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Comments for the foolish things salon https://thefoolishthings.net monthly exchange of ideas. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:29:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 Comment on Feb 21 – Intellectual Property Rights? by mcbowler https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=192#comment-15 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:29:44 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=192#comment-15 The Constitution was designed with individualism in mind more so than liberty which is why the clause about protecting inventions is there.

“That which promotes individual human life is good” doesn’t say anything about doing what is best for societies.

Gale made a good point by saying “in time” it is good for society.

If rejecting Intellectual Property Rights is a requirement for libertarianism, call me a individualist.

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Comment on Daniel Brackins on the Economic Crisis by Gman https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=37#comment-3 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:10:26 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=37#comment-3 Dan, I blame the root cause on the so-called Community Reinvestment ACT of 1977 by Jimmy Carter & Congress that initiated mortgages to people who could not afford them and was promoted ACORN members trained by Obama using heavy-handed tactics similar to Blackmail. This was exacerbated by Bill Clinton who literally forced banks to make loans even to illegals based on the premise that these mortgages would be guaranteed by government. His sponsored sale of mortgage backed bonds given AAA ratings and created credit default swaps that delayed the day of reckoning. In brief what we are experiencing is another failed experiment in socialism on a grand scale this time.

I do not agree with creation of the FED and if I had my way I would abolish it. However, we cannot lay all the faults of financial crisis over the years on the FED. Creation of fiat money was initiated by Congress and Presidents as was taking us off Gold or Silver back currency. Lets discuss potential solutions some time with Ken.

Gayle Gardner

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Comment on Issues of Health Care – Sept 13th by mcbowler https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-10 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:39:58 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-10 I support a Universal Health Savings Plan, similar to the Whole Foods Plan.

http://universalhealthsavings.com/

The government could give an equal amount of assistance to everyone and have less intervention.

We would not even need to cancel the current failing plans for this one to be successful. Everyone could be happy supporting this plan… except for insurance corporations and big government of course.

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Comment on 10/25-Sex, Work or Victim by Rebecca https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=65#comment-4 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:33:18 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=65#comment-4 is this site just for Hawaiians? Looks like you have some interesting topics coming up….?

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Comment on Issues of Health Care – Sept 13th by Dave https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-9 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:56:41 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-9 I enjoyed it. Thanks to Pearl and Li!
Dave

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Comment on Guns, Drugs, & Roses by mcbowler https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=81#comment-6 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:54:07 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=81#comment-6 Perhaps we shouldn’t treat drug users as criminals. It is very expensive to lock people up that are not harming others by using drugs.We should have a legal way for people to purchase drugs they are addicted to so that the drug pushers can’t stay in business. If nobody is promoting it then it will have a better chance of disappearing altogether.

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Comment on Issues of Health Care – Sept 13th by Tito Montes https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-8 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:27:03 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-8 Li,

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the meeting on the 13th of next month. I will be arriving in from San Diego at 8:00pm that night. I do very much appreciate the invitation and I look forward to other events. Thanks again,

Tito

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Comment on Issues of Immigration by mcbowler https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=121#comment-14 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:08:56 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=121#comment-14 In reply to james.

Not having a quota on immigration would not collapse our country if the country were more like the republic that it should be.

I think the bigger problem is people think they can vote our rights (and property) away because they have greater numbers or are in a higher position. Eventually the productive members of society will stop working, and the country will end up like Russia.

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Comment on Issues of Immigration by james https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=121#comment-13 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:56:09 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=121#comment-13 1. no nation, not even the greatest (america) can sustain unlimited immigration; in other words, if you flood a nation with enough new
immigrants, it will collapse

2. people often make the mistake of thinking those who don’t agree with their immigration stance are xenophobic, just as liberals may think that those who disagree with their gay marriage stance are homophobic

3. some call america (but not other countries) “evil” for wanting to curb immigration to sensible levels. people expect america to take everyone in and don’t hold other countries to the same standard. some are ashamed of america’s national identity (or don’t even want us to have one), whereas they are more tolerant of (or even applaud) the national identities of other nations

4. the best points of the evening were made by pat beekman, dayna goodenow, gregg geary, and tracy ryan. the arguments made by stuart and daniel were naive – though I acknowledge that both young men are obviously intelligent, thoughtful, and well-intentioned

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Comment on Issues of Health Care – Sept 13th by mcbowler https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-7 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:56:14 +0000 https://thefoolishthings.net/?p=109#comment-7 Pearl… Is there an alternative government plan (you know because they always like helping out so much) that won’t kill us or destroy our economy?

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