More on Education

Jun 032010

More on the tragedy of education in the US.

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. Ayn Rand
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare. Voltaire
We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to bind the succeeding generation, more than the inhabitants of another country. Thomas Jefferson
Alcohol didn’t cause the high crime rates of the ’20s and ’30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today’s alarming crime rates, but drug prohibition does. US District Judge James C. Paine, addressing the Federal Bar Association in Miami, November, 1991
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. Samuel Johnson

I’m From The Federal Reserve and I Will Improve Your Life, read it here: http://t.co/qgeTD9kT 6 hours ago
Another Reason Why The Economy Will Not Recover, read it here: http://t.co/Fd3P0z19 1 day ago
The Universal Truth About Government Regardless of Its Form, Time or Place, read it here: http://t.co/I8JQIEAT 1 day ago
The law school bubble – At 50 law schools, 20% of the students are either unemployed, flunked out, or are http://t.co/bX397BCW via @addthis 1 day ago
What The First Few Minutes of World War III Will Look Like *Micro-Flim* http://t.co/P6vDfu5Z via @addthis 1 day ago
The 10th Amendment Nullification Movement by Michael Boldin http://t.co/yw60giDy via @addthis 1 day ago
The American Spectator : Caesar Overreaching Once Again http://t.co/R7Pc4auA via @addthis 1 day ago
Warmal Colding strikes Europe:kills hundreds; thousands trapped by "heaviest snow... ever recorded" http://t.co/EiJazYrJ via @directorblue 2 days ago
Europe's shadow darkens outlook http://t.co/fPtxnRSt via @reuters 2 days ago
Fatal Conceit Leads to Fatal Government, read it here: http://t.co/xps27Vwv 2 days ago

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The Crooks in Washington Attack Big Oil: The Senate hearings last week with the oil industry were truly disgraceful. Senators exhibited once ...

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