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Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution. ~ Edward Teller

Category: Musing

Social Shell Game

30 September, 2009 (12:23) | Musing | By: RedJen

When the Government started calling the pool of money collected via Social Security Taxes a Trust Fund, they gave the citizens the impression that there was actual money sitting in Trust and waiting to be paid out upon their reaching benefit eligibility.
Money paid into a Trust Fund is supposed to actually exist in a form [...]

Me & Universal Health Care

20 July, 2009 (14:23) | Musing | By: RedJen

I want to see any implementation of nationalized health care exercised across social, political and economic lines. I want every legal resident to have the same access under any government run program. I want to see truth in advertising and the rations detailed before any system is put into effect.
I want to know what to [...]

Hit

17 March, 2009 (15:29) | Musing | By: RedJen

I had a really difficult discussion with my baby sister on the way back from the beach. She was still in High School and she was expressing frustration over a friend who was in an abusive relationship. From the outside looking in, things look crystal clear. From the inside, the view isn’t nearly as black [...]

Weekly Snippets for 2009-02-27

27 February, 2009 (23:00) | Musing, Twitter | By: RedJen

My amount of stuff I have to transport while traveling just dropped by several pounds. Fun reading ahead. #
Heading home, Amazon says my Kindle is waiting! (Geek Joy!) #
The last round of layoffs fully hit this week. Seeing the obviously reduced number of cars in the lot today hit me hard this morning. #
My Kindle [...]

Why religion at all?

14 October, 2008 (16:58) | Musing | By: RedJen

Today saw the standard people who believe in God are idiots discussion on one of the boards I keep up with. From time to time I have to chime in with my two cents. So my change from today:
If religion keeps people who are shaky on the whole doing good just because, then I’d rather [...]