Obama: The Man And The Idea

My Father's Stories

Daddy Contemplations

True Individual Freedom Cannot Exist…
…without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made. ~Franklin D Roosevelt I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared. ~Thomas Jefferson Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. ~Ronald Reagan It’s the economy, stupid!

The First Lesson Of Economics…
…is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. ~Thomas Sowell

Musician Or Pedophile?
Yesterday I gave my thoughts on the death of Michael Jackson. True to form, shortly after posting that article I thought of a simple argument that sums up what I spent paragraphs attempting to explain yesterday. If a pedophile made music, we’d not consider him great for his music. Music is amoral: it is not necessarily moral or immoral. Pedophilia, however, is immoral. It is wrong in any and every situation to sexually abuse or misuse children. If Charles Manson were a skilled artist, we would not celebrate his life and art when he died. If the Una-bomber were

My Thoughts On Michael Jackson
It’s been all over the place and most everybody has the same thoughts: the world has lost wonderful talent as it has lost Michael Jackson. Conservatives, Liberals, Christians, Heathens alike are, for the most part, mourning the loss of this skilled musician. Mike Gallagher was the first I heard to ask the question: Why are we remembering only the talent and the skillful music

The Problem With Socialism…
…is that eventually you run out of other peoples’ money ~Margaret Thatcher