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Date of Article: 2014-11-19
Source of Article: Creators Syndicate
A very good op-ed article which clearly explains the importance of property rights to our society. Sadly many of our currently elected officials seem to be leaning towards the communal way of thinking. They forget that it was people working hard to improve their families way of life that built this great country, a country of ants, not grasshoppers.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-11-19
Source of Article: AL.com/opinion
This is an idea that I have proposed in several political group discussions over the last few years. My choice of implementation would include:
- "None of the Above" would be included as the last option for every position on the ballot.
- None of the above would be binding.
- If it wins the nominations for the office would open up the day after the election and run for 2 weeks. No party involvement in this runoff, they messed up the first time around.
- To qualify a potential candidate would have to gather signatures numbering at least 5% of the voter count from the just concluded election for that position.
- None of the candidates who lost to "None of the Above" would be eligible for nomination for any office in this current election cycle.
- After two weeks nominations would close and the new slate of candidates would have 4 weeks to campaign. Then the new election would be held, again "None of the Above" would be on the ballot.
- When the new year starts if any offices are still empty the outgoing governor could appoint temporary office holders who have not been eliminated from eligibility to run by "None of the Above". Outgoing office holders who did not run for reelection would be eligible for appointment.
- None of these temporary appointees would be allowed to run for any still unfilled offices.
I feel this would place great pressure on the parties to make sure they nominate quality candidates the first time around.
Note to potential candidates: Want to loose my vote? Then put up negative adds using half-truths and innuendo. That's a guaranteed way to shift my vote to your opponent. There were three contests this last time around where this happened.
Tell me why I should vote for you and give me facts, not why I should not vote for your opponent. In the days of the internet fact checking is fairly easy as is checking the reliability of fact sources.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2011-04
Source of Article: WordPress
This cartoon really needs no comment. My non-original question is "What happens when the kingdom runs out of other peoples money to pay for these benefits?"
This situation can be found in many countries that have adopted the welfare state thus destroying any incentive to work hard and get ahead. I also know several individuals from some of those countries that moved to the US so they could enjoy the fruits of their labors. If we continue to follow these countries footsteps those very talented individuals will move again depriving us their talents.
I suspect that Ludwig von Mises would have really appreciated and agree with the message in this cartoon. I've been reading quite a few of his books since a good Libertarian friend introduced me to his works and institute.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-11-05
Source of Article: AL.com
I tend to agree with the author. Voters have sent a signal that they want change, if they don't get it they will try another option in two years.
That other option may or may not be the Democrats. There is always the Tea Party which voters rejected this time around as a group within the Republican party or another as yet unknown group. In this day of Internet communications groups have the potential to appear and organize in a short time and two years could be long enough.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-07-23
Source of Article: Neowin
Another example of a government trying to impose moral values that have no business becoming laws. The biggest failed example of this was a US law known as Prohibition. All it accomplished was to make a lot of criminals rich and get a lot of innocent people killed.
Luckily in this case the parliament allowed for individual opting out and the vast majority of its citizens have elected to do so.
I suspect that most if not all of my Libertarian friends are enjoying this one. Their party has a long history of opposing such unnecessary laws which tie up resources which could be used to enforce the real criminal laws on the books.
Like the Libertarians it's not that I support immoral conduct, I just oppose making such conduct criminal.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-21
Source of Article: College and Magnolia
A good read on changes coming to college athletics and why some of them might not be so good for the amateur status of them.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-14
Source of Article: AL.com
As a new client to Medicare this article is very disturbing. First the current administration violates its word about people being able to keep their plans and doctors if they like them and eliminates perfectly good health plans that many Americans chose in a free marketplace. Now they seem to be intent on destroying a program that is serving seniors well. Its hard to understand.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-17
Source of Article: AL.com
"If you like your current plan you can keep it, period!"
This is a candidate for the lie of the year and maybe even of the decade. I don't know about other peoples plans but I will remember this for quite a few election days and vote accordingly.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-14
Source of Article: InfoWorld
This article exposes a flaw in the DMCA which needs to be fixed ASAP. One part of the fix needs to make the party that filed the merit-less take-down order should be subject to reimbursing for lost income and paying damages for harming the reputation of the victim. A second part would be4 to require there be documentation accompanying the take-down order proving the validity of the claim. Currently DCMA creates not only a guilty until proven innocent situation but also a guilty without any proof situation. To me that is an assault on our Constitutional rights.]
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-11
Source of Article: Creators Syndicate
So using a drone to spy on or assassinate individuals is fine as long as the government is doing it but let a group of volunteers attempt to use a drone to locate and maybe save the life of a missing child and they are violating federal rules. In this case I am in total agreement with Mr Chapman.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-02
Source of Article: AL.com
Interesting opinion about our chief executive who doesn't honor his own word and is never in charge of things that go wrong.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-04-02
Source of Article: AL.com
The members of the city government who voted to pass this dumb law should be made to spend a couple of weeks living on the streets with no help surviving. Shame, shame, shame.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-03-20
Source of Article: Al.com
A good thing happened today. A law was passed that did no harm and laid the groundwork to do a lot of good for many people who have been suffering unnecessarily for too long. I'm hoping that Carly gets the relief she needs now that the law no longer stands in the way.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-03-20
Source of Article: Al.com
This is a good example of how stupid rules like this are. The student did the right thing by preventing harm but the idiot powers that be chose to punish her.
Years ago I had a friend whose son was receiving a beating from a bully. According to witnesses his son did not attempt to defend himself until after over 10 blows had landed on him. Yet the idiot powers that were chose to expel him for practicing a right that all humans have to defend themselves from attack.
For reasons like this Zero Tolerance Rules have to be written with care and enforced with common sense.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-03-16
Source of Article: Creaators Syndicate
An interesting piece on what the author thinks will be the end result of Putin's latest muscle flexing. I hope he is right in the long run.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-03-13
Source of Article: Crerators Syndicate
Some interesting questions raised here. To me the big one is do we want one person having so much power to change our lives. To me that seems to reverse the system that the founding fathers set up with power spread across three branches of government to prevent tyranny.
W.C.
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Date of Article: 2014-03-14
Source of Article: Creators Syndicate
Pat Buchanan starts with a very interesting question here and then presents some convincing arguments as why he is asking it.
W.C.
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Orig Post Date: 2014.03.14.
Source: GEEK.com.
My Comments:
It's bad enough that in the past a member of congress introduced a change to copyright law which extended the term of copyright protection for a recorded performance from which he and his family directly benefited, and that the then congress passed it, but now the current congress is again attempting to extend the power of copyright holders at the people's expense.
W.C.
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Orig Post Date: 2014.02.13
Source: Creators Syncicate
My Comments:
Another example of crony capitalism where the majority suffers to enrich the few.
W.C.
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Orig Post Date: 2014.02.12
Source: Creators Syndicate
My Comments:
A good piece on what is really one of the biggest problems we face in the United States and I believe Mr Stossel is right when he states that keeping government small is the best way to minimize this problem.
W.C.
