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BOOMERBUSTER
OLD CELLO
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
RE BOZO ROMER ONOMICS SOME CALL IT REASON OR HOOVER ENLIGHTENMENT
"reason: In terms of real per capita income, Americans today are seven times richer than they were in 1900. How did that happen?
Paul Romer: Many things contributed, but the essential one is technological change. What I mean by that is the discovery of better ways to do things. In most coffee shops these days, you'll find that the small, medium, and large coffee cups all use the same size lid now, whereas even five years ago they used to have different size lids for the different cups. That small change in the geometry of the cups means that somebody can save a little time in setting up the coffee shop, preparing the cups, getting your coffee, and getting out. Millions of little discoveries like that, combined with some very big discoveries, like the electric motor and antibiotics, have made the quality of life for people today dramatically higher than it was 100 years ago."
Paul Romer: Many things contributed, but the essential one is technological change. What I mean by that is the discovery of better ways to do things. In most coffee shops these days, you'll find that the small, medium, and large coffee cups all use the same size lid now, whereas even five years ago they used to have different size lids for the different cups. That small change in the geometry of the cups means that somebody can save a little time in setting up the coffee shop, preparing the cups, getting your coffee, and getting out. Millions of little discoveries like that, combined with some very big discoveries, like the electric motor and antibiotics, have made the quality of life for people today dramatically higher than it was 100 years ago."
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
re recent dk passage quoted below
Reading Macmillan's new book.
I came across the passage re Salisbury's frustration at his inability, diplomatically or otherwise, to arrest the slaughter of Armenian Christians in East Ottoman Turkey, in 1895 and after.
I came across the passage re Salisbury's frustration at his inability, diplomatically or otherwise, to arrest the slaughter of Armenian Christians in East Ottoman Turkey, in 1895 and after.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
A MEMBER OF HOUSEHOLD GETS ONTO THIS SITE SOMETIMES
They wrote in red this time.
I have left it up, as a lesson to them.
I have left it up, as a lesson to them.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
I've lost my mind.
I am a total complete nut.
For those who don't know, I lived in a crazy home for 10 years.
I still have major issues, but I am beginning to recover. Something that will never be cured is my inability to poop properly.
My posts may come across as being absurd, but that is when I am not on my meds and I post.
So, toodle doo poopies!
Sending my farty love.
For those who don't know, I lived in a crazy home for 10 years.
I still have major issues, but I am beginning to recover. Something that will never be cured is my inability to poop properly.
My posts may come across as being absurd, but that is when I am not on my meds and I post.
So, toodle doo poopies!
Sending my farty love.
SEE DKS CURRENT POST
An arresting passage:
"Gen X generally distrusts institutions, including the federal government, It has suddenly become clear that the younger leadership of the Republican Party is not very interested in the United States' role in the world. