Category Archives: Politics: National

The Upside to Being a Liberal

Posted on June 26, 2010 | Leave a comment

I have been so wrong for so long. It turns out that embracing Liberalism has its perks:

There will be no valedictory speech at Jericho High School’s graduation on Sunday.

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Posted in Education, Politics: National, Raising Men

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Love Your Math Teacher

Posted on June 24, 2010 | Leave a comment

Math is great; don’t let anyone tell ya differently.  When kids say “When am I EVER gonna use this in real life?” you can now say “When it comes to keepin’ your house”.

I’ve always said that math, the kinda math that we teach in high school–not Mathematics that we teach in college Math degree courses– is more of an exercise in thinking than really providing deep insightful understanding into the science, indeed art, of mathematics.  In much the same way we would never expect a football player to encounter a line of old auto tires and have to step through ’em in a game, I never would expect someoone to encounter the need to demonstrate that triangle A is congruous to triangle B in real life.

But the ability to get from here to there is a skill that is most useful in life; even to the point of getting and keeping a home.

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Posted in Economy, Education, Fun, Politics: National

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Oh Jeez, Here Comes More “Help”

Posted on June 22, 2010 | 2 comments

More and more with this “financial-overhaul” business.  The more Congress acts to “protect me” the more I feel exposed.  We have seen some examples here and here of the damage Washington has done to me even as they work to protect me.  As they change the rules on the banks, making it harder for them to adjust to changing realities, those costs are simply passed on to everyone.  I see my costs go up.

I’m afraid they did it again….

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Minimum Wage

Posted on June 22, 2010 | 6 comments

For years I’ve argued that the minimum wage was a wrong minded philosophy.  This has gone back for at least 14-20 years.  For much of that time, my arguments were more along the line of “There are many people in this world how aren’t WORTH the minimum wage.”  Parallel to that argument, I would challenge people I knew who supported the idea with finding 10  jobs [I lived in Seattle at the time] that actually DIDN’T pay the minimum wage.

The point is; I’ve long opposed the idea that businesses should have t pay people more than they’re worth.

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Posted in Economics, Economy, Politics: National

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Mismanagement 101

Posted on June 18, 2010 | Leave a comment

If you needed a reminder that Obama hasn’t ever managed anything, this should serve as an illuminating example:

Clinton said in a television interview in Ecuador on June 8 that President Barack Obama had ordered the Justice Department to challenge the Arizona law because he did not believe states should set immigration policies, which could differ.

“President Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy,” she said according to a transcript posted on the State Department website.

The big deal?

The Good Govn’a of Arizona has this to say:

“If our own government intends to sue our state to prevent illegal immigration enforcement, the least it can do is inform us before it informs the citizens of another nation.”

And she’s right.

Management 101.

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Posted in Diplomacy, Immigration, Politics: International, Politics: National

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Thanks For Nothin’

Posted on June 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

And the hits just keep comin’. 

When Congress passed the Consumer Bill of Right’s Measure everyone thought it was just the greatest idea EVER.

I didn’t so.  When given the choice of who should protect my money; me or the government, I chose me.  Every time.  Me.

Well, guess what happens when the government takes care of me?  They don’t.

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Say Hello to Higher Interest Rates and Annual Fees

Posted on June 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

Just another in a long line of laws that are making things more expensive than they need to be. Just as America is trying to turn the corner and get back on our feet, the Feds have issued another decree that’s gonna make it harder to make it.

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Do As I Say. Not As I Do.

Posted on June 14, 2010 | Leave a comment

Leftists.  Gotta love ’em.

Take the question of having to identify yourself to the government.

On one hand they say it’s a matter of individual privacy.  On the other, they say it’s their right.

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Posted in Elections 2010, House of Representatives, Liberty, Politics: National, Politics: North Carolina, States Behaving Badly

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Sometimes Discrimination is Okay With Me

Posted on June 11, 2010 | Leave a comment

I stand pretty much with Rand Paul on the Civil Rights thang.  I think that the government should create laws that make it illegal for the government to discriminate on all the things that we currently list.  However, I do NOT think that the government should be able to restrict the individual Liberty of a private business owner.

That’s NOT to say that I would discriminate personally.  I think it’s reprehensible.  And, from a business stand point, a horrible decision.

But.  There are certain times when I think discrimination is okay.

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I Hate Unions

Posted on June 10, 2010 | Leave a comment

There are a number of things wrong with Unions.  They reduce jobs.  They price out the under skilled of a job.  They make products more expensive.  They force restrictive trade agreements.  Really, there’s no end to the nastiness they elicit.

But the story of the retired Marine being forced to join a Union is a perfect example to illustrate just how ugly I think they are.

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Posted in Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National, Republicans Can Be Leftists Too

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