“All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest – lie la lie, lie…lie, lie, lie, lie” – Paul Simon “The Boxer”
Archive for 2011
Mimimum Wage and Welfare
“…there’s a huge segment of the black population for whom upward mobility is elusive, and it’s because of the welfare state — because of government.” “Poverty programs destroy the natural mechanisms that have always enabled poor people to lift themselves out of poverty.” (Walter Williams of George Mason University from his book “Race and Economics”) All […]
Are you still a slave?
If someone else decides your fate, then you are a slave. Thousands of years of history have shown us that the majority of people will give up their individual rights and responsibilities and become slaves in service to any gang claiming authority and power in return for the hope of support and protection.
Civil Rights and Civil war
Civil rights are Citizen's rights such as the right to vote, serve in public office, move freely about the country, have a passport etc. (Civil is derived from the Latin meaning Citizen). There are also Civil responsibilities that are not talked about as much such as obeying the law, keeping clean, and not interfering with other's rights. Natural or Endowed rights (and their responsibilities) – life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, ownership […]