Archive for February, 2007

10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Isn’t it scary how close certain administrations have come to fulfilling these?

  • Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
  • A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
  • Abolition of all right of inheritance.
  • Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
  • Centralization of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
  • Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
  • Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
  • Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
  • Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equable distribution of the population over the country.
  • Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production,

What it Means to Believe

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

I’ve often been asked why an intellectual type guy such as myself would believe in Jesus – a figure most Americans equate to a good bedtime story, or a religious symbol for people who need that sort of thing. Quite the contrary, what I’ve discovered over the past fifteen years of being a Christian is that it is highly intellectually stimulating to strive to understand God, and that my faith provides a thought-provoking and captivating relationship with the God who created mankind. I wasn’t raised in a Christian home, nor did I have any real preconceived notions about concepts such as church or the Bible. I, like most individuals, didn’t really know who Jesus was for the first twenty years of my life – all I had surmised was that He was a religious symbol for religious people.

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Why Investors Suck at Tech

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

DISCLAIMER: Do your own research. I make no claims as to the accuracy of this information.

There’s something about the technology that causes investors to suffer massive brain anneurisms when placing trades. I’ve watched (and occasionally cashed in) as mindless fools throw their money aimlessly into the wind rather than take the time to understand and invest in good technology. It begins with hysteria, and most tech investors have it in spades. This rises from the effectiveness of a company’s marketing department to engender initial hype that investors believe will translate into consumer enthusiasm. The good products succeed, but the rest typically dwindle within the first few weeks of hitting the market.

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