Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Friday, August 01, 2008

But, But, a College Education is an ENTITLEMENT!

Mostly Cajun writes about the career opportunities in Louisiana. Read the whole thing, but here's the key graph:
Entry level positions in many local industries start at twenty bucks an hour. Somebody with a skill and who’s willing to do construction work is valuable. E&I techs (if you have to ask, you ain’t one) do over $30/hour. The downside is that these jobs aren’t the kinds that made the stuff of network sitcoms. You won’t be worrying about suits and ties.
Calcasieu School Board Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Pat Deaville says there are many vocational classes and that they are adding more. But he says many parents resist the idea that their child might not need a four year degree. “Your child, we’re not saying that he shouldn’t go to college but, we have jobs that range from fifty to a hundred thousand dollars, and they don’t go to college, they can be making by the time they’re 20, 21 years old.”
Yep! Hundred K a year, with a couple of years experience and a two-year associate degree or a certificate from a vocational school. Sort of puts that Masters in Medieval Lit. in perspective, doesn’t it?
Indeed.

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