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Polarization Over Abortion Is Political Media Nonsense
August 04, 2022 16:30 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MBDO NOT get swept up into the money-chasing, "Simplify & Polarize" strategy of the politicians and political media. The fact is, 85% of America is in general agreement about what abortion policy should be. That's right, 85% agreement.
Episode 120 - (Don't Get) Framed By The Media
July 25, 2022 21:10 - 9 minutes - 10.7 MBPolitical polarization in America is a MYTH!!! Follow the money and it's easy to see how the media manipulates into believing this baloney.
The Scariest Echo Chamber On Earth
May 04, 2022 21:21 - 7 minutes - 8.03 MBLiving and/or working in an echo chamber is safe and comfortable, but unconscionably lazy and dumb. It is SO, so easy to intentionally - or accidentally - place oneself in an environment that constantly reinforces pre-existing beliefs and opinions, and at the same time prevents consideration of alternative ideas and perspectives. Listen up to understand just how scary an echo chamber can get...
Episode 118 - Best of Times Or Worst of Times?
July 31, 2020 06:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBIt's the BEST of times. Not even close. It's HUGELY better to be alive today than ever.
Episode 117 - Bullshidology 101
July 17, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBI just got an invitation to connect on LinkedIn from a guy whose profile headline is, “A preeminent expert in leadership development through inclusion.” Not just any expert, a preeminent expert! Are you as impressed by that as me?
Episode 116 - Ikigai ...or something like it
July 03, 2020 06:00 - 8 minutes - 8.09 MBSimple, profound and extremely helpful for career planning. Dive deeper and Ikigai becomes a set of guidelines for your whole life.
More Pandemic Perspective
June 08, 2020 22:30 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBAs we all slowly begin to emerge from our shelter in place lockdown we need to continue to examine and think about what happened, what we did in response to this pandemic and what we should do next.
Quic Thought 65 - I Trust My T Cells
May 29, 2020 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBAm I a crazy daredevil, or am I hopelessly risk averse? No offense, but I don’t give a damn what your answer to that question may be.
American Politics - Division By Design
May 22, 2020 06:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBTrump’s ability to be an effective President of the United States of America and Commander-In-Chief is incidental to the primary goal of the Dems & Republicans, which is to ensure the ongoing growth and financial health of the Political Industry.
Quick Thought 64 - Perspective
May 15, 2020 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.26 MBThis COVID crisis is serious, but... it's also merely the lastest catastrophe in a centuries-long chain of catastrophes. Everything will be fine.
A Capitalist’s Path to Community Service
May 08, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MBThe short answer to "What's a capitalist's path to community service?" Implement a Willful Impact Business Unit that makes a profit and climbs the Hierarchy of Community Service.
Quick Thought 63 - It's STILL Half-Full!
May 01, 2020 06:00 - 2 minutes - 2.11 MBSo the COVID crisis got you down? Consider this thought from M. Thomas Blalock, III... “Hate the pandemic. Love the opportunity.”
Episode 112 - Reopening the Economy vs. the Value of a Human Life
April 24, 2020 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBLike it or not you, me and everyone else we know is part and parcel of placing a dollars and cents value on a human life. Get your head around that!
Quick Thought 62 - Sunset the CARES Act
April 17, 2020 06:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBAll of it! It all needs to become null and void. The CARES Act got passed in a gigantic hurry. I’m OK with that. BUT... When the crisis is over, the CARES Act needs to end with it. If parts of it make sense, Congress can enact new legislation to reinstate those and only those parts.
Quick Thought 61 - The Constitution ...amazing!
April 03, 2020 06:00 - 2 minutes - 2.41 MBThe Constitution is an amazingly extraordinary document that captures amazingly extraordinary ideas and ideals.
Episode 110 - "Damn The Post Office" Revisited
March 27, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBSeems like I touched a few nerves with my “Whither the Post Office” episode a couple of weeks ago. Enough so that I feel compelled to respond to a few things that emerged as objections to my perspective.
