrate Bill of Rights Day today (12-15) you might want to give some thought to the irony of what is going to happen to one of those rights as things unfold on the glorious national holiday that no one has ever heard of. There are quite a few fundamental rights http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/2MYpUlHIlIA/just-in-time-for-bill-of-rights-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/2MYpUlHIlIA" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/just-in-time-for-bill-of-rights-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-1483915088993766188Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:12:00 +00002011-12-14T10:21:42.802-06:00Rand PaulFederal BudgetElectionsRon PaulAs Ron Paul moves into a statistical tie for the lead in the Iowa polls a few weeks before the caucuses there, his son Rand Paul, US senator from Kentucky, rises on the floor to make a short speech about the balanced budget amendment to the constitution. Speaking common sense (as he always does), he makes the case for fiscal sanity and the possibility of saving the country from committing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/s848Bx3aiYs/you-have-to-balance-your-budget.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/s848Bx3aiYs" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-have-to-balance-your-budget.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-4216558228296384080Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:08:00 +00002011-12-14T08:14:42.552-06:00UnemploymentDan MitchellKudos to Dan Mitchell over at International Liberty for finding this letter to the editor in the Marietta Times from an employer who was actually trying to hire people to expand his business, but has been thwarted by the state government's unemployment insurance program (which recently turned into a federal giveaway program). Dan wrote a blog post about the phenomenon this morning, and it's well http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/nGh_Lt-i7qY/some-anecdotal-evidence-that-jobless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/nGh_Lt-i7qY" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/some-anecdotal-evidence-that-jobless.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-2778917013585763660Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:01:00 +00002011-12-07T14:47:25.972-06:00Medicare ReformtaxesHeartlandAs I wrote recently in an article for The Left Coast Rebel titled A Liberal Dose of Viagra , Chris Matthews may have lost that tingle up his leg for Barack Obama. But many other people on both sides of the political spectrum have not lost their "excitement" for big government even in this era of pretend austerity. For those that love the government gift-machine, the times have been very good http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/moWo_7fZntc/government-has-erection-for-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/moWo_7fZntc" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/government-has-erection-for-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-1634933951589411974Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +00002011-12-05T12:33:48.375-06:00Thomas SowellToday we take a look at the fifth and final video in our series with Thomas Sowell. I hope you have enjoyed the series. If so please leave a comment or enter an answer in the little poll on the right so I can decide whether to run similar series in the future on other interesting and important people who are not normally covered by the main stream media. There are many who are not widely known http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/5YOwdXvTHJU/tough-and-smart-kid-thomas-sowell-part.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/5YOwdXvTHJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/12/tough-and-smart-kid-thomas-sowell-part.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-4505251706244266324Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:51:00 +00002011-12-05T14:41:22.568-06:00SlaveryhistoryWhether it's good ideas, interesting writing, witty humor, important information or videos which deliver some or all of those things, a great blog post is made from great content. On this site I do my best to deliver those things. Sometimes I even succeed. I write about and post things that I see, hear or just think about. Things I think are important. Many of them concern ideas about freedom orhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/EhBn09cgy40/history-music-and-redemption.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/EhBn09cgy40" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/11/history-music-and-redemption.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-5070458640982063027Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:18:00 +00002011-11-29T10:18:09.073-06:00Dan Mitchellbig governmentThe biggest special interest group in America is right on the edge of the "No Turning Back" point. Like the city of Chicago, where almost everyone has a relative or friend who might be negatively impacted by any meaningful reform of government, the country is about to be caught in the same downward spiral. Most people claim to want reform but are understandably unwilling to put their livelihoodhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/wBTyBGkUdKQ/its-almost-too-late-already-special.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/wBTyBGkUdKQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/11/its-almost-too-late-already-special.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4701465355352273487.post-5025041751298925566Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:28:00 +00002011-11-28T10:28:30.375-06:00Thomas SowellPart four in our five part video interview with Dr. Sowell explains why he remained a baseball fanatic long after he lost his interest in Marxism. This one has an analysis of the swings of Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Political junkies and sports enthusiasts both will enjoy this one. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~3/v5hfCHdyG5E/baseball-fans-are-geniuses-compared-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Grant Davies)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WhatWeThinkAndWhy/~4/v5hfCHdyG5E" height="1" width="1"/>http://whatwethinkandwhy.blogspot.com/2011/11/baseball-fans-are-geniuses-compared-to.html