An amusing bit of news: A man who wrote the fourth amendment on his skin was arrested at an airport. A Charlottesville man who stripped down to his underwear at Richmond International Airport to protest security-screening procedures was charged with disorderly conduct Thursday, airport police said. So, just to be clear. If you… …are told [...]
Posts Tagged ‘utopia’
Constitution? Not in an Airport.
Friday, Dec 31st, 2010 by Brandon | 3 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: constitution, law, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: constitution, law, utopia
How to solve the USA financial crisis in four easy steps
Saturday, Sep 27th, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: economics, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: economics, utopia
1. Drop corporate tax rate to 10%. 2. Repeal Sarbanes Oxley. 3. Drop Capital Gains tax to 0.5% and use all of the revenue to pay off whatever “bailout” plan Congress approves. 4. Freeze the federal budget — no new spending, no budget increases, except maybe defense. Why: 1. Corp taxes in the USA are [...]
College: Who needs it?
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 by Brandon | 4 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: college, economics, education, schooling, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: college, economics, education, schooling, utopia
Most people don’t. Let me get this out of the way: there are many jobs that can only be done professionally after many years of careful supervised study. If you are going or went to college to do one of those types of jobs, this post isn’t about you. This post is about me — [...]
Of Populsim, Envy, and Identity
Sunday, Jan 6th, 2008 by Brandon | 1 Comments
Filed under: Christianity & Religion, Society & Politics | Tags: economics, responsibility, utopia
Filed under: Christianity & Religion, Society & Politics | Tags: economics, responsibility, utopia
The debate last night showed Edwards and Huckabee getting ready to try to win the presidency on typical class-warfare, envy politics. Edwards is the worst, but he’s only being honest about his goals where his Democrat counterparts are being quiet. But Huckabee isn’t much better. Both are running on the notion that the middle class [...]
Government schooling trains for subservience
Tuesday, Sep 4th, 2007 by Brandon | 3 Comments
Filed under: Homeschooling, Society & Politics | Tags: freedom, schooling, utopia
Filed under: Homeschooling, Society & Politics | Tags: freedom, schooling, utopia
People don’t seem to realize this very often: allowing the government to control education is inconsistent with living in an individualistic and free society. Case in point: A Judge rules that school administrators can take punitive actions against students for things they write outside of school. U.S. District Court Judge Mark Kravitz denied Avery Doninger’s [...]