The Sensible Geek

Doug Wead has a blog up comparing George W. Bush to Theodore Roosevelt.  It’s quite a good read.

http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/w-for-mt-rushmore/

TheSensibleGeek Politics

I encourage you all to add CNSNews.com to your normal circuit of news sites.  They have a bit of a Conservative slant, but they’re not nearly as biased as a large portion of the mostly Liberal mainstream media.  They posted a story today discussing how the Community Reinvestment Act played a pivotal role in creating our housing bubble. [link]

According to Wikipedia [link] (which I acknowledge is not a terribly reliable primary source, however, information that it cites from elsewhere is used here), “the CRA seeks to ensure the provision of credit to all parts of a community, regardless of the relative wealth or poverty of a neighborhood.”  Did you catch that?  Let’s remove the doublespeak.  “parts of a community” = “people”.  “the relative wealth or poverty of a neighborhood” = “their ability to pay back loans”.

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TheSensibleGeek Economics, Politics community reinvestment act, cra, mortgage, predatory lending, subprime

A couple of months ago, I was flipping channels on the TV, and I came across as recorded lecture at the University of Washington.  The punch line of the lecture was “…leads to greater redistribution of wealth.”  And she (the lecturer) said it as if it’s a foregone conclusion that redistribution of wealth is a good thing.  But is it really?  I agree that if we want to claim to be a moral society, we must collectively possess a conscience.  But does it follow that we must provide for the needs of others in order to be moral?  And what are the long term implications of redistribution of wealth?

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TheSensibleGeek Economics, Politics capitalism, redistribution of wealth, socialism, taxation, welfare

It’s said that if you’re still a Conservative at 25, you’re heartless, and if you’re still a Liberal at 35, you’re brainless.

I guess I’m heartless, then.

I think it’s about time I delve into politics.  Everyone else seems to be talking about it, and what’s more, people actually appear to be listening.  I’m torn about it though — too many people use blogs as their only source of news.  That’s not healthy, in my opinion.  On the other hand, too many people get all their news from mainstream media.  That’s worse.  At least with blogs, we don’t all sing the same tune, and that unfortunately is where the mainstream media is heading at an alarming rate.

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