Maggie's Farm

Do you know what Googie Architecture is?

Here's a site: ARCHITECTURAL STYLES of AMERICA

Kimball: Worried about what’s happening to medical care?

Dino: It’s getting hard to read the paper

The Prof: Dodd-Frank is quackery

Obama's EPA: Out with democracy, in with bureaucracy

Let the altruistic geniuses handle it all, same as in your town's government. Just have faith that they know what is best for all...

Solargate Spreads

Taxpayer cash, for friends

From a teacher:

Imagine those kids ignoring you because their parents don't care what they do, the school doesn't allow any disciplinary actions other than calling the parents, the children know that they will pass no matter what and any peep from you about the kids' behavior is interpreted as prejudice. Imagine being required to make a lesson plan for every level of ability, learning style and disability, every day all the while knowing that the kids will probably not even attempt the work because they know they don't have to.

Another Stimulus Fail: Small Business Lending Fiasco

One of the chief tics of Obama's speaking style is a technique I call lying.

"Social Contract". You keep using that phrase. I do not think it means what you think it means. A quote:

The social contract is "We maintain civilization because we all benefit from it. And we all have a responsibility to pay for it." Ms. Warren’s version of the social contract boils down to, "You have to pay more for maintaining our society because you can, and we outnumber you, and can force you to do so." That’s not a contract. That’s just extortion by majority. The millionaire’s responsibility is not to "pay forward" any more than any of the rest of us, because he doesn’t benefit any more than the rest of us.

Conflating "society" or "civilization" with "government" is sneaky and dishonest - a rhetorical trick. Representative governments are meant to be servants of society.

No Rise in Home Prices Until 2020: Bankers

Declaration of the Occupation of Perpetual Grievance

Envy and hate for the financially successful: Rich people are being ‘demonized’ for flaunting their wealth. Poor dears!

She is evil. As I recall, my beautiful, peaceful, spiritual, eco-sensitive and carbon-sensitive ancestral American Indians wore their wampum for show, as there were no iPhones to purchase:

I envy the rich too, even though it is a sin to do so (see below). Especially those with access to private air travel or with over $17 million under their mattress. However, I do not hate them at all, or want to take their money. Everybody has different aspirations in life, and plans and constructs his or her life according to their religious, moral, emotional, intellectual, etc. desires and aspirations. As a major source of choice, wampum is often in high demand and thus strenuous to obtain and even harder to keep given all of life's tempting choices.