Comments for The American Conservative

Comment on Ford v. GM , or birth of the office cubicle by sherry

sherry — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:47:37 +0000

Iran just asked OPEC to reduce production by yet another 1.5 million barrels per day.This past year and the record gas prices played a huge part in our economic meltdown.It cost the equivalent of 60 cents a gallon to drive an electric plug in car.Create cheap clean energy, create millions of badly needed green collar jobs.Obama needs to read this new cbook The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence NOW outlines a plan for America to wean itself off oil.We need a plan and we need it now! http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com

Comment on Ford v. GM , or birth of the office cubicle by Scott Lahti

Scott Lahti — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:34:47 +0000

“When the information came out, it was real news for the public and of high advertising value to the company.”

No, ha ha, that’s not about the Chevy stenographers’ essays in desktop pubishing *avant la lettre française*, but it is from Wilson’s 35-page article in question, “Detroit Motors”, which is available free, along with other great chunks of the FSG edition of his collection The American Earthquake,* at Google Books - in between “Communists and Cops” and “Red Cross and County Agent”:

http://tinyurl.com/5eo4a2

*The second section of which reproduces the whole of his 1932 book The American Jitters (England: devil Take the Hindmost), in which the Detroit piece from The New Republic was first reprinted in hardcover form.

Comment on How Washington Ruined Detroit by Jan Rogozinski

Jan Rogozinski — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:29:17 +0000

Shark has it right.

On the other hand, I can’t believe that Robert is faulting GM for treating his uncle like a human being instead of a thing..

No, Robert and too many others say, the bosses must never treat any worker decently because Darwub was right about survival of the most ruthless. The very rich are very much better than the rest of us precisely because they are totally greedy. If someone has a personal weakness, then Americans should just l just step over his body when he is dying of hunger or illness..

Or just pass by the sick and dying, like the Jewish priest and the Jewish Levite in Jesus’ parable of the good Samaritan.

Some morons keep saying “bankruptcy would be OK; look at the airlines”. Yeah, as in Pan AM, Eastern, and TWA. How can anyone so stupid and still chew gum?

Comment on The Shifting Military Vote by TallTerrance

TallTerrance — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Obama is the president elect, the general officers and pentagon will follow his orders. I hope that the Obama adnministration improves medical and mental health care for returning vets, and inspires more citizens to join the military. The DoD will need to do budget cuts and improve efficiency, and hopefully will move to rely a lot less on private contactors.
The military can do a better job at making itself a good career option, especially given these hard employment times for young graduates of high school and college.

Comment on Kids, get your feet off the SOFA! by nathirsara

nathirsara — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:13:53 +0000

Fear nor, dear American patriots, for the American leadership has repeatedly assured us that the terms of SOFA are “aspirational” (i.e. not “binding”). Doesn’t that mean that the treaty will tie Iraq to its pledge but not the U.S.?

Comment on Future (Present?) Imperfect by SteveM

SteveM — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:19:20 +0000

The whole thing is a “Well Duh…?” set of observations. I can’t believe somebody actually got paid for writing it.

Comment on Kids, get your feet off the SOFA! by George in Toronto

George in Toronto — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:39:21 +0000

News 4 Jack–Both parties are identical twins.If only obtuse Americans knew that the real world terrorists are in Washington and controllers of major news media-they will never know until WWIII hits them home :^(

Comment on Surging for Hillary by Hoping Hillary Says Yes? « An Saoirsí - The Libertista

Hoping Hillary Says Yes? « An Saoirsí - The Libertista — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:49:59 +0000

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Comment on Obamawannabes Quizzed On Gun Ownership by Jason

Jason — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:35:05 +0000

This is a big problem, but this is exactly what we should expect from someone who holds contempt for the Constitution. Obama’s oath of office will be the biggest joke.
http://rightklik.blogspot.com/2008/10/negative-liberties-part-ii.html

Comment on How Washington Ruined Detroit by The Western Confucian

The Western Confucian — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:24:05 +0000

Most of the imported cars in America come from three countries: Japan, South Korea, and Germany. What do these countries have in common? They’ve all benefited from having their defense subsidized by Uncle Sam, thereby freeing up public monies to invest in industries and welfare.

America, in turn, in “exchange” for protecting these countries, has openned up its markets to their products, regardless of whether this is reciprocated or not.

Libertarian Ivan Eland pointed out the absurdity of this arrangement in Ungrateful Allies:

“Despite plundering their colonies at gunpoint (for example, the Spanish Empire looted the gold from Latin America) and creating sheltered markets for their goods overseas (for example, British mercantilism), even the formal empires of old were not cost-effective, according to classical economists. The informal U.S. Empire that defends other countries abroad using alliances, military bases, the permanent stationing of U.S. troops on foreign soil, and profligate military interventions is even more cost-ineffective. U.S. forces cannot plunder, and rich allies, such as South Korea, excessively restrict their markets to U.S. goods and services.”