Dead Aid and the Wonders of Technology and Liberty

If y'all are interested in why Africa is mired in poverty, this economist provides a great economic explanation for the poverty. While my interest in explaining Africa and exposing its greatness to others will focus on laws and politics, being able to understand economics (the study of the working of the means-ends principle in human affairs) only strengthens my understanding of the region and the wonderful people who inhabit it. Africans are truly the kindest, gentlest people on the entire planet.

In other news, this blog statement brought tears to my eyes. As the internet becomes available to more and more people, governments and the tyranny they represent will continue to struggle to be seen as legitimate. Without the internet and its ability to promote ideas unhindered by government censors and regulators, the people of the world would still have difficulties discovering why there is so much trouble in the world today. The revolution lives on. Don't Tread on Me!

My Ploppers Are Pure Chocolate

bob marley is one of my most important influences in life. his music really got me through a lot of pain and trials. you can always count on bob marley and the wailers to brighten up your mood, anytime, anywhere. his passion for confronting power through music never fails to send a gentle warmth through my body. bob marley lets me know that i'm not alone in confronting the world's problems. bob marley's music comforts the soul. i sometimes reminisce about the days i used to spend drinking away my problems. my family and friends couldn't help me the way bob did. he could sooth my haunted soul the way no one else at the time could.

i was so ecstatic when the tro-tros in ghana would blast (full-volume!) bob marley and the wailers music. his voice and his message truly transcend all humanity's petty social parameters. i wish my friend matt could hear his voice one more time. i wish he could've heard bob marley coax him in to forgetting his troubles and just dance. i wish matt could've heard bob marley sooth him into forgetting his sorrows and just dance. my dear friend matt raymond is a wonderful person. no, i take that back. he is beautiful. a beautiful individual with dreams and passions unmatched by any other living being on the planet. his love of the world is a lot like bob marley's, though his artistic expression is much different. bob marley's great talent to the world was his music. his soul was manifested into the human conscious through his melodious voice and steadfast message. my dear friend's great talent in life is much more simple: he is thoughtful. in all my years that i have known matt raymond, never have i ceased to be amazed at his ability to remember the needs and wants of those whom he cares about. whether it meant going the extra mile to pick up a friend without a ride or helping to put up christmas lights or clean the yard, matt raymond was thinking of others.



my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, old friend. may Christ, the savior of souls, comfort your faithful family. may He dwell within their broken hearts and strengthen their bonds of blood. I know He will show you mercy at the day of judgement, old friend. your heart is as pure as your head is murky. someday, old friend, we will see each other again. whether it be in this life or the next, i do not know. what i do know for sure is that bob marley and the great Redeemer will continue to comfort me in times of darkness.



what is death?

the shatterer of worlds?

the demon of truth?

the bearer of darkness?

loose change

i grabbed this off of the Young Americans for Liberty blog. check 'em out sometime.