Stupid people – Crash of 2009 – Theft by government
Krugman: No Debt Crisis
(Political Outcast) Krugman, the liberal economist who has found a home at the New York Times writing columns about how everyone else is an idiot, recently responded to a question on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” about Paul Ryan’s statement on the debt and deficit. Ryan stated that we’re spending a trillion dollars more than we take in, and that if we continue down this path, we’ll have a debt crisis. He said that the debt crisis will be manifested when our financial system has collapsed and our economy has stalled.
But Krugman laughed at such assertions: “There’s a whole bunch of reasons why that’s not true. First of all… that trillion-dollar deficit is overwhelmingly the result of a depressed economy. And when the economy’s depressed it’s good to run a deficit. You don’t want the government to try and balance its budget right now.”
Nathan: Stupid is as stupid does. This man is a mirror of the stupidity and idiocy of DC politicians. Even Ryan does not seem to understand (or is afraid to admit) that we are in a “DEBT” and “DECIFICIT” and “SPENDING” crisis which is beyond solution at this time with politics as usual. You don’t give an imbecile control of a one-ton car or a submachine gun – or even a 90cc scooter or a bb-gun!
Hoplophobes and Hoploclasts – Government-run, tax-funded schools
Massachusetts: Boy, 5, warned by school for making Lego toy gun
(Fox News) “A 5-year-old boy in Massachusetts may be suspended after he reportedly built a toy gun out of Legos during an after-school program. Joseph Cardosa, the student, is part of the after-school program at Hyannis West Elementary School, on Cape Cod, MyFoxBoston.com reported. A few days ago, his parents received a letter that said the boy has received his first written warning for using toys inappropriately, and that upon a second written warning, he will be suspended from the program for two weeks. The boy’s parents, Shelia Cruz and Octavio Cardosa, say the school is taking things too far.” [editor’s note: Ya think? – SAT] (01/29/13)
Nathan: This is one of several stories which illustrate the sheer funk and panic of the educrats and the various hoplophobic groups and people of this nation. Years ago, I pointed out that the way “gun safety” is taught by 99% of schools and too many people is stupid. It would be like teaching water safety by making it illegal to let children go into a pool, a stream, or the ocean until they are 18, and requiring that no fountain, pond, pool or five-gallon-bucket of water (such as a fish tank!) be allowed around a school. but we’ve gone beyond that: this is equal to not allowing a bottle of water to be in school, lest someone might mistake it for a 55-gal drum of water enticing little children to come drown.
Our right to defend ourselves
Arkansas: Senate OKs concealed guns in church
(USA Today) “The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill lifting a ban on carrying concealed weapon in church. The proposal, which goes to the Arkansas House for consideration, would allow churches to decide which, if any, worshippers with concealed carry permits can bring their firearms inside.” (01/29/13)
Nathan: This is total garbage. Not only is it NOT the business of the Arkansas legislature, but it is not the business of the elders or preacher – even with the trumped up title of “pastor” or “bishop,” to decide. If the right to keep and bear arms is subject to a property owner’s whim, then so is the right of free speech, slavery, and right to a fair trial. GOD gives us those rights: no one who claims to be His follower has ANY right to take them away. If we have someone present on our property that we do not want to trust with a weapon or free speech or anything else, we DO have the right to demand that they leave or forbid them to enter our property, but not to take their freedoms away just because they are on our property. And when someone is a member of a church (as with a family), it has to be one way or the other. The entire congregation MIGHT be able to agree (stupidly and insanely) to disarm themselves, but no more.
Self Defense
Florida: Man fatally shot after clinging to top of car for 10 miles
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel) “Nikki Y. McNeil, 33, was trying to leave an Ocala residence Saturday evening when Lamark D. Tucker Sr., 36, her ex-boyfriend — and father of her three children — took away both McNeil’s car keys and cell phone, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. McNeil then used spare keys to leave, but as McNeil pulled away, Lamark jumped onto the hood of the car and held on while continually threatening McNeil as she drove nearly ten miles, the release stated. McNeil, deputies said, stopped at least twice asking people for help. Finally McNeil fired a bullet once through the windshield which struck Tucker, who was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the report.” (01/28/13)
Nathan: First off, I believe this was clearly self-defense, but it was NOT necessary except that people refused to help. Were they obligated to? No, but it was the right, moral thing to do. Was there NO one in ten miles in Florida willing to even call for assistance? No one armed to demand that the man stop? Of course, this was also the result of stupid choices: two unmarried people making three children together? A woman that could not – in South Florida – find a sheriff’s suboffice or police station to drive to? A pair of irresponsible people ruining their own lives and those of three innocent children should be a caution tale for all.
