<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364</id><updated>2011-07-08T07:02:02.051-04:00</updated><category term='canadiansforliberty'/><category term='software'/><category term='retroactive'/><title type='text'>Beta Bytes</title><subtitle type='html'>because it matters</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-7908247773837936009</id><published>2010-09-14T19:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T19:39:00.178-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The "right to complain"-ers strike again</title><summary type='text'>Municipal elections have hit the radar of media across Ontario.  In the US they are preparing for mid-term elections.  Both of these election cycles are notorious for their low voter turn out.
Cue the Civics glee club: "if you don't vote, you don't have a right to complain!"
That just doesn't make any sense.
If you vote, you either voted for the person who won, and is doing a terrible job ... so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/7908247773837936009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=7908247773837936009' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7908247773837936009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7908247773837936009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2010/09/right-to-complain-ers-strike-again.html' title='The &quot;right to complain&quot;-ers strike again'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1306696452296195395</id><published>2010-03-17T14:55:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T22:03:10.081-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And Now for Something Completely Different</title><summary type='text'>Baseball.

[Updated]

There has been a bit of news recently about MLB relalignment, and even from the commissioner, some kind of "floating" realignment.

Floating realignment basically boils down to two teams can agree to switch divisions for a year.  The most likely case would be a team rebuilding in the AL Central switching with one of the 3 also-rans (Orioles, Rays, Blue Jays) in the AL East.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1306696452296195395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1306696452296195395' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1306696452296195395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1306696452296195395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-now-for-something-completely.html' title='And Now for Something Completely Different'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1048449956025941919</id><published>2009-09-14T09:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T09:59:22.050-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='software'/><title type='text'>The Problem with Design and Implementation</title><summary type='text'>I posted this to an Agile forum last week ... I think it is worth sharing with a broader audience too.Here is an interesting article:http://www.osnews.com/story/22135/The_Problem_with_Design_and_ImplementationI especially like this point:... ALL of software is design. 100% of software is design from the high level architect-like design to the low-level design of a for-loop. The implementers of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1048449956025941919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1048449956025941919' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1048449956025941919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1048449956025941919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/09/problem-with-design-and-implementation.html' title='The Problem with Design and Implementation'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3184173648495558289</id><published>2009-07-29T07:43:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T11:52:19.979-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Name in lights</title><summary type='text'>After reading William Grigg's post on LRC: More Federal Police State “Stimulus”I made this comment:When I hit "portable electro-shock torture devices, also known as Tasers" it occured to me that this could be shortened to PEST devices.  Not only does the new name (portable electro-shock torture devices) adhere to any and all "truth in advertising" regulations, it reminds police who they can use </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3184173648495558289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3184173648495558289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3184173648495558289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3184173648495558289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/name-in-lights.html' title='Name in lights'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3887106483369035440</id><published>2009-07-28T18:45:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:48:28.149-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Done is done</title><summary type='text'>Well, so that's all I've written in the last 6 months ... not very prolific.I still need to make a follow up about private schools; I had a lot of feedback on that one and need to address those comments.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3887106483369035440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3887106483369035440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3887106483369035440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3887106483369035440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/done-is-done.html' title='Done is done'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-7720245204186879371</id><published>2009-07-28T18:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:45:04.085-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Private ownership results in better management</title><summary type='text'>(originally posted July 27, 2009)Walter Block, who had previously discussed private roads in Saskatchewan, has set his eye on Canada once again.This time, he's writing in response to misinformation published by Rafe Mair about private rivers, and private natural resources in general. Professor Block's logical discourse of private rivers is excellent, his third and fourth points are particularly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/7720245204186879371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=7720245204186879371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7720245204186879371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7720245204186879371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/private-ownership-results-in-better.html' title='Private ownership results in better management'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6028437086771043709</id><published>2009-07-28T18:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:42:38.356-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Wishlist: no more public schools</title><summary type='text'>(originally posted June 23, 2009)Reaction to Bill 47 has been pretty apathetic.  