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Why can’t we all just get along?

Kevin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:52:11 +0000

“Dr. Franklin, what have you given us, a republic or a monarchy?” To which he replied, “A republic, madam, if you can keep it.”

I pray we can keep it. I fear we will lose it.

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That’s Just Your Opinion

Kevin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:40:32 +0000

Several years back, when I was doing some software training at a company in Green Tree, we (the trainers) were all standing around the reception desk during the students’ morning break. Our supervisor came by (a former trainer, and an Ed major), and passed around a resume for us to look at as a potential [...]

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Cutting the future away…

Kevin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:45:00 +0000

So I’m going through Facebook tonight and I see the following: Way to go Gov. Kasich cut 132 million from the schools and laying [off] many teachers…just keep cutting the future away… So what are the actual facts? Let’s start with something I heard Huckabee say a while back. I’m paraphrasing here, but the gist [...]

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The Morality of Unions

Kevin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:47:57 +0000

When companies are forced to pay more for labor than it is actually worth, the difference between the value of the labor and the cost of the labor is passed onto the consumer in higher prices.

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Islamic Democracy Movement?

Kevin — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:26:53 +0000

Of all reporting on the events happening in the Islamic world, the most disturbing is the notion put forth by the American press that these protests are in any way pro-democratic. In Islamic nations, the notion of democracy includes none of the rights that are associated with Western democratic countries – specifically such rights as [...]

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The smell of stupidity

Kevin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:40:18 +0000

Now I could be writing about recent political events, many of which also reek of stupidity, but I find them mostly too depressing to write about. Democrats are calling Republicans hostage takers (terrorists), and Republicans are subsidizing unemployment, and Democrats are talking about tax breaks for millionaires, and Republicans are…whatever.

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Juan Williams, “Public” Broadcasting, and Public Choice

Kevin — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:34:30 +0000

Back in 1994, after the Republicans won control of both houses of Congress, there was some discussion of defunding public broadcasting. However, talk was pretty much all that happened. The CPB launched a 2-pronged advertising offensive on their affiliates whose message could be summed up by the following catch phrases. If public broadcasting doesn’t do [...]

Who Are the Elites, Anyway?

Kevin — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:16:16 +0000

I read a number of articles over the weekend that had the same basic theme – not only do the tea party followers not like elites, they positively love ignorance. The general conclusion is that the tea party movement is filled with people suspicious of anyone smarter than they are, which is pretty much everyone [...]

Anybody got a match?

Kevin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:52:39 +0000

So let me get this straight. Some nobody pastor of about 50 congregants proposes to burn a copy of the Koran and everybody from Rush Limbaugh to BHO is up in arms. Conservatives and Liberals seem to agree that it’s a bad idea. Before I state my view, a little history is in order. Does [...]

Memo to the FEC and BHO – Fuck off!

Kevin — Fri, 21 May 2010 17:15:50 +0000

…the “DISCLOSE Act” would extend the FEC’s control over broadcast communications to all “covered communications,” including the blogosphere.