G.E. Bilm

May 5

“A 1968 study on “juvenile idealization of the president” quoted a Houston mother: “When my little girl came out of school she told me someone killed the president, and her thoughts were — since the president was dead, where would we get our food and clothes from?” But “juvenile idealization” isn’t limited to juveniles.” http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/05/05/contra-camelot/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Cato-at-liberty+%28Cato+at+Liberty%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

May 2

“The danger isn’t that some Americans have a low opinion of Washington; the danger is that too many Americans have a high opinion of it.” http://cafehayek.com/2010/05/respect-must-be-earned.html

Apr 30

“We are totally rejecting it. There are also other ethnic groups [who practise polygamy] and they also totally reject this… If these people go ahead banning polygamous marriages it means many women will go into prostitution… Every woman has the right to be under the shelter of a man” The secretary general of the Muslim Association of Malawi

Apr 29

“Obama:”I do think at certain point you’ve made enough money”

Apr 26

“the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” Treaty of Tripoli, as signed by founding father, and then president John Adams.

The extreme minimalist life of the Pete Campbell Mad Men actor

Apr 23

“If by “capitalist” you mean someone who cares more about his own profit than yours; if you mean someone who cares more about providing for his family than providing for yours; if you mean someone who trusts that he is a better caretaker of his own interests and desires than a bureaucrat he’s never met, often in a city he’s never been to: then we are all capitalists. Because, by that standard, capitalism isn’t some far-off theory about the allocation of capital; it is a commonsense description of what motivates pretty much all human beings everywhere.” Jonah Goldberg

Apr 20

“According to the lawsuit, the county then terminated the couple’s lease, removed Greene from his home, and confined him to a nursing home against his will. Greene’s partner died three months later. The two weren’t allowed to meet during that three months. Greene has since been released from the nursing home, but says he has nothing left. The county took everything he has.” http://www.theagitator.com/2010/04/19/cold-and-cruel-in-sonoma-county/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+radleybalko+%28The+Agitator%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Apr 18

“The legitimate powers of government extend only to such acts as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” Thomas Jefferson

Apr 16

“A Twin Falls woman convicted of forcing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breasts was sentenced Monday to life in prison.” http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/article_441731b0-5a17-5b4f-8890-a70bc318ae88.html

Apr 12

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“Even though Phillippi was injured during his incarceration, Arpaio’s medical staff “told the ambulance dispatch that this was a ‘private’ call, and approved the 30-minute response time” though Phillippi “needed immediate medical care,” according to the complaint. ” he died

Apr 3

“A 14-year-old girl has died after neighbours and a local pastor tried to treat her convulsions with an exorcism at a church.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/guyana/7548280/14-year-old-dies-after-exorcism.html

Mar 28

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Daily Bell: Do you believe society has a moral obligation to cover all people?

Tibor Machan: Societies have no obligations, only people do, based on what they have promised to do. A free government’s promise is to protect everyone’s individual, human rights does not include placing others into involuntary servitude.

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Mar 26

G.E. Bilm

The best and worst of humanity.

The extreme minimalist life of the Pete Campbell Mad Men actor

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