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The King of Pop Returns to Santa Barbara?

Could Michael Jackson’s final resting place eventually be Neverland Ranch? That’s what news websites the world over are claiming, with the additional idea that Neverland would become a sort of Graceland for the deceased pop star with his grave as the major attraction.

Lucky Los Olivos. With its nice two-lane road and classy wine country pedigree, I’m sure this is just what our charming neighbor to the north wants. And let’s be perfectly honest: This plan is pretty creepy. Neverland Ranch is the place, after all, that Jackson was forced to give up because of financial ruin/awkwardness from being accused of child molestation. Good times.

So, crazed fans, would you make the trek out to Neverland Ranch to pay homage to the King of Pop if it turns into a tourist attraction? Any chance that the Ferris wheel, petting zoo or roller coaster will be part of a Jackson memorial? And, perhaps, most importantly, where will the HIStory statue  go?

[Source: billboard.com]
[Image courtesy of Aguilac under Creative Commons]

Obama’s Healthcare Plan: Canada 2.0?

You really have to hand it to us: we sure have their priorities in order. Michael Jackson has died, and the media has been covering nothing else. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, all the major websites are abuzz over his death; If I were a sociologist, I’d love to study the data regarding how the news spread across cyberspace. As sad as I am to see him, Farrah Fawcet and Ed McMahon all die this week, their deaths are one of the least of all the issues we could be worrying about. Iran is in chaos, violence continues in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, we’re on the verge of war with North Korea, the economy is moribund, and Obama is setting himself up to be the Democrats’ George H.W. Bush (who was, of course, the GOP’s Jimmy Carter). (more…)

Unions: Outdated and Unnecessary

There is a growing rift dividing Americans. Two factions are beginning to emerge, even further cracking the façade of unity in our still-young republic; the division is based on whether one belongs to organized labor or not, or whether one supports organized labor or not. Both factions seek to use to the power of the governments, local, state, and federal, to further their agendas.

The unions want their employers—ie., those that pay their wages—to give them more: higher wages, longer vacations, more benefits, higher pensions. They want to be paid more without working longer or harder, and without the marketplace making their skills and their labor more valuable. (more…)

Socialism’s Not So Bad, and Maybe You Can Be Friends Too!

Recently, the Republican National Committee held a vote on internally renaming the Democratic Party to the Democrat Socialist Party. Now hold on just a second. Socialism may have a bad reputation, but it doesn’t deserve it. It has often been portrayed as some oppressive, horrible monstrosity, more fit for doing battle with Godzilla in the streets of Tokyo than being applied as a legitimate socioeconomic ideology. However, there was clearly a gross misunderstanding somewhere along the line, because this is far from the truth. Essentially, socialism is a system of governance that promotes great equality and no discrimination, regardless of race, religion, gender, economic, or social status, through purely democratic means and with an economy owned and operated by the worker, to best serve the benefits of the people. For as long as socialism has been an ideology, there have been those who have attempted to suppress it, often through disinformation and propaganda. (more…)

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