Most commentary has focused on how the current bill "lacks balance", and how tricky it is to "strike the right chord" when "public safety" and individual rights are "at odds". If it weren't, as J.L. Bryan points out in his excellent essay, if it weren't for public schools, adults would not fall for this false </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6028437086771043709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6028437086771043709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6028437086771043709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6028437086771043709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/wishlist-no-more-public-schools.html' title='Wishlist: no more public schools'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-4288604327057740804</id><published>2009-07-28T18:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:41:45.348-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Socialist, National Socialist</title><summary type='text'>(originally posted June 18, 2009)During last year's election I commented on the Socialist credentials of all the parties.  Indeed the only substantive difference seemed to be that one wanted to break up the country, on purpose. Of course, in order to save our economy from problems caused by the distortions of fiat money and fractional reserve banking (the favourite twins of big government), our "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/4288604327057740804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=4288604327057740804' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4288604327057740804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4288604327057740804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/socialist-national-socialist.html' title='Socialist, National Socialist'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-301869418119885459</id><published>2009-07-28T18:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:40:21.809-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Always work</title><summary type='text'>(originally posted May 27, 2009)With the current state of financial markets, some people are wondering whether they'll ever retire.With the current state of the economy, others are wishing "retirement" hadn't been thrust upon them. Over 12 years ago William Diehl exclaimed that he'd never retire because that would make him a shell of himself.  Diehl reminds us that our vocation is an essential </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/301869418119885459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=301869418119885459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/301869418119885459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/301869418119885459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/always-work.html' title='Always work'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1066972003862745323</id><published>2009-07-28T18:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:39:39.356-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Free roads in Saskatchewan?</title><summary type='text'>(originally posted May 22, 2009)Not free as in beer (gratis), but free as in liberty (libre). Check out this except from Walter Block's latest book The Privatization of Roads &amp; Highways. I wonder what kind of response those tax revolting, the revolt certainly hasn't got much news coverage - and no wonder!, those tax revolting Saskatchewan farmers have given this idea?  If anyone knows more, I'd </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1066972003862745323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1066972003862745323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1066972003862745323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1066972003862745323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-roads-in-saskatchewan.html' title='Free roads in Saskatchewan?'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-884937755858258788</id><published>2009-07-28T18:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:38:37.482-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Swine flu: Get a clue!</title><summary type='text'>(originally published May 1, 2009)Someone is talking sense about swine flu ... can you guess who?It's not the WHO! OK, sorry for that.  Its Dr. (yes he's a real MD) Ron Paul.Someday I hope to find a Canadian Leader with half as much sense as Dr. Paul.  Until then, thank God there's Ron Paul!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/884937755858258788/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=884937755858258788' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/884937755858258788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/884937755858258788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/swine-flu-get-clue.html' title='Swine flu: Get a clue!'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3323156019557147169</id><published>2009-07-28T18:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:35:51.195-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>A tangible threat from global warming</title><summary type='text'>(originally published February 10, 2009)While the media loves to write headlines like this one from Time:"Why Global Warming May Be Fueling Australia's Fires"James Ostrowski gives us one of the simplest summaries for Global Warming Denial. Seriously, Global Warming Denial. The Time article works hard to reassure us that, yes, man-made Global Warming is making these recent fires worse than ever.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3323156019557147169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3323156019557147169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3323156019557147169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3323156019557147169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/tangible-threat-from-global-warming.html' title='A tangible threat from global warming'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-7758374968325068150</id><published>2009-07-28T18:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:34:57.728-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Cheerfulness in Defending Liberty</title><summary type='text'>(originally published February 3, 2009)John Hasnas has an interesting piece on what it feels like to be a Libertarian (someone who believes and promotes the cause of Liberty). I found the last paragraph especially relevant: If you’d like a taste of what it feels like to be a libertarian, try telling people that the incoming Obama Administration is advocating precisely those aspects of FDR’s New </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/7758374968325068150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=7758374968325068150' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7758374968325068150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7758374968325068150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/cheerfulness-in-defending-liberty.html' title='Cheerfulness in Defending Liberty'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-5028941282011346833</id><published>2009-07-28T18:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:33:54.255-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Golden Freedom</title><summary type='text'>(originally published February 2, 2009) If you ever wondered why gold is important, consider inflation (as nicely described a few days ago).  