why not to argue with idiots/ignorant

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
anon/idk

My political compass

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

divide between reality and idealism

The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.

George Will

The Media and 'Bullying' by Thomas Sowell

The Media and 'Bullying' by Thomas Sowell:

reverse racism and what classes (race, gender, nationality) are in vogue.

Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’ - The Washington Post

Elizabeth Warren and liberalism, twisting the ‘social contract’ - The Washington Post:

Elizabeth Warren states this:

“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there — good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. . . . You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea — God bless, keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.”

George Will states this:

"She refutes propositions no one asserts."

"The collectivist agenda is antithetical to America’s premise, which is: Government — including such public goods as roads, schools and police — is instituted to facilitateindividual striving, a.k.a. the pursuit of happiness. The fact that collective choices facilitate this striving does not compel the conclusion that the collectivity (Warren’s “the rest of us”) is entitled to take as much as it pleases of the results of the striving."

Corporatism

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/09/13/perrys-ties-to-merck-29500/

example of corporate cronyism with Perry and Merck (Gardasil).

archiving for later

http://www.alternet.org/story/151370/5_wikileaks_revelations_exposing_the_rapidly_growing_corporatism_dominating_american_diplomacy_abroad/

5 examples of corporatism revealed by Wikileaks

http://reason.com/archives/2011/09/09/obamas-crony-capitalism

Solyndra example and a listing the negative consequences of crony capitalism

Incredible speech by man on October 4th, in NYC protests against Wall Street

"we dont need to invade a new country every year"

"bring production back to America"

"Wallstreet is rigged"

"They have the balls to ask us for a bailout!"

"There is no country left that promotes free markets"

"there is nowhere left to run"

"We need to end the Federal Reserve"

"[Politicians] are supposed to be our voice, not their voice" wallstreet v. people

"you need to give the rights back to the states"

"America is not supposed to be uniform in policy"

"elect Ron Paul"

What if the NFL Played by Teachers' Rules? - WSJ.com

Fran Tarkenton: What if the NFL Played by Teachers' Rules? - WSJ.com:

What if an NFL player was paid the same salary as his peers who have been in the league equally as long. What if it became near impossible to fire an NFL player from the team if he was there for three years...

gotta read this. compiling it here for now.