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		<title>Pascal and the Odds of Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remove the fear of death and punishment, and are you left with any belief? The philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal explained the odds of a wager for faith. You have two choices in faith: believe or disbelieve. And there are two outcomes: Either God exists, or He doesn&#8217;t. The gamble is obvious: If you believe, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=71</link>
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		<title>What we once knew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a rabbinic legend, the soul knows the entire Torah before it comes into the world. &#8220;As soon as it comes into the world, an angel arrives and slaps it on its mouth and causes it to forget the whole of the Torah.&#8221; The angel strikes the embryo on the philtrum, the dimple on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=31</link>
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		<title>Waters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By the receding of waters was the Earth made. By the receding of the upper waters was the Heaven made. By the receding of God was existence made.]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=30</link>
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		<title>Chaos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chaos is order so complex that it cannot be grasped or understood. It appears as disorder because our finite minds cannot see far enough to view it all.]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=29</link>
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		<title>The SEC wouldn&#8217;t allow Obama&#8217;s claims.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From:  Chicago Tea Party: CNBC’s Rick Santelli Defends the Common Man This is the big question on everyone’s mind now: “Will the second stimulus package work?” It would be very easy to say: “I hope so.” Obama’s claim that it “will create 3 million jobs” could never be claimed in a financial setting. The SEC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=25</link>
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		<title>The Wonderful Magic Money Machine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Bloomberg.com there is enough money in the bailout, bank guarantees, and stimulus packages to pay off 90% of the nation&#8217;s mortgages. It is enough money to send a $1,430 check to  every man, woman, and child in existence. President Obama spoke last week regarding the opposition to his plan.  He explained, &#8220;So then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Eminent&#8221; Domain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the city of New London, Connecticut could declare Eminent Domain over private property for any darn reason they choose.  They evicted Suzette Kelo and fourteen other neighbors who liked where they were living, thank you, and didn&#8217;t desire to move from their waterfront Victorian homes.  The city demolished [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=15</link>
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		<title>What do we want? Teachers who are competent!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many problems with this story. While driving home from work today, I had my radio on our local NPR station to hear about the plight of L.A. Teachers who are facing &#8220;budget cuts.&#8221;  (I put that in quotes for a reason.) After that story, I could not tell you what else was on the radio.  I was too obsessed with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=12</link>
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		<title>Speed Racer demonstrates capitalism at its finest.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***SPOILER ALERT***  While I don&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m giving any secrets away, use your discretion if you don&#8217;t want to know any plot details. An article by Jeffery Tucker on Mises Economic Blog asks the question, Is Speed Racer Anti-Capitalist? The conclusion there is that any anti-capitalist rhetoric was weak and ineffectual, if intended.  Instead, Tucker writes, &#8220;if you consider the core institutions of capitalism [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=11</link>
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		<title>Tyranny on a small scale is still tyranny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When restaurant owner Danny Falcone wanted to put up an awning with the colors of the Italian flag, the Edmond Planning Commission voted against it. The city council then voted against it. They didn&#8217;t object to the awning itself. They objected to the colors. The awning at Falcone&#8217;s is now a single shade of red. Below it, the lower-quarter of his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://selfishreasons.com/?p=10</link>
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