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The fable of Santa Clause
The fable of Santa Clause is an important allegory. Santa Claus is well liked. He is a large, popular philanthropist. His elves/ workers are little, unimportant, and uninteresting. The recipients of Santa’s gifts are wonderfully normal children. The illusion maintained … Continue reading
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America’s Class Structure
America’s class structure: Aristocrats: These elite people constitute 1% of the population of America, yet have 30% of the wealth. They are worth about 18 trillion dollars or an average of 26 million per family (assuming that the wife and … Continue reading
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Ode to 2011
This is a very good poetic summary of 2011. It’s well worth listening to and watching. Ode to 2011 Household names this year were forced to exit center stage. All across North Africa, revolution was the rage. Mubarak fell in … Continue reading
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Next US Presidential Election: The Fallacy of too few choices.
With the next US presidential election looming in the fall, we should look to practical short term solutions rather than the long range utopian solutions. Ever hear of the fallacy of too few choices? This fallacy is also called the … Continue reading
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Consultants were Busy during the Clinton era
This is how hiring a consultant stimulates the economy: The consultant uses the airlines to fly back and forth to their job on a weekly or biweekly schedule. The consultant rents a motel room or other lodging away from home. … Continue reading
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Net Worth by Thirds
From http://www.lcurve.org/ Quoting from a recently-published book by political philosopher David Schweickart, If we divided the income of the US into thirds, we find that the top ten percent of the population gets a third, the next thirty percent gets … Continue reading
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Utopian Recreation
Timeshares make the worst investments. If you buy a deeded timeshare, you will be stuck paying for a vacation week for the rest of your life. Many people turn in their deeded timeshare just to unload them; they see the … Continue reading
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The State of the State in a nutshell:
The state of the state in a nutshell: American (US) bureaucracies and institutions do not help the average citizen; they are merely facades. American laws avoid protecting the natural rights of American citizens. American police frequently file charges only to … Continue reading
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Are the Governments of the USA Sub-Worthless?
The US government is protecting citizens from invasion – assuming that there are armies that would invade the USA. Perhaps citizens of the US are protected from invasion by armies from Columbia, North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, the Al Quieda and the … Continue reading
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Protesters are Heroes
Protesters are Heroes. More than 100 protesters from the Occupy Boston movement were arrested early Tuesday after they ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway near where they have been camped out for more than a week, police said. Police … Continue reading
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