Self-defense NOT – Faith
Woman orders hold-up man out “in Jesus’ name”
(News4Jax.com) LAKE CITY, Fla. – …Lake City police say Derek Lee, 24, entered a house on Lakeview Avenue where the homeowner had 14 women over for a jewelry party. Police say Lee was wearing a dark ski cap on his head along with a bandana (sic) across his face. He allegedly showed a gun and ordered the women to hand over their money and phones. One woman who thought it was a party gag pushed his hand aside while laughing saying, “It’s only a water gun.” Police say Lee held the gun to that woman’s head and said, “I’m not joking, I’m going to shoot someone, give me your money.” Jacquie Hagler, who owns the house, says she then put her faith into action. “When I realized what was going on, I stood up and said, ‘In the name of Jesus, get out of my house now.’ And he said, ‘I’m going to shoot someone.’ And I said it again, real boldly,” Hagler said. “Everybody started chanting, ‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,’ and he did a quick scan of the room, and ran out the door as fast as he could go.”
Nathan: Thanks to Darryl for this one. Incredible faith, incredible stupidity on the part of the robber, but obviously he figured none of those women would be armed and that he was in a perfect situation. The point of commenting on this story: they SHOULD have been armed; someone should have been. I have discussed this problem with many religious people about this, and am often told that carrying a weapon shows I do not have enough faith in God. The argument that seems to work best is this one:
We are told to pray for our daily bread and trust in the Lord that He will provide it, but that does not mean we are not supposed to go out and WORK for a living. We can pray to be protected from robbery and thieves and housefires, and we are to trust in the Lord that we will be (if it is what is needed), but that does not stop us from having and using locks and fire extinguishers – nor are we accused of not having enough faith in God when we buy and use those things.
Mama’s Note: I wrote something about that very thing a number of years ago.
Trusting God – No Greater Love
St. Paul said that those who will not work should not eat. He admonished everyone to live quietly, peacefully, as long as it depended on them. He wrote a great deal about what it means to love your neighbor and the grace of hospitality, charity and hard work.
So, if we “pray for someone,” we are asking God to help them – trusting Him – but if we do not offer anything of ourselves with it, what does it mean? Do we pray and then forget them? Or do we also visit the one in the hospital or the jail or the nursing home? Do we only pray for a family having a hard time, or do we also show up with a box of groceries or to help fix the roof?
There seems to be a great deal more to trusting God than just wishing for everything to be good and ignoring our own part in it. We know that God will provide food, yet we don’t sit around an empty table expecting the food to appear like magic.
The Price of Liberty 
Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-05D: Crash of 2009, Faith, and Fun
Stupid people – Crash of 2009 – Theft by government
Krugman: No Debt Crisis
(Political Outcast) Krugman, the liberal economist who has found a home at the New York Times writing columns about how everyone else is an idiot, recently responded to a question on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” about Paul Ryan’s statement on the debt and deficit. Ryan stated that we’re spending a trillion dollars more than we take in, and that if we continue down this path, we’ll have a debt crisis. He said that the debt crisis will be manifested when our financial system has collapsed and our economy has stalled.
But Krugman laughed at such assertions: “There’s a whole bunch of reasons why that’s not true. First of all… that trillion-dollar deficit is overwhelmingly the result of a depressed economy. And when the economy’s depressed it’s good to run a deficit. You don’t want the government to try and balance its budget right now.”
Nathan: Stupid is as stupid does. This man is a mirror of the stupidity and idiocy of DC politicians. Even Ryan does not seem to understand (or is afraid to admit) that we are in a “DEBT” and “DECIFICIT” and “SPENDING” crisis which is beyond solution at this time with politics as usual. You don’t give an imbecile control of a one-ton car or a submachine gun – or even a 90cc scooter or a bb-gun!
Hoplophobes and Hoploclasts – Government-run, tax-funded schools
Massachusetts: Boy, 5, warned by school for making Lego toy gun
(Fox News) “A 5-year-old boy in Massachusetts may be suspended after he reportedly built a toy gun out of Legos during an after-school program. Joseph Cardosa, the student, is part of the after-school program at Hyannis West Elementary School, on Cape Cod, MyFoxBoston.com reported. A few days ago, his parents received a letter that said the boy has received his first written warning for using toys inappropriately, and that upon a second written warning, he will be suspended from the program for two weeks. The boy’s parents, Shelia Cruz and Octavio Cardosa, say the school is taking things too far.” [editor’s note: Ya think? – SAT] (01/29/13)
Nathan: This is one of several stories which illustrate the sheer funk and panic of the educrats and the various hoplophobic groups and people of this nation. Years ago, I pointed out that the way “gun safety” is taught by 99% of schools and too many people is stupid. It would be like teaching water safety by making it illegal to let children go into a pool, a stream, or the ocean until they are 18, and requiring that no fountain, pond, pool or five-gallon-bucket of water (such as a fish tank!) be allowed around a school. but we’ve gone beyond that: this is equal to not allowing a bottle of water to be in school, lest someone might mistake it for a 55-gal drum of water enticing little children to come drown.
