THE BIG PICTURE: Everything Under & Around the Sun

Too Much Freedom?
Only government can make a problem like this spread throughout the financial system; not a few greedy robber barons being allowed too much economic freedom as our erstwhile public servants charged with watching them are being constrained by corporate lackeys in the Republican Party.

Labor Shortage?
Here in the DC area, Prince William County VA has been getting tougher on illegals. So the local news station aired a story about how much this is increasing the costs of law enforcement. They neglected to mention how 20% of the people in PWC’s jails are illegals.
The other day, I heard National Public Radio air a story on how the illegal crackdown is creating a labor shortage in the DC area.
Umm...no. It is creating a cheap labor shortage. I’m quite sure you will find plenty of Americans to do these jobs that they supposedly don’t want to do if you PAID THEM ENOUGH!

Islam awaits Reformation
Eventually our forebears realized that as finite beings we cannot presume to speak or act on behalf of the Almighty. Indeed, we came to understand that to do so is blasphemy. Thus we removed the ability of those in positions of authority to impose the interpretation of Divine Will upon others using the coercive power of the State.
But that’s the thing; there has been no similar Reformation of Islam. They kill and maim in the name of God. They proclaim what is essentially an expansionist political ideology to be sanctioned by God and those who oppose them are by definition opposing God.