If you always think of yourself as a failure, you will always be a failure. You will not enjoy the benefits of your success and you will not be able to look at your errors rationally so as to correct … Continue reading
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Category: Daily Dose of Reason
When Ideas Go Bad
There are worse things than bad ideas. The worst thing is a bad idea posing as a new one–or a rotten idea disguised as something different, fresh, and original. The first is merely a mistake, while the second is fraud.
Green Jobs Are Coming! Can You Wait?
We keep hearing about how “green” jobs are jobs that will make the economy boom, starting in 2010 and beyond. Does anyone know what “green” jobs actually are? Assuming they ever materialize, we’ll have to await the specifics. Will you … Continue reading
The Choice
Which to choose–McCain or Obama? The choice is between a man who does not deserve to be President, and a man who will be intolerable as President. That being said, the winner of the title Commander-in-Chief is patently obvious. It … Continue reading
Bullies In Many Different Forms
Bullies are, by definition, insecure. They are unsure about something. They choose to handle the anxiety aroused by this uncertainty through intimidating others (mentally or physically). Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Many of them are card-carrying, socially acceptable … Continue reading
Are Health Care Stamps Next?
Betsy McCaughey, writing in the Wall Street Journal: “Telling all Americans they have to cut back on health care because Medicare is fiscally unsound is like ordering all Americans to go on diets because the food stamp program is in … Continue reading
The Fallacy of “Giving Up”
There’s no reason to ever consider yourself “hopeless.” First of all–you’re all you’ve got. You cannot give up on yourself, because you’re going to be with yourself, either way. More than that, a desire to “give up on yourself” implies … Continue reading
He’s Not Kidding
The current U.S. President recently stated, “But I do have an unyielding belief that all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of … Continue reading
The Fallacy of Jealousy
Jealousy and envy make no rational sense. If someone else accomplished something you cannot, then there’s nothing you can do about it. Why be bothered by it? Also, the fact that you cannot do something says nothing whatsoever about what … Continue reading
July 4th, Obama Style
“In a new overture to Iran, the Obama administration has authorized U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian officials to Independence Day parties they host on or around July 4.” (AP Report) Maybe Iran can provide the nuclear fireworks.
FIRST BOOK OF GOVERNMENT ……..PSALM 2009
Obama is the shepherd I did not want. He leadeth me beside the still factories. He restoreth my faith in the Republican party. He guideth me in the path of unemployment for his party’s sake. Yea, though I walk through … Continue reading
Indirectly Direct
Passive-aggressive people are worse than aggressive people. At least aggressive people tell you, in words and action, where they stand. Where they stand may be wrong. But at least you know, and at least they tell you. Passive-aggressive people don’t … Continue reading