http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/feed/? Latest topics Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:28:27 GMT 10 http://hitskin.com/themes/12/01/22/i_logo.gif http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/feed/? http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-necessary-and-proper-clause-t237.htm CODE NAME Could somebody please explain this to me? Politics Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:28:27 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-necessary-and-proper-clause-t237.htm#1473 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-necessary-and-proper-clause-t237.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/hans-hermann-hoppe-on-the-coming-revolution-t236.htm B-Ran Economic stagnation sets in and the-worldwide-higher expectations become frustrated. And this-high expectations and an economic reality increas- ingly falling behind these expectations-is the classical situation for the emergence of a revolutionary potential A desperate need for ideological solutions to the emerging crises arises, along with a more widespread recognition of the fact that state rule, taxation, and regulation-far from offering such a solution-actually constitute the ... Economics Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:32:15 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/hans-hermann-hoppe-on-the-coming-revolution-t236.htm#1471 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/hans-hermann-hoppe-on-the-coming-revolution-t236.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/joaquin-pheonix-t230.htm Enron I don't know if I have ever loved a celebrity as much as I love Joaquin Pheonix. Social Space Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:30:19 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/joaquin-pheonix-t230.htm#1457 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/joaquin-pheonix-t230.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/josh-s-little-corner-t208.htm The Brain Train While some of these resolutions may be just cosmetic, non-binding and decreed to please local constituents - don't sell them short. YOU'VE GOT YOUR LOCAL STATE REPS THINKING!! There's real contagion with this, spread it in your state. Don't wait for someone else to do it. Ask your rep about sound money as NH and Indiana are doing. Nevada of all states should be jumping on that one. Tell your neighbors about the beauty of the 10th Amendment. This should be very encouraging for the future of our ... Politics Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:51:21 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/josh-s-little-corner-t208.htm#1391 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/josh-s-little-corner-t208.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/independent-living-f6/solar-pannel-t235.htm The Brain Train http://www.virtualsecrets.com/build-a-solar-panel.html

i got this in a Ron Paul chain letter thought it was worth passing on.]]> Independent Living Sun, 12 Apr 2009 05:56:25 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/independent-living-f6/solar-pannel-t235.htm#1467 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/independent-living-f6/solar-pannel-t235.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/shep-smith-t234.htm Enron http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/22029545/freedom-watch.htm#q=freedom+watch]]> Politics Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:29:14 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/shep-smith-t234.htm#1466 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/shep-smith-t234.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/coppercards-t233.htm B-Ran www.coppercards.com]]> Politics Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:27:18 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/coppercards-t233.htm#1462 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/coppercards-t233.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/ron-paul-s-hr-1207-t232.htm Enron Support it. Politics Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:20:39 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/ron-paul-s-hr-1207-t232.htm#1459 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/ron-paul-s-hr-1207-t232.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/privatized-police-forces-in-chicago-t231.htm Enron http://cbs2chicago.com/local/police.private.security.2.966243.html]]> Politics Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:37:57 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/privatized-police-forces-in-chicago-t231.htm#1458 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/privatized-police-forces-in-chicago-t231.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/why-are-publicly-funded-schools-always-so-left-leaning-t229.htm Enron I have never confronted the question that asks why publicly funded schools generally teach things at a pro-government slant. Now that I am confronting this question, I first thought of two seemingly plausable reasons for the big government slant. One reason for the bias could be that people in government know that when the people hand over the power to educate their children, they also hand over a large amount of the influence in the young minds. In this scenario, the members of the government ... Politics Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:33:33 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/why-are-publicly-funded-schools-always-so-left-leaning-t229.htm#1451 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/why-are-publicly-funded-schools-always-so-left-leaning-t229.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/reasontv-check-it-out-t228.htm more jake-jokes Drew Carey is a player. Check it out, my computer is about to die.
