This post talks about how the majority of people in Iraq prefer their current situation to when Saddam ruled the country. Here in the states a recent poll found that %76 of Americans think that Iraq is in a civil war. However when you poll the Iraqis only %27 believe they are in a civil war. On some level I suspect this is a clear indication of the MSM influence on the perception of this war.

I have been told countless times that the American people lack the basic knowledge needed to make a decision about the invasion of Iraq since they wrongly believed there was connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda in plotting 9/11. One can’t help but think the same argument now applies in reverse. The American citizenry clearly lacks the knowledge about the situation in Iraq and therefore we can discredit it’s decision to vote in politicians favoring an early withdrawal. Something tells me those on the left will not be so eager to embrace the logic of this argument now that ignorance favors their political desires.

An article about Europe struggling with Islamic reluctance to integrate writes:

Jonathan Friedman, an American living in Sweden, mentions that the so-called Integration Act of 1997 proclaimed that “Sweden is a Multicultural society.” The Act implicitly states that Sweden doesn’t have a history, only the various ethnic groups that live there. Native Swedes have been reduced to just another ethnic group in Sweden, with no more claim to the country than the Somalis who arrived there last Thursday. As Friedman puts it: “In Sweden, it’s almost as if the state has sided with the immigrants against the Swedish working class.”

The implicit argument in multiculturalism is that no one culture is superior to any other culture. This is argument is patently false. Cultures that places liberalism before any other set of values is categorically superior to any other kind of culture man has produced. This is true for the simple reason that this kind of culture is the most accommodating of its peoples traditions. By inculcating it’s citizens into a cultural ideology that everyone has a set of basic rights guaranteeing individual liberty those in that culture may exercise that liberty by participating in the customs and traditions of the culture of their choosing. The only customs and traditions they may not exercise are those that come in direct conflict with the fundamental cultural values of liberalism. This prohibition allows for the maximization of personal expression and in turn what allows a liberal culture to be more accomodating towards many different traditions.

Culture’s that embrace liberalism will always be superior to a culture that denies individual liberty. Those that celebrate multiculturalism over liberalism will very quickly learn just how superior liberal culture is once they live in a culture were the tyrant forbids them from participating in their traditions.

To be frank, given the success of countries that embrace a liberal culture I simply can not see how their can be any question of their superiority.

God Bless America!

You might have noticed that I have not been posting much lately. Much of this has to do with the fact that over the last couple of months i have been working on a new website. The website is a comic devoted to current economic issues. I plan on developing an audience with this website which will allow me to pull in revenue through advertising. For this reason the website must be very professional and I kindly ask that you inform me of any errors you might run across while viewing it.

and now, without further ado:

Smith and Engels

Something tells me you didn’t play the game. This is a shame primarily because it truly is a the greatest game ever. Play it and leave a comment or I will never post again. EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make sure you make it to the boss guy of the first level. Link here.

Bush is is actually making me glad I supported him in the last election.

President Bush threw down the gauntlet to M. Chavez. You want to talk about “social justice”? We’ll show you the way to social justice. You want to talk about the poor? We’ll show you the only really successful way to liberate the poor from poverty ever discovered during the long history of the human race.

This rhetoric should be oozing out of every orfice of this great country when dealing with those foolish enough to criticize the free marekts ability to help the poor. In my eyes the debate is over, if you are serious about helping the poor you must support free markets.

Its one of those days.

It began when I was at the bus top looking down at the grass and I saw this:

as opposed to this:

While walking to the bus stop I was listening to Blue October’s song What If We Could. As I was screaming along to the song, I realized that it was the best Blue October song ever. This created a problem in my mind because I remember making this post about the Blue October song HRSA. Well actually it created a problem in so far as someone else is likely to point out the contradiction. Anticipating this criticism I have decided to adopt a more Nietzschian perspective and emulate the noble archetype by happily accepting both statements.

Embracing contradiction can be so satisfying sometimes. Especially when the dopamine is hitting at full force.

Oh how I love these days!

In class today.

Just reading a webpage detailing some of the egregious errors Hollywood makes in regards to the laws of physics. I think we can all agree with the author when he writes:

We aren’t surprised when the cartoon character Wile. E. Coyote runs off a cliff and is suspended there momentarily before he falls. But in the movies, buses and cars shouldn’t be able to jump across gaps in bridges, even if they go heavy on the accelerator. The fact is, a vehicle will fall even if it’s moving at a high speed. During the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, a driver saw a gap in the bridge too late, and probably inspired by the movies, accelerated to try to make it across. Unfortunately, the laws of physics were not suspended, and he fell into the hole and crashed on the other side. Movies with special effects should come with a warning: “Laws of physics are violated in this movie. Don’t try these stunts at home.”

Its never bad to give more information to people so they can make the best informed decision.