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I just heard on the radio the old canard that there are jobs Americans won't do. Bullshit. I work at Los Angeles Jobs Corps which provides vocational training to low income individuals from 16 to 24 years old. The jobs are labor intensive: certified nursing assistant, auto mechanic, and home building to name but three. There are not only students to fill these classes but there are frequently waiting lists. Also, look at the military. There are no shortage of men and women joining the military and the military branches frequently ask their members to do dirty, unpopular and ugly tasks. If you want a culprit to point a finger at regarding jobs that are going unfilled look no further than the minimum wage. The minimum wage means that a company must hire experienced workers because they can't pay a training wage. If companies can't find experienced workers in America they have no other choice but to look overseas.

I am listening to redeye radio. The hosts are discussing an article they read on Facebook. In the article a woman describes her experiences picking up food stamps in a Mercedes Benz. The woman portrays herself as a victim and she praises the Democrats for their support of "safety nets". This is a classic case of a person who erroneously believes that the universe is malevolent and that failure is to be expected. She believes that diligence is therefore a waste of time.

I have heard several people say that Bill Ayers, the former member of The Weather Underground, is dangerous. Baloney. Mr. Ayers is bourgeois. He lives in a comfortable middle class suburb of Chicago right across the street from the president of the United States. He and his wife are school teachers. Stars and stripes forever! - You're welcome.

In Philosophy Now magazine I came across an article about ethics. It claimed that honesty cannot be absolute because of a thought experiment that goes like this: The SS comes to the door and inquiries about the Jews you are hiding in the attic. Should you be honest and turn over your fugitives? The author says no because, according to the author, one has a larger moral duty to humanity than to a moral code. The thought experiment is invalid for at least two reasons. One - the SS is dead and there are no Jews hiding in attics anymore and two - the SS was not in the habit of respecting property rights or being polite. If they wanted to know what was going on in a person's home they would kick in the door and search the house. The relevant thought experiment is gang territory. In a gang area (maybe Mafia) the gang has made it clear that anyone who cooperates with the authorities will be severely punished and maybe even killed. A crime has been committed in the territory and witnesse...