HoltesThoughts
Thoughts on politics, economics, life and creative works from the author including poetry
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Cliven Bundy and his insurrectionist, subversive and rebellious followers
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I was having fun at the [ https://www.facebook.com/events/688187351242203/ ] and got to read up on the Bundy ranch and the hijinks there. G...
Monday, April 21, 2014
Untangling the Bait and Switch of Friedman/Rand's ideas about Capitalism
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If you listen to Milton Friedman in this article, he makes some points that sound perfectly rational until you deconstruct them a little: S...
Undue influence and Dependency Corruption or why the Supreme Court Decision was so corrupt
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In my last few posts I quoted from Justice Roberts Majority decision in the McCutcheon Case [http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-...
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Ghosts of World War II in Ukraine
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Intro I have acquaintances who are Ukrainian, Russian, Russian Jews, and formerly Polish Jews. Some since childhood, including Shoah surviv...
Six Basic Rights or Why Property is not an Absolute Right
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Why property is not an absolute right. The wealthy love the right to property. To them it ought to be unlimited so they can take property...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Mt. Pelarin and Milton Friedman -- fighting to make the world safe for Oligarchy since the 1940's
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Introduction I've been interested in Milton Friedman since his ideas started competing with the "Austrian School" folks as th...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Fighting Democracy since 1964
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Charles Koch recently wrote a defense of his efforts which he published on the Wall Street Journal in which he stated that he believed in ba...
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