Author Archives: Administrator
There is no such a thing as a “free” market
One of the most effective tools for accumulating capital is the legal entity created by government called a corporation. Absent this government regulation, all investors are personally liable for the debts of the venture. All of their personal assets could … Continue reading
Quote of the Day – Tolstoy, “What Then Must We Do?”
“If I wanted to invent a most striking illustration of the way in which the demand for money has become in our days the chief instrument by which some men enslave others. I could not invent anything more glaring and … Continue reading
Dalai Lama Quote of the Week
“The Buddhas have already achieved all their own goals, but remain in the cycle of existence for as long as there are sentient beings. This is because they possess great compassion. They also do not enter the immensely blissful abode … Continue reading
Usury
So much for Republican States Rights advocates. Obviously, Republicans work for the Banks not the States. Marquette was a Supreme Court decision that said national banks can “export” the interest rates of their home States to other States, even if … Continue reading
Real Patriots
“For our country did not give us life and nurture unconditionally, without expecting to receive in return, as it were, some maintenance from us; nor did it engage simply to serve our convenience, providing safe haven for our leisure and … Continue reading
Dalai Lama Quote of the Week
Dalai Lama Quote of the Week Distinguishing between constructive and destructive emotions is right there to be observed in the moment when a destructive emotion arises–the calmness, the tranquillity, the balance of the mind are immediately disrupted. Other emotions do … Continue reading
Quote of the Day: What is a Republic?
“Compounded from the Latin res publica, “republic” meant “the public good, or the good of the whole,” as Thomas Paine explained, “in contradistinction to the despotic form, which makes the good of the sovereign, or of one man, the only … Continue reading
Framing Issues
How a question is asked can often determine the answer, or make one impossible, like “have you stopped taking bribes?” Jack cafferty asks today: “Is the end of the nanny state in the U.S. inevitable?” Here is my Comment: Of … Continue reading
Violence Begets Violence
At least two people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more injured after Yemeni security forces fired at protesters in the southern flash-point city of Taiz. About 30 people are reportedly in critical condition. Hospital sources said more than 100 … Continue reading
Dalai Lama Quote of the Week
The play of this divine mind, The union of bliss, the supreme father, and emptiness, Is unlimited and thus beyond concept. –The Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelsang Gyatso Cultivate a state of mind focused on bliss and emptiness as forcefully as … Continue reading
