Damn You Casey

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 55% Conservative, 45% Liberal

Social Issues: 25% Conservative, 75% Liberal

Personal Responsibility: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Fiscal Issues: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal

Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

Thesis II

Successfully defended my thesis. I will write more later...now I am going to sleep.

I'm not usually into this...

I am curious:

Listen to this and then comment of what it makes you think of.

Really listen to it...sit down close your eyes and listen to it from beginning to end.

For me it was a time in my life that I loved. It makes me think of Eric and Kathy in NYC, of Sara, of smoky nights at the Ottobar, of hanging out with Pete at the Grind...my late 20s was such a great time in my life. I am happy to have such good memories.

Wow

Thesis is done...defense on Friday.

Mike

Mike died.

He was as much of Fells Point as anything else. We had some really interesting conversations. He seemed like he was getting much worse the past year or two but I am not sure we could do much for him. I will miss him and hope he has found peace.

Shaving, Sabres, Tim Russert

In homage to playoff hockey I am not shaving until my exams are over. I am graduating May 25 and in order to combat senioritis I decided not to shave until I am done. In part this was also done as a measure of solidarity with the Buffalo Sabres as they try to bring home the Stanley Cup; not shaving until elimination a tradtion as old as the NHL.

Tim Russert brought out a Sabres jersey on Meet the Press last week, but sadly did not even put it on. Come on Tim! What kind of real fan are you???

The Sabres, improbably, wiped the Senators in Ottawa last night in a shootout 7-6. Connolly scored with 10 seconds left to tie it and Drury scored 18 seconds into overtime to win it! Amazing. Go Sabres!!!

Bald Eagle Cam

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Beautiful

My favorite city in the world

Democracy: Is it good?

Bryan Caplan, George Mason professor of economics, has a new book coming out. The book addresses voter irrationality in democracies. I give you a quote:

“Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom” -FA Hayek

Let me know what you think about this excerpt.