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Want a clear test of what separates the Left and Right? [Darleen…

protein wisdom | December 5th 2009 by Jeff Goldstein

Bring up The Death Tax. On the right are those that support property rights on both moral and practical grounds… Often referred to as the death tax, the estate tax was established under the guise of ensuring “fairness.” Progressive reform read more

StellaHere

Capitalism v. Democracy

Swiftspeech | December 5th 2009 by Stella

They don't go hand in hand.Paul Street:More than being merely different from the nation's founding principles of popular government and common good, and absent from its founding documents, capitalism is opposed to those core precepts. Its key charact read more

tusharm

The Traditional U.S.-Japanese Relationship Has Changed

News Updated Frequently | December 5th 2009 by Tushar Mathur

U.S. Struggles To Keep Step With Japan’s Shifting Foreign Policy — Washington Post When the Democratic Party of Japan roared to victory in August, unseating a party that had run Japan almost without interruption since the 1950s, Obama adm read more

supriyozown

Capitalism 2.0: How To Do Better

Sunday Post - True to its spirit | December 4th 2009 by Supriyo

Despite all the ongoing conversation about Capitalism 2.0, and my enthusiastic participation in this, I am not sure we are done with the kind of neo-classical lessaiz-faire capitalism that dominated our thinking and policy-making for last thirty year read more

LauraEliza

Duomo di Milano: An Astounding European Monument Plagued by Adver…

StudentsInEurope.com | December 4th 2009 by Laura

The Duomo di Milano, plagued by advertisements Milan, one of the most modern cities in Italy, is probably best known for its nightlife and  fashion boutiques. Despite that, no great city in a civilization with history stretching as far bac read more

zipeng

The statistics never fail to amaze me.

Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | December 4th 2009 by Jan Paul

Years ago I attended a show. Two guys were talking about their working life. One said: “I am bankrupt!”. “Great!” says the other. “Why is that great?”. “You now have infinite growing potential!”. Is it read more

McCarthy-McCotter BCC Notes

California Conservative | December 4th 2009

Thursday afternoon, I participated in a blogger conference call with Assistant Minority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Thad McCotter. It was immediately understandable why Rep. McCotter is the Chairman of the Republican House Policy Committee. The read more

tasithoughts

Marshalls and TJ Maxx Shopper Carolers

Tasithoughts Weblog | December 3rd 2009

Caroling with a shopping gimmick…capitalism at its holiday season finest! read more

boonman

The Dirty Poor and Their Evil Ways

My Thinks | December 3rd 2009 by Mike Boon

This week the government – led by the benevolent National Party of New Zealand and their little shoulder parrot the ACT Party – sponsored the delivery of a report on how the country can bridge the ever-increasing wage/salary gap with Aust read more

ConMama

Howard Dean: The Debate Between Capitalism and Socialism Is Over

The Conservative Mama | December 3rd 2009

Dean: Debate Between Capitalism and Socialism Is Over, Obama Now On Permanent Campaign to Influence PolicySpeaking in Paris, France, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean declared that the debate between capitalism and socialism i read more

Hosehead

Bear vs. Ninja: Nota Bene #2009-43

Scholars and Rogues | December 3rd 2009 by Scholars and Rogues

“Overture, curtain, lights / This is it. We’ll hit the heights / And oh, what sites we’ll hit / On with the links, this is it!” Enjoy! … “When he was on an operating table with his chest cracked open, everyone assu read more

zipeng

TRACK THE MONEY - Wall Street Caused the ENTIRE CRISIS and the BA…

Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | December 3rd 2009 by Jan Paul

1. Corporations have excess ill-Gotten L00T to spend! 2. Congress needs L00T for Reelection Campaigns! 3. Corporations Buy FAV0RS and V0TES from Congress and the Corruption Spreads 4. Corporations Control Government causing an Oligarchy of the EL1TES read more

mfarmer

Revolution 21

Bonzai | December 3rd 2009 by Mike Farmer

Most people don't vote on ideological grounds -- they vote because they think they will get something from government. This is the way we've been trained -- how will the candidate I vote for help me. There are a relative few who vote for po read more

HansGruen

US Accepts SOCIALISM and CAPITALISM and Self- Destruction!