Basing a currency's value on gold (or another scarce asset) limits the government's ability to inflate.  This is the case for the simple reason that at anytime, anyone can trade in their paper money for gold, and that keeps the government (more) honest.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/5028941282011346833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=5028941282011346833' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/5028941282011346833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/5028941282011346833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/golden-freedom.html' title='Golden Freedom'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i39.tinypic.com/2m2hp91_th.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-8532254224135749721</id><published>2009-07-28T18:29:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:32:16.160-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retroactive'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='canadiansforliberty'/><title type='text'>Help Wanted: Defenders of Liberty Needed</title><summary type='text'>(originally published January 29, 2009)It is really exciting for me to start writing on this new site, Canadians for Liberty.  Over the last two years, largely spurred on by Ron Paul's Presidential campaign, our Southern neighbours have been getting exposure to the ideas and ideals of Liberty.  Unfortunately, as I wrote after the English language debate for our 2008 Federal election, and as has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/8532254224135749721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=8532254224135749721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8532254224135749721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8532254224135749721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/help-wanted-defenders-of-liberty-needed.html' title='Help Wanted: Defenders of Liberty Needed'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i42.tinypic.com/vostcj_th.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-159040965620263779</id><published>2009-07-28T18:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T18:29:13.889-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Incoming!</title><summary type='text'>I'm going to start cross-posting my Canadians for Liberty blog entries here.And I'm going to do it retroactively too.The reason?  Just for myself, I want simple access to my catalogue.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/159040965620263779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=159040965620263779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/159040965620263779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/159040965620263779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/07/incoming.html' title='Incoming!'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3721835179705931622</id><published>2009-01-30T10:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-30T10:01:06.747-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A new beginning</title><summary type='text'>Today is an exciting day: my first post is up on the new website Canadians for Liberty.I will be posting most of my blogs on that website with a focus on Liberty in Canada. Beta Bytes will stay around for historical reference, and as a place I can dump whatever comes to mind that doesn't really fit on the Canadians for Liberty page (as you might guess from the "Beta Bytes" name, I actually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3721835179705931622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3721835179705931622' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3721835179705931622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3721835179705931622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-beginning.html' title='A new beginning'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-2131351649555574640</id><published>2009-01-26T15:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T15:31:46.796-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Save us, O Holy State</title><summary type='text'>While the US is continuing to raid the businesses of those evil peddlers of medical marijuana (even under the Obamessiah), and spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year locking up dangerous marijuana users and entrepreneurs. Canada is raising the bar to protect citizens from a most dangerous substance: raw milk!The defendant, farmer Michael Schmidt, had this to say in his opening remarks (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/2131351649555574640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=2131351649555574640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2131351649555574640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2131351649555574640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/01/save-us-o-holy-state.html' title='Save us, O Holy State'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1559980405874984353</id><published>2009-01-14T10:27:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-14T11:11:51.432-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If you're determined to use nothing but the stick you're already holding ...</title><summary type='text'>... and all you have is a dead horse, what are you to do but keep beating it?So given the persistent problems with the economy (notice all the "weasel words" in Bernanke's appraisal of the effect of Obama's stimulus package), and our politicians' single-minded focus on stimulating the economy, is it a breath of fresh air to read Robert Murphy debunk the whole idea of there being "special" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1559980405874984353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1559980405874984353' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1559980405874984353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1559980405874984353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/01/if-youre-determined-to-use-nothing-but.html' title='If you&apos;re determined to use nothing but the stick you&apos;re already holding ...'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-4672405208154852919</id><published>2009-01-08T14:42:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T14:42:17.573-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Anyone want to hazard a guess on where this is going?</title><summary type='text'>Terrorists are using social networking sites! 										Remember what happened when we found out that terrorists used phones? In a few more years we might read news like this: This just in: Literacy enables terrorist to communicate more effectively.And in related news: Troops in Afghanistan will begin rooting out insurgent teachers who are instructing the next generation of terrorists the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/4672405208154852919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=4672405208154852919' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4672405208154852919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4672405208154852919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/01/anyone-want-to-hazard-guess-on-where.html' title='Anyone want to hazard a guess on where this is going?'