Mar 18th, 2008 by John Little
I know that ‘Getting Saved’ doesn’t really fit within any classical idea of economics, but then again, terrorism doesn’t either. And, I really want to bang on this drum one more time because it’s a vital point that no one seems to be getting.
I don’t have kids, so what I’m about to say is pretty theoretical. But, I can IMAGINE wanting my kids to go to heaven. I mean, we would ALL like our kids to have life after death, right? You want your kids to have a good life? Well, what could be better than being sure that your kids have a great ETERNAL life?
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Mar 17th, 2008 by John Little
Magda raised a good point, as she does with rather disconcerting regularity.
The Roman Catholic Church HAS had a violent history. In fact, I suspect that its history has been even MORE violent than Islam’s history. However, I don’t believe that this actually points to the error of fundamentalism.
I just think that it points to the error of error.
Let me put it this way.
The Catholic Church suffers from some fatal flaws. (Flaws, by the way, shared by Islam). These flaws were built into the organization at its inception.
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Mar 15th, 2008 by John Little
There was this period of silence earlier this week, and I feel the need to explain.
It started Monday afternoon with a phone call to my sister, informing her that I’m getting married to Kwei. Becky got all excited and asked me how it was done…
When I told her that it involved a train and cell phones, her response was…
“I can’t believe that you proposed to her that way.”
You could hear “YOU DORK” tacked on the end of that sentence, but she was too nice to say it.
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Mar 15th, 2008 by John Little
There were some interesting comments posted on my last article, so it’s time to talk about the economics of Terrorism - Economics 101, the terrorist version. (Thanks everyone for stepping up to comment!)
By the way, I’m going to keep this short, ‘cuz it’s Saturday, and I have a miserable cold.
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Where was I… oh, yes…
We actually hafta start with religion, because that is what gets the terrorist organizations going in the first place.
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Mar 13th, 2008 by John Little
Every time I see the price of oil (and the price of Gas) go up, there is only one thought that comes to mind:
The increase in terrorism.
It wasn’t that long ago when the price of oil hovered at, or below, $17 a barrel. It is now more than a HUNDRED dollars a barrel.
Have you noticed how the threat of war and terrorism has increased as the price of oil increased?
I have.
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