www.reason.tv or www.reason.com]]> Politics Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:25:08 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/reasontv-check-it-out-t228.htm#1447 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/reasontv-check-it-out-t228.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/black-people-love-ron-paul-t227.htm Enron ]]> Politics Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:05:17 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/black-people-love-ron-paul-t227.htm#1445 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/black-people-love-ron-paul-t227.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/can-this-be-for-real-t226.htm Enron http://www.prisonplanet.com/secret-state-police-report-ron-paul-bob-barr-chuck-baldwin-libertarians-are-terrorists.html]]> Politics Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:50:08 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/can-this-be-for-real-t226.htm#1444 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/can-this-be-for-real-t226.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/being-an-austrian-economist-t216.htm Enron "For many years I had been an Austrian economist without knowing it. But when I did discover Austrian economics, I was amazed, because economics appeared as it ought to be: not as a patchwork of partial theories, of different fields of thought without any link between them, but as a logical process of thought founded on realistic assumptions about individual action. Economics became coherent. As Mises rightly wrote, "There are no such things as 'economics of labor' or 'economics of ... Economics Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:39:06 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/being-an-austrian-economist-t216.htm#1411 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/being-an-austrian-economist-t216.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/how-quickly-change-happens-t225.htm Enron Obama's "change" has been met with a more positive change. Have you noticed the number of Republicans who are now calling for the free market? Politics Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:04:16 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/how-quickly-change-happens-t225.htm#1440 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/how-quickly-change-happens-t225.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/congress-finding-creative-ways-to-stay-busy-in-this-national-down-time-t224.htm more jake-jokes
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/congress-to-hon.html]]> Politics Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:38:32 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/congress-finding-creative-ways-to-stay-busy-in-this-national-down-time-t224.htm#1438 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/congress-finding-creative-ways-to-stay-busy-in-this-national-down-time-t224.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/obama-s-stimulus-stones-into-bread-t223.htm Enron We are currently facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and some argue that it may be longer and deeper than the years following Black Friday. The United States of America currently borrows more money than every other debtor nation in the world combined. America’s trade deficit is also larger than all other nations’ trade deficits combined. In general, America has spent far too much on borrowed money and has produced far too little. In order to revisit a sustainable ... Economics Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:17:03 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/obama-s-stimulus-stones-into-bread-t223.htm#1434 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/obama-s-stimulus-stones-into-bread-t223.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/milton-friedman-on-regulation-t222.htm B-Ran ]]> Politics Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:50:16 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/milton-friedman-on-regulation-t222.htm#1431 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/milton-friedman-on-regulation-t222.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/great-quotes-of-thomas-jefferon-t123.htm The Brain Train “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms… disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes… Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants…” — Thomas Jefferson in “Commonplace Book,” 1774-1776 Politics Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:24:17 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/great-quotes-of-thomas-jefferon-t123.htm#560 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/great-quotes-of-thomas-jefferon-t123.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/obama-d-uh-t221.htm B-Ran
]]> Politics Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:31:38 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/obama-d-uh-t221.htm#1425 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/obama-d-uh-t221.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/college-tuition-t220.htm more jake-jokes This is a topic that I have been thinking about recently and heard Peter Schiff make a brief comment in passing on a fox news show. "The government is in the job of making college expensive so that people have to go deep into debt to afford the experience. If it wasn't for the government, college would be very affordable." With a HUGE percentage of college students receiving some form of federal financial aid, state schools are able to have outrageous tuition prices. This distorts ... Politics Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:37:27 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/college-tuition-t220.htm#1421 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/college-tuition-t220.