Hummers & Cigarettes: How bad is the economy?

Another blog is born!

This blog is a newborn -- DOB is April 19, 2007! It was born from a discussion (argument?) at work regarding Hummers and their owners. My colleagues said that Humvee owners were basically the scum of the earth. I thought how unfair to judge someone you don't know by what car he or she drives! I've also heard and witnessed similar hate-filled reactions to cigarette smokers. Are Hummers and smokers the scapegoats of today's society? Why? And why on earth do people focus so much energy on such non-issues and disregard the real problems that exist in our society? Is it because such 'distractions' are easier to confront than the real problems? Let's explore the double-standards and hypocrisies of our society, shall we? (For more of the original, founding post, click here.)

Recent & Current Reads

"Wheat Belly" by William Davis, M.D.
"Patriots: Surviving The Coming Collapse" by James Wesley Rawles
"The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis
"Blacklash" by Deneen Borelli
"Whistling in the Dark" by Frederick Buechner
"Being George Washington" by Glenn Beck
"Shakedown Socialism" by Oleg Atbashian
"Liberal Fascism" by Jonah Goldberg
"The Life You Want" by Bob Greene
"Negrophilia" by Erik Rush
"The Case for Christ / The Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel
"The Overton Window" by Glenn Beck
"American Progressivism" by Ronald J. Pestritto
"The Road to Serfdom" by F.A. Hayek
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Big Black Lie: How I Learned The Truth About The Democrat Party by Kevin Jackson
"An Inconvenient Book" by Glenn Beck
"Liberty & Tyranny" by Mark R. Levin
"The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young
"Busted: Exposing Popular Myths about Christianity" by Fred von Kamecke
"Beyond Opinion: Living The Faith We Defend" by Ravi Zacharias
"Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America--and What We Can Do About It" by Juan Williams
"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades" by Robert Spencer
"Power To The People" by Laura Ingraham
"Do As I Say (Not As I Do) Profiles in Liberal Hyposcrisy" by Peter Schweizer
"State of Fear" by Michael Crichton
"Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve" by Bernard Goldberg
"Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity -- Get Out The Shovel -- Why Everything You Know is Wrong" by John Stossel of 20/20
"Rumors of Another World" by Philip Yancey

Global Warming Heretic

After watching shows on TV and doing some reading, I do believe that the supposed climate change (and, despite what Greenies try to tell me, the earth has been hotter) is more likely due to the sun's activity than anything else. We humans have a miniscule impact compared to the sun. I also believe that a lot of this nonsense is politically driven. Plus, how better for scientists to scare up research money than by creating a big harem scarem? Predicting 'catastrophies' and alarming people is far sexier and will get you a lot more research dollars. [See my commentary from 4/22/07: "Say It Loud and Proud: I'm A Heretic!"]

Hummers & Cigarettes

Sunday, April 5, 2009

How bad is the economy?

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