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  • Delivering the Goods

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    The depressing truth is America is no longer a world leader in production. We are trailing the pack. We are now a debtor nation, and our biggest creditor is China. -- What the hell happened? And how will we ever recover? And, the more disturbing question is, what will happen [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 2:56pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • How to Undermine the Economy

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    If you wanted to come up with a plan to undermine the economy of the most prosperous and successful nation on earth, how would you go about it? The first thing you'd have to do would be to debase the underlying value system that provides the foundation for prosperity. [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 7:29pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Entitlement, Dependency, Control

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    Like overprotective parents trying to make life easier for their precious dumplings, when government shields people from the onus of personal responsibility, it does not strengthen them; it weakens them. And it not only weakens the individual beneficiaries of the government’s largesse, it weakens the entire economy, and the underlying [...]
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    Posted: May 26, 2009, 3:49pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Rise Up and Take a Stand

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    Bookmark/Rate this post: Posted in America, conservative, free market, government, libertarian Tagged: AFP, Americans for Prosperity, bailouts, Congress, devaluation, economy, foreign powers, founding fathers, government expansion, grievances, inflation, liberty, Margaret Goodwin, national debt, offshore, overregulation, overspending, private property, revolution, stimulus, TARP, taxes, Tea Party, video [...] [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Freedom is Not a Pendulum

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    When government takes power away from the people to determine what's in their best interests, that power does not swing back to the people, like a pendulum. The balance of power is permanently shifted from the people to the government, making it easier for government to usurp even more power [...]
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    Posted: May 04, 2009, 10:28pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Tea Party Sign Ideas

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    The Revolution Starts HERE Get Your Hand Out of My Pocket & Leave Me Alone! STOP the Borrowing STOP the Spending STOP the Taxing Stop the $$$ Presses! Stop Porking America! I Can Spend My $$ Better Than You Can It’s Time to Clean House — And Senate! I Want My National Sovereignty Back! [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Criminals for Gun Control (Video)

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    Mabye OSHA should get involved in the gun control movement. Somebody has to stand up for criminals’ rights… Bookmark/Rate this post: Posted in conservative, political Tagged: 2nd amendment, crime, criminals, gun control, guns, home invasion, humor, self-defense, video [...]
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    Posted: April 04, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Taxpayer Tea Parties All Across the Nation

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    If the founding fathers could have even imagined the plethora of laws, regulations, ordinances, taxes, licenses, permits, fees, etc. that we are subject to today, and which are constantly increasing, they would roll over in their graves. Yet our current administration, and Congress, seem to believe we do not have [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2009, 2:37am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Economics Lessons for Liberals: Inflation

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    This past week, the Federal Reserve announced that it’s going to buy $300 billion worth of long-term Treasury bills over the next six months, and $750 billion of mortgage-backed securities, to try to loosen up credit and lower mortgage rates. It was also announced that they’re not going to raise [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 9:55pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Looting the Economy

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    We need to restore productivity, not just have government hire more people and create more bureaucracies to employ them. We need to create value, not pump more money into the economy, which only serves to devalue the money already in circulation. We cannot borrow our way out of debt, nor [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2009, 12:01am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • No Stimulus

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    If you are sane and rational, and have not been consuming mind-altering substances that convince you that the only way to get out of debt is to borrow more money, then I urge you to go to http://www.NoStimulus.com and sign the petition to stop the most monumentally expensive swindle ever [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 8:33am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • If You Live in Oregon, Check this Out

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    http://www.youtube.com/afpjoco This YouTube channel will carry the monthly Americans for Prosperity show, broadcast on RVTV in Southern Oregon. The show focuses on issues of concern to Oregonians who believe in limited government and free markets. Each episode will be posted in three parts (YouTube has a 10-minute limit), but clicking “Play [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2009, 11:35am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • No! Don’t Do It!!

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    It’s like watching a horror movie. No! Don’t do it!! Don’t open the door! You cover your eyes because you don’t want to look. You can’t believe they’re going to do it. But you know they are. Even though it makes no sense, and it’s obvious to everybody watching that [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2008, 12:41am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Depression-Era Values and a New New Deal

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    There’s not a lot of nostalgia for the Great Depression but, if we’d retained some of the values from that era, we might not be careening toward another one now. The Great Depression followed hard on the Roaring Twenties. The economy went from boom to bust. We look back on [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2008, 8:15pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Why is Everyone So Obsessed with Race?