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/john-wilkes-booth-diary-entry-t218.htm more jake-jokes After John Wilkes Booth was shot at Garrett's farm on April 26, 1865, Colonel Everton Conger removed a small red appointment book from Booth's body. The book, which served as Booth's diary, contained a final diary entry, written after the April 14 assassination: Until today nothing was ever thought of sacrificing to our country's wrongs. For six months we had worked to capture, but our cause being almost lost, something decisive and great must be done. But its failure was owing to others, ... Politics Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:17:12 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/john-wilkes-booth-diary-entry-t218.htm#1413 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/john-wilkes-booth-diary-entry-t218.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/rothbard-on-revolution-t217.htm B-Ran "On the “Right,” we have had plenty of experience with the opportunists. If we were forced to choose, surely self-respect would demand the “sectarian” course; the “opportunist” is, by his nature, “liquidationist” of true principle. But I believe that there is a third, “centrist” course—certainly hard to find in practice, but the broad outlines of which can be sketched, and then perhaps used as a guide for our future activities. This “middle way” (Ugh! How I hate that concept!) ... Politics Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:46:01 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/rothbard-on-revolution-t217.htm#1412 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/rothbard-on-revolution-t217.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/philosophy-and-religion-f4/quote-from-mill-t215.htm Enron "The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only ... Philosophy and Religion Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:02:41 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/philosophy-and-religion-f4/quote-from-mill-t215.htm#1410 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/philosophy-and-religion-f4/quote-from-mill-t215.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/my-respomse-to-a-piece-on-the-un-and-its-greatness-t39.htm The Brain Train Josh Brainard WR121 Pepe A Critique of “Envisioning a Global Rule” Envisioning a Global Rule of Law is a piece of literary work invented by Daniele Archibugi and Iris Young. It can only be described as a work full of fantasy and fairy tale. It is chalk-full of untruths, fallacious arguments and anti-American sentiment, all in order to promote an illusion of a one-world government. The basis of the piece centers around the United State’s response to the terrorist attacks on September ... Social Space Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:34:52 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/my-respomse-to-a-piece-on-the-un-and-its-greatness-t39.htm#149 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/social-space-f5/my-respomse-to-a-piece-on-the-un-and-its-greatness-t39.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/lecture-on-war-and-its-effect-on-a-free-society-t214.htm Enron
http://mises.org/MultiMedia/mp3/bb/BB_Denson_02-15-1995.mp3

Let's talk about it.]]> Politics Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:28:51 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/lecture-on-war-and-its-effect-on-a-free-society-t214.htm#1405 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/lecture-on-war-and-its-effect-on-a-free-society-t214.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/barron-s-on-regulation-t213.htm B-Ran http://online.barrons.com/article_email/SB123396551669058895-lMyQjAxMDI5MzAzNzkwNjc1Wj.html "Government regulations should be limited to those that increase and protect transparency and competition, protect public and private property, promote individual responsibility and enforce equal opportunity under the law. Even if the right laws and regulations could be found, they would prove insufficient to protect freedom and prosperity." Economics Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:20:57 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/barron-s-on-regulation-t213.htm#1402 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/barron-s-on-regulation-t213.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/maybe-a-respost-and-a-riposte-t212.htm B-Ran http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/169781/Peter-Schiff-Stimulus-Bill-Will-Lead-to-%22Unmitigated-Disaster%22?tickers=^dji,^gspc,QQQQ,SPY,DIA,TLT,UDN "Schiff scoffs at the notion the economic decline is starting to level off and concedes no government action means a "terrible" recession. But the path of increased government intervention will lead to "unmitigated disaster," says Schiff, who gained notoriety in 2007-08 for his prescient calls on the ... Politics Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:21:53 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/maybe-a-respost-and-a-riposte-t212.htm#1400 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/maybe-a-respost-and-a-riposte-t212.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/i-know-i-m-popular-but-this-guylegendary-t211.htm more jake-jokes I was in a local coffee shop and ran into Rick Dancer (former Secretary of State candidate) this afternoon. He knew the guy I was with so they started talking it up. I came in halfway through the conversation and ended up doing quite a bit of listening. Their conversation was about religion and the role of the church, which was an interesting topic, but it got me thinking about the fact that he's actually doing something to further the cause that he believes in by getting involved in politics. ... Politics Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:58:27 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/i-know-i-m-popular-but-this-guylegendary-t211.htm#1395 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/i-know-i-m-popular-but-this-guylegendary-t211.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/thank-goodness-nancy-pelosi-rules-congress-t210.htm B-Ran

