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checked out that site. cool animation. nice presentation, pretty easy to digest. I dig the basic political . . .
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ideas-groupDecisionMaking-grabBagOfGovmtReformIdeas
== Grab bag of ideas to reform government == Slides for a talk that roughly corresponds to this page . . .
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notes-groupDecisionMaking-grabBagOfGovmtReformIdeas
== Grab bag of ideas to reform government == Slides for a talk that roughly corresponds to this page . . .
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opinions
* [Self:opinions-philosophy philosophy] * [Self:opinions-essays essays] * [Self:opinions-humanity humanity] . . .
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opinions--index
* [Self:opinions-philosophy philosophy] * [Self:opinions-essays essays] * [Self:opinions-humanity humanity] . . .
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opinions-oldindex
This section contains my opinions on things. Other sections with different sorts of opinions in them . . .
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opinions-political
* [Self:opinions-political-dns dns] * [Self:opinions-political-increaseCapitalRequirements increaseCapitalRequirements] . . .
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opinions-political--index
* [Self:opinions-political-dns dns] * [Self:opinions-political-increaseCapitalRequirements increaseCapitalRequirements] . . .
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opinions-political-BayleShanksVotes
= General election Nov 7, 2006 = Just a comment to start things off: * '''I hate bonds''' * '''I hate . . .
17K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:00 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-BayleShanksVotesOld
Here you can see who I voted for in past elections. ---- = Nov 2, 2004 election = == U.S. President: . . .
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opinions-political-IP
just read another article extolling the value of universities licensing their intellectual property . . .
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opinions-political-MS
Microsoft Flouting DOJ Settlement? [ Microsoft ] Posted by michael on Friday June 13, @09:54AM from . . .
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opinions-political-RFID
main version of RFID --- Congress should require that consumers be notified about products with embedded . . .
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opinions-political-agriculturalSubsidies
agricultural subsidies are not just a waste of money but they hurt the poor more than they help our farmers. . . .
1K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:43 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-agriculture
agricultural subsidies are not just a waste of money but they hurt the poor more than they help our farmers. . . .
1K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-arms
In general, i think it's outrageous that the U.S. is the major arms exporter. == Relevant data == ---- . . .
1K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:39 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-badPatentList
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20030208745.html http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f=G&d=PALL&s1=6963848.WKU.&OS=PN/6963848&RS=PN/6963848 . . .
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opinions-political-budget
http://www.truemajority.org/oreos/ . . .
1K - last updated 2006-03-06 22:59 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-bush
yet another example of Bush' team selling too much of our country to large corporate interests: http://pigdog.org/auto/digital_gar_gar_gar/link/2781.html . . .
9K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:40 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-candidates
Here's my problem with Bustamante. Here was his submitted statement to the Voter's Guide for the last . . .
3K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:18 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-centralBank
here is my programme for the reorganization of the Fed: 1. Remove discretion in setting rates. Use a . . .
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opinions-political-children
== on school == * http://www.aeonmagazine.com/being-human/children-today-are-suffering-a-severe-deficit-of-play/ . . .
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opinions-political-civilRights
I think it's pathetic that we call ourselves a beacon of freedom and law while perpetrating these (unlawful) . . .
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opinions-political-cognitionEnhancingDrugs
There are now a few mildly but indisputably cognition-enhancing prescription drugs on the market (this . . .
5K - last updated 2009-05-04 02:08 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-columbus
please see http://web.mit.edu/thistle/www/v9/9.11/1columbus.html . . .
1K - last updated 2006-12-04 05:01 UTC by user-10cmfug.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-corps
tax evasion article: http://pittsburghcitypaper.ws/archive.cfm?type=Potter&action=getComplete&ref=80 . . .
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opinions-political-debt
== data == * in 2003, the debt was about $7.5 trillion in 2003 dollars. now it is around $9 trillion . . .
4K - last updated 2007-10-23 07:27 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-deliberation
== On the low quality of political deliberation, and the reasons for it == Please see this excellent . . .
2K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:04 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-democraticCentralism
One thing that a lot of organizations do is require their members to publically agree with them after . . .
2K - last updated 2010-08-05 00:18 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-dns
oct 27 2005: here's some more background on this. my summary of the background (I'm not totally sure . . .
3K - last updated 2005-10-30 21:09 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-doIWantToChangeOurPoliticalSystem
I think the current system has shortcomings and is not the best but i dont like most radical alternative . . .
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opinions-political-dontTrustGovernments
note that Blair didn't deny the charges and, lower down in the article, is something old that I missed: . . .
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opinions-political-drinkingAge
I think the drinking age in the U.S. should be lowered to 18. My reasoning is broadly similar to my reasoning . . .
1K - last updated 2009-05-01 08:05 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-drugs
Here are three arguments in favor of the legalization of drugs. # Individual liberty demands that drugs . . .
