tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663796893295918209.post7097543168039705204..comments2023-06-16T06:12:41.280-05:00Comments on Day by Day: Manipulating Statistics and Other PeevestheMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01484800094220282147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663796893295918209.post-39357566082482323302009-06-03T21:49:12.814-05:002009-06-03T21:49:12.814-05:00Jesse,
I have never read Lewis' space trilog...Jesse, <br /><br />I have never read Lewis' space trilogy. But I got a chuckle out of your allusion to Robespierre and Lenin.<br /><br />I keep thinking of Rubashov in Koestler's <i> Darkness at Noon </i>. That's one of my favorite books. I've read it about six times. But I don't think I'd have the heart to read it these days. I can't help thinking that one of these days many are going to wake up in Rubashov's position.<br /><br />MarytheMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484800094220282147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8663796893295918209.post-2247664364874729782009-06-03T21:37:24.262-05:002009-06-03T21:37:24.262-05:00Yes (ah feel your pain), but...
My guess is that ...Yes (ah feel your pain), but...<br /><br />My guess is that the president is smart enough to know that the continuing government takeover is financially unsustainable. To him, that's inconsequential. Staggering, eh? But he has higher goals in mind, like Weston and Devine from the C.S. Lewis space trilogy. His higher goals justify (for him anyway) the discomfort we experience in the interim, even when that discomfort includes the whole nation, and may last for a long, long time. I think history has shown similar prioritization from time to time. Robespierre comes to mind, and Lenin.<br /><br />Buckle up.J. Jacobsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940336595335484605noreply@blogger.com