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The Make Money Online Article
Entire books have been written explaining various ways to make money online. Yet several years ago when I first began my online business journey, I simply couldn’t find one article which explained the entire process. Instead, I spent my time reading a bit on domains, a bit on hosting, a bit on marketing, a bit on link building, a bit on advertisements, and wasted time bouncing from one article to another, often more confused than when I started. Such a hodge-podge, hit and miss approach to learning how to successfully make money online wasted months, while I spent countless hours while committing horrible errors. One comprehensive how-to article would have changed my life. This article is to fill in the gap, and provide you with a one-stop tutorial that covers the basics … Read entire article »
Filed under: Blogging, Blogging Tips, Capitalism, Make Money Online, Marketing, Monetization, Personal Development, Traffic and Links, Work At Home
The American Dream
Wow. I rarely read a news story that makes me sit up, take notice and feel good about myself, but this one about income mobility did just that. A kid took 25 bucks, a gym bag, went to the homeless section of a town in South Carolina, camped out, and set a goal. With no outside help or contact, he was going to start over and prove to the world that in America anyone can be well off. In 10 months, he went from having just a bag and barely enough money to buy supper to living in an apartment, driving a pickup truck and having nearly five grand in the bank. To all the nay-sayers who think it’s impossible for the poor to leave their poverty: PWNT! … Read entire article »
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Philosophy of Liberty
This is a short explanation of the idea of liberty. I’m currently writing a much longer and more comprehensive version — it should be posted in the next few weeks. Look down at your body. Who … Read entire article »
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It’s Not Complicated
It’s the rallying thought, the theme behind every oppressed people in the history of man. It’s incredibly simple, yet political theorists have seemingly glossed this basic human desire for other agendas. The desire to be left alone. Moses, the deliverer of the Israelite people in the Old Testament, in the most famous of all deliverance stories, said over and over — “Let my people go.” Let us be — the rallying cry of the oppressed. This basic human desire for exclusive control over their lives has been called many things. Nietzsche called it a “will to power”. It’s pretty simple. We want our person to be left alone. We own us, and no one else has a right to use or misuse us without our permission. All of the political theories in … Read entire article »
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Immigration Liberty — Open Immigration
This is a teaser of a forthcoming article that I’m about to have published in both The Articulate and The Rebirth of Freedom Foundation. This post is a more personal version of an article that I’m writing. I’ve been asked by many individuals why I support open immigration or “open borders” as some try to call it. We run this case in a high-school debate league in Texas — not the most immigrant friendly place on earth. This is my answer. I cannot overstate how strongly I feel about the topic of turning America into a land that accepts all people into her arms of freedom. I believe it to be of the most fundamental purpose of Government to protect the rights of all people that it comes across — government … Read entire article »
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A Short Case for Big Business
I’m an active member on a high-school debate forum[1], and the topic of big government was brought up. A fellow user, Caleb Winn, posted a quick summary of why big business isn’t wicked and evil, and in fact is essential and incredibly helpful for everyone, including the middle and poor class. I think he’s dead on. He based the following on the article “The Problem With Populists” by George Will: ——- “I have an idea, though. Let’s get rid of “Big Business” and see how we all like a world where food is much scarcer and more expensive, and where the kinds of life-saving medications and medical equipment that have saved the lives of millions of children were never developed.” “Big business may at times distribute wealth inequitably, but at least there is wealth … Read entire article »
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Blogroll Link Exchange
If you are the webmaster of a blog, I’d love to swap blogroll links with you. Just add me to your blogroll, and I’ll return the favor. We’ll both get dozens of relevant links to our sites, increasing our Google ranking and search-engine results. There are six ways you can link to me for me to link to you: 1. Link to www.RebirthOfFreedom.org, with the anchor text of “Rebirth of Freedom” 2. Link to a specific article at Rebirth of Freedom, and anchor the text as the article’s name 3. Link to www.ShaunConnell.com, with the anchor text of “Reason and Capitalism” 4. Link to a specific article at Reason and Capitalism, and anchor the text as the article’s name 5. Link to www.ShaunConnell.com/make-money-online/, with the anchor text of “Make Money With a Website” (or any … Read entire article »
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Image of the Creator
If I had to describe myself in two words, both would begin with “C”. I’m a Christian-Capitalist. These two words describe everything about what I believe and who I am as a person — my philosophy about reality, life, God, violence, people — everything. Unfortunately, many, if not most, people are starting to view Christianity as being at odds with capitalism. After all, how could a philosophy of self-interest and profit mesh with a religion of selflessness? The answer is simple: Christianity isn’t a religion of selflessness and pointless-sacrifice — at least not to any literal extent. I’ll focus on just one aspect of the Christian religion, and make several stipulations based upon one of the most over read stories in the Bible: The Creation story. It’s more than about the chronological … Read entire article »
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