Curt Doolittle

Form: Short Note

  • What Are The Differences Between The Political Parties In The Usa?

    They represent different sets of alliances.  Mostly those that want to expand the state and those who want to contract it.

    https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-differences-between-the-political-parties-in-the-USA

  • When Has A Fact, Any Fact, Caused You To Radically Change Your Politics?

    When I read Hayek, Schumpeter and Hoppe I became a libertarian.

    https://www.quora.com/unanswered/When-has-a-fact-any-fact-caused-you-to-radically-change-your-politics

  • 2012 U.s. Elections: Who Is Currently The Front Runner Of The United States Presidential Race?

    Go visit Intrade.com.  Monitor it there. It’s quite accurate. 

    The electorate is polarized with only about 12-15% of people uncommitted to one party or the other.  Elections are determined by these uncommitted people.  These uncommitted people tend to vote based upon what their friends tell them.  Many people do not vote policy they vote likability. Because it is easier to understand than policy is. Obama is still personally likable even if he is an unsuccessful president.  If the economy improves he will likely be reelected, and if it declines again, then not.  Key factors will be the price of oil and the conflict between Iran and Israel, and how well his opponent connects with voters after the convention. 

    If I had to bet money I would say that at present he will win by a very thin margin, if the issue with Iran does not peak, and if there are no surprises.

    https://www.quora.com/2012-U-S-Elections-Who-is-currently-the-front-runner-of-the-United-States-presidential-race

  • would like to see a similar chart containing the social class of the protagonist

    http://io9.com/5911520/a-chart-that-reveals-how-science-fiction-futures-changed-over-timeI would like to see a similar chart containing the social class of the protagonists (Futurama:lower, Gibson: lower middle, Star Trek: Middle, Asimov: upper middle, Herbert’s Dune: Upper.) Because I think that would tell us just as much about class changes as it does about the presence of technological change.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-19 16:59:00 UTC

  • LAWSUITS AS ENTERTAINMENT I’m writing a pleading. I actually like writing them.

    LAWSUITS AS ENTERTAINMENT

    I’m writing a pleading. I actually like writing them. It’s like philosophy except that the law is even more criminal in itself than the things we adjudicate with it.

    What is so painfully obvious to the libertarian, is the need to compensate for the pervasive ignorance of the state, its total abandonment of property rights, and the emphasis on protecting the presumption of competence of the court rather than the property rights of the individuals at hand.

    Compared to philosophy it’s like slumming for beers in the cheap bars in college.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-17 18:22:00 UTC

  • Libertarianism and Marxism They are both philosophically rigorous. libertarianis

    Libertarianism and Marxism

    They are both philosophically rigorous.

    libertarianism wins on everything except the satisfaction of our psyches.

    Liberalism and conservatism have no such rigor. Conservatism is historical. Liberalism is emotional. Rawls creates a system of justice that assumes away scarcity. Hayek places limits that progressives cannot bear to face.

    But its exasperating that we are able to argue rationally with Marxists despite the gravity of their failure. But cannot convert conservatives. And cannot even have rational conversations of any sort with liberals.

    The only way to solve this problem is empirically and we cannot do that with the data we have today. The best we can do is prove the other side is even more ignorant than we are. And is therefore exposing us to risk by preventing us from reducing our risk, while greatly expanding it.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-17 17:32:00 UTC

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    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-14 18:52:00 UTC

  • THE BEST PLACE YOU EVER WORKED? I was reminded buy someone today that some peopl

    THE BEST PLACE YOU EVER WORKED?

    I was reminded buy someone today that some people remember the best place they ever worked. And I made one of those places. It was an experiment. An attempt to create something very special. I did it carefully and artfully. Inclusively. And I could do it again, with ease. Even in this economy. It’s a craft and a skill. Sure. It’s psychological but it’s not mechanical, it’s spiritual.

    If my health keeps up, I might do it again, just to show that I can draw the perfect circle.

    But I also learned something else: a) if you’re being undermined from the inside kill it quickly. b) heroism is overrated. Heroes die.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-11 17:48:00 UTC

  • GOD LOVES ME TODAY I have been stressing because I haven’t been able to find the

    GOD LOVES ME TODAY

    I have been stressing because I haven’t been able to find the title for the Car. But I went to the storage shed, opened the first box, and the paperwork was sitting right there on top. So I can sell the car now. One thing off my plate.

    Now the bad thing: one of my pistols is missing from the storage place. That makes me very, very nervous. I hope I’m wrong. But I don’t think so. I have a pretty good memory.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 21:49:00 UTC

  • FEET TOO? Ok, so my expensive Italian loafers fit perfectly. I didn’t realize my

    FEET TOO?

    Ok, so my expensive Italian loafers fit perfectly. I didn’t realize my feet would shrink, but I bet it’s from lack of inflammation as much as loss of weight.

    Source date (UTC): 2012-05-09 19:48:00 UTC