Communism is a cow of many; well milked and badly fed... [Ach, a perennial link to the neverending debate]
Oh, and I’ve got a joke for you Jozef.
A Czechoslovakian midget, on the run from the secret police, frantically pounds on a stranger’s door. It opens a crack and a suspicious eye peers out.
“What do you want?”
“Please, I’m desperate. Can you cache a small Czech?”
Thank you, thank you. Don’t forget to tip yer waitress. She’s taking me out after the show.
Comment by Nabakov — 11/1/2005 @ 8:57 pm
God and money vie for people's affections
Invisible Hands & Markets: World On Brink Of Ruin
Dan Ackman describes anatomy of the forthcoming economy:
Alan Greenspan, that Matador of the Money Supply, the esteemed Impresario of Interest Rates, has suffered precious few slings or arrows over his many years as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Even the White House has had to offer its critiques off the record for fear of roiling the markets or upsetting the chairman's Elvis-in-Vegas-like following. So when the chief economist of one of the world's most prestigious banks calls Greenspan a bum, that's a big deal
• Money Supply ; [One morning, Gregor Samsa awoke to find that he was working for the federal government. The agency's job is to safeguard the merit system, prevent the intrusion of partisan politics into the federal workplace and protect federal employees from prohibited personnel practices, Notably retaliation for whistle-blowing ] (A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. -Proverb)
• · Mark Steyn: Coalition of the Giving
• · · Inveterate readers of this blog know that we ran several posts on the tax problems associated with Oprah Winfrey's giveaway of 276 new Pontiac G6 sedans to members of the audience Partial Indian Giver ; [With all due respect to the group, whose members generally deserve a great deal of respect, the membership of the commission tells me that we are not likely to get anywhere significant, be it good or bad, on tax reform. By the way, no tax practitioners only preachers ... ] (He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow. -Proverb)
• · · · The helicopters are taking off and landing now in the tsunami-shattered villages and towns. The sick are being taken for treatment. Clean water is being delivered. Food is arriving. Soon the work of reconstruction will begin Tsunami tragedy exposes the myth of the UN's moral authority
• · · · · An expert on the economic side of transition offers his observations on some of the lessons learned in Central Europe for the rest of the region. (Paid Subscription required) Reform: Speed Doesn’t Pay: by Jeremy Druker [The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones. Proverb, Spanish]
• · · · · · The Problems of the Super Rich: As Mark Twain said in Tom Sawyer: "Being rich ain't what it's cracked up to be. It's just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time. However, Pejmanesque weeps for them: I'm sorry, but when push comes to shove, who wouldn't want these problems? The Trouble of Refering to Yourself as Imrich (A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel. -Proverb)