3K - last updated 2009-05-04 02:09 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-environment
btw i'm generally very in favor of "pro-environmental" policies, but I thought this speech was good: . . .
1K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:04 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-evote
here's a nytimes article on electronic voting: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/circuits/15vote.html . . .
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opinions-political-finance
== How finance serves society == Many people seem to think that finance is merely some sort of legalized . . .
7K - last updated 2012-06-04 08:09 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-fireAlarmTesting
In our apartment building, the fire alarms go off every now and then, due to some neighbor's cooking. . . .
3K - last updated 2009-05-20 22:37 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-flexibility
todo. this page is just notes and won't make any sense until i rewrite it. egalitarianism: resist concentrations . . .
1K - last updated 2009-12-14 00:07 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-geneticCrops
http://nytimes.com/2003/01/09/business/09CND_FOOD.html i just mentioned this to present a critical fact . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-incomeInequality
this pretty much sums it up: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/opinion/18kristof.html . . .
1K - last updated 2010-11-23 22:38 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-increaseCapitalRequirements
Rather than have government try to micromanage specific types of risky transactions of large financial . . .
1K - last updated 2010-08-02 07:53 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-inequality
income, wealth inequality: However, this figure is deceiving in isolation because the top 1% of taxpayers . . .
1K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:18 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-iranOct7
I recently participated in a discussion with some friends of mine in which it was suggested that the . . .
7K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-israel
to: president@whitehouse.gov,vice-president@whitehouse.gov, secretary@state.gov, Rep. Eshoo, Sen. Boxer, . . .
1K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-livingWageHandout
Should people be given a "living wage" stipend just for existing, so that they can survive almost comfortably . . .
2K - last updated 2010-03-10 00:40 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-majorityRuleIsNotUniquelyNatural
Sometimes you hear the implicit assumption that a 50%-threshold-first-past-the-post vote decision-making . . .
2K - last updated 2006-03-06 23:00 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-marcuseRepressiveTolerance
http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/60spubs/65repressivetolerance.htm I disagree. Marcuse argues that, . . .
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opinions-political-massLettersMailing
Hi, I was recently contacted to send an email through your site about the western arctic. I was about . . .
2K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:42 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-mediaConsolidation
In brief, I believe that media diversity is a crucial requirement for a free and democratic society. . . .
5K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:40 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-mediaDiversity
In brief, I believe that media diversity is a crucial requirement for a free and democratic society. . . .
1K - last updated 2005-09-30 08:13 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-medicine
== Pelvic exams on anesthetized women == Did you know that as of 2013, many teaching hospital allow . . .
2K - last updated 2013-09-12 09:09 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-metaIssuesAreMostImportant
Systemic/procedural meta-issues are the most important political isssues. The payoff for having a better . . .
1K - last updated 2010-12-08 18:21 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-minimalLaw
The thesis that law (taken here to mean binding rules of any social organization) should be as small . . .
3K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-monopolies
In brief, I believe that the theorems that show that the "invisible hand" of capitalism efficiently distributes . . .
1K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:43 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-myPlanToRegulateBanks
# To Big To Fail Banks should be broken up. There should be a size limit for banks. There should be many . . .
2K - last updated 2011-11-05 23:00 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-nationBuilding
The United States should pursue the following policy if it ever enters into a situation where it feels . . .
2K - last updated 2010-11-23 22:37 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-nuclearWeapons
i am against nuclear weapons. ---- here are two guys that saved the world. thanks, guys. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov . . .
25K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-oldindex
This section contains my opinions on political issues. Sections and pages are generally listed in order . . .
6K - last updated 2008-11-26 12:02 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-oliveOil
Here's some evidence for the libertarians: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/23/eu-olive-oil-idUSL6N0E41VO20130523 . . .
1K - last updated 2013-05-24 09:42 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-patents
http://www.slate.com/id/2135559/?nav=tap3#ContinueArticle ---- == In response to [http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5014990 . . .
6K - last updated 2006-03-06 22:59 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-people
To sum up my opinion of humanity: __Humans are bumblers.__ (and not just other humans, but me and you, . . .
7K - last updated 2010-03-10 00:40 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-policyForDiversePersonalityTypes
if you are thinking about how some aspect the world should work, one difficulty is that there are different . . .
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opinions-political-political
The legal system is intended to be a deterrent and a dispute resolution system of last resort, not a . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:18 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-powerLawTaxation
the idea of tax brackets is fundamentally flawed, since to deal with the mega-rich we'd have to have . . .
2K - last updated 2010-11-23 22:38 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-privacy
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/6211959.htm WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is developing an urban surveillance . . .
19K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:18 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-roleOfScience
Crichton's essay here is pretty good. I agree with some but not all of it: http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html . . .
