mikevanpwn

I have about 20 books on various surfaces around my room that I need to read.  I just started Free to Choose, by Milton Friedman, today; I'm at the point where I'm so over saturated with what I need to read that its hard to focus on any one book.  It doesn't help that I also bought a Sony Reader the other day and loaded 27 books from Google Books onto it.  More to read right there...  Not to mention school reading but that isn't so bad, not this semester anyhow.

Hearts of Iron 3.  Yeah I want to play it, don't want to learn everything though.

I never really have paid attention to enough art to have a list of pieces at the ready, but there are two paintings I've seen recently that I've particularly liked: 
 
1) I dont know the name of this one, or the artist, but its of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leading the charge down Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War. I love the lighting and the detail in this painting.
 

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Watch me link this to Justice!

You gotta let love rule

   

  

    

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2009, its been a pro year so far, and hopefully it will be more awesome before its over. :D

 "you measure the value of a ballplayer by how many fannies he puts in the seats."   - George Steinbrenner 
  
Players sign contracts with sports teams for an amount of money that both parties can agree on. Therefore, they are not overpaid because someone is willing to hire them for that amount!

I'd be a historian. :D

" I love how rebublicans think that helping people is a sin. Why are they so against healthcare for everyone isnt health care ridiculously over priced in America. I feel sorry for your country. "

" @mikevanpwn said:

" 1) Were going to have to pay for it eventually.  If you seriously dont think taxes will be raised then you are living in another reality. 2/3) Give a little power to the government, and it will eventually take it all.  Obama talked about creating a federal health plan that gave employers the option to offer free health coverage.  Who's going to pay for health coverage if its "free"?  Not to mention his plan to pay for it involves taxing private insurance to death, if a public "option" gets passed, it will be the only option in no time flat.  4) Political actions should be viewed by the incentives they create and not the goals that inspire them.  If you look at welfare, price control, minimum wage, they all hurt the poor instead of help. 5) The United States was never intended to have political parties on the federal level, despite parties already being existant during the constitution (Federalist/anti-federalist and soon after Democratic-Repulican) the federal govt. itself was limited in power, that is until the 1900s.  Today the Federal govt. holds too much power, giving political parties a dangerous influence on the nations direction. 6) I quote the declaration of Independence "He [King George] has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." Obama has created over 30 Czar positions, these Czars do not fall under any constutional checks and balances, they are allowed to work on whatever project, and only have to answer to the Executive Branch.   These aren't arguments of political ideology but arguments defending the constitution. "

1) Taxes will be raised, for the wealthy you ponce. 2) Give me some cake, and eventually I'll eat all the cake. Great logic. 3) The public option isn't free. Know why? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO FUCKING PAY FOR IT! 4) Sure, welfare has hurt the poor people who have been layed off from work. It has stopped them from looking for work. Sure it has, the measely barely survivable welfare amounts has made people rich. Give me a break. 5) The times you speak of when the federal government had very little power, never existed. Ever. Stop it with these pathethic fantasies. 6) Did you actually bother to read my blog post? Of course not, otherwise, you would know that there are no czars in governments. You are complaining about nothing, something which is common place for the US government to do since the 1930's. Read my blog post, and actually fucking read it. I list every filled out position, with its full title, nowhere do you see the word "CZAR" in their position.  Jesus Christ, why do I bother? It's pointless, you'll never learn. "

1) Were going to have to pay for it eventually.  If you seriously dont think taxes will be raised then you are living in another reality. 
2/3) Give a little power to the government, and it will eventually take it all.  Obama talked about creating a federal health plan that gave employers the option to offer free health coverage.  Who's going to pay for health coverage if its "free"?  Not to mention his plan to pay for it involves taxing private insurance to death, if a public "option" gets passed, it will be the only option in no time flat.  
4) Political actions should be viewed by the incentives they create and not the goals that inspire them.  If you look at welfare, price control, minimum wage, they all hurt the poor instead of help. 
5) The United States was never intended to have political parties on the federal level, despite parties already being existant during the constitution (Federalist/anti-federalist and soon after Democratic-Repulican) the federal govt. itself was limited in power, that is until the 1900s.  Today the Federal govt. holds too much power, giving political parties a dangerous influence on the nations direction. 
6) I quote the declaration of Independence "He [King George] has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." Obama has created over 30 Czar positions, these Czars do not fall under any constutional checks and balances, they are allowed to work on whatever project, and only have to answer to the Executive Branch.  
 
These aren't arguments of political ideology but arguments defending the constitution.