Monday, October 12, 2009
About seatbelts...
You're telling me that we are so afraid of the grief death brings that we've not only become obsessed with removing all risk from our lives, but we've also become obsessed with forcing everyone else to do the same? I don't buy it. A person's inability to deal with grief is no justification for a law. I'm sorry if you can't deal emotionally with my death, but that's your problem not mine. There is no need to force me to protect me from myself!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
What we elect we get...
When we elect a socialist president, we get socialism. Just like when we elected that fascist Bush, we got fascism (power based on military might). If you want freedom and democracy you need to vote for freedom and democracy, not just what appears to you to be freedom and democracy. And don't forget, freedom and democracy requires acknowledgment and tolerance of those who hold opinions you may not agree with.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Recession
I hate to be the cynic (as I usually am) and say I told you so, but... We've been overspending in this country for too long. Our longing for over indulgence simply to increase status has caught up with us. The system finally put it's foot down and said, "NO MORE, now it's time to pay!!"
Unfortunately our friendly neighborhood government seems to think that spending will solve the problem. Unfortunately again spending will only prolong our suffering. The only way out is to suck it up and sleep in the beds we've made. Pay back the debt! Then maybe in 10 or 20 years we'll have another chance to f*ck it up all over again.
But it's all good. These are the times that we innovate. These are the times to make money. As they say, when times are good save save save, when times are bad spend spend spend! In other words, save when "things" are at a premium and spend when everyone else is trying to get rid of shit in order to survive. If you're smart, you'll get rich!
Unfortunately our friendly neighborhood government seems to think that spending will solve the problem. Unfortunately again spending will only prolong our suffering. The only way out is to suck it up and sleep in the beds we've made. Pay back the debt! Then maybe in 10 or 20 years we'll have another chance to f*ck it up all over again.
But it's all good. These are the times that we innovate. These are the times to make money. As they say, when times are good save save save, when times are bad spend spend spend! In other words, save when "things" are at a premium and spend when everyone else is trying to get rid of shit in order to survive. If you're smart, you'll get rich!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Evil
There's only one thing I hate about being a homo sapiens. The instinctual drive to treat other people like shit in order to gain status. Evil is a person or people taking advantage of another person or people for purely selfish reasons. It begs to question how empty heaven will be.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Obamacare...
"...and it really would shift the place where those decisions are made from the Doctor's Office to a bunch of government bureaucrats..." - http://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=902
Well, that's not 100% true Mike. It will shift the place where those decisions are made from a bunch of private bureaucrats to a bunch of government bureaucrats. What's the difference?
I wonder about that every time some asshat at the insurance company decides that one of my scripts will no longer be covered. They claim there is, what they consider, an OTC equiv. Funny though, my doctor tells me there's a difference between the script version and the OTC. Now sure, my doctor might be contractually "obligated" to say that by big pharma, but I notice a major difference in my health. He can't be all that far off. Unfortunately my insurance doesn't agree and expects me to pay for 100% of the cost of the script. $185/month so I can feel better. So, who is running things?
You go Mr. Obama! This time I take you as the lesser of two evils. Will it be any better? Probably not. But at least I finally get to screw those asshole fat cats who toiled greedily in order to make me a slave to their system.
Well, that's not 100% true Mike. It will shift the place where those decisions are made from a bunch of private bureaucrats to a bunch of government bureaucrats. What's the difference?
I wonder about that every time some asshat at the insurance company decides that one of my scripts will no longer be covered. They claim there is, what they consider, an OTC equiv. Funny though, my doctor tells me there's a difference between the script version and the OTC. Now sure, my doctor might be contractually "obligated" to say that by big pharma, but I notice a major difference in my health. He can't be all that far off. Unfortunately my insurance doesn't agree and expects me to pay for 100% of the cost of the script. $185/month so I can feel better. So, who is running things?
You go Mr. Obama! This time I take you as the lesser of two evils. Will it be any better? Probably not. But at least I finally get to screw those asshole fat cats who toiled greedily in order to make me a slave to their system.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Evolution.. a theory.. a contraversy..
A scientific theory is just a set of predictions about something in the natural world. Not all of the predictions must be "proven" for a theory to be considered true.
Although Hafele and Keating proved Einstein's prediction on time dilation in Relativity there are still some predictions that cannot be proven. For instance, according to relativity an objects mass approaches infinity as its velocity approaches the speed of light. Since the universe is finite there is no way for an object to have infinite mass. Therefore it is impossible to test what happens to an object with mass at the speed of light. That doesn't mean that Gravity, Relativity's main component, doesn't exist.
God's method of creation is in part, the mechanics of evolution. The Bible says "God Created" not HOW God created. It neither supports nor denies any method what so ever.
