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Thanksgiving, Pilgrims and Freedom
Posted on November 30, 2008 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
It seems as though every year some freedom organization or another brings out William Bradford’s journal as evidence of how communism didn’t work for the pilgrims while a free market system was what really led to the first Thanksgiving. This year, it was Free Talk Live that tried to make the case. Unfortunately, they all miss a few important points.
First of all, the pilgrims first Thanksgiving in America was in 1621 when Bradford (governor of the Plymouth Colony) reported that the…
Whiny Actors Consider Following Whiny Writers Path
Posted on November 25, 2008 - Filed Under Living Free | Leave a Comment
It was just last year that the television writers went on strike. You may not remember because the only real effect it had was on television news: they couldn’t stop talking about it. Well, it was shortly after that strike was resolved that I gave up on television all together. So, imagine my surprise when I stumble across the story today that now the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) is considering following the trail blazed by the television writers and going…
How The Market Can Enforce Intellectual Property
Posted on November 10, 2008 - Filed Under Applied Anarchy, Living Free | Leave a Comment
Part of the Applied Anarchy 2008 Series - Previous in series
Although I was aware of Napster, Kazaa, LimeWire and other second-generation file sharing systems I was never much of a fan. It’s not that I had a problem “giving back” to the “community”, but rather I really didn’t like the security holes that ran rampant with them all. The idea of opening my computer to anyone with a modicum of knowledge just didn’t sit right with me. …
Rover’s Been Kidnapped!
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under Police, Road Trippin' | Leave a Comment
Trucknapped? Bronconapped? Whatever! He’s being held for ransom by an unscrupulous mechanic named Mike at Bill’s Custom Transmission here in Morgan Hill. You can read the whole sordid story over on my Morgan Hill blog, but the short version is that the guy’s had my Bronco for almost a week, I know nothing more about the transmission problems it is having, and he wants me to pay $525 for an inspection that he openly admits was never done!
Since the government…
Falling Crane Highlights Government Ineptitude
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under Anarchy | Leave a Comment
From the New York Times-
March 17, 2008, 3:10 pm
That Falling Crane . . . By the Numbers
By The Editorial BoardA crane fell at a construction site on the East Side of Manhattan on Saturday, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The accident gave urban dwellers, who often have a gallows humor about walking underneath large cranes and elaborate scaffolding, one more thing to be worried about.
A few data points:
Height of the crane: 22 stories
Weight of the crane “collar”: 12,000…
Friday Frugality - A New Weekly Feature At Philaahzophy
Posted on January 10, 2008 - Filed Under Friday Frugality, Personal Finance | 2 Comments
Part of the Friday Frugality Series - Next in series
Given the rousing success of my Bathroom Full Of Cash post back in November, I’ve decided to start my first weekly feature here at Philaahzophy: Friday Frugality. In doing so I will try to keep the following definition (from Wikipedia) in mind-
Frugality (also known as thrift or thriftiness), often confused with cheapness or miserliness, is a traditional value, life style, or belief system, in which individuals practice both restraint in the acquiring…
