Re: [FRIAM] What you can do.

2010-05-15 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Sarbajit, The better your posts get, the more ambivalent I become about them. I am grateful for (and a tad shamed by) the extensive work you have put into the campaign financing decision. But I think giving corporations unlimited power to pour money into politics is dangerously close to

Re: [FRIAM] What you can do.

2010-05-15 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Russ, The thing I have never understood is why libertarians do not see corporations for what they are: HUGE governments. Is it really the case that you would rather get your news from Fox than from the BBC. It seems to me that the question about whether we are to be subject to government

Re: [FRIAM] What you can do.

2010-05-15 Thread Russell Gonnering
Nick-Why not have both Foxandthe BBC? Or more to the point, why not FoxandPBS?Fox is not like a government in the following ways: It can't tax me, it doesn't redistribute my wealth, it can't imprison me, it can't execute me or otherwise control me and I can turn them off. If they do not satisfy

[FRIAM] Add to the mix: Viktor Frankl video clip

2010-05-15 Thread Victoria Hughes
I found this worth watching: a 4:22 talk from 1972, from Frankl, whose vitality and conviction are inspirational. Viktor Frankl: Why to believe in others | Video on TED.com --- TORY HUGHES victo...@toryhughes.com Tory Hughes website Facebook|Tory Hughes Art

[FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Owen Densmore
Reading about national debt problems in Europe, I tried to see what it looks like here and in the rest of the world and found this: http://ww,w.visualeconomics.com/gdp-vs-national-debt-by-country/, Owen I am an iPad, resistance is futile!

Re: [FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Interesting, Owen. What do you make of this information? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] [Original

Re: [FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Russ Abbott
Corrected URL: http://www.visualeconomics.com/gdp-vs-national-debt-by-country -- Russ On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Interesting, Owen. What do you make of this information? N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of

Re: [FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Owen Densmore
Well, I was interested in the European situation, and seeing the US debt being similar to others was surprising .. I figured we'd be off the charts! And the news talking heads were talking about the UK debt being the first order of business for the new gvt, but their debt was quite low.

[FRIAM] WARNING: Political Argument in Progress

2010-05-15 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Russ, It is my deepest belief that if our country is to survived, people who disagree need to learn to argue with each other. You and I really disagree on this one, so on my account, we are obligated to argue. On the other hand, I DON'T believe that others should unwillingly be a party to

Re: [FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Russ Abbott
Of the industrialized nations, Japan is in worst shape according to this measure. But no one seems to be worrying too much about the Yen. It's still treated as a safe harbor. -- Russ A On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net wrote: Well, I was interested in the

Re: [FRIAM] WARNING: Political Argument in Progress

2010-05-15 Thread Russ Abbott
Let's be clear about which Russ you are talking to. This was Nick to Russ G. -- Russ A On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Nicholas Thompson nickthomp...@earthlink.net wrote: Russ, It is my deepest belief that if our country is to survived, people who disagree need to learn to argue with

Re: [FRIAM] GDP vs National Debt by Country |

2010-05-15 Thread Marcus Daniels
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