What’s a libertarian to do? What’s an AMERICAN to do?
March 25, 2020 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBWith politicians and bureaucrats using crises to suck up more power for themselves, we Americans must insist upon and/or take it upon ourselves to accomplish 3 things: ALL “corona-legislation,” that is, bills passed to address this black-swan COVID-19 event, must have a 12 month sunset provision. Relax regulatory restrictions - temporarily - to facilitate development and deployment of products and services to address the pandemic and aid economic recovery. Unleash the entrepreneurs! Eac...
Quick Thought 60 - The Letter Sweater
March 20, 2020 06:00 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MBIt was obsolete and dopey. And I never did wear it. But I still knew where it was after the 4+ decades and 11 homes I’ve had since my collegiate days.
Episode 109 - The Agony of the Zero-Sum Game
March 13, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBA Zero-Sum game = Higher Costs = Lower Quality = Nothing Left to Invest in Innovation = No Progress. Seriously now, is that a good idea?
Quick Thought 59 - Perspective on Premature Pestilence Panic
March 06, 2020 07:00 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MBLet's keep things in perspective. We survived bubonic plague, SARS, HIV and all manner of other biological crises. Not that it isn't serious, but don't get crazy!
Whither The Post Office?
February 28, 2020 07:00 - 10 minutes - 9.75 MBI'm appalled that we allow our federal government to employ more than 600,000 people to expend 95% of their work effort to deliver trash to our homes; while annually burning 146 Million gallons of gas and cutting down 100 Million trees.
Quick Thought 58 - The Coach Airplane Seat
February 21, 2020 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.79 MBI might just draw the line, however with the Skyrider 2.0 standing airplane seat made by the Italian company Aviointeriors. A stand-up seat?
Quick Thought 57 - Political Correctness
February 07, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.6 MBPolitical Correctness is the modern-day incarnation of the Inquisition.
In Defense of Millennials
February 07, 2020 00:04 - 9 minutes - 8.74 MBPampered, self-absorbed, lazy, narcissistic, entitled, reality-TV-watching, participation trophy bearing, smartphone addicted, self-esteem obsessed ne'er do wells, still living in their parent’s basement and craving ever more respect from others that they never even came close to earning? Or those running the show?
Episode 106 - Higher Education Ain't What It Used To Be
January 31, 2020 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBNot to sound too harsh, but... a good 80-90% of those wallowing in unpayable student debt are suffering due self-inflicted wounds. For sure, there is no need for one more individual to get self-saddled with student debt. Alternatives abound.
Quick Thought 56 - Winning the War On Poverty
January 24, 2020 07:00 - 3 minutes - 3 MBIn the 50 years since 1970, the total number of people living in abject poverty decreased! The total number of the abjectly poor today is less than half what it was only 50 years ago! WOW!!!
Episode 105 - Public Servant My ...ummmmmm... Foot
January 17, 2020 07:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBCan you think of a politician who does things out of guilt, obligation, duty, or for a reward? Ummm... Wouldn't that be ALL of them?
Quick Thought 55 - The Wizard of US
January 10, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.84 MBThe Wizard of New Zealand is a real guy who has been in office and guiding that country’s political process since 1990...
Episode 104 - Healthcare & Crony Capitalism
January 03, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MBThe easiest, fastest and best strategy to reduce the insanely high cost of healthcare in the U.S. is to seek out, attack and eliminate crony capitalism. It's all really quite horrifying....
Quick Thought 54 - What The World Owes Us
December 27, 2019 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.61 MBThey say we’re entitled to health care. They say we’re entitled to a “living wage.” They say we’re entitled to a school or workplace that is free from words or actions we might find to be offensive or upsetting. etc., etc... I don't necessarily agree with the entire list...
Chicken Little & The Green New Deal
December 20, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBWe humans are getting more and more and more health, nutrition and life-improving stuff using less and less and less energy and earth’s natural resources. Seriously! We are!
Quick Thought 53 - Political Promises
December 13, 2019 07:30 - 1 minute - 1.63 MBPoliticians promise the moon. ...as long as you send more money...