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    You must be mistaking me for some other blogger. I have never been a supporter of GWB. [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2008, 9:12pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Connecting the Bailout Dots

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     Guest Article by Jack H. Swift Jack’s too busy with real life to have a blog of his own, but he always has interesting things to say, so I occasionally publish a guest article by him on GNYD. Does anyone wonder how $800 billion of bad debt in U.S. mortgages demands $3.2 [...]
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    Posted: October 17, 2008, 11:00pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Defenders of Infamy

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    The record shows that Republicans have tried repeatedly to curb Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, while Democrats have strenuously resisted tighter regulation (or even oversight) of the two entities at the root of the currrent financial crisis. [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2008, 2:40pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Social Engineering as Economic Policy

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    What we are witnessing today is not a failure of the free market. It is the failure of social engineering as economic policy. And it’s a disaster of epic proportions. Nobody’s disputing that this disaster was precipitated by irresponsible lending practices, or that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were at the [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 5:55pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • No Federal Bailouts!

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    Many people are insisting that the government has to bail out AIG because, in the current situation, if the government didn’t step in, the result could be a worldwide depression. I understand that. I still think it’s the wrong thing to do. If the government doesn’t bail them out, we’re [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2008, 12:06am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • When A Free Lunch isn’t Good Enough

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    I recently read an article titled Cold Meal for Kids Behind on their Lunch Fee, about kids in public schools in Snohomish County, Washington, who forget their lunch money. The standard practice is to give them credit so they can get a hot meal anyway. Up until recently, the school [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2008, 4:55pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Environmentalists vs. Alternative Energy

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    As energy prices skyrocket, so does inflation. Our personal budgets, as well as our national economy, are shriveling up. While all Americans feel the pain of higher fuel prices, and most understand the correlation between energy prices and the inflation that's eroding their buying power and chipping away at their [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2008, 6:12pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Ron Paul’s Revenge

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    Don’t invite Ron Paul to your party, unless you want him to tear it apart. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was going to pull a fast one at the DNC, and do something devious to undermine the rival whom the party picked over her. But she didn’t. She endorsed Obama fully [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2008, 6:06pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • What Have Progressives Got Against Progress?

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    Liberals don’t want to be called liberal anymore. They prefer to be referred to as “progressive.” Conservatives don’t mind being called conservative. In fact, most conservatives are proud to be conservative (and equally proud to be American). And why not? Starting with the vision of our founding fathers, the traditional [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2008, 11:30pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • A Little Humor…

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    Posted: August 22, 2008, 9:21pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Sticks and Stones and All That

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    In response to my post on The “R” Word, some people expressed that a comparison of the “R” word to the “N” word is unfair. After all, as one person stated, “the ‘R’ word has to be earned.” When I pointed out that anybody can call anybody a racist, true [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2008, 5:51pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • The “R” Word

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    I’ve always been intrigued by the sheer power of language. Usually, the power of words lies in their context, and in the way they’re strung together to communicate a complex concept in a way that disposes the listener to accept or reject it. Certain words, however, have their own intrinsic [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 11:24am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Affirmative Action Has Run its Course

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    As is often the case when remedial measures get institutionalized, having addressed the problems that gave rise to them, they entrench themselves in self-sustaining bureaucracies and set about creating new problems to solve. [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2008, 1:34pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Economics Lessons for Liberals: Minimum Wage

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    A year ago, the minimum wage went up from $5.15 to $5.85 per hour. Last week, it went up to $6.55. Next year, it will go up to $7.25. That’s more than a 40% increase in two years. My friends on the left tell me that’s a good thing. What [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2008, 2:15pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Giving “Peace” a Chance

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    I was told yesterday that we should “give peace a chance,” and that the sanctions against Iran are working. We just need to give it time. I asked the person who told me that what makes them so certain the sanctions are working, even as Iran continues to amass and [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2008, 11:46pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Ready or Not, A Change is Going to Come

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    I’m starting to feel more pessimistic about our future than I am wont to do. It seems we are stuck. Like a deer in the headlights, we cannot see which way to move. Iran has made clear their intentions and their capabilities, and they’re sitting there smirking at us while [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 9:46pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Without Just Compensation

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    The Supreme Court has begotten a brave new form of eminent domain that enables the states to completely bypass the just compensation protection set forth by our founding fathers in the Fifth Amendment. [...]
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    Posted: July 08, 2008, 3:54pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Private Property vs. Public Trust

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    When the state can rule that the public's "right" to scenic beauty supercedes the private property rights of individuals, one has to wonder if there are any limits to the ever-expanding powers of state government to abrogate our property rights for whatever arbitrary purpose they may declare. [...]
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    Posted: July 07, 2008, 11:59am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Liberty. Freedom. Independence.

