DMac
20th September 2011, 08:36 AM
I came across this guy while looking at a follow up video about welfare from VX1's thread on EBT rap: Finally finished the ultimate music video on freedumb! (http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?54288-Finally-finished-the-ultimate-music-video-on-freedumb!)
This is an interesting fellow. Besides have a sound debate with a Secretary of Welfare back in 1980 (clip included in above linked thread), I found an archive of his articles here:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell1.asp
(being in jworld review made me a bit nervous ;), tread lightly over there)
He's spot on in a lot of areas, IMO. Some sample quotes:
Gun Control Laws (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell062910.php3)
As for the merits or demerits of gun control laws themselves, a vast amount of evidence, both from the United States and from other countries, shows that keeping guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens does not keep guns out of the hands of criminals. It is not uncommon for a tightening of gun control laws to be followed by an increase-- not a decrease-- in gun crimes, including murder.
Conversely, there have been places and times where an increase in gun ownership has been followed by a reduction in crimes in general and murder in particular.
Unfortunately, the media intelligentsia tend to favor gun control laws, so a lot of hard facts about the futility, or the counterproductive consequences of such laws, never reach the public through the media.
We hear a lot about countries with stronger gun control laws than the United States that have lower murder rates. But we very seldom hear about countries with stronger gun control laws than the United States that have higher murder rates, such as Russia and Brazil.
Random Thoughts (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell080911.php3)
I have never believed for a moment that Barack Obama has the best interests of the United States at heart.
‘Enough Money’ (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell051810.php3)
Politicians with the power to determine each citizen's income are no longer public servants. They are public masters.
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting your own rights in jeopardy -- quite aside from undermining any moral basis for respecting anybody's rights. You are opening the floodgates to arbitrary power. And once you open the floodgates, you can't tell the water where to go.
Sowell is very critical of Obama:
"This is a man who has actually accomplished nothing, other than advancing his career through rhetoric."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt_q4FA9kUQ&NR=1
Damn, I keep reading and listening in and I see where I split from him. Smart guy but I think he gets it wrong on Israel and Iran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqnNO0tFEVM
This is an interesting fellow. Besides have a sound debate with a Secretary of Welfare back in 1980 (clip included in above linked thread), I found an archive of his articles here:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell1.asp
(being in jworld review made me a bit nervous ;), tread lightly over there)
He's spot on in a lot of areas, IMO. Some sample quotes:
Gun Control Laws (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell062910.php3)
As for the merits or demerits of gun control laws themselves, a vast amount of evidence, both from the United States and from other countries, shows that keeping guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens does not keep guns out of the hands of criminals. It is not uncommon for a tightening of gun control laws to be followed by an increase-- not a decrease-- in gun crimes, including murder.
Conversely, there have been places and times where an increase in gun ownership has been followed by a reduction in crimes in general and murder in particular.
Unfortunately, the media intelligentsia tend to favor gun control laws, so a lot of hard facts about the futility, or the counterproductive consequences of such laws, never reach the public through the media.
We hear a lot about countries with stronger gun control laws than the United States that have lower murder rates. But we very seldom hear about countries with stronger gun control laws than the United States that have higher murder rates, such as Russia and Brazil.
Random Thoughts (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell080911.php3)
I have never believed for a moment that Barack Obama has the best interests of the United States at heart.
‘Enough Money’ (http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell051810.php3)
Politicians with the power to determine each citizen's income are no longer public servants. They are public masters.
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting your own rights in jeopardy -- quite aside from undermining any moral basis for respecting anybody's rights. You are opening the floodgates to arbitrary power. And once you open the floodgates, you can't tell the water where to go.
Sowell is very critical of Obama:
"This is a man who has actually accomplished nothing, other than advancing his career through rhetoric."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt_q4FA9kUQ&NR=1
Damn, I keep reading and listening in and I see where I split from him. Smart guy but I think he gets it wrong on Israel and Iran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqnNO0tFEVM