WesternFront America | December 3rd 2009 by Hans Gruen

Socialism is a "bully.” It cannot co-exist with Capitalism because it thirsts for power with an insatiable thirst. It will devour capitalism until capitalism no longer exists, thus a nation ends up, not as a socialists nation, as the socialists/dem read more

ppappas

11 Ayn Rand Quotes

The Tax Lawyer's Blog | December 3rd 2009 by Peter

More than 50 years ago Ayn Rand - rabid capitalist, best selling novelist and founder of the school of objectivism – said that America was on the verge of communist-style socialism: We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: read more

goldringsabo

Government vs. Efficiency

Free Market Mojo | December 3rd 2009 by Ariel Goldring

Tad DeHaven of the Cato Institute reports on the US Postal Service’s so-called “Intelligent” Mail program. In 2003, the U.S. Postal Service initiated the Intelligent Mail program, which would integrate thirty different barcode syst read more

GenerationBubble

Saving Metropolis: Creative-Class Struggle and the Future of Mone…

Generation Bubble | December 3rd 2009 by Generation Bubble

Visions of what the future holds come in many shapes and guises. Peak-oil doomsayer James Howard Kunstler and economist Richard Florida offer theirs, and they stand radically opposed. Whatever happens tomorrow results from what happens today, which p read more

executedtoday

1876: The samurai leaders of the Hagi and Akizuki rebellions

Executed Today | December 3rd 2009 by Executed Today

Unless you’re a Jedi knight, feudal warrior castes and industrial civilization go together like sashimi and fries. So, when the Meiji Restoration made its choice for Japanese modernization, it gained the enmity of the samurai it necessarily dis read more

LearningfromDogs

Natural selection, at work?

Learning from Dogs | December 3rd 2009

I want to be like you! Recently there was an event at which Bill Gates and Warren Buffett answered questions from students of the Columbia Business School in New York. I referred to the event recently when writing about Warren Buffett. So why were th read more

Critics Not Welcome

California Conservative | December 2nd 2009

True to form, the only people attending President Obama’s job summit will be people who agree with him. I’m confident now that I know that the Obama administration will have a photo-op event with the people who’ve created this robus read more

Climate Gate: Someone Owes Me a Beer

The Strong Conservative | December 2nd 2009

Us "deniers" (sic) are having a great few weeks, no doubt. The Globe and Mail, CBC, and other have tried their darndest to cover up the massive scandal involving the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of East Anglia University in the UK. The facts are thes read more

AFTC

The Tide Seems to be Turning Toward - Common Sense

Americans for the Constitution | December 2nd 2009 by Ken Ross

It looks like the shining star of Obama is beginning to fade. The American people are catching on to what this guy is all about. His policies, ideas and the people he surrounds himself with are beginning to be exposed as anti-American, anti-Capitalis read more

DandelionSalad

Climategate and Climate Change: Blowing hot and cold By William B…

Dandelion Salad | December 2nd 2009

By William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Creative-i 2 December 2009 The leaked emails from the University of East Anglia seem to have put the proverbial cat in with the climatic pigeons. So what to make of it? Firstly, there’s an awful lot read more

chicagoray40

Glenn Beck..Obama Campaigning Never Ends (video)

Chicago Ray Report | December 2nd 2009 by R.N.F. III

First, what is Obama's long range plans Beck asks...are we dealiing with "complete idiots wracked with greed" or are they executing the principles of Cloward and Piven which is likely the case? What is Cloward and Piven strategy? In a nutshell it's c read more

mfarmer

GDP comparisons -- capitalism makes a difference

Bonzai | December 2nd 2009 by Mike Farmer

You can come to your own conclusions from this chart, but what it tells me is that European socialism has caused a decline in European countries, while Asian countries which are allowing more capitalism are on the rise. The US has remaine read more

Helianthes

Don't smile, go back to work and continue shopping!

Internations Musing | December 2nd 2009 by Hans A.H.C. de Wit

An investigation by the BBC learned that most Europeans aren't happy with the system of capitalism. There are several groups that stand up against the current society.It's not only a subject preached by famous documentary maker Michael Moore, but als read more

charlesfrith

How To Fix Capitalism

Punk Planning | December 2nd 2009 by Charles Frith

The recession and the crisis and banking are the least of the reasons for thinking that we need reforms. the crisis of capitalism goes much deeper: the influence big business has on governments (and the warped policies this leads to), increasing c read more

bnhgtyung

The essence of Capitalism might change, political economy theory

Politics, Economics, Natural Resources | December 2nd 2009 by Tina Engelfried

The financial system is the core of the Capitalism. Money is the God of the system. The wealth is the money and not the material resources that stay in second place. This is the cause of the crisis and also the cause of the solution of the crisis. Th read more

ingenesist

Freedom; A New Economic Paradigm?

Conversational Currency | December 2nd 2009 by Dan

A New Economic System of the country of Montenegro is based on complete and unfettered economic freedom; in other words, the elimination of all barriers to conducting business.  Does this, in fact, lead to a new paradigm? Veselin Vukotić ‘s pape read more

Santa Claus and his coats of many colours

The Spicy Cauldron | December 1st 2009

Image via Wikipedia Do you think it’s of concern to Christian fundamentalists that Santa is an anagram of Satan, and they’re both red? That’s something I tweeted in jest the other day, but it got me thinking and wondering just how read more