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    I always get Independence Day and Thanksgiving confused. Not because I can’t tell a turkey from a firecracker, but because every Independence Day I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I am proud to be an American. I love this country. I’m grateful for the fundamental freedoms, not granted by our government, [...]
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    Posted: July 04, 2008, 10:42am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Mommeeeee — It’s Not Fair!

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    “He got more than me. Mommy, make him give me some of his.” Does that sound like childish whining? Whining, certainly. But, as childish as it may sound, it’s the basis of the most devastatingly destructive politico-economic folly of the modern age. When you take that same concept and translate [...]
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    Posted: July 03, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • A Conservative Movement in Oregon

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    Here in Oregon, we have no shortage of liberals. (Heck, you can’t even spit without hittin’ one.) Even in the Republican Party, it seems, many of our elected officials are leaning more and more to the left, thinking that’s where the country is headed so they might as well jump [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2008, 1:40am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Happy 2nd Amendment Day!

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    This date will go down in history as the date the Supreme Court finally affirmed the individual right of American citizens to keep and bear arms. Taken in context, that was clearly the intent of the founding fathers from the beginning. The whole purpose of the Bill of Rights was to [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2008, 8:18pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • What is Conservatism?

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    To me, conservatism is about believing in the principles on which this country was founded. Those principles are grounded, not in the unlimited powers of government to regulate every aspect of our lives, but in our inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Everyone understands what’s meant [...]
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    Posted: June 24, 2008, 12:10pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Greenology is a Bankrupt Philosophy

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    The great green movement driven by the Sierra Club, the Audobon Society, and other more nefarious forces appears about to run out of gas. A half century of a reckless orgy of economic extravagance driven by environmental values is finally coming home to roost. We are about to discover that [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2008, 5:14pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Conservatives, Take Back Your Party!

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    Throughout our history, the Republican Party has been the bulwark of conservatism in this country. The more conservatives turn away from it, the weaker the party grows. The weaker the Republican Party grows, the longer it will be before we have a true conservative administration in our government. [...]
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    Posted: May 30, 2008, 12:00am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Goldilocks Doesnt Vote

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    The real reason the Republican Party is losing its base is because it’s lost its direction. It’s no longer the party of conservatives. It’s the party of confusion. The Republican Party is having an identity crisis. [...]
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    Posted: May 23, 2008, 11:57pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Obamas Unsavory Endorsements

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    Through no intentional fault of his own, it appears our enemies would be very happy to see Obama as our next president. The question is not whether he reciprocally endorses them. The question is, intentions aside, is what’s best for Hamas what’s best for America? Personally, I don't think so. [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2008, 9:08pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Anti-McCain Ad

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    What McCain actually said: Questioner: President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for fifty years… McCain: Maybe a hundred. Make it one hundred. We’ve been in South Korea, we’ve been in Japan for sixty years. We’ve been in South Korea for fifty years or so. That’d be fine with me [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 2:18pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Save the Dinosaurs

    Number of comments: 10
    The environmentalists keep insisting that we must curb our ever-growing demand for more energy. The problem is, in the world in which we live, all forms of progress are dependent on energy. The rate of industrial and technological progress has increased exponentially over the last century. So has the demand [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:34pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Evil Oil Companies?

    Number of comments: 10
    Who do you think makes more money off of gasoline, — the oil companies or the government? If oil companies are evil for pulling in billions of dollars a year in profits from the oil they produce, the government must be evil incarnate, because the federal and state governments make [...]
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    Posted: April 26, 2008, 6:57pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Obama Understands

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    Lately there’s been a little typical sort of political flare-up because I said something that everybody knows is true. … Oh, is that why there’s been a little typical sort of political flare-up? Because Barack Obama said something everybody knows is true? And what was it again that we all know [...]
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    Posted: April 12, 2008, 4:59pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • When is a Lie Not a Lie?

