The Alchemist

Why I believe in marriage equality or no marriage at all.

The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by the government. However, since then, the equal protection clause has been extended to prevent discriminatory action by the government against other races, as well as gender discrimination.

the fourteenth amended of the united states constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory behavior by the government. However, since then, the equal protection clause has been extended to prevent discriminatory action bay the government against other races, as well as gender discrimination.

It is well known among those who study schizophrenia that speech which does not reflect the true underlying reality produces the kinds of violent and crazy reactions displayed by the assassin of Tucsan. When we can no longer trust that the words our elected representatives, that our public servants, say are true and reflective of their beliefs, a deliberative and representative democracy can no longer function, and it will necessarily devolve into a system where might equals right and violence becomes a preferred means of political expression.

 It is accepted wisdom that an increasing marginal rate on income taxes
serve to balance inequality in our society, while also funding the
massive entitlement programs created at the federal and state levels.
 Indeed, the credo of so called progressives for solving the fiscal ills
of our public sector is to raise the marginal income tax rate, while
the credo of the republicans is to cut and borrow.  however, as has
become patently obvious to any objective observer, both parties
ideologies have driven the state and federal debt obligations to
unsustainable levels, without achieving any of the objectives of wealth
creation and social equity in a sustainable, non-redistributive manner.

There is a theory in economics known as the median voter theorem, attributed to Duncan Black in 1948. The theory has been used to justify the two party, winner take all system, mathematically by political economists, as the best possible system.   Its conclusions are that given his assumptions, a two politician model maximizes the likelihood of a policy outcome to be closest to the policy preference of the citizens, because a politician maximize his chances of winning by choosing the mean voters policy preference.

      The following is a story written by my fiancee, who has Tourrette's syndrome, regarding a personal experience at a Mental Institution.  In my eyes, this is the real reason why healthcare is so expensive.  Many primary care givers are resentful to have to give their care.  No matter how much their parent institution pays them.  The treatment of patients, and the arrogance of staff is common among the healthcare sector.  Just ask your first year intern.----------------------------------A Loss of Here 

Creating environmental protection trade barriers would likely result in a global catastrophe, a war bigger than World War I and World War II combined.  This is what most of us have been led to believe.  However a true examination of an energy and trade policy must break out the winners and losers within the domestic political arena.  By doing so, the rationale for a policy, conscious or otherwise, become more clear, allowing an independent legislator to make a better decision based upon facts.  Are not legislators, judges of the public interest, appointed by the people, who are sovereign?  Or is it a legislator's role to intervene as a sovereign himself?  An CO2 tariff would likely have a net positive benefit upon the economy of the United States, while also s

Turning and turning in the widening gyre    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;    Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;    The best lack all conviction, while the worst    Are full of passionate intensity.

“Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.”“Will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?”--Eleanor Roosevelt 

On Tuesday, September 11th, 2012, I will make the attacks of 2001 a political issue.  For almost 10 years, these attacks have been used by Republicans as a political issue, justifying everything from conspicuous consumption to the Two War Economy of stopping (inflaming) Global Terrorism. 

Western thought, from the sciences to the arts, have been based upon the rich mythology and history of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.  One which seems to guide the subconscious thought of many of our political and financial leaders is the myth of Saturn (Chronos).  Saturn, the Roman name for the Greek God Chronos, became the ruler of the deities after overthrowing his own father.  However, Saturn, like most power hungry individuals, quickly aged and forgot the crimes perpetrated by his own father --