Re: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Ed Weick
Perhaps no idea is grand enough to withstand the withering, relentless assault of The New American Dream of universal free-fall economic devolution aka deregulated free or at least all-consuming markets. Not so sure of this.I believe there is a growing skepticism about deregulation -

Re: [Futurework] Intelligence, disease, and Ashkenazic jews....

2005-06-05 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Christoph Reuss wrote: Ashkenazic diseases like Tay-Sachs, they say, are a side effect of genes that promote intelligence. [snip] The interesting question is not whether Tay-Sachs is a side effect of .. intelligence (chutzpa), but why zionists use the double standard in human breeding

Re: [Futurework] The Tao of Bankruptcy

2005-06-05 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Ed Weick wrote: Perhaps no idea is grand enough to withstand the withering, relentless assault of The New American Dream of universal free-fall economic devolution aka deregulated free or at least all-consuming markets. Not so sure of this. I believe there is a growing skepticism about

RE: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Harry Pollard
Brad, You said: Perhaps no idea is grand enough to withstand the withering, relentless assault of The New American Dream of universal free-fall economic devolution aka deregulated free or at least all-consuming markets. This reads well, but what does it mean? Apparently you are in favor of

RE: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Christoph Reuss
Harry asked: What have you got against people trading with each other? If you think that the EU is about people trading with each other, ask the French and the Dutch who just voted No as soon as they were given a chance to. People don't need the EU to trade with each other. Predators need the

[Futurework] Passages and Parallels

2005-06-05 Thread Karen Watters Cole
Besides historical review, Deep Throats unmasking this week generated national post-9/11 soul searching anew, some good and some opportunistic. Weve seen some reformed characters, such as Chuck Colson, revert to hypocrisy, angry to be once again in a less flattering spotlight. Some of the

RE: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
I agree with Chris on this one: In this situation, the answer is to give the government greater power to defend national industry from foreign competition and to give control over the exchange rate back to the government. It was clear from the beginning that this is the big mistake of the

RE: [Futurework] Mobility vs Nobility

2005-06-05 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
The problem, in short, may not be that reality is receding from the national myth. The problem may be the myth. Beware to the nation that believes and acts on its myths not realizing that they are just that: Myths. arthur -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Futurework] Mobility vs Nobility

2005-06-05 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Cordell, Arthur: ECOM wrote: The problem, in short, may not be that reality is receding from the national myth. The problem may be the myth. Beware to the nation that believes and acts on its myths not realizing that they are just that: Myths. [snip] Has there ever been such a country as

RE: [Futurework] Mobility vs Nobility

2005-06-05 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
*But*, again, the documentary emphasizes, the NeoCons who govern do *not* need to believe the myths they promulgate to the people. I think the record shows that most who govern don't necessarily believe the myths they promulgate: this holds true for those on the right and those on the left.

[Futurework] Those NYT liberals who don't understand how free market works

2005-06-05 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Information Clearing House today has a quote from Thomas Friedman, a New York Times OpEd writer: 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

RE: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Harry Pollard
Lawry, Chris agrees with this even though it isn't true. I think that most Europeans have lost faith in the EU because it has turned out to be a bureaucratic organization of self-serving people enjoying some of the most rewarding perks one can imagine. The umpteen pages of the constitution were

RE: [Futurework] Italy and the Euro

2005-06-05 Thread Harry Pollard
Ed, Perhaps we should look at the number of air carriers that are not under bankruptcy protection. The free market (when it exists) tosses out the companies which fail to supply the best service at the cheapest price. Either they must shape up, or they are discarded, thereby

RE: [Futurework] More on Ireland

2005-06-05 Thread Harry Pollard
Ed, It doesnt matter whether countries work together. What matters is that people work together. The glue that binds cooperating people together is the strongest binding of all self-interest. The complications that you refer to are created by politicians and economists an unholy

RE: [Futurework] FW: class consumerism

2005-06-05 Thread Harry Pollard
Damned liars, Pete. *** 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 pete

RE: [Futurework] Mobility vs Nobility

2005-06-05 Thread Lawrence deBivort
There are some neocons who believe their own mythology (e.g. Bolton, Hoeber, Woolsey, Negroponte.) There are other neocons who see it as a handy way of extending further protections to their favorite political causes (e.g. Perle, Feith, Wolfowitz, Cohen) regardless of the cost to the US. I guess