Insert a Trite Metaphor for a Corral #92

Posted on April 10, 2011 in Roundup

“Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.” ~ Alastair Farrugia

It has been a tough week with the news from Wisconsin (another Republican voting scandal? Predictable.) and the struggle over the Budget. I managed to find some pieces that had nothing to do with politics that you might like. One piece of advice: stay off Twitter on a Saturday night because people with no life from both ends of the political spectrum come to preach Apocalypse of one kind or another.

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• Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom — “We must develop an argument that the market is a source of constraint and government an instrument of freedom.” Also see here.
• Even Photoshop Can’t Erase The Truth About Obama’s Past — Reminds me of when the Soviets tried to erase a party member who had fallen from grace and missed the toe of his shoe
• Obama’s Created More jobs in Two years Than Bush Did in Eight — This is an important number to remember when gauging how well the Republicans do versus the Democrats
• Shareholding nuns put Goldmans on the run over bonus culture — Will the David of parochial schools win out over the Goliaths of commerce?
• Negotiation 101 for Dems: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics — Now if only Harry Reid will get off his high horse and listen to the blogging community. Or resign.
• Political views are reflected in brain structure — Liberals are better able to sift out the facts and conservatives tend to panic
• More People Die from Hatred than any other cause — Stop encouraging it in the media for one thing!
• 12 bizarre real-life places that are stranger than science fiction — I don’t know that I could sleep in an underground city, but my caveman ancestors did so just fine
• Social Tolerance Allows Bonobos To Outperform Chimpanzees On A Cooperative Task — Another argument for abolishing “Don’t ask, don’t tell”
• The Opposite of Happiness — An article which asks “Is Distress the opposite of Happiness?” and then answers “No, boredom is”
• 33 Ways To Overcome Frustration — If you feel like I have lately, you will embrace this list with enthusiasm
• Real Families: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood — a member of my screwed up generation inflicts pain on his children. Also see how Rand is philosophy with training wheels.

Precipice. (Platinum finish)