6K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:04 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-scientificAdvisoryPanels
Some good recommendations here: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/library/report/science-policy-project-final-report . . .
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opinions-political-simplicity
(I had asked a friend about simplfiying the tax code, they referred me to a group called "empower america" . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-supremeCourt
Although I'm generally in favor of more direct democracy, I must admit that there's something useful . . .
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opinions-political-taxes
I'm in favor of lower taxes (although I think we should lower taxes for the poor first). There are many . . .
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opinions-political-terrorism
Man Awaiting Execution Asks Muslims Not to Avenge His Death on Civilians By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND, . . .
3K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:41 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-terrorism--index
* [Self:opinions-political-terrorism-transparency transparency] . . .
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opinions-political-terrorism-transparency
interesting that high officials in the current US government sponsored and trained terrorists, huh? . . .
2K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:43 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-terrorismTransparency
interesting that high officials in the current US government sponsored and trained terrorists, huh? . . .
2K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:43 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-theCaseAgainstWorldGovernment
Humanity has never been able to design a political system that doesn't carry a significant risk of degenerating . . .
1K - last updated 2011-12-28 18:53 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-theUseOfViolenceAgainstTheSystem
When is individual violence be used against a corrupt system? One thing that you often see is individuals . . .
4K - last updated 2007-07-25 02:01 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-time
* In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell, 1932: http://www.zpub.com/notes/idle.html ** makes the interesting . . .
1K - last updated 2013-10-17 09:23 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-tobesorted
The legal system is intended to be a deterrent and a dispute resolution system of last resort, not a . . .
2K - last updated 2005-11-06 21:41 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-torture
== What the United States does == http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/washington/05interrogate.html " . . .
1K - last updated 2007-10-23 07:27 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-transparency
interesting that high officials in the current US government sponsored and trained terrorists, huh? . . .
2K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-trialByJury
== Trial by jury, as practiced in the U.S. == Trial by jury, as practiced in the U.S., is fundamentally . . .
12K - last updated 2009-03-19 07:52 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-usVsThem
sometime i find political movements whose stances on issues i support, but which are based on a core . . .
2K - last updated 2012-09-19 06:51 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-votingMethods
The Center For Voting & Democracy http://www.fairvote.org/ John Cleese On Proportional Representation . . .
1K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-war
But basically, I think that when I look at wars of history, or the present-day wars of countries that . . .
10K - last updated 2004-11-21 15:19 UTC by user-10cm007.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-warCrimes
I think the sort of stuff that attacks civilian infrastructure should be considered against the rules . . .
2K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-warOnIraq
(note: this was written before the war) i'm against it in the present circumstances. Risk of harm to . . .
8K - last updated 2005-11-07 00:40 UTC by user-10cmeae.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica
* [Self:opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIOnOpenmindedness . . .
1K - last updated 2007-10-23 07:39 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica--index
* [Self:opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIOnOpenmindedness . . .
1K - last updated 2007-10-23 07:39 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapter8specifivDomesticPolicies
WRITTEN IN 2007 As I've said earlier, I believe that domestic policy is the job of Congress, not of the . . .
3K - last updated 2007-10-23 07:28 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIIIThePresidentsJob
= Chapter II: The President's Job = People often speak as if it is the President's job to decide what . . .
8K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:06 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIIOnCompromise
= Chapter II: On compromise = (todo) (todo: the wishes of all Americans, not just those who voted for . . .
1K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:06 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIOnOpenmindedness
= Chapter I: On openmindedness = Although I will take very specific stands in this book, I would reserve . . .
3K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-chapterIVThePresidentIsJustOnePerson
= Chapter IV: The President is just one person = A fundamental principal of America is that every man . . .
5K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:06 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-preface
= What I would do if I were the President of the United States of America = by Bayle Shanks == Preface . . .
3K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whatIWouldDoIfIWerePresidentOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica-todo
future chapters: foreign policy * humility * be loath to use force, or to engage -- it's bad for everyone . . .
1K - last updated 2006-12-04 05:00 UTC by user-10cmfug.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-whyFightingTerrorismInTheMiddleEastIsABadIdea
Email to the U.S. Department of Defence send aug 29 '06 in reply to a speech by the Secretary of Defence: . . .
2K - last updated 2006-10-17 11:05 UTC by user-10cmeet.cable.mindspring.com
opinions-political-willOfAGroupIsUndefined
people talk about "the will of the people" and say things like "the people have spoken". the will of . . .
1K - last updated 2008-11-26 10:52 UTC by BayleShanks
opinions-political-worldGovernment
A world government at first sounds like a good idea, but I think it is not. The problem is that humans . . .
1K - last updated 2009-07-01 00:11 UTC by BayleShanks
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