Nothing, but maybe there's a subtext? It's an OT that's not marked OT. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Feiertag To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Fw: Musings on the Age of Obama - The president seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s.
I actually agree with much of the article, but what does this have to do with movie posters??? > Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:33:16 -0700 > From: thethird...@yahoo.com > Subject: [MOPO] Fw: Musings on the Age of Obama - The president seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s. > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Harry Gendler <gendl...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > From: Harry Gendler <gendl...@ix.netcom.com> > > Subject: Musings on the Age of Obama - The president seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s. > > To: "Harry Gendler" <gendl...@ix.netcom.com> > > Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12:42 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > National > > Review > > > > April 07, 2009, > > 0:00 a.m. > > > > > > > > Musings on the Age > > of Obama - The > > president seems determined to repeat every disastrous > > mistake of the 1930s. > > > > By Thomas > > Sowell > > > > http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTM2NmJkOWI0ZDkwNDQ1YmQ1YTAzZDk0OGEzOTNlZjU= > > > > > > > > > > > > I am so old that I can remember when > > music was musical. > > > > > > > > Now that the federal government says that it will stand > > behind the warranties > > on GM’s automobiles, does that make you more likely > > or less likely to buy > > a car from GM? If you were a rising young executive with a > > promising future, > > would you be more likely or less likely to go to work for a > > company where > > politicians can fire you? > > > > > > > > We have become such suckers for words that politicians can > > spend our tax money > > like a drunken sailor, provided they call it > > “investment.” At least > > the drunken sailor is spending his own money — but > > people look down on > > him because he doesn’t call it > > “investment.” > > > > > > > > Barack Obama seems determined to repeat every disastrous > > mistake of the 1930s, > > at home and abroad. He has already repeated Herbert > > Hoover’s policy of > > raising taxes on high income earners, FDR’s policy of > > trying to > > micro-manage the economy, and Neville Chamberlain’s > > policy of seeking > > dialogues with hostile nations while downplaying the > > dangers they represent. > > > > > > > > We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society > > where no one is > > responsible for what he himself did but we are all > > responsible for what > > somebody else did, either in the present or in the past. > > > > > > > > The famous editorial cartoonist Herblock could write as > > well as draw. In one of > > his books, he said something like: “You too can have > > the soothing feeling > > of nature’s own baby-soft wool being pulled gently > > over your resting > > eyes.” I think of that every time I see Barack Obama > > talking. > > > > > > > > It has long been said that uncertainty is the hardest thing > > for a market to > > adjust to. No one can generate uncertainty as much as the > > government, which can > > change the rules in midstream or come out with some new > > bright idea at any > > time, as the current administration has already > > demonstrated. > > > > > > > > We have now reached the truly dangerous point where we > > cannot even be warned > > about the lethal, fanatical, and suicidal hatred of our > > society by Islamic > > extremists, because to do so would be politically incorrect > > and, in some > > European countries, would be a violation of the law against > > inciting hostility. > > > > > > > > Perhaps the scariest aspect of our times is how many people > > think in talking > > points, rather than in terms of real world consequences. > > > > > > > > Barack Obama’s favorable reception during his tour in > > Europe may be the > > most enthusiastic international acclaim for a democratic > > government leader > > since Neville Chamberlain returned from Munich in 1938, > > proclaiming > > “peace in our time.” > > > > > > > > How a man who holds the entire population of a country as > > his prisoners, and > > punishes the families of those who escape, can be admired > > by people who call > > themselves liberals is one of the many wonders of the human > > mind’s > > ability to rationalize. Yet such is the case with Fidel > > Castro. > > > > > > > > What does “economic justice” mean, except that > > you want something > > that someone else produced, without having to produce > > anything yourself in > > return? > > > > > > > > Perhaps the way President Obama will reduce the deficit is > > by making more > > presidential appointments of people who will pay the back > > taxes they owe, in > > order to get confirmed by the Senate. > > > > > > > > Liberals seem to think that they are doing lagging groups a > > favor by making > > excuses for counterproductive and self-destructive > > behavior. The poor do not > > need press agents. They need the truth. No one ever said, > > “Press agents > > will make you free.” > > > > > > > > If I were Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, I > > would not sign any > > long-term lease on a home in Washington. > > > > > > > > Socialists believe in government ownership of the means of > > production. Fascists > > believed in government control of privately owned > > businesses, which is much > > more the style of this government. That way, politicians > > can intervene whenever > > they feel like it and then, when their interventions turn > > out badly, summon > > executives from the private sector before Congress and > > denounce them on > > nationwide television. > > > > > > > > — Thomas > > Sowell is a senior fellow at the > > Hoover > > Institution. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry Check it out. 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