The spreading of massive amounts of “information” between people via social networking sites has allowed a mass of people to voice their opinion on issues that they normally wouldn’t be exposed to. I’ve been “informed” of events that I may not otherwise have found out about right away; if at all. What I have seen [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Sticks & Stones….
Posted: 29th November 2010 by BAM in *BAM*, Education, Free Speech, FreedomTags: Free Speech, Freedom
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RED CHINA: The Road to Collectivism
Posted: 22nd November 2010 by BAM in Freedom, Government, TaxationTags: Government, Taxation
*Monday, Jan. 25, 1954* “A step forward is necessary,” said Peking’s People’s Daily, “. . . to combat this spontaneous capitalist trend of the peasants.” Peking has long complained that China’s peasants are slow to hate their “class enemies,” i.e., the surviving landlords who still own an acre or more. Judging by the reports of [...]
The Phenomenology of Mind
Posted: 22nd November 2010 by BAM in Hegel, Metaphysics, PhilosophyTags: Hegel, Metaphysics, Philosophy
A: Observation as a Process of Reason a (1): Observation of Nature Φ 244. WHEN the unreflective consciousness speaks of observation and experience as being the fountain of truth, the phrase may possibly sound as if the whole business were a matter of tasting, smelling, feeling, hearing, and seeing. It forgets, in its zeal for [...]
From the Mind Of Frederic Bastiat
Posted: 16th November 2010 by BAM in Economics, Freedom, LegislationTags: Bastiat, Economics, Freedom, Legislation, Liberty, Taxation
What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen In the economic sphere an act, a habit, an institution, a law produces not only one effect, but a series of effects. Of these effects, the first alone is immediate; it appears simultaneously with its cause; it is seen. The other effects emerge only subsequently; they are [...]
The Fallacy That Government Creates Jobs
Posted: 5th November 2010 by BAM in Government, TaxationTags: Economics, Government, Taxation
President-elect Obama has announced that he wants a big “stimulus” package to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011. Many of the details are unclear, including how much new government spending he will propose and how he is measuring job creation. Press reports suggest the incoming administration is looking at $400 billion-$500 billion over the next [...]
Federal Open Market Committee Nov. 3 Statement: Full Text
Posted: 3rd November 2010 by BAM in EconomicsTags: Economics, Federal Reserve
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — The following is a reformatted version of the full text of the statement released today by the Federal Reserve in Washington: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September confirms that the pace of recovery in output and employment continues to be slow. Household spending is increasing gradually, [...]
The Voting Fraud
Posted: 2nd November 2010 by BAM in *BAM*, Education, Freedom, Government, mediaTags: Freedom, Government, media, Propaganda
The 2010 Senatorial elections have come to a close. Voters are celebrating picking the winning contestant, or cursing them because they liked the other team’s entry. All the Social network hubs are alive with people talking about how they did a great thing bringing about change and are looking forward to the future. It’s really [...]