Posted on April 30, 2008 by thehappycon
In which I define liberalism for a liberal:
Ben:
We are not discussing things like driving on the right side of the road. We are discussing political issues and values.
Also, you seem to be mistaking liberalism for anarchy.
Throughout the years, conservatism has endorsed things like slavery, segregation, homophobia, and prayer in school. It’s an aggressive, oppressive version [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by thehappycon
In which I respond to a post arguing that conservatism is “unnatural.”
Now, not all conservatives are theists/Christians, but it’s a safe bet to say that almost all of them are. It’s hard to justify homophobia and the like without some form of divine sponsorship.
I think atheists tend to be liberal because conservatism is a bit [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by thehappycon
I love conspiracy people. I have a professor here at WashU who studies the economic causes of conspiracy. I think people are uncomfortable with the idea that no single person controls thing; they like to know that someone did it. Today, the Army did it:
Donald Rumsfeld, the Pentagon, and the Bush Administration manipulated the telling [...]
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Posted on April 30, 2008 by thehappycon
Tonight I had some fabulous luck. I decided to head on down to Busch Stadium to watch the Cards and Reds duke it out. Now Brian and I stood in standing room till the bottom of the second, when two lovely young ladies came like manna from heaven and presented us with free tickets to [...]
Filed under: Happiness | Tagged: baseball, conservative, Happiness, liberal | No Comments »
Posted on April 29, 2008 by thehappycon
Found today. Looks like I’m out of a job.
As it goes, Arthur Brooks, a Syracuse University economics professor and author of the new book “Gross National Happiness,” began mining happiness data back in his college days.
The prevailing wisdom then, Brooks told me, was that liberal folks were happier — that conservatives were close-minded, rigid and [...]
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Posted on April 28, 2008 by thehappycon
I heard a country song the other day:
I met a guy on the red eye
He spotted my guitar
and said what do you do?
I said, I sing for a living,
Country music mixed with
a little rock and a little blues
He said I’m sorry
but I’ve never been crazy
’bout that twang and trains and hillbilly thing
What ever made you [...]
Filed under: Happiness | Tagged: conservative, country music, Happiness, liberal, music | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 27, 2008 by thehappycon
In which I respond to a post on singing the National Anthem in Spanish. You can find it here.
The author argues that language is unimportant. Check it out:
Why, in a country deemed free, do people care what language you speak? We are a melting pot. It is futile to attempt silencing the language of everyone [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: America, conservative, diversity, freedom of speech, language, melting pot | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 27, 2008 by thehappycon
I just bought a book by Mark Steyn. I’m not finished with it yet, but the basic premise is that multiculturalism and falling birth rates will lead to an Islamic society across what used to be the Western world. And this is a bad thing.
While I’m not going to talk about how much I agree [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: children, conservative, family, liberal, small towns | 6 Comments »
Posted on April 26, 2008 by thehappycon
I made the mistake of reading StudLife, our campus newspaper. They refuse to publish my articles, because I do not meet their rigorous standards for journalistic excellence. Consider excerpts from the following article:
In response to a reaccreditation report calling for an improved level of diversity on the Washington University campus, the University has formed the [...]
Filed under: College, Uncategorized | Tagged: Campus Diversity, washington university, diversity | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 25, 2008 by thehappycon
My aspirations aren’t so grand. I want to go back and start a business in Tarkio and hire a bunch of Tarkians and make something good. I want a family of rugrats who play pirates with corn cobs and eat pancakes at their Grandma’s house and beat their dad at Stratego. I want to sit [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Farm, Happiness, Major Owens, Tarkio | 1 Comment »
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