Archive for November, 2011

‘Real World’ Markets and the Benefits of Capitalism

November 29, 2011

Y’know, sometimes it amazes me how otherwise-intelligent people can fail to see or understand some things that seem so obvious to me. The benefits of free-market capitalism is one of those things. Despite the evidence from the past couple hundred years, some people — even among our leaders in Washington, D.C., apparently — still seem […]

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Why the ‘Occupy’ Crowd Should Be Thankful

November 23, 2011

Note to self: Need to come up with something Thanksgiving-themed to post before traveling for the holidays. Hmmm, what to write, what to write…? Ah, I know… “Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense: …’Occupy’ is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, an unruly mob, fed by Woodstock-era nostalgia and putrid […]

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Why Capitalism Is the Best Thing Goin’

November 20, 2011

We hear a lot these days — even before all the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ nonsense — about the evils of capitalism. They say it is inherently corrupt, immoral, selfish, unfair, and brutal. It’s based on pure greed and exploitation. I say, “Baloney!” People are by nature imperfect and selfish, some more than others, so anywhere […]

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Gay-bashing in Hollywood

November 16, 2011

You may have missed this news item among all the “Occupy” nonsense and various accusations of sexual harassment and pedophilia, but it’s worth noting…. Actually, the incident in question happened in Texas, not Hollywood. How low will those right-wing, redneck bigots go? Scratching obscenities on some gay guy’s car and beating him up when he […]

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