Quick Thought 52 - Good Advice
November 29, 2019 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBI decided to figure out the single best piece of advice I’d ever gotten that: Applies to both business AND personal life Seems off-kilter at first, and... Is spot-on accurate
Episode 101 - Karl Marx & the NCAA
November 22, 2019 07:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBThanks for nothing, NCAA. Thanks for nothing, NCAA Conferences. Thanks for nothing, college presidents, administrators and coaches. Thanks for nothing, all you capitalists who tout capitalism up to the point where your own income might get negatively affected. You sleazy, shameless hypocrites!
Just Old Guys Playing Some Game
November 15, 2019 19:55 - 6 minutes - 5.83 MBSo if I don't care about golf, why on earth am I sitting here today, grinning about our recently completed Fall ‘19 golf trip and eagerly anticipating the kickoff of our 29th year with the Spring 2020 soiree?
Quick Thought 51 - Daylight Savings Time is D-U-M-B!!!
November 15, 2019 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.15 MBPink Floyd had it almost right... Leave the clocks alone!
Episode 100 - You Choose: Tolerate Poverty? or Escape Poverty?
November 08, 2019 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MBImagine the founder of a charitable organization firing an employee for helping a poor family. Sound crazy? Yes, but... Learn more about the fascinating story of the Family Independence Initiative.
Episode 99 - Lessons From Brexit
October 25, 2019 06:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MBThe citizens of the UK are saying, “Enough is enough!” with regard to centralization of political power. The European Union, created for an extremely good reason - preventing war among European countries - took on a life of its own and slowly but surely expanded its role, influence and power, and continues along the path to more and more detailed micro-management of everyone under its purview.
Quick Thought 49 - Learning
October 18, 2019 06:00 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MBAlways be alert for new things to learn, and always recognize that the education may come from an unexpected source.
Episode 98 - The Congress-Inflicted Student Loan Debacle
October 11, 2019 06:00 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBCongress served its own self-interest by passing at least 19 bills they proudly touted as “making higher education more affordable.” In fact what they did was subsidize the banking industry.
Quick Thought 48 - Genius vs. Stupidity
October 04, 2019 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.39 MBSeems like there is no end to the stupid things I see in the world around me...
Science vs. Religion
September 27, 2019 06:00 - 14 minutes - 13 MB"Science vs. Religion" is a dumb debate. Science and religion are two different and complementary ways to advance our understanding of the universe.
Quick Thought 47 - Who Is Indispensable? Anybody?
September 20, 2019 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.48 MB“The graveyards are filled with indispensable men.” Charles de Gaulle
Episode 96 - Just How Ridiculous Is Our Political Discourse?
September 13, 2019 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14 MBFor the sake of our children, grandchildren and all future Americans, we must all stand up to the political industry and loudly and repeatedly declare that I will NOT be made to look ridiculous!
Quick Thought 46 - Ignorance and Doubt???
September 06, 2019 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.38 MBMom never said it would be easy.
Episode 95 - That don’t make no sense! (...i.e., The American Political Duopoly)
August 30, 2019 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBWashington, DC is not broken. Washington, DC is delivering exactly what it is currently designed to deliver. it's all due to domination of the Political Industry by an unregulated, self-serving duopoly.
Quick Thought 45 - They Know...
August 23, 2019 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.86 MBSo this guy, literally the best in the world at his craft, knew in his heart that without continuing, daily, hard work, he could not maintain his level of performance.
10th Amendment Commission, Anyone???
August 16, 2019 06:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MBThe federal government is now VASTLY bigger and more powerful than any of the Founding Fathers intended or could have possibly imagined. And it’s still growing! This bothers me...
Quick Thought 44 - The Key Lime Pie Incident
August 09, 2019 06:00 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MBI just finished up the first cruise of my lifetime, an 11-day extravaganza from Anchorage to Vancouver on the Crystal Symphony. Customer service like I've never experienced before.