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Food Stamps (Again): Response #3 to John Fensel
Thanks to my blistering response to his argument about food stamps, John Fensel has changed his tune. Before: Now, imagine the possibility that some people who receive food stamps would otherwise have no food to eat at all . Without food stamps, they have two options: starve or steal the necessary money/food to survive. Ultimately: [...]
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Saving Lives is Not Quite Enough — Response #2 to John Fensel
In conversations with John Fensel, I’ve noticed two major things that seem to happen. First, we each produce massive amounts of written material. Second, our disagreements in many areas are so fundamental that we constantly find ourselves needing to dig much deeper than the specific issue we started with in the need to resolve things. [...]
the story of the bible translation project on this site
I’ve got about 385 chapters of the Bible, sloppily translated, here. This post explains how it got there and why. Related Posts:A World of Elitesalexander campbell’s ‘the living oracles’open source bible project: moving toward a more organized methodwanna know why i shy away from copyrighted bible versions? here’s an example.murdoch misunderstands the internet news world
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we all admit the existence of exploiters
I’m in the awkward position of being a pretty radical libertarian. Given the opportunity, I would whittle down government interference in the economy down to zero. And by government interference in the economy, I mean any attempt to redistribute income by force from the rich to the poor, or from the poor to the rich. [...]
Posted in economics Also tagged healthcare, libertarianism, marxism, ponzi scheme, social security, the left wing, the right wing, walmart, war on drugs, zoning laws 2 Comments
posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 11
I feel as though I have nothing new to say about politics today. Sure, there’s no doubt that I could comment on a couple news stories, but you’d most likely already know what I’d have to say about them if you’ve read much here. So back to Tobit. Related Posts:posting through the deuterocanonicals: tobit 8posting [...]
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On the recent house bill, socialism, etc.
As most likely all of you know, there was a very significant healthcare bill passed yesterday. A friend of mine went so far as to say (via facebook), Hurray, the United States government just declared the Church is officially off the hook in regards to the care of the sick and infirm. Now all we [...]
Posted in bloated government, economics Also tagged abortion, executive order, gdp, government spending, gross domestic product, healthcare, kim jung il, medicine, national debt, obama, obamacare, overregulation, socialism, united states, warren buffet, welfare state 1 Comment
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