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    The left never seems to tire of reminding us that “Bush lied about Iraq having WMDs!” But was it really a lie? If so, how so? It is an established fact that Iraq had developed and used WMDs previously, against its own citizens, though the left seems to have conveniently [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2008, 12:07am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Illegal Immigration: A Supply Side Solution

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    To arrive at a sound solution to a problem, we need to analyze its root causes. Addressing the causes of a problem ultimately eliminates (or significantly reduces) the problem; addressing the effects is a never-ending battle. As long as the underlying causes remain, the problem will keep reasserting itself, circumventing whatever [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2008, 11:38pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Sometimes Nothing is the Right Thing to Do

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    I have always been committed to the principle that it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers. – John McCain Despite the fact that Senator McCain has said the economy isn’t his strong point, he has [...]
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    Posted: April 05, 2008, 2:04am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Its Not About Race, Rev. Wright

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    African Americans today are split between two cultures. One is a culture of assimilation and success. The other is a culture of victimization and failure. There have always been African Americans who didn’t buy into the “street” subculture, who have striven to rise up out of the ghettos, to assimilate [...]
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    Posted: March 25, 2008, 7:27pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • What About the Jews?

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    Moses led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt and, after forty years in the desert, broughtthem tothe Promised Land.In the sixth century B.C., the Babylonians overrantheir land,demolished their Temple,sold many Israelitesinto slavery, and drove the restinto exile. After the Baylonians were defeated by the Persians, many Jews returnedand rebuilt [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 11:14pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Guilt by Assimilation

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    According to the latest census data, until the mid-1990s, over 30% of all African Americans lived in poverty. Since then, the percentage has dropped into the 20s and, since 2000, it has never exceeded 25%. Clearly, there’s an accelerating upward economic trend among African Americans. According to other census data, in [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2008, 3:42pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Barack Obama Man of Mystery

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    Barack Obama has captured the imagination of the nation. He’s so wholesome, so sincere, so charismatic and charming, he almost comes off as naive. But underneath his ultra-smooth exterior, he’s obviously a very complex, and very conflicted, man. The Chicago Tribune article, The Not-So-Simple Story of Barack Obama’s Youthtells the following [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 11:33pm EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Nuclear Terrorism Coming Soon

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    There are three steps required to build nuclear weapons. You need to have a missile capable of delivering the bomb to its target. You need to process a sufficient quantity of enriched uranium to produce a nuclear bomb. You need toassemble a warhead and attach it to the missile. Iran already has a missile [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2008, 10:06am EDT
    by NotYourDaddy

  • How to Stop Propagating Poverty

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    According to the U.S. Census Bureau(2006),10.8% of adults in the U.S., and 17.4% of children,live below the poverty line. As long as the poor reproduce at a higher rate than the non-poor, it stands to reason that the rate of poverty will increase. We’ve tried for years to reduce poverty [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2008, 3:27pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Protectionism isnt Patriotic

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    “It’s just a disaster. I’m extremely disappointed. It’s just one of the worst things in my whole life. I am just shocked over this.” – Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. A free market means you have to be competitive. If you cant deliver the best value, you lose. Andthat’s exactly as it [...]
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    Posted: March 07, 2008, 9:42pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Hoist by the Green Petard

    Number of comments: 9
    The environmentalist lobby has been haranguing us for years about alternative energy sources. Fossil fuels = Bad. Alternative energy = Good. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for alternative energy. However, every alternative energy sourcecomes withits own set of issues. Once it’simplemented (always at great expense),the environmentalists turn to attackthe [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 7:20pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Obamanomics

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    We’ve heard a lot about Hope and Change from Senator Obama,buthis actual positions on the issues have so far struck me as vague. He almost seems to have become a modern cult figure, with hysterical fans fainting and squealing at his appearances, and all the frenetic excitement he’s generating among [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2008, 12:00am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Economic Histrionics

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    Yesterday, I saw an article in the newspaper titled Bush InsistsUS Not in Recession. Why should he need to insist, I wondered.More to the point, why should his simple statement of an easily verifiable fact be characterized as insistence, which carries a connotation of defensiveness and denial? A recession is defined [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2008, 11:58pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Most Generous Nation

