On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:23:41 -0500, the infamous Louis Ohland
scrawled the following:

F. George McDuffee wrote:
In usenet try
alt.economics.austrian-school
also see my webpage
http://mcduffee-associates.us/PE/Econometrics.htm

When I want to save the world, I'll surf.

The Internet or wet, salty water?


This just in:

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News at 6...

AP news brief just released:

Democrats, realizing the success of the President's "Cash For
Clunkers" rebate program, have revamped a major portion of their
National Health Care Plan. President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and
Senator Reed are expected to make this major announcement at a joint
news conference later this week.

An advanced copy of the proposal reveals it is named "CASH FOR
CODGERS" and it works like this: Couples wishing to access health-care
funds in order to pay for the delivery of a child will be required to
turn in one old person. The amount the government grants them will be
fixed according to a sliding scale. Older and more
prescription-dependent codgers will garner the highest amounts.

Special "Bonuses" will be paid for those submitting codgers in
targeted groups, such as smokers, alcohol drinkers, persons 10 pounds
over their government-prescribed weight, and any member of the
Republican Party.

Smaller bonuses will be given for codgers who consume beef, soda,
fried foods, potato chips, French fries, lattes, whole milk, dairy
products, bacon, brussel sprouts, or Girl Scout cookies.

All codgers will be rendered totally useless via toxic injection. This
will insure that they are not secretly resold or their body parts
harvested to keep other codgers in repair.

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A striking fact of the last two years of financial trouble is how
accountability has differed in the public and private spheres. On
Wall Street and across the country, decades-old firms have failed,
fortunes have vanished, and some former captains of finance face
jail or fines. In Washington, meanwhile, most regulators and Members
of Congress remain on the job, often with enhanced power.
-WSJ "Bernanke's Second Chance" 26aug09