“We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor — we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.” -Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 10 December 2009. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-acceptance-nobel-peace-prize) I
Month: December 2009
lyrics are never so profound absent the song
Some lyrics I like: It’s a simple computationYou take easy conversationAdd erotic exploration, adorationBut when he said, “I love you, girl”It should have come with a warning. He said, “I’ve gotta go, go, go, ’cause it hurts to feelI’m gonna run, run, run like a man of steelAnd I could try, try, tryTo stay in […]
a flagrant bit of escapism
So: Socialism maximizes equality of opportunity — but at the expense of incentives to succeed. A capitalist economy without government is a barter economy. Given that government is necessary for capitalism (due to failures of the market economy) the question becomes –> which form is best? –> Capitalism does not imply democracy — nor does […]
On time and under budget
At 7:00 am this morning, the clinic’s billing department will begin work in a new office. I’m excited and proud–from lease revisions to issuing key cards, the new office space has been (more or less) my project. I’m excited about the end product–and I’m thrilled to be on-schedule and under my projected budget. I should […]