post from god

GLOBAL WARMING

Don't even attempt to enter the Richard Branson $25M carbon extraction sweepstakes prize, because I've already got it wrapped up. Al Gore should be certifying my idea shortly. See, my idea would involve these things to be called 'plants', that are different from animals who emit carbon dioxide. These 'plants' would be living organisms like animals, but not moving, drawing nutrients out of the dirt with 'roots'. They could draw carbon dioxide out of the air through an apparatus I'll call 'leaves'. These 'plants' will remove the carbon (C) from carbon dioxide (CO2) and release the oxygen (O2). They would use this carbon to grow. I can think of a few different varieties of 'plants' that would be neat. Short plants could be called 'grass' with tall ones called 'trees'. (See picture for what a hypothetical 'plant' may look like.) If my creation goes according to plan, they should be able to propagate all over the globe by using wind, water, and animals, to spread 'seeds'. These 'seeds' would be a potential 'plant' (like an egg is a potential chicken) but very tiny and durable, only needing to be placed in soil with moister to grow into a full sized plant. In fact, according to my theory (which is pretty solid), over time these 'plants' could remove a lot of carbon from the atmosphere. Enough that, over millions of years as the plants die and get covered by earth, they could form massive mineral deposits which could be know as 'fossil fuels', and be energy sources for Adam and Eves offspring to become prosperous.

school bossing

EDUCATION

If natural selection biology has been taught in public schools for almost a century and half the public currently believes in creationism, then what would be the fear of intelligent design being mentioned? This and a myriad of other petty disputes in public schools can easily be avoided to the satisfaction of most parents (if not the mind indoctrinators). A lack of Darwinian knowledge does very little harm to society at large when compared to the blatant economic illiteracy of the public. That is a very comical situation unto itself: the progressive elite, priding ones self on being knowledgeable, looking down upon those poor religious fools, anti-Walmart, yet not understanding something as simple as Ricardo's law of comparative advantage (specialise in what your country does best, trade for the rest), or the law of demand's negative slope (raising the minimum wage, will decrease the number of entry level low skilled jobs). Here is a novel idea: Why not have the state put a dollar sign above every k-12 pupils head, and let schools public and private compete by offering high quality education similar to the U.S. college market, which is the best in the industrialised world, as opposed to the government monopoly in k-12 education. This could be known as a "school voucher" program or "school choice". This may be heresy in the modern liberal progressive church but i thought they were for choice. Instead, they burn at the stake any reform effort that doesn't conform to their universalist doctrine.

overrated democracy

CHINA

China and India are the growing powers that are attracting all the attention - but who will win the title as heir-apparent of the pax-americana if the U.S. gets too soft. India, the worlds largest democracy, benefits greatly from anglosphere institutions and language - but has a recent past mired in the Fabian Society. Their development could mirror the decline of the west - under-productive, over-socialist. China also relatively newly independent has a communist past but capitalist future. The greatest potential (good or bad to be determined) lies in China because of their one party rule. Democracy is overrated, it should be viewed as a means not an end. If China's one party wrote a constitution, inspired by Locke but even more progressive proof than the American's, then they could easily become a global hegemone and the world would be better off for it. This theoretical constitution could embrace life, liberty and property in a way only dreamed about by the wests classical liberals - just as Hong Kong is more capitalistic than any nation in the west. Right now China has just unrealised raw potential but history shows that even the near future can be wildly unpredictable.

overpowering the weak

NIETZSCHE

The weak, seeking to define the powerful elites attributes that keep them in power as evil, is seen as a sort of common movement of ill will against elites. The powerful elites with their more muted moral judgment of ethics is envisioned by Nietzsche as a superior worldly outlook, and shared by progressives. In this view lack of action and acceptance of the human condition is cringed upon (elites have better characteristics that their subservients should aspire to). Well a more accurate depiction of good and evil would have to better account with the historical evolution of political ideology as a moral actuator. In natural law theory, there are truths out there to be discovered by human reason. These are absolute good and evil, not good and bad as Nietzsche's noble man would have it. People can discover this embedded wisdom handed down through societal customs and trial and error over human existence. All people have rights that are unalienable and governments are legitimate only if they are constituted to protect those rights. The noble man or today's modern progressive seeks to become the overlord in totalitarian fashion of the masses. All people weak or powerful have the same rights and should be treated equally under the law, but the progressives have removed themselves from the negative consequences of their over governing - making them above the law. A humble existence is virtue - live and let live.

in a perfect world

DEATH PENALTY

Well the death penalty is a hot topic as of late. The supremes have decided that, citing foreign law and so called consensus among the states, that juvenile criminals, and individuals with cognitive disabilities cannot be executed. Foreign powers refuse to extradite captured suspects to the U.S. if they could face the death penalty. Texas the evil red state is seen as the devil incarnate, for executing the most each year even though deep blue California has more on death row. Every person has the right to life, liberty and property, so the question is if someone takes a life do they yield the rights to their own? Trusting the state with the lives and lively hoods of humans is always a risky endeavor - especially the modern welfare state. The death penalty is morally justified - yet there is always that risk of killing an innocent. It would be nice to live in a utopian world - much like heaven - where all is fair and right. But we ultimately live here on earth where pragmatism has some sway. Yes justice is not 100% perfect, but for there to be justice, the rule of law has to be upheld, and a majority of people support the death penalty as they have throughout histories common law. Its an imperfect solution to an imperfect world.

