November 2011
5 posts
captainjackjohnson asked: Plato believes in a...
captainjackjohnson:
captainjackjohnson:
Well what is it you mean by undersized? I simply believe that we must maintain a strong military and not deploy troops or weapons until we are attacked in some way, shape, or form. We must be purely on the defensive. If we are sought out, we should go after our enemies. But other than that, we must stay out of everyone’s way.
I don’t think that just...
captainjackjohnson asked: Plato believes in a small military, in a roundabout kind of way, and I'm a big fan of Plato. Explain to me how you believe a country with an undersized military can maintain a deterrence?
christiankeyes:
captainjackjohnson:
“Humans are rationally self-interested. Selfishness is good for society.”
“Voluntary charity will fix all market failures.”
Pick one, Objectivists.
This is kind of what I’ve been saying all along.
I pick the former. I think saying that voluntary charity will fix market failures is fallacious. There will be natural market failures and the market will...
To All of the Angry Angry Bloggers on Tumblr:
This is inclusive of Anarcho-Capitalists, Socialists, Libertarians, Anarchists, Democrats, Republicans, and everyone else. Isn’t being so angry just… horrible? How can you stand to even be alone with your thoughts like that? Every time I see one of your posts (those of you who I’m thinking of will remain nameless), I’m thinking of just how much hate you possess, and how bad...
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Study: Public School Teachers Are not Underpaid →
People who go into teaching actually make more than they would in the private sector:
Workers who switch from non-teaching jobs to teaching jobs receive a wage increase of roughly 9 percent. Teachers who change to non-teaching jobs, on the other hand, see their wages decrease by roughly 3 percent. This is the opposite of what one would expect if teachers were underpaid.
And that’s just...
October 2011
8 posts
Anonymous asked: What are some of your favorite books?
Ask Box Open
Any and all economic or political questions welcomed! Or any questions for me about my thoughts or anything too! “It’s open” is the general idea here…
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The United States is NOT a Police State
I understand that there are many horrid laws in this country that restrict personal liberties. I understand that we have things like the TSA, the PATRIOT Act, and massive police brutality.
But as long as you have the freedom to openly accuse the government of being a police state, then you’re not in a police state. Now when I see freedom of speech being curbed to that extent, like what the...
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Rick Perry
Not that he had a chance… but he just lost any he had with that argument about the rules with Mitt. Was really low of him.
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The Past Month
It’s been very difficult for me to get anywhere near a computer to make posts the past month, and it hasn’t been appealing, for me, to be on the computer at all. My personal life really just put me in a position where I didn’t want to get involved here; I felt way too lethargic to motivate myself to do it.
Most of that is better and I’m definitely coming up to the mood to...
September 2011
35 posts
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Why I'm An Atheist Supportive of Religion and...
Atheists, I notice, are generally classified as anti-theist. I resent this generalization, because it’s obviously not true for all atheists. But I do acknowledge that most other atheists I talk to say the world would be a better place without religion at all. I would agree to an extent.
The Holocaust probably wouldn’t have happened, and it is true that this war in the Middle-East...
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SUPREME COURT RULED THEY WILL NOT BLOCK THE...
Yet again our federal courts make the wrong decision. The death penalty is immoral. You cannot let him die!
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Reason #45 California is BAD For Small Business
shanemorris:
So check this out… Earmilk likes to media sponsor live events. Basically, if we like your event, we’ll throw you a few thousand bucks worth of advertising for free. In exchange, you throw our logo on your flyers and give us tickets to give away. Alrighty then, that’s pretty simple, right… let’s move al…
BUZZ! WRONG MOTHERFUCKER! (Done in the voice of California.)
Because in...
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Fed To Push "Operation Twist" in Order to Lower... →
The Federal Reserve announced “Operation Twist” Wednesday, a widely expected stimulus move reviving a policy from the 1960’s.
The policy involves selling $400 billion in short-term Treasuries in exchange for the same amount of longer-term bonds, starting in October and ending in June 2012.
While the move does not mean the Fed will pump additional money into the economy,...
shotgunsunday-deactivated201208 asked: I just wrote a response to you and tagged your url but in case you don't check your tags, it's on my blog. But seriously though, I do apologize if it seemed like a statement against all conservative atheists, it was not intended to be. That's why I started to explaining the Republican Party's stance against secularism and used the word 'most' not 'all' in...
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Those Boring Politics: On Tumblr's Political Realm →
thoseboringpolitics:
This post has nothing really to do with political issues, but is mainly to point out just how ridiculous I think some of the bloggers here act. Before, in my blogging life, I’m sure I’ve stated that someone was a “fucking idiot” or something along those lines. To be quite honest, I can’t remember…
Reblogging as a link on purpose, considering the post is lengthy. I...
New Tag for TBP: Explanations
I’ve created a tag where I’m sending my major explanations in one convenient spot for anyone to look at.
I’ve also fixed my “Minarchy” tag. I found out today it linked to all my tags of “Minachy” instead of “Minarchy”. Needless to say, there were no tags in there. So it’s fixed now!