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-8935925353147611612</id><published>2009-01-07T12:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T12:14:59.732-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Elementary, my dear Economist</title><summary type='text'>How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? -- Sherlock HolmesNot that Austrian economics ever sounded to improbable (critics always employed a degree of sophistication, I believe in an attempt to scare lay people away from the common sense ideas it presents), but I hope you can appreciate Juan Ramón Rallo </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/8935925353147611612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=8935925353147611612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8935925353147611612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8935925353147611612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2009/01/elementary-my-dear-economist.html' title='Elementary, my dear Economist'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1457789645303454436</id><published>2008-12-16T21:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T21:46:17.111-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If you didn't believe me ...</title><summary type='text'>... that Keynesian spending doesn't work, see what the Wall Street Journal has to say; maybe you'll believe them. This is what the new US Administration plans to do (on top of all the money that this Administration has already authorized, and the many more "billions and billions" that have been created through the Federal Reserve: The latest leak puts the "stimulus" at $1 trillion over a couple </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1457789645303454436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1457789645303454436' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1457789645303454436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1457789645303454436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/12/if-you-didnt-believe-me.html' title='If you didn&apos;t believe me ...'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6550145056824300950</id><published>2008-12-03T21:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T21:10:06.525-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a mess!</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes (OK, fairly often) I see so many things wrong with what's going on that I can hardly say anything due to an almost irresistible need to say everything right now!  NOW!!!OK, maybe now that I've said that first, I can at least cover off a few things. On the radio show The Current this morning, I heard Ed Broadbent claim that what "the coalition" is proposing is Keynesian Economics (true </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6550145056824300950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6550145056824300950' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6550145056824300950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6550145056824300950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-mess.html' title='What a mess!'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6193507274343061652</id><published>2008-12-01T13:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T13:15:48.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: The World we're in</title><summary type='text'>Thank you so much to Butler Shaffer for presenting the case for firearm ownership so well.Why don't we ever hear these arguments in our public debates?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6193507274343061652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6193507274343061652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6193507274343061652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6193507274343061652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/12/re-world-were-in.html' title='Re: The World we&apos;re in'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-9123768684614084887</id><published>2008-12-01T12:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T12:51:11.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't get no respect ...</title><summary type='text'>... quoth Rodney Dangerfield, and neither to Austrian Economists!I am glad Gary North put this article together about Academia's bias against Austrian Economics, since this was something I have been noticing (although mostly outside of the academic sphere), but I never would have presented it so well. It has been very frustrating, once I became aware of it, to see how limited all our public </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/9123768684614084887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=9123768684614084887' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/9123768684614084887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/9123768684614084887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-dont-get-no-respect.html' title='I don&apos;t get no respect ...'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-2537573269442342358</id><published>2008-11-28T13:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T13:31:28.298-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hope for fiscal restraint?</title><summary type='text'>For almost a day I've been hopeful that some real conservatives might be left in the Conservative government.  With the fiscal update the government was not introducing a stimulus package, and they were scrapping the reverse poll tax that forced tax payers to subsidize political parties. It looks like the proposal to stop taking money from Canadians to give to political parties has been abandoned</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/2537573269442342358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=2537573269442342358' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2537573269442342358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2537573269442342358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/hope-for-fiscal-restraint.html' title='Hope for fiscal restraint?'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3175448484175729288</id><published>2008-11-27T09:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-27T09:27:09.087-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The World we're in</title><summary type='text'>I have been listening to the reports of the attacks in Mumbai.  It would be quite frightening to be a civilian in Mumbai during this time.  (Just as it sounds frightening to work on a merchant ship traveling a route off the coast of Africa.) I both cases, I wonder if the "bad guys" would even have tried, given the limited weaponry they used, if they knew the civilians might be ready and able to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3175448484175729288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3175448484175729288' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3175448484175729288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3175448484175729288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/world-were-in.html' title='The World we&apos;re in'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-1728035517980144885</id><published>2008-11-17T08:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T08:26:15.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Media frustration</title><summary type='text'>I am getting really tired of what journalists are presenting as 'news' and 'reporting'.Critical thinking has just about disappeared.  Mostly, they just act as the conduit through which our glorious Leaders (with a capital 'L' just like in all fascist societies) tell us what to believe.Consider when France's president says "Laissez-Faire is finished."  You don't find too many in the media who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/1728035517980144885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=1728035517980144885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1728035517980144885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/1728035517980144885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/media-frustration.html' title='Media frustration'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6901557710686078108</id><published>2008-11-11T13:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-13T10:39:23.964-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Truly, lest we forget</title><summary type='text'>But it does seem that the lesson is regularly forgotten ...Quoth Mark Twain:History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.(Ripped from my favourite blog ...)Dulce et Decorum EstWilfred Owen (1893–1918)Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backsAnd towards our distant rest began to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6901557710686078108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6901557710686078108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6901557710686078108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6901557710686078108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/truly-lets-we-forget.html' title='Truly, lest we forget'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3627931165540478975</id><published>2008-11-11T12:54:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T12:55:42.852-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bailouts don't work, and they're becoming less and less effective</title><summary type='text'>These bailouts are providing less and less of a "bump" each time.We truly seem to be in a downward spiral.  The questions is whether people will buy into the New World Financial Order, and put their faith in more hand waving and fiat money.If they do, we may have some short term stability, but will ultimately spiral deeper and for longer. If not, we may be about to turn the corner and put our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3627931165540478975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3627931165540478975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3627931165540478975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3627931165540478975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/bailouts-dont-work-and-their-becoming.html' title='Bailouts don&apos;t work, and they&apos;re becoming less and less effective'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-2475281382828492649</id><published>2008-11-05T08:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-05T08:13:56.020-05:00</updated><title type='text'>plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose</title><summary type='text'>So Obama won and the world is, or will be, a better, or different, place.But really, it seems to me that Americans have simply found a new (old) way to empower their government to expand its powers and flaunt the Constitution.This time, instead of:foreign wars,domestic spying,corporate "bailouts", andtax cuts that don't also cut spending(none of which will go away); the government will:create new</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/2475281382828492649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=2475281382828492649' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2475281382828492649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2475281382828492649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/plus-change-plus-cest-la-mme-chose.html' title='plus ça change, plus c&apos;est la même chose'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-8622764396591234704</id><published>2008-11-03T08:43:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T08:43:03.981-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: Minimum "donations"</title><summary type='text'>Last Thursday I met with my son's principal to discuss the school's fundraising drive that required a minimum "donation".I think we had a good discussion, and I feel good that he understands my position, and it will be something discussed by the faculty when they do a retrospective on the fundraising event. I also learnt quite a lot during the visit, and while I have more learning to do, at this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/8622764396591234704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=8622764396591234704' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8622764396591234704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/8622764396591234704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/11/re-minimum-donations.html' title='Re: Minimum &quot;donations&quot;'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6643398796366319900</id><published>2008-10-26T15:33:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-26T16:29:16.955-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Minimum "donations"</title><summary type='text'>My son's school is having a Halloween Dance-A-Thon, and they hope to raise money by having the kids canvas their families and neighbours to "sponsor" them for this activity.I am not quite sure where I stand on having the children do school fundraising, in general, but when the letter to parents contains a sentence like this, I am quite put off:ALL students are expected to bring in by Halloween a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6643398796366319900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6643398796366319900' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6643398796366319900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6643398796366319900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/minimum-donations.html' title='Minimum &quot;donations&quot;'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6736872970252953521</id><published>2008-10-17T14:10:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-17T14:10:01.642-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CRTC: The Internet is now a major source of media