Our right to defend ourselves
Arkansas: Senate OKs concealed guns in church
(USA Today) “The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill lifting a ban on carrying concealed weapon in church. The proposal, which goes to the Arkansas House for consideration, would allow churches to decide which, if any, worshippers with concealed carry permits can bring their firearms inside.” (01/29/13)
Nathan: This is total garbage. Not only is it NOT the business of the Arkansas legislature, but it is not the business of the elders or preacher – even with the trumped up title of “pastor” or “bishop,” to decide. If the right to keep and bear arms is subject to a property owner’s whim, then so is the right of free speech, slavery, and right to a fair trial. GOD gives us those rights: no one who claims to be His follower has ANY right to take them away. If we have someone present on our property that we do not want to trust with a weapon or free speech or anything else, we DO have the right to demand that they leave or forbid them to enter our property, but not to take their freedoms away just because they are on our property. And when someone is a member of a church (as with a family), it has to be one way or the other. The entire congregation MIGHT be able to agree (stupidly and insanely) to disarm themselves, but no more.
Self Defense
Florida: Man fatally shot after clinging to top of car for 10 miles
(South Florida Sun-Sentinel) “Nikki Y. McNeil, 33, was trying to leave an Ocala residence Saturday evening when Lamark D. Tucker Sr., 36, her ex-boyfriend — and father of her three children — took away both McNeil’s car keys and cell phone, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. McNeil then used spare keys to leave, but as McNeil pulled away, Lamark jumped onto the hood of the car and held on while continually threatening McNeil as she drove nearly ten miles, the release stated. McNeil, deputies said, stopped at least twice asking people for help. Finally McNeil fired a bullet once through the windshield which struck Tucker, who was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the report.” (01/28/13)
Nathan: First off, I believe this was clearly self-defense, but it was NOT necessary except that people refused to help. Were they obligated to? No, but it was the right, moral thing to do. Was there NO one in ten miles in Florida willing to even call for assistance? No one armed to demand that the man stop? Of course, this was also the result of stupid choices: two unmarried people making three children together? A woman that could not – in South Florida – find a sheriff’s suboffice or police station to drive to? A pair of irresponsible people ruining their own lives and those of three innocent children should be a caution tale for all.
Self-defense NOT – Faith
Woman orders hold-up man out “in Jesus’ name”
(News4Jax.com) LAKE CITY, Fla. – …Lake City police say Derek Lee, 24, entered a house on Lakeview Avenue where the homeowner had 14 women over for a jewelry party. Police say Lee was wearing a dark ski cap on his head along with a bandana (sic) across his face. He allegedly showed a gun and ordered the women to hand over their money and phones. One woman who thought it was a party gag pushed his hand aside while laughing saying, “It’s only a water gun.” Police say Lee held the gun to that woman’s head and said, “I’m not joking, I’m going to shoot someone, give me your money.” Jacquie Hagler, who owns the house, says she then put her faith into action. “When I realized what was going on, I stood up and said, ‘In the name of Jesus, get out of my house now.’ And he said, ‘I’m going to shoot someone.’ And I said it again, real boldly,” Hagler said. “Everybody started chanting, ‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,’ and he did a quick scan of the room, and ran out the door as fast as he could go.”
Nathan: Thanks to Darryl for this one. Incredible faith, incredible stupidity on the part of the robber, but obviously he figured none of those women would be armed and that he was in a perfect situation. The point of commenting on this story: they SHOULD have been armed; someone should have been. I have discussed this problem with many religious people about this, and am often told that carrying a weapon shows I do not have enough faith in God. The argument that seems to work best is this one:
We are told to pray for our daily bread and trust in the Lord that He will provide it, but that does not mean we are not supposed to go out and WORK for a living. We can pray to be protected from robbery and thieves and housefires, and we are to trust in the Lord that we will be (if it is what is needed), but that does not stop us from having and using locks and fire extinguishers – nor are we accused of not having enough faith in God when we buy and use those things.
Mama’s Note: I wrote something about that very thing a number of years ago.
Trusting God – No Greater Love
St. Paul said that those who will not work should not eat. He admonished everyone to live quietly, peacefully, as long as it depended on them. He wrote a great deal about what it means to love your neighbor and the grace of hospitality, charity and hard work.
So, if we “pray for someone,” we are asking God to help them – trusting Him – but if we do not offer anything of ourselves with it, what does it mean? Do we pray and then forget them? Or do we also visit the one in the hospital or the jail or the nursing home? Do we only pray for a family having a hard time, or do we also show up with a box of groceries or to help fix the roof?
There seems to be a great deal more to trusting God than just wishing for everything to be good and ignoring our own part in it. We know that God will provide food, yet we don’t sit around an empty table expecting the food to appear like magic.
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Follower of Christ Jesus (a christian), Pahasapan (resident of the Black Hills), Westerner, Lover of Liberty, Free-Market Anarchist, Engineer, Army Officer, Husband, Father, Historian, Writer, Evangelist. Successor to Lady Susan (Mama Liberty) at TPOL.