Aaron’s Posterous

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had 

never failed a single student before,
but had once failed an entire class.

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That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one 
would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK,
we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan".

All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade 
so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied 
little were happy. 

As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had 
studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a 
free ride too so they studied little. 
The second test average was a D!
No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

The scores never increased as bickering,
blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would 
study for the benefit of anyone else. 

All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that

socialism would also ultimately fail, because when the reward is great,

the effort to succeed is great.  But when government takes all the reward

away, no one will try or want to succeed.

Could not be any simpler than that.

Just about every Sunday morning, my dad and I get the chance to talk for a good hour or so over coffee. I look forward to this time and the fact that we only live 3 miles apart right now makes it easy. He will brew the coffee and while doing so start us off in a conversation about who knows what. Today's topics included:

 -the economy. He and I both disagree with how the media is portraying this "recession" we are in. "It is no where near what the state of the economy was in 1929, or even 1979." -blogging. I have been telling him for some time now that he needs to start a blog. He is pursuing is doctorate and has a boat load of material up in his head. I think starting a blog would be a great way to get his name out there. It could even be a group blog that he and his classmates write for. A no pressure type thing. I'll keep telling him this :-)

 -work. We discussed what I should do since my project end date is coming up (March 31st). I'm not certain if the funding/project will be extended, and I'm not sure if my original admin position will still be waiting for me. Questions that will be answered in time, but I'm afraid it will be too late if I wait.

 -the Inauguration. We still cannot get over two things about the Inauguration: 1) that bogus poem, and 2) the prayer. The poem was 100% stupidity and if you ask me, a first grader could have written a better piece. And the prayer, I mean, what the heck? I believe that racism is still a major issue, and that prayer is one of the reasons.

 -President Obama. We don't want his Presidency to fail, we want his policies to fail. Bigger government, a government that wants to control every aspect of our lives, is a government that is headed towards Socialism, which is a close cousin to Communism. No thank you. Last time I checked, that hasn't worked out too well in the history of the world.

 So, as usual, a lot of different topics but always a good conversation.