Bryan D. Brown

You can send a student to college, but you can’t make them think.
–Anonymous

So Libertarian icon John Stossel is coming to UC Santa Barbara. And here’s a sign advertising, not just the appearance of Stossel’s mustache, but an inability to spell the word capitalism correctly. I guess his UCSB supporters haven’t purchased Stossel’s Teaching Tools for Economics DVD. I’ll just give them a break.

Hey, does the fact that admission to his talk is free mean the market is working?

Normally, I would not find John Stossel speaking at UC Santa Barbara all that interesting - except that one of my favorite television moments is “Dr. D” David Schultz laying the smackdown on someone who would go on to host a one-hour special called “Stupid in America”. You know what’s really stupid, John? Telling a 250lbs. pro-wrestler, who is obviously already irritated with you, that what he does is fake.

Maybe he hit you so hard that he gave you brain damage, and hence, you became a Libertarian.

TTL for this week:

Song, Artist, Album
10. Car Trouble, Adam & The Ants, Dirk Wears White Sox
9. Please Remain Calm, Cloud Cult, The Meaning Of 8
8. The Way It Goes, The Randies, At The Friendship Motor Inn
7. Jackson, Brakes, Give Blood
6. Sick, Otis, (self-titled)
5. Proofreading, Oxford Collapse, A Good Ground
4. I’m So Tired, Say Hi To Your Mom, Numbers & Mumbles
3. Sad As A Truck, Mugison, Mugimama Is This Monkey Music?
2. Baby I`m Drunk, Reverend Horton Heat, Holy Roller
1. Make U Fly, Zion I & Grouch, Heroes in the City of Dope