For a long time, we’ve been hearing about Greece as the poster child for failed economies, but then we get most of our news from an elite that values property over human life. The Germans, who have a somewhat harsh demeanor toward “lazy” non-Aryans, refuses for its bankers to lose a dime, even though everyone … Continue reading
The response to the shooting of nine black Christians at a Bible study by a White Supremacist last week kicked off lots of emotions. The overwhelming response has been condemnation. I personally felt sad, then mad, then sad again. I knew if they were real Christians, as I suspected they were, they would forgive the … Continue reading
On Twitter this morning, a man posted, “I’d rather die defending gun rights than be part of the after effects of gun control,” accompanied by a picture from WWII concentration camps of starved corpses. Message being, if they take our guns, this is how we will all end up. I have no problem with supporting … Continue reading
Yesterday my daughter asked if I wanted to go the protest at the local college and I thought I did. Today I do not. As John Maynard Keynes said, ““When my information changes, I alter my conclusions. What do you do, sir?” As it turns out the black demonstrators were being racist themselves, so no, … Continue reading
We still have dangerous Zealots among us today. Here’s how to spot them. I remember when I first read the Bible long ago and came across the disciple called Simon Zelotes. (Acts 1:13) That’s odd, I thought, he has a last name, the other guys have a first name like Peter or James, the son … Continue reading
In 1993 Samuel Huntington published a book called The Clash of Civilizations. The premise of the book was that conflicts would no longer be between nation-states, but between the East and West. This book was sure to have a wide impact because it met the criteria for impactful ideas: 1). It benefits the ruling elite. … Continue reading
Vouluntarism: 1. the principle of relying on voluntary action (used especially with reference to the involvement of voluntary organizations in social welfare). 2. PHILOSOPHY the doctrine that the will is a fundamental or dominant factor in the individual or the universe. Here is an ideology to run through the CACA tester, but first let’s admit … Continue reading
“then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains”-Jesus “Kurds have no friends but the mountains.”-Kurdish proverb Most Americans are vaguely aware of a place called Yemen, but they probably think of it as just another stretch of sand full of violence. Yemen has been in the news lately because the Houthis, a … Continue reading
“Imagination,” Einstein said, “is more important than knowledge.” When the Queen asked her fancy-pants economists why they did not see the Crash of 2008 coming, they took a few days to answer. Finally, they said it had been a “failure of imagination.” You would think the West would have pulled itself up and fixed its … Continue reading
What drives the elite, variously called the New World Order, the One Percent or the Anglo-American Empire? “Oil” is a common answer. But why do they want oil? To get money. But why do they want money? Stupid question, everybody wants money. Indeed, that is a common desire; everybody wants money. But money is not … Continue reading