Harry, after the subprime meltdown and all that followed, you say that government is the problem? The problem is the absence of a good tight government run regulatory system that's the problem.
Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[email protected]> To: "'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION'" <[email protected]>; "'futurework'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] Fw: [Ottawadissenters] Re: Sen on Keynes and Pigou Ed, You had to bring Bush into it! Hitler was responsible for 65 million deaths. Stalin killed and imprisoned men, women, and children, by the millions. Yet, after "mission accomplished" for 6 months or so there were very few violent deaths in Iraq - I even noted at least one day when there were zero deaths (didn't examine every day so there could have been other zero days). When the 'underground' started its violence, also began civilian casualties - usually the result of deliberate terrorist violence. What Bush found out - as Obama may already be finding - is the difficulty of getting anything worthwhile out of government that resembles a viscous fluid unable to move. One recalls Reagan. the great opponent of large government. During his 8 years he got rid of one department engaged in training teachers. Two years later, the department was reinstated. Don't ask government to solve problems - government is often the problem, as at present. Watch them flailing around. Harry ****************************** Henry George School of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91043 Tel: 818 352-4141 ****************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Weick Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:10 AM To: futurework Subject: [Futurework] Fw: [Ottawadissenters] Re: Sen on Keynes and Pigou ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Weick To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [Ottawadissenters] Re: [Futurework] Sen on Keynes and Pigou All theologies and ideologies have to be handled with sensitivity and care. In the hands of the powerful, they can become dangerous to the point of disaster: Witness Stalin, an avowed atheist, witness Hitler and the Holocaust, witness George W killing woman and children in Iraq, witness the Taliban beating women and throwing acid in the faces of children, and witness what happened in Gaza recently. I'm enclosing a picture of what men can, through training based on ideology, be induced to do in a secular state, North Korea in this case: Someone shouts, they jump! Silly men! Why don't they just say nuts and walk away? Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Kurtz To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [Ottawadissenters] Re: [Futurework] Sen on Keynes and Pigou They want to be told how to behave toward their fellow man and to believe that what they are hearing comes from a higher power -- i.e. God. They are dangerous as they can't decide how to behave for themselves, subject to manipulation by the best cajolers and con-men alive. Claimed (and believed by hypnotized idiots) pipelines to imaginary sources of truth and goodness are pure, 100% mental and emotional masturbation. But it sure serves the top of the hierarchies making the claims. Meanwhile, the planet is overrun by competitively bred idiots. May all those with the god gene become sterile. The cynical misanthrope in Maine __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (8) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Polls | Members | Calendar Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe RECENT ACTIVITY Visit Your Group Give Back Yahoo! for Good Get inspired by a good cause. Y! Toolbar Get it Free! easy 1-click access to your groups. Yahoo! Groups Start a group in 3 easy steps. Connect with others. . __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
