Yeah, I think it's a very good piece, and it's very similar to my own judgment of events, but I was surprised at the way they structured it. _The Economist_ doesn't usually use such a dramatic structure, with the buildup and then the balance at the end. More often they use an essay style, in which the caveats and counterarguments are presented at the beginning.
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:28:58 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrawled the following:
Yes, it comes up for me, and I'm not a subscriber.
Shrubby, the frat boy, indeed... The way the Economist views him is the same way I always have (and then some): with complete disdain. I'm surprised that they backed him in 2000. The article sent me to the dictionary twice.
(Note to Gunner: I know you wouldn't have liked this last paragraph but if you want to talk about it, you'll have to take it to email. After seeing your half-dozenth reply to trolls this morning, I finally had to plonk you, too. Life's too short. Why _do_ you waste your time on the homunculi? )
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He looked like an easygoing, slightly right-of-center caretaker before 2000. That's all many people thought we needed at the time -- me included. I agree that he struck me as a frat boy, but I was not comfortable with Al Gore, who I feared was just chewing at the bit, waiting to explode a '60s-style liberal program on us, after those years of being cooped up with Clinton and his right-of-center economics. And I hadn't paid attention to the "Project for the New American Century" enrollment. I thought they were just some fringe neocons we'd never heard of. Jeez, I'll never forgive myself for not checking that out.
Par, for _The Economist_. The Britishisms are fun. The punctuation keeps this old-time editor reaching for a blue pencil, reflexively, until I remember I'm reading a British magazine. We're both saddled with the punctuation handed to us by 18th-century typesetters, but they had smarter typesetters.
I see you've added the word "homunculi" to your lexicon. You should read _The Economist_ more. It's good for you. d8-)
If this gambit had been pulled off by some London financiers I am certain that the Economist would have shouted and lauded the perpetrators from the roof tops.
But for a bunch of lousy German engineers, in the auto business no less, to pull this off is indeed distasteful and should be verboten:-)) Imagine mere engineers stealing bread from London bankers.
As one commentator had it "turn around is fair play" or "couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of people" or some such thing.
Oh, yeah, that was a good story, one that I think was underreported in the general press in the US.
I was impressed. Who would have thought that Porsche had it in them to play a financial gamble like that, against far bigger players? As I said, it was a George Soros moment -- testicles as big as Montana.
Somewhere in the house is a 4GB and 8GB thumbdrive. I bought the 8 when I lost the 4. I bought the 4 when I lost the 1. I found the one after I bought the 4, I found the 4 after I bought the 8. I guess it is time to buy a 16 so I can find the 8 and the 4.
I hope that is isn't a progression series ;)
I gotta look into using truecrypt for anything I want to keep private since these things are way to easy too lose or misplace.
That's good. Thanks, Don. Some of the people to whom I sent the e-mail are cyberspace idiots, too -- like me, as well. d8-)
-- Ed Huntress
Ed, you didn't send it to me, except on RCM. I saw it "2 x 4", or whatever the hams say. I'm surprised Iggy didn't weight in here. Reckon he's sick or somethin?.
I sent the e-mail to a couple of relatives and some friends who aren't on RCM, Bob. I figured anyone here who was interested would see the URL in my post.
There's nothing much new in that article; it's just one of the most thorough roundups I had seen. And _The Economist_ is considered fair by the people who know it, and no enemy of GWB, so that added some interest.
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