The philosophy of Homer.......Simpson

This article makes a great point about understanding the philosophical realities of our world, through the eyes of the Simpsons.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4995624.stm

Works for me.

-UF

Fear

Money quote;

The terrorists' most dangerous weapon isn't anthrax or planes or dirty bombs; it's fear. Fear is their most destructive weapon because it operates in a stealth manner. Fear is what has caused our government to turn on its citizens and brag that it does so out of courage in the fight against evil. And in that sense, by goading the greatest democracy on earth to view 300 million citizens as the potential enemy, fear has proved to be the most effective weapon of mass destruction of all.

Read all of this fine post at Daily Kos.

-UF

The decider on immigration...

Well, there was a big prime time speach about nothing. More National Guard window dressing at the border, just long enough to try and get an immigration bill passed.

The issue as I see it is a classic supply and demand problem. Business wants as much cheap labor as it can get, and the supply is streaming accross the border because cheap to us is good money to them.

You want to fix it? Take the dough you'd spend building a bigger wall and use it to hold businesses accountable and enforce the hiring laws. Yeah, you'll pay .18 cents more for a head of lettuce, and may have a tougher time finding someone to clean your house, but at least we'd start making some real progress on this issue.

Read more here.

-UF

Why has thinking become a bad thing?

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be"--Thomas Jefferson