the Zero-Sum Fallacy

I'd love to point out this article to all the wealth redistributing liberals out there:
http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2007/04/wealth_creation.html

Getting rich is _not_ a crime, and more than likely, you are helping those that you exchange with.

Republican Populists

This caught my interest on Drudge Report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1234509720080112

Neither of them gave the correct answer in my book. They seem to both be taking the populist approach to the problem. E.g. "What can the U.S. Federal government do to revive the failing automotive industry?" instead of: "What can we deregulate that would give these companies a better chance to succeed." (Unions....)

"It's inexcusable to me to see these jobs going away again and again and again," Romney said outside the plant, arguing for more investment in science and technology research.

Now how is it his place to tell a company how they should invest their money? Or even worse, is he upset that the federal government isn't investing heavily enough in the automotive sector?

"What I'm critical of is the absence of a federal policy designed to strengthen the U.S. automotive sector and manufacturing general," Romney said.

I wish other candidates had chimed in on this issue, since I feel so strongly about it. It would make for a great economic dividing line for me. (Conservative vs Populist)

Post-Christian Environmentalists

“Many Europeans, as well as leftists in America,” Dr. Silver says, “have rejected the traditional Christian God and replaced it with a post-Christian goddess of Mother Nature and a modified Christian eschatology. It isn’t a coherent belief system. It might or might not incorporate New Age thinking. But deep down, there’s a view that humans shouldn’t be tampering with the natural world.”

Taken from:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/20/science/20tier.html

Although the article is not about environmentalism, the statement above makes (in my opinion) a good description of their belief system. For many far-left environmentalists, it's not just about developing a sustainable economy so that we're not dependent on non-renewable resources. They seem to want no human modification of the environment, which is fundamentally at odds with any measure of prosperity above what animals are capable of. Given this belief system, would it have been best if humans had never existed?

Welcome Family!

Welcome all you Fullmers out there! This blog has been set up to notify family members of exciting things that are happening in the Fullmer family. We'll post updates on the latest things that are going on in our lives, as well as discussion and debate.

I hope that it will be fun!