BY DIEGO LUCERO In today’s world, we have choices. We can choose which Supermarket we can shop, we can choose which car we drive, we can choose which restaurant we take our family to eat. We choose our careers, we choose our mates, and we choose our elected officials. We can choose right or wrong. We choose our faith. It …
Louis CK Tells It Like It Is!
A lot has been said about the hoplessness of our situation here. Our debt now exceeds double the world GDP, and we have these excessive wars acovering the globe. My hope is that we can eventually fix this nation, and once again have hope. All of my writings from here on out will reflect that as my new and …
SOPA Will Cripple The Internet: The Sad Story of Intellectual Property Lawsuits Against Veoh
I found this on the website Minglewing.com, which is founded by and run by the same man that started Veoh (Dmitry Shapiro). He tells a sad story about how intellectual property (via DMCA, the current intellectual property law) lawsuits from big corporations ruined his business, his life and his resolve. He then gives his opinion about the bils called …
Why School Tuition Is So Expensive: A Lesson In Opportunity Cost
ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY DIEGO LUCERO It’s the beginning of the year again, and students are filling the halls of universities and colleges across the United States. Touted as essential to the “American Experience,” students are leaving their homes at the advisement of parents to pursue their educations. It can be said that in today’s world, there is almost nothing …
Why School Tuition Is So Expensive
BY DIEGO LUCERO It’s the beginning of the year again, and students are filling the halls of universities and colleges across the United States. Touted as essential to the “American Experience,” students are leaving their homes at the advisement of parents to pursue their educations. It can be said that in today’s world, there is almost nothing more desired–or even …
Success!! Congress Tables PIPA & SOPA For Now
I received this message in my email yesterday. Success! This message captures the excitement that results from a strong protest. We were heard, and at least for this issue, things are changing back to the people’s favor. Now if only we can do the same thing for the NDAA!! From Tiffiniy Cheng at Fight For The Future: Hi everyone! …
Edgar the Exploiter: Minimum Wage Argument
Do you remember the post that I had put up some months ago, in an attempt to explain my life philosophy and my position on Unions? Well, it turns out there is a better method of explaining how freed markets work, and why competition naturally leads to better and better conditions for employees over the course of time. I …
NDAA: Indefinite Detention of US Citizens is NOW LAW
“We are not a country that runs prisons that locks people away without ever telling them why they’re there or what they’re charged with.” ~Barack Obama, 2007 campaign trail. As we get further and further into the campaign season, it becomes more and more clear that most politicians are not really as interested in our personal individual welfare …
New Years Resolutions
I don’t normally do this, partly because I never really thought any sort of “resolve” that could result from a date on the calendar must be very weak indeed. However this time, I realize that I could definitely use a few changes in my life. Here’s my non-exhaustive list: 1. Blog at least once or twice a week. 2. Keep …