The Myth of American Meritocracy

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Monday August 23, 2010 · 2:50 PM PDT

2010/08/23 · 14:50

I will admit that I am a glutton for punishment. Whenever I have a radio nearby and I remember that Rush Limbaugh is on the air I have an uncontrollable urge to check in for 10 to 20 minutes and find out what he is ranting about. It almost always kicks up the ire in me and reminds me why I can’t get too complacent. It reminds me that there are people out there that believe this garbage and they will continue to believe it until they have an alternative point of view to put it against.

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Friday April 16, 2010 · 1:39 PM PDT

2010/04/16 · 13:39

I turned on the TV last week and I saw Sarah Palin sitting on the stage at a Tea Party Rally. I thought to myself – Is this going to make a difference? Then I began to listen to the anger and vitriol spouted on this stage. I couldn't understand the motivation. What was supposed to be the point? A couple of right wing extremists sitting on a stage with a bunch of people in the background. They were trying to have a coffee clutch in the middle of a crowd that didn't seem to know what was happening. At least, that's the way I saw it.

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Wednesday March 24, 2010 · 2:34 PM PDT

2010/03/24 · 14:34

Anger is in the air. Listen to right wing talk radio and it is as if we have been attacked. Read the conservative opinion pieces and we can learn that the world has changed for the worse. On Sunday night the vulgar language spewed out of the mouths of the minority in the sacred halls of congress. So, if conservatives have so much respect for tradition and the sanctity of the halls of history then why have they reacted as if the institution is crumbling before their very eyes? Why?

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Monday February 22, 2010 · 11:55 AM PST

2010/02/22 · 11:55

Faith vs. Reason is the basic cultural divide in the US today. This divide isn’t as clear-cut as one might guess at first glance. "Faith in science" and "reasoned theology" have both surfaced over time. Faith and reason are tools that people have used to forward their personal self interest over the years as well. The details of what one believes to be faith becomes murky as time separates the epiphany event from the eager student new to the faith. Similarly new students in science need to believe that the previous scientists have used the proper methods and reasoning as they learn the lore of science. No modern scientist can reproduce every experiment that has built the edifice of knowledge that has given us the shoulders of giants that we now stand on. So, when we stand back and look at the regular people who are neither experts in religion or science we should be able to empathize with their confusion as to which they should pledge their allegiance.

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 2:50 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 14:50

It drives me crazy every time I hear someone utter the factually incorrect statement that the US has the greatest healthcare in the world. I heard it again today on a radio talk show and the comment wasn’t even challenged. Of course this didn’t surprise me, because this assertion is never challenged.

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Friday November 14, 2008 · 11:15 AM PST

2008/11/14 · 11:15

One of the major assumptions that we have in a capitalist free market system is that people acting in their self-interest will react for the greater good of our society. This assumption is flawed in several ways.

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 12:05 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 12:05

One of the fundamental differences between eighteenth century European Law and American Law is the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. The Bush administration has fought continuously over the last seven years to erode this fundamental right.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 4:44 PM PDT

2008/10/10 · 16:44

When times get tough, the tough get going.

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Thursday October 02, 2008 · 4:32 PM PDT

2008/10/02 · 16:32

I have written about greed before, and I am sure that I’ll write about it again. In capitalism the central motivation is the magic belief in self-interest.

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 2:03 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 14:03

I don’t know if there really was a time when our government actually worked for us and not for the special interests. But, I do know that there were times when national security took precedence over those lobbyists that were putting all that money in our leader’s pockets. There always seemed to be an unwritten rule that congressmen would do what they wanted in an effort to allow the American people to get something out of the wheels of government. But, when it came to national security then the entire congress would make the effort to be cooperative and get something done in a positive way for the American people.

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 4:11 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 16:11

Since the nomination of Sarah Palin as the new standard barer of the Republican Party I have been struggling with a way to collect my thoughts and express them in a coherent way. I have been struck with many emotions and thoughts as the activities have played out over the last two weeks. Each time I considered writing something, but I couldn’t quite express the problem that my intuition told me was there.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 4:14 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 16:14

Most Americans hate hypocrisy. "Catcher in the Rye," struck a chord with Holden Caufield’s teenage discovery of the abundance of hypocrisy in everyday life. I have often wondered if the generic conservative’s objection to the novel lies more with this discovery than with the occasional use of profanity in the novel. Holden discovers that the world is not the way that conservative’s would like to present it.

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