distribution, we better tell the distributors what they can distribute</title><summary type='text'>So, the in the US, for all their problems, Congress debates things like regulating the Internet.In Canada, the CRTC, who expanded their mandate in 1999, just by saying so, by claiming that they can regulate what Canadians see on the Internet, is going to hold some public hearing about imposing itself on Internet video content. I can't imagine how they'll come up with a fair system without </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6736872970252953521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6736872970252953521' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6736872970252953521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6736872970252953521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/crtc-internet-is-now-major-source-of.html' title='CRTC: The Internet is now a major source of media distribution, we better tell the distributors what they can distribute'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-706754323331795584</id><published>2008-10-16T11:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T11:54:52.354-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The greatest enemies to Western Civilization are on the inside</title><summary type='text'>I really enjoyed this article by Claes G. Ryn on LewRockwell.com:America's Coup D'État in the Making: Deception and Self-DeceptionIt ties together some ideas that I only remember seeing separately before: our democracies attract and select people who see power as an end: they dislike people with an agendaour society has forgot, or barely believes, that individuals can do good: it must be done by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/706754323331795584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=706754323331795584' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/706754323331795584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/706754323331795584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/greatest-enemies-to-western.html' title='The greatest enemies to Western Civilization are on the inside'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6782410537569571718</id><published>2008-10-15T16:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T16:29:02.156-04:00</updated><title type='text'>So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie</title><summary type='text'>The implementation of the bailout is worse than I imagined, but maybe I didn't imagine enough.What free markets?  What private companies?  What personal liberty?  Who can stand in the face of government power? The first paragraph should be frightening enough to realize the terrible mistake the bailout was/is. Perhaps it is not too late, perhaps it can be challenged in court as unconstitutional (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6782410537569571718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6782410537569571718' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6782410537569571718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6782410537569571718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/so-bye-bye-miss-american-pie.html' title='So, bye-bye, Miss American Pie'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6402525596605555403</id><published>2008-10-15T08:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T08:17:58.959-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Patriots in the 21st Century</title><summary type='text'>Peter Schiff has a great article about how home owners can really take advantage of the bailout.It is so nice that we have advanced beyond those terrible times when being a Patriot meant enduring hardships, making sacrifices, or risking your life.Of course, when was the last time that "being a Patriot" meant anything other than doing what the government tells you to do? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6402525596605555403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6402525596605555403' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6402525596605555403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6402525596605555403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/patriots-in-21st-century.html' title='Patriots in the 21st Century'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6738208486728582447</id><published>2008-10-14T23:39:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T23:51:30.019-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What's next for the Liberals?</title><summary type='text'>So, it looks like the legs really fell off the Liberal party, and it looks like they're going to need to change what they're about, basically being a Montreal-Toronto-Vancouver party (with a hearty serving of the little East coast stew too).Can this party become relevant again? Will they change and champion true freedom?  Will they remember what being liberal meant?Perhaps they will improve ...I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6738208486728582447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6738208486728582447' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6738208486728582447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6738208486728582447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/whats-next-for-liberals.html' title='What&apos;s next for the Liberals?'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-4093644547091614808</id><published>2008-10-14T16:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:53:44.630-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I voted for NOPE</title><summary type='text'>4 candidates are running in my riding.  That means there were 4 circles to place a 'X'.Instead I used them to write: N-O-P-E.I think, in spite of all the things that concern me about it, I hope the Liberals win.  Maybe then the Conservatives will remember what it means to be a conservative.  It might give some chance to take the party away from the neocons ...Barring that, I hope the Libertarians</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/4093644547091614808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=4093644547091614808' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4093644547091614808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/4093644547091614808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-voted-for-nope.html' title='I voted for NOPE'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-3793086038893392967</id><published>2008-10-13T20:03:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T21:12:54.549-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, really, the bailout is bad</title><summary type='text'>On the 3rd I had posted this, with a link to Ron Paul's speech after the bailout passed up on facebook:Ron Paul's tone sounds a bit grumpy ... I'd be a bit grumpy if what's going on in the US were going on here too.Of course, we'll feel the effects for those problems in many ways, no doubt.And I just got this response Friday:Tax Credits +  Job creation + Going Green = Bail Out Badwhat kind of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/3793086038893392967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=3793086038893392967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3793086038893392967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/3793086038893392967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/yes-really-bailout-is-bad.html' title='Yes, really, the bailout is bad'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-2816028396411424134</id><published>2008-10-03T07:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-03T07:55:11.127-04:00</updated><title type='text'>4 Socialists and a Separatist</title><summary type='text'>Last night's debate was quite disheartening."Doing nothing is not an option," says Liberal leader Dion about the economy.  