Atheism is a rationalization for narcissism. When a person thinks there is no God, anything goes.
Modern liberalism, and all other forms of left-wing ideology, are also rationalizations for narcissism.
While it's true that we are all narcissistic to a certain degree, leftists, including honest liberals, are suffering from malignant narcissism.
Yes, I am saying that leftists are evil.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
The Downfall of New Orleans
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
The Minimum Wage...Again
Click here to read a fairly typical libertarian/conservative argument against the minimum wage.
Indeed, if we're going to pass a law requiring everyone to be paid a certain minimum amount per hour, why not make that amount something really lucrative, like $50.00 an hour? And if businesses are required to pay more than the market will bear, they will pass the cost on to their customers, or go out of business. Why is this insanity constantly being discussed, anyway? I was curious, so I backtracked. I looked up what people were saying about the minimum wage as far back as the 1940's, and it all is pretty much the same things people are saying today.
Politicians vote for these insane laws because it helps them get re-elected.
The solution is to repeal, or drastically amend, the regulation of commerce clause in the US Constitution, and let the market decide who gets paid what. Also, we should limit the terms of all Congressmen to just one term, 2 years long, and then back into the private sector they go.
Indeed, if we're going to pass a law requiring everyone to be paid a certain minimum amount per hour, why not make that amount something really lucrative, like $50.00 an hour? And if businesses are required to pay more than the market will bear, they will pass the cost on to their customers, or go out of business. Why is this insanity constantly being discussed, anyway? I was curious, so I backtracked. I looked up what people were saying about the minimum wage as far back as the 1940's, and it all is pretty much the same things people are saying today.
Politicians vote for these insane laws because it helps them get re-elected.
The solution is to repeal, or drastically amend, the regulation of commerce clause in the US Constitution, and let the market decide who gets paid what. Also, we should limit the terms of all Congressmen to just one term, 2 years long, and then back into the private sector they go.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Come to New Orleans, and Stay
MARDI GRAS is over for another year. All the tourists are gone, even the last remaining leftovers (although this morning, I ran into someone wearing motley, laying on the sidewalk). Now we are in Lenten season, that time of year for Catholics to give up something for Jesus, in anticipation of Easter.
But this is also the busy tourist season for New Orleans, mostly because for the next two, maybe three months, this is the most beautiful place in the world. There is nothing like New Orleans in the Springtime, especially during that all-too-brief period when the azaleas are in full bloom.
I've been saying this for years. There is much, much more to our city than Mardi Gras and the French Quarter. And it is not really something you can sell to the tourists, even with the best of intentions. What is this thing that makes New Orleans so special, so wonderful and beautiful? It's individuality, it's uniqueness amongst American cities, and it's people.
I can't remember how many times a tourist has asked me how he or she can best experience New Orleans. I used to send them off to Bucktown, before Katrina hit, to meet the old man with a thousand cats, and eat seafood. Now, however, I tell them to come down here permanently, to work and to live. Learn what the baby means in the king cake. Find out that the best parades are in St. Bernard Parish. Experience a Saints game in the Superdome. Find out why Canal Street is called Canal Street, and what the heck "neutral zone" means. Go to an off-the-beaten-track nightclub to listen to our unique music. Breathe the air, and suffer through the summer heat. Bring your hopes and dreams, and be an Orleanian!
But this is also the busy tourist season for New Orleans, mostly because for the next two, maybe three months, this is the most beautiful place in the world. There is nothing like New Orleans in the Springtime, especially during that all-too-brief period when the azaleas are in full bloom.
I've been saying this for years. There is much, much more to our city than Mardi Gras and the French Quarter. And it is not really something you can sell to the tourists, even with the best of intentions. What is this thing that makes New Orleans so special, so wonderful and beautiful? It's individuality, it's uniqueness amongst American cities, and it's people.
I can't remember how many times a tourist has asked me how he or she can best experience New Orleans. I used to send them off to Bucktown, before Katrina hit, to meet the old man with a thousand cats, and eat seafood. Now, however, I tell them to come down here permanently, to work and to live. Learn what the baby means in the king cake. Find out that the best parades are in St. Bernard Parish. Experience a Saints game in the Superdome. Find out why Canal Street is called Canal Street, and what the heck "neutral zone" means. Go to an off-the-beaten-track nightclub to listen to our unique music. Breathe the air, and suffer through the summer heat. Bring your hopes and dreams, and be an Orleanian!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Faith and Reason, the False Dichotomy
The link above will take you to "Fallible Blogma" (love that title), and direct you to Pope John Paul's encyclical on the subject. This is my response to those who argue that I can not be a Christian and an advocate of reason at the same time.
To go straight to the encyclical, click here.
A few words on the subject: reason lead me to faith. Period. And faith lead me to follow the beliefs of my parents and my ancestors. For an explanation of how reason lead me to faith, see my article "God Exists (But We Knew That Already).
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