Thursday, April 30, 2009

IMMIGRATION III

Does anyone deny that it is reasonable for a society to establish a formula for allocating its yearly-maximum-number of immigrants among the societies of the world?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

IMMIGRATION II

Does anyone deny that there is a theoretical yearly-maximum-number of immigrants that a society can absorb and that it is reasonable for the society to include such a number in its immigration policy?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

IMMIGRATION I

Does anyone deny that it is reasonable for every developed country to have an immigration policy?

Monday, April 27, 2009

SPENDING SPREE I

Does anyone deny that the WPA and the Interstate Highway System were "spending sprees"?

Friday, April 24, 2009

NATIONAL SECURITY I

Does anyone deny that our international relations are a standard for measuring how an administration has “protected” this society, a standard for national security?

Thursday, April 23, 2009

NIGHTCRAWLERS

Does anyone (track kids excepted) deny it is good to have the night crawlers back this season?

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

INTERROGATION I

Does anyone deny that a distinction can be made between interrogation of a combatant, and interrogation of a non-combatant?

Monday, April 20, 2009

COME LET US REASON IV

Does anyone deny that "come let us reason" beginning with an honest exchange of the differing parties objectives allows a full range of resolution options ranging from 1) finding no conflict in fact exists, 2) agreeing on an acceptable middle ground; and, 3) civilly, mutually accepting that there can only be an agreement to disagree.

Friday, April 17, 2009

COME LET US REASON III

Does anyone deny that the spirit of peaceful coexistence is a fundamental predicate of come let us reason?

Thursday, April 16, 2009

COME LET US REASON II

Does anyone deny that a fundamental predicate of the reasoning process is to clearly define the issue(s), to be “on the same page”?

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

COME LET US REASON I

Does anyone deny that given the rate at which the availability of weapons of mass destruction is increasing, both in sheer numbers and variety, “come, let us reason” is now more important than ever?

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

UNITED NATIONS I

Does anyone deny that forceful United Nations action against piracy is long overdue?

Monday, April 13, 2009

CAPITALISM XIV

Does anyone deny that historically the stock market has had a casino aura?

Friday, April 10, 2009

EINSTEIN'S INSANITY UPSIDE DOWN

Does anyone deny that perpetually refusing to do that which is right and just, that which is moral and ethical is insanity.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

CAPITALISM XIII

Does anyone deny that if someone goes to Los Vegas and loses a bundle, virtually no one blames Los Vegas?

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

CAPITALISM XII

Does anyone deny that at present investments are regularly made, not on the balance sheet of a company, not on the merits of the company, but on an expectation of what the market as a whole is going to do?

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

CAPITALISM XI

Does anyone deny it is in the best interests, and the responsibility, of John and Johnette Q Public that the U.S. capitalism mechanism be hound’s-tooth-clean?

Monday, April 6, 2009

BASKETBALL I

Does anyone deny that the expression"good physical basketball" is an oxymoron?

Friday, April 3, 2009

CAPITALISM X

Does anyone deny that United States foreign relations, perhaps now at an all time low, would benefit from a hound’s-tooth-clean capitalism mechanism?

Thursday, April 2, 2009

CAPITALISM IX

Does anyone deny that if the capitalists were to voluntarily develop a computer model for predicting recessions and specifying with precision how to most effectively recover from recessions it would, at a minimum, go a long way towards staving off regulation?