All the other leaders agreed.  Even the supposedly laisez-faire Conservative leader Harper, who then went on to claim that the U.S. economic problems were caused by insufficient regulation! Everyone seemed to agree that people cannot be trusted to take care of themselves.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/2816028396411424134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=2816028396411424134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2816028396411424134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2816028396411424134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/4-socialists-and-separatist.html' title='4 Socialists and a Separatist'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-9142519690555340612</id><published>2008-10-02T09:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T09:33:40.366-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Socialist Conservatives</title><summary type='text'>I sent this opinion piece from the Financial Post off to a bunch of my email contacts with the following quip: We should go to Austrian school: The Austrian school of economics has got it right ... do 'conservatives' even realize they are promoting Communist solutions?As usual I got an almost instantaneous quip back from my wife: I don't know - do you plan a career change as a economic advisor?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/9142519690555340612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=9142519690555340612' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/9142519690555340612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/9142519690555340612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/10/socialist-conservatives.html' title='Socialist Conservatives'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6974199768998640778</id><published>2008-09-26T12:48:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:54:45.851-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am now a decided voter</title><summary type='text'>I have become a decided voter for the 2008 Canadian Federal election.All the national parties and leaders are write-offs, and I can now confirm so are all the candiates in Thornhill.So what am I going to do?  Spoil my ballot.I am now a decided voter, I'm voting for none-of-the-above.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6974199768998640778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6974199768998640778' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6974199768998640778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6974199768998640778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-am-now-decided-voter.html' title='I am now a decided voter'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-2386008065401047724</id><published>2008-09-17T07:28:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:55:07.523-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No worse is the best we can do</title><summary type='text'>I was called for a survey about the Canadian election yesterday and found it very hard to answer the questions they asked because so often they were presented as an either-or choice.After trying to convince the interviewer that both statements (don't really remember about what), one by Harper and one by Dion could be correct, I just picked Dion's. But the pair of choices for the next question </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/2386008065401047724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=2386008065401047724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2386008065401047724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/2386008065401047724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2008/09/no-worse-is-best-we-can-do.html' title='No worse is the best we can do'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-6932958401492854028</id><published>2007-12-18T16:46:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:55:22.888-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Next Ron Paul Money Bomb, St. Stephen's Day?</title><summary type='text'>I just read that Mike Huckabee's supporters are planning a mass donation day for December 27th.In the comment threads that follow, someone mentions that Paulites should do another Money Bomb the day before.  And indeed we should!  On the Feast of Stephen, as the song goes, we can promote the idea of individual charity, something we all believe would become more rampant if we could keep all the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/6932958401492854028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=6932958401492854028' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6932958401492854028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/6932958401492854028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/next-ron-paul-money-bomb-st-stephens.html' title='Next Ron Paul Money Bomb, St. Stephen&apos;s Day?'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802618373049851364.post-7240561813681433913</id><published>2007-12-11T08:42:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-10-14T16:55:40.316-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron Paul Blimp</title><summary type='text'>Have you heard of this?I'm excited to see how this is going to turn out ... it will be especially interesting if they are able to fly over the Super Bowl (see the FAQ page).What I would really like to know is whether the company sells advertising space to non-U.S. individuals.  I've been following Ron Paul since May this year, and would be really happy if I could do something to contribute to his</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/feeds/7240561813681433913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5802618373049851364&amp;postID=7240561813681433913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7240561813681433913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5802618373049851364/posts/default/7240561813681433913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://betabytes.blogspot.com/2007/12/ron-paul-blimp.html' title='Ron Paul Blimp'/><author><name>Sean</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07176432096158288398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HzaFd5kqHDM/STiFimgsnnI/AAAAAAAAAE0/dSfWGdisNNg/S220/my_profile_with_hat_and_shades.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