She's beautiful AND brilliant!]]> Politics Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:27:16 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/thank-goodness-nancy-pelosi-rules-congress-t210.htm#1394 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/thank-goodness-nancy-pelosi-rules-congress-t210.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-opposition-t206.htm B-Ran It's been less than two weeks since Obama was inaugurated, and already I'm sensing a change in the national attitude. Like I've been saying for a long time, people expected Obama to raise his hand, speak the Words of Power, and fix everything that's wrong with America by the power of the Divine Executive within moments of assuming the office. I have a feeling that over the next year, he's going to reap the fruits he and his allies in the legislature have been sowing for the last eight years. ... Politics Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:39:02 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-opposition-t206.htm#1383 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-opposition-t206.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/internet-monotoring-in-france-t207.htm Enron http://mises.org/story/3315

They really shouldn't mess with the internetters. They might not know what hit them.]]> Economics Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:43:03 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/internet-monotoring-in-france-t207.htm#1388 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/internet-monotoring-in-france-t207.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/sound-and-fury-t203.htm B-Ran Well, Obama is president now. The good news is he will likely go down in history as one of the worst presidents ever. The bad news is he will go down in history as one of the worst president ever because he's going to utterly destroy the American economy, and maybe America itself. What happens after Obama creates all the entitlement programs he's promising and then our foreign guarantors stop loaning to us? I'll tell you what: the sort of revolution that would make the French cringe. ... Politics Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:29:25 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/sound-and-fury-t203.htm#1367 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/sound-and-fury-t203.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/misean-vs-keynesian-t205.htm Enron http://mises.org/story/2492

An absolute shredding of Keynesian Economics.]]> Economics Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:00:29 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/misean-vs-keynesian-t205.htm#1380 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/misean-vs-keynesian-t205.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/dear-brain-train-t204.htm Enron
]]> Economics Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:49:48 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/dear-brain-train-t204.htm#1373 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/dear-brain-train-t204.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/what-s-the-difference-between-the-fed-and-a-traditional-counterfeiter-t197.htm Enron Since we have agreed that government action is simply an action organized by the government and backed by force. What argument can be made for the government printing money that can't be made for an every-day normal guy printing money? (this question is especially for GT) I will reword: Why is it good for government to print money without any sort of backing? As far as I can tell, all of those same arguments can be made for private citizens doing the same thing. For one, people often ... Economics Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:22:33 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/what-s-the-difference-between-the-fed-and-a-traditional-counterfeiter-t197.htm#1329 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/what-s-the-difference-between-the-fed-and-a-traditional-counterfeiter-t197.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/legalize-marijuana-t181.htm Enron We all agree that Mary Jane should be legalized... right? Politics Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:02:33 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/legalize-marijuana-t181.htm#1011 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/legalize-marijuana-t181.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/happy-white-guilt-liberation-day-t202.htm Enron Enjoy it! We are now free'd from White Guilt. Politics Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:43:25 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/happy-white-guilt-liberation-day-t202.htm#1362 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/happy-white-guilt-liberation-day-t202.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/effective-environmentalism-t201.htm Enron Economics Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:07:44 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/effective-environmentalism-t201.htm#1358 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/effective-environmentalism-t201.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-dmv-is-nothing-but-an-extortionary-revenue-stealing-organ-of-the-state-government-t200.htm B-Ran I think the title says it all. Politics Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:06:11 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-dmv-is-nothing-but-an-extortionary-revenue-stealing-organ-of-the-state-government-t200.htm#1354 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-dmv-is-nothing-but-an-extortionary-revenue-stealing-organ-of-the-state-government-t200.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/help-me-win-at-my-sociology-class-t199.htm B-Ran Today, we were talking about income disparity. As everyone knows, income disparity is some sort of stupid statistical farce whereby sociologists try to prove how unfair the world is. What I want help with here is "proving" (by way of statistics) that the rise in "income disparity" over the last twenty years is almost entirely due to the coincident expansion of the credit market. Also, if anyone knows how to make awesome power-points, I'd love to make this graph: Borrowers ... Economics Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:43:08 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/help-me-win-at-my-sociology-class-t199.htm#1352 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/help-me-win-at-my-sociology-class-t199.