The international act of posturing was pointless; A ‘new world order’ is simply fantasy

 

1. "The piece of theatre that concluded in London on Thursday was one of the great confidence tricks of our lifetimes. “

   As I said before..... anyone remember what the word “con” in “con man” stands for? We are indeed suffering a “crisis of confidence”, Obama and Pelosi have that much right at least.

   Posted by GrumpyOldFart       04/04/2009  at  10:42 AM  



2. Amity Shlaes wrote a book about the Depression from the conservative POV: The Forgotten Man.

   Even leftists admit that FDR’s Subsistence Homesteads Program was a boondoggle failure:

   [...]Eleanor visited Scott’s Run and was moved by the miners’ plight. She thought they were perfect candidates for FDR’s new Subsistence Homesteads Program. The program aimed to ease rural poverty by building planned communities where people would farm small plots, and work in factories nearby. The communities would provide health care and progressive schools[...]

   [...]Eleanor tried to use her connections to bring in industry. She even paid teachers’ salaries herself. But the project had not been fully thought through. The homesteaders could not grow enough to feed themselves. Business failed to take root, and many residents remained on relief. By the early 1940’s, Congress lost interest and federal aid to Arthurdale ended[...]

   Posted by adagioforstrings       04/04/2009  at  01:06 PM  



3. Roosavelt was a socialist ass, sure he lined the pockets of a few, left the farmers to wither and the banks to grab their farms for a pittance (and by and large convinced the farmers they were lucky) then spent vast sums on infrastructure that employed some, few thatreally needed though. One bit of luck for him was roads (and WW2) after the war the roads did help Americas prosperity but that was just dumb luck. What all decent countries need is a safety net, make sure when things get bad there is a roof, warmth and food for the temporary poor, not money for but vouchers. Roosevelts introverted policies spread the resession into a global depression, at least he genuinely won the job unlike this joker who stole it and is making the same crap judgements. God help us all.
   The socialist fuckwits in Ontario (the place that uses water to generate power to the extent that all references to power use the term “hydro” want windmills?????

   Posted by Chris Edwards       04/04/2009  at  01:11 PM  

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