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    For some reason, Americans have a reputationfor being greedy. Perhaps it’s because so many people have been conditioned to associate capitalism with greed. The truth is, the United States is the most generous nation in the world. This chart shows the top ten countries ranked by private charitable contributions. Charitable Aid [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 11:57pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Terror, Poverty, and the Willfully Naive

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    Certain enlightened people keep trying to convince me that we can only solve the problem of terrorism by humanitarian, rather than military, efforts. After all, the jihadists wouldn’t be able to recruit terrorists if those people weren’t so poor and desperate. So, perhaps, if we really want to end this [...]
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    Posted: February 24, 2008, 11:18pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Eating the Rich

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    The most recent report from the Congressional Budget Office on Effective Federal Tax Ratesis based on statistics from 2005. I found thereport very enlightening. Of the total individual income taxes collected that year, 99.4% were paid by the highest earning 40% of American households. That means 60% of the population paid [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 11:37pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Pandora, Peter Pan, and the Pied Piper

    Number of comments: 10
    According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. She was not created as a blessing to man, however, but as a curse. She was beautiful, talented, and charming. At her wedding, Zeus presented her with an exquisite box, with the strict warning that under no circumstances was [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 11:03pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Sunni and Shiite Unite Against the West

    Number of comments: 8
    If you’re one of those who is absolutely convinced that there could never be any connection or collaborationbetween the various Islamic terrorist organizations, because Sunnis and Shiites hate each other, you need to read this article, Death by Car Bomb in Damascus. (I’ve included excerpts below, but there’s much more [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 10:07pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Immigration and Natural Selection

    Number of comments: 4
    This video is 9.5 minutes long, but it’s well worth watching. It provides a graphic demonstration of the impact of current immigration policies on our country’s future, from a perspective of resource utilization. Being a strong proponent of free market solutions, I used to believe the best approach to immigration was [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2008, 7:32pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • America Sucks

    Number of comments: 10
    It baffles me why so many Americans readily accept that, in any conflict with foreign interests, America must be at fault. To these people, all of our enemies are actually our victims, and are justified in hating us because America’s a big bully. They seem to believe the rest of [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2008, 2:23pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Bookmark/Rate this post: ...

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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 7:28pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Are We Really at War?

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    Some people keep insisting that the war on terrorism isn’t a real war, because you can only be at war with a country, and “terrorism” isn’t a country. The problem is, a worldwide network of well-organized and well-funded terrorists has declared war on us.When someone declares war on you, and [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 11:56pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Sacrificing Israel

    Number of comments: 10
    People keep telling me that theterrorists wouldn’t hate us if we didn’t support Israel. Apparently,it’s our own fault they attacked us on 9/11, because they had already warned us many times to stop supporting Israel and get out of the Middle East. If only we had obeyed, they never would [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2008, 11:15pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Libertarian at Home, Conservative Abroad

    Number of comments: 10
    I have always been, and will always be, at core, a libertarian. I used to be an idealistic libertarian. The first time I ever voted was in 1980, for Ed Clarke. (Anybody remember Ed Clarke?)I wasa purist then, in favor of non-intervention and no foreign entanglements. But that was before [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2008, 11:06pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Is I Told You So Worth the Price?

    Number of comments: 6
    Romney has gracefully bowed out of the race, explaining that he doesn’t want to divide the party any longer and exhorting us all to unite behind McCain. I regret to see him go. Obviously, I would have preferred for him to be the nominee. (Once again, my record is intact. [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2008, 9:42pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • There are Worse Things than McCain Really!

