I realized how far behind the times I am when I saw a TV commercial for some weight-loss product, showing Marie Osmond "before" and "after." I thought she looked great "before."
I thought she looked better WAY before, but that wasn't in the commercial.
The great sense of urgency of the Obama administration to get legislation to authorize slow-moving spending projects may seem inconsistent. But the urgency is real, even if the reasons given are not. The worse case scenario for the administration would be to have the economy begin to recover on its own before this massive spending bill is passed, reducing their chances of creating the kind of politically directed economy they want.
This.
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“Can you name the only baseball player to bat .382 in his last year in the major leagues? The first five readers who can will receive a free copy of my new book, “Applied Economics.”
How old is this article? I read “Applied Economics” a couple of years ago (after reading “Basic Economics,” which I think was far better. If you only read one of them, I recommend “Basic Economics”).
War should of course be “a last resort”— but last in terms of preference, not last in the sense of hoping against hope while dangers grow, and wishful thinking or illusory agreements substitute for serious military preparedness— or, if necessary, military action. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “If you wait until you see the whites of their eyes, you will never know what hit you.”
very wise words
Some good thoughts.
Hussen is a complete koo koo bird, totally devoid of conscience, power crazed and twisted emotionally, narcissistic and not a leader. He has as his primary goal the complete degradatin ofAmerica
That's also what I think about global warming -- they are in a panic to get cap and trade, etc. passed, before the cooling trend becomes obvious, or before the whole global warming scam exposure filters down to the average TV viewer.
The adage “follow the money” will be hard to apply in the current administration, when there is so much money going in all directions that it is doubtful whether anybody can follow it.
Loved this random thought!
“The great sense of urgency of the Obama administration to get legislation to authorize slow-moving spending projects may seem inconsistent. But the urgency is real, even if the reasons given are not. The worse case scenario for the administration would be to have the economy begin to recover on its own before this massive spending bill is passed, reducing their chances of creating the kind of politically directed economy they want.”
I so agree with Dr. Sowell on this one. The urgency is precisely because the Socialist/Democrats need the tool known as despair to push through their Freedom confiscating agenda NOW, before the window of opportunity closes on them once again.
The Socialist/Democrats created this dilemma we suffer today, and are doing all they can to maintain the dilemma at peak of gloom and doom to force upon us their Big Government perspective.
I hate to hear about “partnerships” between government and business, or between government and other organizations. - Sowell
I wonder if this includes NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO, GATT, and other like organzations, too? Those are specific partnerships between business and government...
All these bailouts are bad...whether for banks and business, or socialists. I am still trying to figure out if Obama’s Bailout or Geithner’s press conference on releasing the rest of the Bush Bailout money is scaring me more.
His baseball question....I bet the answer is Ty Cobb. If I am right one of you can claim his book...
Like Pearl Harbor.
Strange. Today on JWR Sowell’s column is “De-Programming Students”.
“How can a President of the United States be re-elected in a landslide after four years when unemployment never fell below 15 percent for even one month during his first term? Franklin D. Roosevelt did it by blaming it all on the previous administration. Barack Obama may be able to achieve the same result the same way.”
But, this same kind of thing happens in most of our East and West cities, over DECADES.
Morons.
Lou Gehrig? Ted Williams?
There comes a time on a cold, winter’s night, when the cold settles in so tight, that the best one can do is to cling tighter still to what remains of summer’s will.
YUP!
The difference is that survival in the market requires recognizing mistakes and changing course before you go bankruptOr demanding a bailout before going bankrupt.