Thus said Jon Gale on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:12:46 MDT: > Don't even get me started on the president. 9/11 ûush's Reichstag > (should provide some fuel for the flame war)
You couldn't be referring to any of this could you: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Bush+Reichstag&spell=1 >> We can put a man on the moon. > > hoax This is a failure of the market. >> We can send a probe to land on mars. > > hoax Yet another failure of the market. >> We can invent nuclear weapons. > > if by "invent" you mean steal someone else's idea Again, here the market failed and required governmental intervention. >> We can fly in the air. > > no we can't - but our airplanes can This one is borderline failure. Thanks to the government's intervention, and documents like the Patriot Act, our airlines are now safe. >> We can cure most medical problems. > > like AIDS and cancer? Again, another failure of the market, I'm still waiting for the government to provide solutions for these. . . . >> Then why in the hell can't I get more than 30mpg in my car? > > Because you sir, are living the American Dream! It seems the American dream is built on market failures... Thank you for awakening me to the sense of the dream. Andy -- GnuPG ID 0xA63888C9 (D2DA 68C9 BB2B 26B4 8204 2219 A43E F450 A638 88C9) [-----------[system uptime]--------------------------------------------] 9:19pm up 72 days, 5:57, 2 users, load average: 1.21, 1.19, 1.18 .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