    Number of comments: 10
    OK, McCain it is. I’m not happy. You’re probably not either. I don’t know who all these “Republicans” are who are voting for him in the primaries, because I’m not aware of one person who likes him. But, be that as it may, the RINOs have spoken and McCain is [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2008, 7:43pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Diversity in America

    Number of comments: 4
    Inmy post onLeveraging Diversity the Right Way, I referred to several independent studies* thatfound groups with diverse membersdid better at complex problem solving and decision making tasks than homogenous groups. It’s significant to note thatall of these studies were focused on groups working toward a common goal,and specifically demonstrate the [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 1:16am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Leveraging Diversity the Right Way

    Number of comments: 1
    A number of studies* in recent years have demonstrated that diverse groups come up with better solutions than homogenous groups in a variety of different types of problem-solving and decision-making tasks. The more complex the task, and the more creativity required, the greater the advantage of diverse groups over homogenous [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2008, 11:06pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • The Supreme Court Takes On the Second Amendment

    Number of comments: 10
    The last time the Supreme Court entertained a 2nd amendment case was almost 70 years ago. At that time they focused on minutiae around the concept of a militia, and concluded that the 2nd amendment only applies to types of firearms that would be pertinent to the preservation of a [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 11:12am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Whats the Opposite of a RINO?

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    Number of comments: 6
    If a RINO is a Republican in name only, the opposite is someone with traditional conservativevalues who doesn’t identify as a Republican. Who are these people? Libertarians, Constitutionalists, Independents, and even conservatives who’vegiven up on the system andno longer register to vote. My esteemed friend, the Sidewinder, refers to themas [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 11:01pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Whats Wrong With This Picture?

    Number of comments: 10
    I’m so disgustedwith the $150 billion “economic stimulus package”that I’m choking on my own thoughts, unable to express them coherently. First there arethe rebates. But wait, I’ll save that for later because everybody’s blogging about that and, no doubt, everything I have to say has already been said and said [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2008, 9:45pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Redistribution of Health

    Number of comments: 10
    Why do I keep picking on poor Mrs. Clinton? Hasn’t she suffered enough (after living with Bill all these years)? I pick on her because she’s a serious contender for the office of President of the United States. And, frankly,that makes me very nervous. It has nothing to do with [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 10:56pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Mrs. Clintons Economic Action Plan

    Number of comments: 10
    Well, the South Carolinadebate sure was a hoot, wasn’t it? I just love cat fights. But before the real fun began,Mrs. Clinton laid out her “economic action plan,” which consisted of the following six points. “I would have amoratorium on foreclosures for 90 days…” “I want to have an interest rate freeze [...]
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    Posted: January 23, 2008, 11:54pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • This Little Girl

    Number of comments: 10
    will make some lucky man a fine wife someday. What a cool kid! –You go, girl!! Rate this post: [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2008, 11:10am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Feeding the Needy or Bolstering the Bureaucracy

    Number of comments: 10
    One reason why many private charities are both more efficient and more effective than government welfare programs is becausecharities in the private sector are accountable to the people who contribute to them. There’s a significant amount of variance in administrative and fund-raising overhead among different charitable organizations. Forexample, the American [...]
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    Posted: January 22, 2008, 10:44pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Giving Away Other Peoples Money

    Number of comments: 10
    People who favor social welfare programs seem to think that they’re acting out of altruistic impulses, and that those who don’t support these programs are uncharitable. There’s a fundamental difference between altruism and redistribution of wealth by the government. Altruism is characterized by an individual acting of his own free [...]
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    Posted: January 20, 2008, 11:44pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Paraphrasing Jefferson

    Number of comments: 3
    Thomas Jefferson said: “A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” NotYourDaddy [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2008, 1:15pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Huckleberry and the Will of God

    Number of comments: 3
    On January 1, 1802, Thomas Jefferson addressed the following words to the Danbury Baptist association in Connecticut. “Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man & his god, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 1:18am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Dont Believe the Enemys Propaganda

    Number of comments: 10
    It’s important to remember that the vast majority of Muslims in the world are peaceful people, with families and jobs and lives, who have nothing to do with terrorism. A very small percentage of Muslims are extremists, and the extremists terrorize other Muslims as well as non-Muslims, because they believe [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 11:58pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Bringing the War Back Home

    Number of comments: 10
    The Hydra was a mythical monster with the body of a snake and a hundred heads. Every time one of its heads was cut off, a new one grew in its place. The Islamic terrorist network, spread out across the world, is the modern day Hydra. It has many heads.And,any [...]
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    Posted: January 13, 2008, 7:42pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Life, Liberty, and Sitcoms

    Number of comments: 3
    One of the fundamental, inalienable rights guaranteed to every American resident is, apparently, the right to watch television. The federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has decreed a transition from analog to digital broadcasting. Anybody who still has an analog television that receives its signal through an antenna, rather than cable [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2008, 5:30pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Hillary Responds to Criticism for Crying in New Hampshire

    Number of comments: 10
    [Click here foraudio clip] Hillary Clinton has received both criticism and support for getting choked upin response to a question about “how she does it,” after her humiliating defeat in Iowa and gettingsmirked at by Fluffyin nationally aireddebates. Some say the crack in her brittle facade was a calculated attempt to [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 7:26pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Which America Do You Believe In?

