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saibotchilizm

california surfer soon going to school at UC Berkeley

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When Profit, Freedom, and Creativity Collide

It is not a controlling government limiting our freedoms that Johnson writes about. Johnson was writing about the sapping of humanity that occurs in our focus on commodification and marketization. It all comes down to a simple statement of principles. What is most important for a society to accomplish? Hopefully, to better the lives of its members.

Considering "profit motive" the only means of doing so is the biggest error in thinking of our time. There is much more that is much more important than making bucks. posted 05/20/2008 at 13:09:38

How to Be An Economist

The more I read about "mainstream economists", especially the free-trade borderline libertarian bent of the Milton Friedman branch, the more disdain I have for the entire field. They claim that Economics is as rigorous and hard a science as physics or chemistry, build computer models and use their economist "logic" to decide how people should live their lives, and talk until they are red in the face.

Then when their models and "logic" are proven wrong every step of the way, they insist they were in fact right, and that especially this time, we should listen to them. Because if we don't, all hell will break loose. And then when they're wrong again, the MSM gives them more time to talk about how they were in fact right, and this time, we should REALLY listen to them, because if we don't.... posted 05/14/2008 at 11:48:53

Why Big Media is Mum about Its Propaganda Habit

Don't be hopeful about the TV news getting any better. MSM's failure at even the basic tenets of journalism is part of the status quo. Here's one simple solution; don't watch the TV news.

Newspapers are fumbling the ball on investigative journalism as well, mostly because of internet sites like HuffPost. But it's not as if newspapers are free of sin, either.

We should be looking forward to a way to fund investigative reporting staffs on our blog sites, rather than leaving it up to a private sector which has #@*(%ed it up so bad. The British government pays into a pool, and hence we have the BBC; we should consider something similar in America. posted 05/02/2008 at 11:59:36

Wikipedia Founder Proposes Support for Open Textbooks

There's a typo in the link to oercommons.org.

There's an extra comma: http://www.oercommons.org,/

Takes you to a non-existent defunct page... posted 04/01/2008 at 13:23:03

It's Time to Reregulate Business

Right now our economy is in much worse shape than a deregulated financial market. The fact that 70% of the economy is driven by consumer spending-- people going to THE MALL-- is a huge indicator. All of our manufacturing production has been given up to China and India, and left us Americans coasting on wealth generated last century-- and we are still building up debt, and fast.

A nation that produces very little (exports), but consumes everything (imports), is in an unhealthy, precarious position. You don't need a degree in economics to realize that.

The market-- and people-- are realizing that. posted 03/28/2008 at 11:24:51

Remember Health Care? It's Still a Problem

The point of my post was more a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" perspective.

Even people who are covered, and covered well (like my grandmother, or my girlfriend, who has had a similar experience), are not sitting pretty. My grandmother was bounced off something like 4 doctors before one took the time to find out what was wrong with her-- a simple fungal infection that was cleared up in 3 days with the proper medication.

The point of my post was also to blast doctors. I have nothing but resentment for them, as I have met so many who I thought were such #@&%*@#bags.

Nurses, on the other hand,; I love you guys. Keep up the good work. posted 03/28/2008 at 11:33:05

I'm living the dream of the American healthcare system! I'm uninsured, and haven't been to a doctor in 2 years. Luckily, I'm a healthy 23-year-old without any major health problems (yet).

However, my grandmother, who IS insured, had to wait 4 hours in the ER before being seen because she hadn't been able to eat for 3 days due to stomach problems... And then they sent her home with no treatment, advice, or compassion.

From my experience, from medical school through actual medical practice, doctors are encouraged to be profiteering sleazebags. They drive BMWs, own mansions, and charge $250 per regular check-up. I think THAT culture deserves as much of the blame as the insurance companies. posted 03/24/2008 at 11:50:59

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