Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: That 70's Show

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Politics

Democratic ship stuck with Urkel, Tombstone: Kass
Sophisticated Hatred: Democrats & America: PJM (Hawkins)
It was about hope, and change...: Crittenden
The Obama Administration: That 70’s Show: PJM
What Part of "Democracy" Don't Democrats Understand?: AT (Gladstein)

Protecting America

The Hostage Rescue: a Devastating Implication: Holzer
The Memos Prove We Didn't Torture: WSJ
The Obama Effect: AT (Lifson)
Harmon Tape Leak A Shot Across Israel's Bow: LegalIns
Note to the Apologizer-in-Chief: ¡No PasarÃn!
China only works if we do: AT (Feldman)
2nd Anniversary of Reid's Surrender to Al Qaeda: Gateway

Climate

Chu's assertions 'proven wrong by latest climate data': ClimDep
Cow Farts and Climate Change: Gateway

Extremism

Al Qaeda trained kids for human bomb attacks: Prairie
Which City Would You Sacrifice?: LegalIns
Clown Attack on Ahmadinejad: LGF
Sharia creep in Harvard Yard: GoV
Interview with a Nazi SS Officer: Atlas

Media

Questions for a Communist Terrorist: Kincaid
Dissent Now Unpatriotic: Big Hollywood
Lost in Translation: Susan Roesgen's Messages Spelled Out: ¡No PasarÃn!
Atlas Shrugged: a Review (with Spoilers): ASP

Crime

What an ATM card-skimmer looks like: Consumerist
The Public Pension Shakedown: WSJ

A simple analogy that answers the question, "What's so bad about socialism?"

An economics professor at Texas Tech said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. That class had insisted that 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 socialism. 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.
But, 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, 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.

Via: R.B.