Monthly Archives: November 2009

Trickle up, Trickle down, Trickle all around…

If you’ve never read about Maslow’s heirarchy of needs theory, you should.  There’s a certain aspect of undeniable truth to it, which is likely why it’s taught not only as a theory of human psychology, but as a valuable marketing … Continue reading

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How-To: Find the truth in politics and the media (or the closest approximation)

When I was younger, I had a vague interest in politics and would sometimes find myself debating social issues like abortion, criminal justice and capital punishment, *welfare, and our “controlled substances” policies with some of my conservative-leaning peers. At the … Continue reading

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“Armchair Activism” far-reaching, effective.

I wonder what the creator of a certain web site dedicated to stopping “junk email and misinformation” thinks of such “armchair activism” efforts as; Change.org, a decidedly more popular site than his own, according to traffic data available on Alexa.com. … Continue reading

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Dear Carrie Prejean, turtlenecks are conservative.

One thing in a seemingly endless sea of things that don’t make sense to me: Self-proclaimed “conservative women” who (as teenagers?) film themselves masturbating, send the video to their boyfriend and then pretend that behavior is  in any way “conservative”. … Continue reading

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