tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post2662116201294977186..comments2023-12-31T03:18:37.403-06:00Comments on "E pur si muove!": Stop the Pork Stampede!Lester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-91451994908135937382009-02-11T10:49:00.000-06:002009-02-11T10:49:00.000-06:00I got linked over from Chris Hallquist's blog. Act...I got linked over from Chris Hallquist's blog. Actually, if you check out University over where it intersects Whitney Way, you'll see what needs repairing. The innermost lanes have pushed up and buckled during the winter, which will thoroughly shake your martini if you so much as drive 10 mph.<BR/><BR/>Whether or not it is 'pork' is debatable, considering that it will be putting money into work (and infrastructure is very New Deal). It will keep some construction crews working, and keep the bartenders in business, too!Karl Haro von Mogelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409062416165090211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-61364466258654212422009-02-05T11:08:00.000-06:002009-02-05T11:08:00.000-06:00Well, we're both capitalist countries now.I suspec...Well, we're both capitalist countries now.<BR/><BR/>I suspect we'll just keep selling our children into bondage.pappy dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634780939188002027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-32757212085181119542009-02-05T09:35:00.000-06:002009-02-05T09:35:00.000-06:00I suppose so. I would suppose that, if these guys...I suppose so. I would suppose that, if these guys, under inflationary pressure, decide to unload their dollars, the results would be another catastrophe. It would also be another catastrophe caused by the government and blamed on some sort of capitalist plot.Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-72162357625545600372009-02-04T17:49:00.000-06:002009-02-04T17:49:00.000-06:00Wouldn't the Chinese be upset if we tried to pay o...Wouldn't the Chinese be upset if we tried to pay off our loans with inflated dollars? They're also holding a lot of dollars right now. Could they dump them if that seemed like a possibility?pappy dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634780939188002027noreply@blogger.com