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Reason First: Was this Wilmington, Delaware Ex-Councilman Greedy?
Greed is good. And no, it’s not in the sense of the 1987 Oscar® award-winning film Wall Street. The speech from that movie regarding avarice remains to be one of the most monumental oratory deliveries in movie history. But it falls short. It doesn’t explain the intricacies and the profound value of what it means to be greedy. Most people confuse greed with gluttony. The difference is that the former is about production and the latter is about consumption, particularly destruction.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: A Tale of Two Delaware Areas Part II
It’s a story of geography. Wilmington, Delaware is a tiny city in a tiny state. Bear, Delaware is even tinier. But the main difference is in the civic structure of both of these areas. Wilmington is known for its mean streets and comparatively high levels of the start of physical force. Bear... well not so much. According to the News Journal, a New Castle male was found guilty of killing a fellow worker in 2015 in Bear. Just a few days prior to this writing, a 25-year-old man was snuffed out of existence by gunfire. This was only a few days ago. The gulf that exists between Wilmington and other areas of Delaware continues to stretch in regard to slayings and other crimes.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: A Tale of Two Delaware Areas
In the state of Delaware, shootings don’t just happen in Wilmington. They occur in Bear, too. A 19-year-old man was shot in the torso after a heated exchange with the suspected gunman. What this shows is that at any time and in any place in the state, a weapon can be drawn and fired, injuring or killing someone. It is the emotion-driven state of some gun owners who can’t handle a discussion who reach for their sidearm. Without the flow of talk, without the ability to voice differences, and instead resorting to the start of physical force, these men and women make gun owners look bad. They represent that small group of people who can’t take a few words hurled at them and find themselves firing shots back, literally.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Good Cookie
She wore diamonds and pearls on occasions like this... normally. But this night remained unique to some civilian husbands and wives who accompanied their Devil Dog spouses. The Marine Corps Ball called for the officers and enlisted to wear their best dress or service uniforms. Mikaela Finn chose to wear her olive green Service “A” uniform instead of her Dress Blues. The diamonds and pearls continued to be out of uniform. Still, she gave off brilliance like one of those gemstones. Her unit also wore the green and khaki garb. As a young adult of age, she imbibed a few potent potables to ease the tension in the room.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Serve
Reason First: Can There Be a Solution to Wilmington, Delaware's Crime Problems?
Trigger fingers turn to mystery figures. Unsolved slayings permeate the neighborhoods in Wilmington, Delaware. The recent string of the start of physical force by way of firearms has community leaders, law enforcement, and top officials all searching for answers. There exist a few solutions. The decriminalization and legalization of all drugs, the elimination of the minimum wage, and reversing the tax-free shopping in the state to no income tax or other taxes remain among the few responses to the crisis. What these changes would do is allow the free market to reign. Young men and women who would be out on the street corners pumping drugs into the community would be permitted to do so but would find it more lucrative in a minimum-wage free enterprise. With the taxes and other programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare and all welfare programs being abolished, this would provide for more jobs than there are people in the state of Delaware.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Privatize the DMV, Now
Is it really a surprise that a government run agency like the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) would see corruption amongst its ranks? 29-year-old Danielle Haldeman and Michelet Pouloute, 40, defrauded the Delaware DMV by issuing false driver’s licenses. The two have both pleaded guilty of their crimes, Haldeman for one count of bribery and one count of misdemeanor misconduct. Pouloute pleaded guilty to one count of felony bribery.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Talking Brook: Rational Reflections on 'Yaron Brook Show: Hangout -- Q&A'
Consideration is the key in Dr. Yaron Brook’s exemplary ability to answer an abundance of questions in the latest installment of The Yaron Brook Show, the leading popularizer of Ayn Rand’s revolutionary philosophy, where he fields questions from his top contributors. Jim Carnicelli, Jonathan Hoenig, and Jennifer Lionberger all show up on the Zoom feature. Jim initiates the period by actually commenting to Dr. Brook how he considers the good doctor the “face of Objectivism.” Dr. Brook duly thanks Jim, before launching into the topic of how the host feels frustration at the fact that he has brought untold numbers of people to Objectivism, only to have some of these “Objectivists” be staunch supporters of President Trump.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Talking Brook: Rational Reflections on 'Yaron Brook Show: Iran & Your Questions' (9/21/19)
There’s a thread winding through what Dr. Yaron Brook has to say. It’s rationality. As he has admitted, The Yaron Brook Show sometimes features moments when he is wrong. This episode is not one of them. He kicks off the show by describing how debates should be long enough to adequately treat a certain issue or topic. He then continues by asking the audience who has been turned on to Objectivism by one of his debates. This is interesting. He points out that at least two people (so they claim) learned about Ayn Rand’s philosophy through Dr. Brook’s rhetorical skills in a debate. Just one individual who discovers Rand’s earth shattering ideology is just as much a good sign of this world getting better.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: The Fraudulent Doctor
Let the sentencing of a Delaware doctor be a reminder of how government should not be involved in medicine. Wilmington Dr. Karl McIntosh pleaded guilty to third-degree perjury and falsification of business records in 2017, according to Delaware Online. As a result, a Superior Court judge handed down a ruling of two years probation. But this psychiatrist may not have been a fraudster if the State had no role in healthcare. A dysfunctional and vicious code where the government imposes itself on the private sector leads men and women to commit these crimes.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Delaware Woman Steals from Thieves
The idea of a government program run amok and the nefarious characters it engenders lies squarely with the Social Security Administration. Deborah Vaughn, from Smyrna, Delaware, defrauded the United States Government in the total of at least $200,000 after she failed to report the passing of her mother-in-law and collected the monthly deposits. According to Delaware Online, Vaughn received a sentence of a year and a half in prison. And for what? Did she figure that she wouldn’t get caught? The Social Security Administration can make monsters like Vaughn. But the whole program can be undone.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Thought over Fear
With the spate of mass shootings in the United States over the past decade, the First State got a false alarm that seemed all too real to staff and students. The Delaware State University campus received a lock down notice after text messages proclaiming that a shooter or shooters would be on the premises. Multiple police agencies swept the campus in search of a gunman but found no weapons, reported no injuries or fatalities, or anything suspicious. What all this spells is that fear is still a token of lowlifes.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: What Is the Root of All Shootings in Wilmington, Delaware?
As Wilmington police investigate what looks like yet another shooting in the city sometimes called “Killmington, Hellaware,” it is easy to say that the firearm discharges are due to a spat, turf war, or drug deal gone wrong. The root of all of this madness is irrationalism. Unthinking factions roam the streets, filled with emotion and armed to the teeth. With just a minor exchange of words in a disagreement or maybe a misunderstanding, the guns are drawn. Only in a city as small as Wilmington, in a state as small as Delaware are these cases amplified due to the relatively low number of citizens who occupy the First State in the Union, and the “Place to be Somebody.”
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
