The Mad Sociologist Blog

  • Who's Deciding Where our $700 Billion is Going?

    The Treasury Department has created a committee to determine the direction more money than most countries have.  This is our money, the taxpayers, (actually, it’s our children’s and our grandchildren’s money as it was borrowed from the future).  It would be nice if this panel of assistants was a publicly transparent body, after all, it… Read more

  • Diplomat Wesleyian Church: Election Day: 6:45 am

    It’s encouraging to see such great voter turnout.  It’s certainly better to experience the inconvenience of an active democracy than the efficiency of voter apathy. Read more

  • Prediction for Tomorrow

    Here’s my prediction for tomorrow.  Obama will win the popular vote. McCain will win the election.  The Democrats will win veto override power in congress. I don’t know if this is a prediction or some sick wishfull thinking.  Not that I want to see a President McCain, but if the scenario above happens I think… Read more

  • Adam Smith? That Commie!

    What kind of a commie/leftwing/socialist/wackjob would make the following statement! “It is not unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, no only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.” It must be Barak Obama talking about spreading the wealth again.  Poor Joe the Plumber! Obviously this liberal… Read more

  • Spreading the Wealth Part II

    Oh no!  Let’s not talk about spreading the wealth!  That’s socialism.  We shouldn’t even consider the possibility of spreading the wealth. Commie! Of course, it’s only spreading the wealth if working folks benefit.  When it comes to the elite, however, it’s not spreading the wealth, it’s consolidating assets.  Why is it that it’s not considered… Read more

  • The REAL Economy!

    I can’t remember a time when a real debate about the state of the economy was offered.  I’ve come to realize that there are two economies in the United States.  I call these the Elite Economy and the Real Economy.  True, these economies are interdependent, but the Elite Economy is the default definition when pundits… Read more

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