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-ground-campaign-in-the-culture-war-t198.htm B-Ran Is it worth it to try and make libertarianism cool? If it is, then how do we go about it? Politics Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:18:13 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-ground-campaign-in-the-culture-war-t198.htm#1347 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-ground-campaign-in-the-culture-war-t198.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/when-someone-is-consistently-right-vs-when-someone-is-consistently-wrong-t128.htm Enron When someone is consistently right in their predictions regarding the economy, I would hope that people would take that into consideration. There are people who have been consistently wrong (Greenspan, Bernanke, Paulson, most politicians, most media members, etc.), and then there are a few people who have been consistently right about the events that have transpired economically within the last few years. Peter Schiff is one of those people who has been incredibly accurate with his predictions. ... Economics Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:00:50 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/when-someone-is-consistently-right-vs-when-someone-is-consistently-wrong-t128.htm#572 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/when-someone-is-consistently-right-vs-when-someone-is-consistently-wrong-t128.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/proving-von-mises-t186.htm B-Ran What criteria could be used to prove von Misesian economics works as advertised? Economics Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:51:54 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/proving-von-mises-t186.htm#1095 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/proving-von-mises-t186.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/joe-biden-prognosticator-t196.htm B-Ran Richmond, VA, Oct. 22 -- At a campaign stop in a Richmond-area Denny's earlier today, Delaware Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden followed up on his controversial claim last Sunday that within the first six months of an Obama administration, America would "have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Biden's statement to the press: "Ya know, I kinda put my foot in my mouth the other day... [chuckle] You folks ... Politics Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:43:06 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/joe-biden-prognosticator-t196.htm#1308 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/joe-biden-prognosticator-t196.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-with-protectionism-t195.htm Enron I have made it clear that I think that protectionism is harmful. Lew Rockwell has also done a great job of discussing why protectionism does not actually protect. "Let’s first consider an example from current popular wisdom about the manufacturing base. Many products that were once made in the United States—thinking here of televisions, pianos, firecrackers, plastics, and bicycles—are now made in China. This has caused a great deal of alarm—all unwarranted, so far as sound economics ... Economics Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:24:10 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-with-protectionism-t195.htm#1299 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-with-protectionism-t195.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/global-waming-farce-embraced-by-left-t143.htm more jake-jokes I was caught off guard yesterday afternoon when i saw the front page of the Oregon Daily Emerald, UO's newspaper. The headline read "Global Farce?" The article went on to say that new evidence shows that global warming is possibly a phenomenon quite common in the history of the earth and that it may be just a part of cyclical temperature patterns. I knew it was just a matter of time that the left got off of the crazy train, I think it may be starting to happen... emptying the ... Politics Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:52:22 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/global-waming-farce-embraced-by-left-t143.htm#645 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/global-waming-farce-embraced-by-left-t143.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-of-pricing-t184.htm B-Ran
Arby's Five for Five deal has been the same deal for fifteen years: five roast beef sandwiches of identical size and composition for five dollars.

This means that either a)they started off bilking the consumer or b) ???.

Makes you think, doesn't it?]]> Economics Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:29:51 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-of-pricing-t184.htm#1052 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/the-problem-of-pricing-t184.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/wally-world-t194.htm Enron As most of you know, I am a huge Wal-Mart fan. Here is something that I just read from Lew Rockwell. I couldn't agree more. "The key to the story is antitrust regulations pushed by business competitors and cheered on by an envious public ignorant of economics. It’s pretty much the same with Wal-Mart. Companies with whom Wal-Mart competes are only too happy in the short term to see the company get hammered for undercutting them on price. If you have been trying to fob off ... Economics Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:57:41 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/wally-world-t194.htm#1297 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/economics-f1/wally-world-t194.htm http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-first-step-back-towards-liberty-t193.htm Enron "I’m often asked what an average person can do to further liberty. I say that the first and most important step is intellectual. We all need to begin to say no to the state on an intellectual level. When we are asked what we would like the government to do for us, we need to be prepared to reply: nothing. We should not ask it to save our children, nor conscript and kill them in the name of security, nor give us anything at all." -Lew Rockwell I agree. The first ... Politics Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:01:54 GMT http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-first-step-back-towards-liberty-t193.htm#1296 http://thethinkingchair.forumakers.com/politics-f3/the-first-step-back-towards-liberty-t193.htm