Monday, September 22, 2008

Poverty - One Economist's Perspective

Originally posted on Facebook on August 29, 2007 at 12:29 pm

On Poverty, Maybe We're All Wrong - Steven Pearlstein, washingtonpost.com

"Most years, what passes for the national debate about poverty is confined to the 24 hours after the government releases its annual report on household incomes, as it did yesterday."

This post is pretty insightful - and it's by a business dude, which makes it more "credible," some might say...I definitely agree with his final statment:

"Maybe it's time for liberals to regain the upper hand in the [poverty] debate by arguing that the vicious cycle that needs to be broken isn't one of dependence but one of declining expectations."

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Dick Cheney '94: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

Originally posted on Facebook on August 15, 2007 at 3:07pm

"In this interview from April 15th, 1994, Dick Cheney reveals the reasons why invading Baghdad and toppling Saddam Hussein wouldn't be a great idea. He also stipulates that "not very many" American soldiers' lives were worth losing to take out Saddam during the Gulf War. ..."

Hard Proof that Cheney was invaded by an evil Body Snatcher sometime after 1994.
Originally posted on Facebook on August 10, 2007 at 10:58 pm

Freakonomics Quorum: The Economics of Street Charity

This post was at the NYT Freakonomics blog - it has to do with the freakonomics of giving money to street beggars - rather interesting.

Taxi to the Dark Side - Trailer

Originally posted on Facebook on May 11, 2007 at 11:59pm


I couldn't resist. With all the negative press these guys (admin honchos) have been getting lately, we still don't know the half of it. Not even close.

BACKLOG

After a long absence, I've decided to start up again - my first project will be transferring "blog posts" on Facebook over the past year to I Like To Watch. (I'll include original post dates.)