packing a 9mm

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thinking highly of oneself

MININUM WAGE

The poor benighted people cannot think for themselves - they have no conscious, not even aware of their own existence. We can't trust them to be able to look out for themselves (only selfish bastards act in self interest). Two individuals do not possess all the knowledge needed to negotiate a fair wage - for that we need Washington's many florescent minds to irradiate for the dim minded. People need the protection of altruistical geniuses if there is going to be social justice. One can tell how much one cares about humanity by how high they think minimum wage should be. In a previous post I advocated for $10 an hour, but now I believe this to be to stingy (and I wish to advance my ranking among the compassionate). My new statement of self felicitation: Minimum wage should be $12.50 an hour with guaranteed health benefits. The price of everything has been going up: gas, healthcare, college tuition, corn tortillas, and raising minimum wage will help people buy more things (increasing economic output Keynes style). Walmart would have to pay more to employees which would raise their unfair prices, helping mom and pop shops, and reducing the trade deficit with China at the same time. Its a win / win situation (except for human reason).

american fusion project

GAY MARRIAGE

Well the judges got a little excited, putting their cart before the donkey - and it backfired - very predictably. Now a populist fervor has swept out of the heartland, just like the last turn of century, but not Fabian this time. At the state level, using the direct democracy ballot initiative favored by populist reformers of all stripes, the people sought to get ahead of the courts. The democrats (small d) baned same sex marriage, defeating the republicans (small r). These days a chant at the federal level can be felt marching toward article 5, before article 3 annexes more power from the constitution and its constituents. Now the progressives need to admit their past misdeeds and recant their manifesto, and discover states rights and deregulation, their former foes. Marriage should be deregulated at the federal level (historically always a states matter) through the legislative process in the tax code and other regulations. Also the right of contract should be enforced federally over the states, and the full faith and credit clause: And whala! A legitimate form of same sex union - not marriage. Then individuals can make their own choices under their own direction and free from government intervention. The fusion project can be reborn - extracting conservative results through libertarian means.

muse from wit

COLONIALISM

Capitulation resulting in vassalage was branded colonialism by the so-called natives in many lands, and they revolted against this control in the heart of darkness. But was it a wise move? Maybe colonialism should be restarted, if the subjugated agree to it by the subjugator. One would judge by results, and the results of native independence movements have not always been good (ref: sub Sahara.) Many so called former colonies are now worse off than under imperial rule. Even the success stories were made greater successes, as in the case of India; without their former master would they have gotten rid of sati? Did not Rome allow free local religion as long as no humans were sacrificed. This is treated as an imposition on culture by the multiculturalists. Japan was an imperial power raping Manchuria china - an act seen as illegitimate. But after the bomb Japan was corrected, put in its place, made a vassal of the U.S. and this was judged legitimate by its results. So clearly not all claims on the use of force are equal. The feudal lord created modern Japan democratically in its image, and it is now a peaceful productive society, instead of a war monger, made so by the benevolent rule of the u.s. Even though subservient to their feudal lord in security matters, they are still a sovereign nation in all other regards, only submitting for protection because its in their own self interest.

evil coke

GLOBAL WARMING

Barney opened his bottle of coke and heard the fizz, but it was too late. The deputy sheriff could not believe what he had just done - warmed the globe. Yeah that was a carbon emission, but he knew what he had to do next - revealing his inner passions. "Andy! Andy! we've got to put a stop to capitalism!" Barney exclaimed having had always considered himself a sort of watermelon (green on the outside, red on the inside) "Now why would you want to do a stupid thing like that?" Andy replied. Barney proceeded on his rant that he had been practicing and rehearsing inspired by late night celebrity talk show guests. Big business is out to destroy the earth via fast food, discount retail chains and fossil fuels. A secret capitalist/jewish cabal controls all levels of government and they are hell bent on not letting the truth come out. The only thing preventing a massive populist uprising is the disenfranchisement of the downtrodden by theo-con politicians, using religiously based wedge issues, threatening the eternal fires of hell to all who don't obey their commandments. Barney than ran out of the police station to save the world from itself only to come peeling back in seconds later. He could hardly get the words out of his mouth he was nearly hyperventilating "Where's my bullet? I don't think people can be persuaded peacefully..."

spock's insurance scam

HEALTH CARE

One can imagine Spock the insurance actuary's lament. After retiring from star fleet, he went into the health insurance industry, to promote living long. At first he went about his job diligently, but then he began to unravel what he thought was sloppy bookkeeping. Spock noticed that the HMO account he was working on was paying out claims even though they were known to reoccur monthly. See he was under the impression that he worked for an 'insurance' company, that is: people bought a policy to defray unexpected costs. When he began to inquire about his discovery among his coworkers they all treated it as no-big-deal issue that policy holders were receiving coverage for costs they were planning on. This led Spock to promptly resign, he didn't want to work for a communal transfer payment scheme posing as an insurance company.

canvasing islamic oil

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

From the sheiks comes oil into our republic from their kingdom. Which of these evil dictators is going to sit on it - their only source of income - their economies not being more diversified than whats buried under the sand. Through their racket they can try to manipulate prices but to limited effect, seems how they don't trust each other and not holding a corner on the market. If its cheaper to import oil than we should - the market already factors in uncertainty. Government should do nothing to limit consumption of oil but should rather try to increase demand by removing fuel economy standards. People will then be free to buy what they want and if demand increases, the price of oil will go up, and will lead to further development of alternatives or hybrids only if deemed cost effective by the market. Did not the world make the transition from wood to coal to oil without centralized planning? Energy Independence is not in the national interest but would rather make us poorer - just as the socialists wish.