How do characterize the SEC? (securities and exchange) Hidden fist or constantly in view....or both?
-----Original Message----- From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 6, 2005 2:34 PM To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; 'Brad McCormick, Ed.D.'; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca Subject: RE: [Futurework] Those NYT liberals who don't understand howfreemarket works Arthur, The market is a peaceful coming together of cooperating people. If there are people who are not so peaceful, then policing is necessary. But the police are not a "hidden fist". In fact it is better if they are constantly in view to dissuade the barbarians. So Friedman's quote is nonsense masquerading as the profound. Harry ******************************* Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cordell, Arthur: ECOM > Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 7:06 AM > To: Brad McCormick, Ed.D.; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > Subject: RE: [Futurework] Those NYT liberals who don't > understand howfreemarket works > > Source for Friedman quote contained in letter to the editor in a NJ > newspaper. > > > Protests also preserve nation's freedoms > > 26 May 2005 > Times Union > THREE STAR > A10 > In response to Mary Jane Hughes's May 15 letter, "Son who is a > soldier deserves thanks, respect": > > I was 19 years old when I served in the first Gulf War. When I > joined the Marines at age 18, I, too, thought I had a job to do. I, like > you, thought people holding up signs were there because of me. I do > not doubt that the feelings you have for your son's safety are real. > Your son is certainly in need of support now and when he returns > from service. > > I feel you wrote your letter only to convince yourself that your son > is defending freedom. On the surface this is true. But it's not the > freedom of the people at the corner of Delaware and Kenwood; it's > freedom for the people on Wall Street. > > As Thomas Friedman so eloquently wrote in "The Lexus and the > Olive Tree": "The hidden hand of the market will never work > without a hidden fist. ... McDonald's cannot flourish without > McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the U.S. Air Force F-15. And > the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's > technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy > and Marine Corps." From 1890 to the present day, the U.S. > military has been on the offensive through direct or indirect action, > on average, every 18 months, for the so-called defense of freedom. > > After six years of military service, I feel that standing out at the > corner with my sign, my involvement in conscientious objection, > counter-recruitment and other community support organizations > has made a bigger difference in preserving our country's freedoms > than my serving in the military did. > > JASON PETERSON > > Delmar _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
