[T]he superstition that the budget must be balanced at all times, once it is debunked, takes away one of the bulwarks that every society must have against expenditure out of control. . . . [O]ne of the functions of old-fashioned religion was to scare people by sometimes what might be regarded as myths into behaving in a way that long-run civilized life requires.
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Finger
Will someone be so kind as to drop me a line when we're done choosing our sixth grade class president?
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This is so stupid and so cool at the same time. Stupid, in so far as it isn't substantiative. But cool, in so far as if you can't say something substantiative, you may as well bait the gaffe-mongers.
ReplyDelete“Science without religion is science; religion without science is religion.”
ReplyDelete“There is no God in foxholes”
Tor Hershman
Unfortunately, I think this is all gonna get way, way dumber before it ends. Even if the Democratic candidate is chosen soon. Once it comes down to McCain vs. Obama or Clinton, then the media will really start attacking the Democrats while fluffing McCain. It's gonna be truly disgusting.
ReplyDeleteOh, did you hear about this?
ReplyDeleteOK, now Clinton is officially pissing me off.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/20/msnbcs-contessa-brewer-helps-spread-false-rumor-that-obama-gave-the-finger/
ReplyDeleteDBB: Thanks. That was my original impression.
ReplyDeleteThe whole contretemps is beginning to irritate me on a number of levels.
At the very least, even if Obama really did intentionally make a rude gesture, reporting regarding the substance of the campaigns — in a perfect world, or even in the enormous numbers of worlds better than this one — should be crowding out this relatively superficial issue.
Note: DBB's link is to MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer Helps Spread False Rumor That Obama Gave ‘the Finger’
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