College Professor Politics

Surveys at major colleges showed that close to 80% of faculty voted for Democrat John Kerry In 2004, About 1% voted for Ralph Nader, and only 20% voted for President George W. Bush. Social science professors, gave Ralph Nader about 20% of the 2004 vote, as large as that for President George W. Bush.

This indicates the imbalance you get from those teaching college kids. But it gets more slanted when the study delves into specific areas.

Liberals outnumber conservatives by 11-1 among social scientists and 13-1 among humanities professors. As many as 25% of those who teach sociology actually consider themselves Marxist.

At major graduate schools offering Ph.Ds, over 60% of faculty are Democrats, 30.% are independents and 10% are Republicans.

This demonstrates the problems in attempting to educate college students, particularly those who become our future teachers, community leaders, and members of the media.

A further surprise to many: Business school professors who are believed to be primarily conservative, actually voted 2-1 for Kerry. Though, my experience on Wall Street indicates that many there tend to be liberal today. This is, of course, contrary to what the media tries to impress on the general public.

Consultant Insurance

Why do companies with experienced staff, having experts with years of background in their business’ intricacies, hire consultants, whose staffs are rife with youngsters just out of business school?

Companies already have their own experts who know their business intimately. They invariably study their operations from every angle, on an ongoing basis.

My conclusion has always been that these wet-behind-the-ears, often newly-minted consultants have always been a form of business insurance. Even though their ”fresh look” can be amateurish.

It’s much the way investment bankers are called on for advice. They, too, are often relatively inexperienced. They may know Wall Street lingo, but have little knowledge of the business in which they poke.

The business insurance rationale? When confronted by plaintiff lawyers, you can say you tried. You have taken adequate precautions in your duties as a manager by using consultants.

Mall Medical Offices

It’s not too late for real health care reform.

A company I started ran a successful multi-office nursing service in the past and thus I have a practical observation.

Mall medical services are designed to accommodate everyday, urgent medical problems that may arise, where patients want to immediately know how serious their illness may be. The idea is to avoid overcrowded conditions in hospital emergency facilities. ERs are there for specific purposes, other than routine health evaluations.

Such medical offices can be made adjuncts to other types of retail facilities. Many already are in operation. They are supervised on staff by licensed nurses, while overseen by licensed physicians. Doctor referrals are made by those nurses.

Different states have varying regulations, depending on pressure groups, who would prefer not to have this form of competition.

Results? A form of reliable, private choice, low-cost, health care coverage.

Get a Temporary Job

Here is advice for those just out of school with a brand new diploma but with no job offers in their chosen profession. Plus a suggestion for those of you who have no idea what it is, exactly, you would like to work at, once you graduate.

Look for a temporary job. Or a variety of temporary positions. Each one may be in a different industry or cover a variety of activities.

You will be surprised at the experiences you may get on the job, though menial many of them will probably be. Few may relate in any way to what you studied in formal courses at school. You may even wait tables in some instances.

But they will all add to your essential, practical education. And, importantly, to your pocketbook, at the same time.

The Climate Control Business

The booming climate control industry gets little publicity. If it did, the public would be more aware of the intent of many of its participants.

There are its true adherents who treat climate control as a religion and therefore have no doubt the earth is warming.

To others it’s a political cause that creates a road to office and helps to keep them there.

To yet others in government, it’s a subterfuge for quietly and indirectly raising taxes on consumers, as well as industry.

And for still others, it’s Big Business in which you can buy and sell so-called cap and trade credits.

Or you can market Green Philosophy in any variety of industrial and consumer products that you choose to develop for profit.

How do you stop this movement, made up of marketing dreamers and fantasists, when an ignorant media is on their side?

It’s difficult. But eventually the now-gullible public will find out the climate promoters can be grouped with the types who used to tell us the world would come to an end by a certain date. When that never occurred we just forgot about the quacks.

So-Called Non-Profit Companies

I like to hear government-operation fanatics get enthusiastic about non-profits. They rant about profit-making businesses. The so-called non-profits can lose fortunes for their backers, while the for-profits can make pennies-on-the-dollar of sales. Yet, the government-operation fanatics remain committed to their left-wing deception.

It is impossible for private business to compete for long, whether it be the insurance business, health care, energy production, etc., if taxpayer funds are grabbed by government for capital and operating capital needs.

Unfair Government Competition

Whenever the government proposes a function that is now done by private industry, remember, you, the taxpayer, will be contributing the necessary capital and operating funds.

And you will be taking all the risks that is taken on by the stockholders of private industry.

In addition, you will also be responsible for the losses, which are bound to happen under government operation.

Be wary of any government attempt to”cut” costs by competing with private enterprise. Want proof? Think Post Office as a starter.