Classic Video Clip

From 1979, economist Milton Friedman trying to teach Phil Donahue about capitalism. Donahue actually seems to be thinking about what Mr. Friedman had to say, but ultimately he never learned. I love the way Friedman gently demolishes every argument Donahue throws at him.



(Thanks to my husband for passing on this clip to me.)

Change

It's what he promised. Here's a glimpse into some of the changes we can expect.

Question

I have heard from several sources that the reason Obama is seeming to moderate on some issues is because he is saving his "chips" for the Big Thing that he wants to do: nationalized health care.

Great. So the rest of us can now look forward to sharing in the experience of my poor mother, who 16 months after her car accident is still waiting for resolution on some of her medical expenses. (Several months ago, she had the experience of paying one small bill that she knew she didn't owe--it should have been paid by Medicare--but she was tired of being harassed about it for the past year; not long after, she received a refund from the creditor saying "never mind"--she had been billed in error. This is just one of many stories I could tell you.)

One question, though: why are the Canadians and Europeans so in love with a guy who's going to turn our health care system into a carbon copy of theirs, removing the last place on earth they can go to get something better than what they have at home?

I think a lot of people are going to wake up in a few years with a massive Obama hangover, and those of us who didn't drink the Kool-Aid had better be prepared with a healthy yet palatable grown-up alternative to offer to our countrymen who are ready to leave the sugary stuff behind.

S. O. S.

Waltzing on the Titanic - by Larrey Anderson

Please wake up, America. Enough said.

Prediction

Courtesy of my smarter half:

Watch for global warming to fade in importance in an Obama administration. Why? Because the whole point of the global warming agenda is the advancement of the socialist state. With a socialist state firmly in place, the global warming cause is no longer politically useful.