Blue Collar Muse @ April 18, 2008 # One Comment
Susan Crane, the University of Maine at Farmington student who conceived of a social conscience art project which involved putting American flags on the floor in a high traffic hallway of the University’s Student Center and seeing who walked on them and who avoided them, says it was hard to do and was difficult to […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
First, watch the video …
Then go here for an excellent response. Really … go now …
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In discussions of Constitutional interpretation, an interesting concept has turned up in the last few years in the context of a why a position is or is not Constitutional. It’s stated in some form of the idea that “the Constitution is a living document”.
The idea has appeal for a variety of reasons. […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ March 3, 2008 # One Comment
I read a post the other day which said we no longer needed political Conservatives because the issues they care about and which the people also care about have already been addressed, making them outdated. The issues Conservatives care about which the people oppose make them unpopular. The author even listed a few […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ February 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Taxes … if we are smart, we hate them. They should be rare and low. They should collect just enough to do what the government is mandated to do by the Constitution and nothing more.
The Left loves taxes, especially tax increases. The Right used to love tax cuts and hated tax increases. […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 12, 2008 # One Comment
For those of you wondering where programs like Social Security and Medicare are headed and what should be done about it, check out Frank Hyland’s ‘Pushing a Car Off a Cliff’.
Picture this if you will: You are on the way to a soccer game in your car with your kids and the children of neighbors […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 7, 2008 # 4 Comments
I’ve been writing and thinking about Socialism of late and I realized, while running down a mental rabbit trail, that Socialism only functions if there is a strong, large central government. I’m unaware of any Socialist government that developed naturally. All examples I can think of came about when an existing central government […]
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Blue Collar Muse @ January 6, 2008 # 4 Comments
In an unusual move, I’m simply reprinting an entire article from someone else. I found it to be fascinating and wanted to share it with all of you! The author is Nancy Salvato, a staff writer at The New Media Alliance. Her bio appears at the end of the piece. Enjoy!
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Blue Collar Muse @ December 31, 2007 # 7 Comments
In US political discussions, there is currently a heated up Cold War going on between those who desire to move our country towards a Socialist foundation for our governance and those who desire to keep our Capitalist foundation. That struggle is clearly in evidence in the Presidential campaigns, especially of the top tier candidates.
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Blue Collar Muse @ December 23, 2007 # 5 Comments
It would be nice if all the best ideas I have for all the best posts I write were my own. But they’re not. So often the words you read or hear from me, while mine in print or speech, were inspired, appropriately, by the person who is my inspiration in so many […]
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