500 years ago it would have been heresy to claim the Earth was not the center of the universe. Yet today every Christian believes this Copernican theory to be true. Why is it no longer heresy? Why... because our understanding of God's method has evolved.
When we look at God's creation the vast majority of the evidence points toward evolution as the method just as the vast majority of evidence pointed toward the Earth not being the center of the universe. This doesn't disprove anything in the Bible. It just evolves our understand of God's method even more. So why the huge controversy?
I think creationists/intelligent designers/conservative christians are afraid their God is dieing. They have somewhat of a strong point. Many Muslim extremists call America the "Great Satan", for good reason. Atheists have made a mockery of this country and would be ecstatic if God could be stricken from everything. Do they really think if religion didn't exist that all murder, rape, torture, and war would magically disappear?
Why do we need religion? Because it teaches us a strong moral value system. Especially when we are unable or unwilling to learn one on our own. Let's look at one great example. Where is America's family right now? It's in the gutter, that's where! 40% of all first marriages not only end in failure, but the majority leave behind a child. A child whose weekend warrior father does not have the ability nor the resources to raise and teach his child correctly. And why is that? Because mom and dad didn't think about morality before they took their pants off, that's why. Without God in our lives we fail to consider the consequences of the decisions we make. "What happens if I get pregnant from this drunken one night stand?" It used to be adultery and coveting would earn a person an eternity in hell, now it merely earns him a bastard child and a 17% deduction from his paycheck.
We make laws to protect ourselves from the unprotected then we plaster the media with embellished "examples" in order to prove that our faulty laws are working. We force everyone to be safe because we can't bare the fact that someone we don't even know might get hurt. Yet we fail to look at the real issues. In the end we're nothing more then a stagnant and paranoid society that has no where to turn for hope.
But that doesn't give Christians the right to use logical fallacies to make their point. God does exist and God can easily be incorporated with the latest scientific belief. As I said before, the Bible makes no claims as to the method, only the outcome.
Maybe it's time we stopped bickering about whose interpretation is correct and start coming together as a people instead.
Although Hafele and Keating proved Einstein's prediction on time dilation in Relativity there are still some predictions that cannot be proven. For instance, according to relativity an objects mass approaches infinity as its velocity approaches the speed of light. Since the universe is finite there is no way for an object to have infinite mass. Therefore it is impossible to test what happens to an object with mass at the speed of light. That doesn't mean that Gravity, Relativity's main component, doesn't exist.
God's method of creation is in part, the mechanics of evolution. The Bible says "God Created" not HOW God created. It neither supports nor denies any method what so ever.
500 years ago it would have been heresy to claim the Earth was not the center of the universe. Yet today every Christian believes this Copernican theory to be true. Why is it no longer heresy? Why... because our understanding of God's method has evolved.
When we look at God's creation the vast majority of the evidence points toward evolution as the method just as the vast majority of evidence pointed toward the Earth not being the center of the universe. This doesn't disprove anything in the Bible. It just evolves our understand of God's method even more. So why the huge controversy?
I think creationists/intelligent designers/conservative christians are afraid their God is dieing. They have somewhat of a strong point. Many Muslim extremists call America the "Great Satan", for good reason. Atheists have made a mockery of this country and would be ecstatic if God could be stricken from everything. Do they really think if religion didn't exist that all murder, rape, torture, and war would magically disappear?
Why do we need religion? Because it teaches us a strong moral value system. Especially when we are unable or unwilling to learn one on our own. Let's look at one great example. Where is America's family right now? It's in the gutter, that's where! 40% of all first marriages not only end in failure, but the majority leave behind a child. A child whose weekend warrior father does not have the ability nor the resources to raise and teach his child correctly. And why is that? Because mom and dad didn't think about morality before they took their pants off, that's why. Without God in our lives we fail to consider the consequences of the decisions we make. "What happens if I get pregnant from this drunken one night stand?" It used to be adultery and coveting would earn a person an eternity in hell, now it merely earns him a bastard child and a 17% deduction from his paycheck.
We make laws to protect ourselves from the unprotected then we plaster the media with embellished "examples" in order to prove that our faulty laws are working. We force everyone to be safe because we can't bare the fact that someone we don't even know might get hurt. Yet we fail to look at the real issues. In the end we're nothing more then a stagnant and paranoid society that has no where to turn for hope.
But that doesn't give Christians the right to use logical fallacies to make their point. God does exist and God can easily be incorporated with the latest scientific belief. As I said before, the Bible makes no claims as to the method, only the outcome.
Maybe it's time we stopped bickering about whose interpretation is correct and start coming together as a people instead.
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