    Number of comments: 10
    Conservatives believe in smaller government, more personal responsibility, an individual’s right to self-determination, and the inviolability of private property. Liberals believe in bigger government, government assuming responsibility for the welfare of the people, and the “equitable” redistribution of private property (e.g., higher taxes, social welfare programs, land use regulations). Conservatives see Americans [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 11:58pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Give it Up, Mom

    Number of comments: 4
    Referring back to the video clip in yesterday’s post, this is how I heard Mrs. Clinton’s message. “You kids talk about change. — You don’t even know what you’re talking about. — I’ve been through the Change. I’ve experienced the hot flashes, the mood swings, the night sweats… So don’t [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 10:24am EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Mrs. Clinton Lets it All Hang Out

    Number of comments: 1
    Franky, I’m not crazy about any of the candidates, but I guess I could settle for any of the remaining Republicans — except Huckabee. I just don’t get what the Huckabites see in him. If Iowa were representative of the rest of the country, and the race came down to Huckleberry [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2008, 9:57pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • No Arrests, No Convictions

    Most candidates change their positions on various issues before or during a campaign to reflect what they believe their constituency wants. One could give them the benefit of the doubt, and assume they do this because they want to truly represent the will of the people. Or one could cynically [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2008, 11:59pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Land of Opportunity or Land of Entitlement?

    Number of comments: 2
    Wouldn’t a true Free MarketApproach to Illegal Immigration be to just open up the borders and laissez faire? In an ideal world, perhaps. But we’redealing with reality. This country was founded by immigrants. Part of what makes this country great is the diversity of thought and culture brought here by immigrants [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2008, 11:59pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • A Free Market Approach to Illegal Immigration

    Number of comments: 5
    I applaud the work ethic ofanybody who comes here seeking to do honest labor because there isn’t enough work to support their families in their own country. But I do not support amnesty, nor do I welcome with open arms all who wander across the border for whatever reason. From a [...]
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    Posted: January 01, 2008, 3:58pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Could HillaryCare Lead to Lifestyle Legislation?

    Number of comments: 3
    Mrs. Clinton’s universal healthcare plan would require every citizen to have health insurance. Those with lower incomes (how low?) would get taxpayer-funded subsidies, but most people would still have to pay for it. How will those who choose not to purchase health insurance today feel about the governmentdictating how they [...]
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    Posted: December 30, 2007, 5:20pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Crime and Punishment

    What is the role of the criminal justice system? Deterrence? Rehabilitation? Revenge? Ifmaximizing pubic safety is the ultimate goal, rehabilitationis the most desirable result. Realistically, though, it isn’t always possible. Many career criminals are sociopaths, and not amenable to rehabilitation.Where rehabilitation isn’t feasible, deterrence may still be effective. Most sociopaths are [...]
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    Posted: December 29, 2007, 2:26pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • There Ought to be a Law! Or Ought There?

    Number of comments: 1
    Our prisons are full to overflowing. We don’t have enough prison space to lock up people who prey on society, so criminals get plea bargains, probation, suspended sentences, or serve a fraction of the time to which they’re sentenced. Yet, we waste law enforcement, court, and prison resources on arresting, [...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2007, 3:43pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • Will or Happenstance?

    In the age old question of nature vs. nurture, where does free will come into play? Clearly, we can’t choose our genetic, biologocal, or physiological characterisitics. Nor do we choose our early childhood experiences. But we choose our jobs, spouses, friends, and how we spend our time.Our choices are not [...]
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    Posted: December 25, 2007, 2:04pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy

  • The Way of Nature

    When we talk about endangered species, we need to draw a distinction between species that are recklessly endangered through over-hunting, for sport or commercial purposes, and species that are endangered because of interspecies competition for resources, whether the competition is with man or with other species. There’s a clear difference [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2007, 1:45pm EST
    by NotYourDaddy
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