ESPN: CFL 1995- Memphis Mad Dogs @ Edmonton Eskimos: Short Video

Source:ESPN- Edmonton Eskimos kick returner Gizmo Williams.

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“CFL 1995 MEMPHIS MADDOGS AT EDMONTON ESKIMOS”

From CFL Video

Here’s a battle between one of the most storied and successful North American, not just CFL, but North American major league pro football franchises in the Edmonton Eskimos and one CFL American expansion franchises in the Memphis Mad Dogs. Who in their two CFL seasons were decent, but struggled to get over 500. A defensive oriented teamed coached by Pepper Rogers, who had some success in college football and the old USFL.

The Memphis Mad Dogs were one of the better defensive teams in the entire Canadian Football League, just like the Baltimore Stallions and Calgary Stampeders, but we’re at best ball control offensive team that needed to run the ball very well. And then they could throw with play action with QB Damon Allen and go deep to receivers like Joe Horn, who would end up in the NFL after the CFL.

CBC Sports: CFL 1995- San Antonio Texans @ Toronto Argonauts: Short Video

Source:CBC Sports- the San Antonio Texans going north to play the Toronto Argonauts at Skydome.

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“CFL 1995 SAN ANTONIO TEXANS AT TORONTO ARGONAUTS”

From CFL Video 

Inter-conference play in the CFL with the San Antonio Texans from the South or American Conference, against the Toronto Argonauts from the North, or Canadian Conference. Which was really the goal of the CFL when they started their American experiment in the early 1990s was to create a continental or Can-Am league, between America and Canada with a Canadian conference and an American conference. And have the winners of both conferences play in a continental or North American Championship game. 

The 1995 San Antonio Texans were the second best American team in the CFL. They had NFL quality and NFL experienced talent on their club, both on offense and defense. Which is why I’m surprised they didn’t do better as far as attendance and ratings in San Antonio which is a great sports market as far as size and people who love sports. And of course Texas has always been a great state of football. But the Texans weren’t marketed very well and perhaps just expected their fans to automatically show up for their games. Not that different from the Los Angeles Raiders in the NFL.

Phil Donahue Show: Professor Milton Friedman (1979)

Source: Ed Choice- Economics Professor Milton Friedman on Phil Donahue in 1979.

Source:Real Life Journal

“Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate, promoting “Free to Choose” on the show Donahue.”

From Ed Choice

I love this show and love this interview and if I wasn’t three years old when in 1979, I would’ve watched this show myself. Because here are two guys who agree on practically nothing, coming from both ends of the political spectrum. With Classical Liberal Milton Friedman on the Right and Social Democrat (let’s say) Phil Donahue on the Left. But knowledgable enough about the others side and these issues to have a good discussion or debate with each other. To do it intelligently and respectfully without yelling at each other.

You have the ultimate of individualists in Classical Liberal Milton Friedman. And about the ultimate as collectivists come in Social Democrat Phil Donahue. So you have a debate between someone who believes in a free society, not an Anarchist, but in the sense that everyone should have the right to live their own lives, as long as they aren’t infringing on others to live their own lives. Against a Collectivist who believes that we are all part of the same society and have a responsibility meaning government to look after the welfare of others. And even at times protect people from themselves.

I’m with Professor Friedman on most if not all the social issues. Legalizing narcotics across the board, would be where I would differ. We agree on marijuana, but I would decriminalize the other narcotics and treat users and addicts as patients and not addicts, at their expense.

And I’m with the Professor on most issues when it comes to economic freedom and policy. Except I believe you need government help and empower people who are down get themselves up and off public assistance all together. And to protect customers and innocent people in general from predators who would hurt them. And profit from their bad behavior.

But generally speaking, at least, I tend to come down a lot more on the side of Milton Friedman, then I could ever even dream of being on the same side of Phil Donahue.

Eric Holmberg: ‘Milton Friedman Tries To Help a Future Wall Street Occupier (1978)’

Source:Eric Holmberg- Professor Milton Friedman, being questioned by a young, idealistic, leftist (lets say) in 1978.

Source:FreeState Now

“Churchill once observed, “If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.” Today we have a new breed of liberal, people who want the government and corporations to spend whatever money necessary to keep them safe, employed, housed. fed and healthy…and in possession of a smart phone. But if they knock up their girlfriend, they want to be able to dispose of the unwanted child as inexpensively (free would be good) as possible.

Milton Friedman, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, takes a moment and tries to get one young “99 percenter” to think through his presuppositions.” 

From Eric Holmberg 

If you around in America in the 1970s and survived it and aren’t currently incarcerated and are living a healthy, productive, independent, life, I congratulate you.

In late 1970s Ford Motor Company in order to save a lot of money and produce a lot of cheep cars and then sell them, produced the Ford Pinto. Which by today’s standards, at least doesn’t even qualify as an economy car, it was so badly and cheaply made. This car was so bad and unsafe to drive, that the gas tank was in front of the license plat in the rear. Meaning if you hit a Pinto in the rear, the car could literally explode.

What this kid in the video was trying I guess to find out from Professor Friedman was does he believe that there should be some real regulations on the types of cars that are allowed to be built and sold in America, given the experiences with the Ford Pinto, Mercury Maverick, Chevrolet Chevette. With Professor Friedman essentially making the at what cost argument: How much are you willing to spend to make sure that every American car is as safe as possible?

Liberty Pen: Walter E. Williams & Ron Walters Debate Affirmative Action (1988)

Source:Liberty Pen- Professor Walter E. Williams debating Ron Walters in 1988.

Source:FreeState Now

"Professors Ronald Walters (Howard University) and Walter E Williams (George Mason University) discuss the real world effects of both affirmative action, making rational choices and hard work. Liberty Pen" 

From Liberty Pen

The problem with affirmative action in a country that’s supposed to be a liberal democracy like America, that claims to be color-blind and that all people are created equally under law, is that affirmative action simply contradicts those beautiful liberal values that I share. 

Under law, affirmative action denies people things based on race and color. While it’s benefiting other people things based on the same characteristics. So what we are doing is saying that we believe in things like color-blindness (which is really race-blindness) but we do not believe in it enough to actually practice it.

What affirmative action does instead is because certain groups of Americans have been denied their constitutional rights in America over the years simply because of their race and even at times have been denied those things by their own government, is saying: 

“What we are going to do now is let them benefit based on their race and discriminate against a certain group of people.” Not groups, but one group of people even by government because of their race. 

Affirmative action, is the ultimate trying to make up, payback attempt: 

“These groups of people have been denied their constitutional rights based on race. Now we’re going to pay them back by denying the group that is already doing very well in America."

What we should be doing instead, is enforcing the 1964 Civil Rights Act that says no Americans will be denied access in America, simply because of their race. And enforce it to the point that we’re not locking people up for violating that law, but hitting them in the pocket books when they do violate that law. And giving that money to their victims. So organizations in America would be hurting their own economic bottom-lines when they practice racism in this country. 

As well as expanding education and economic opportunities in America in communities that have been left behind economically, as the rest of the country has done well.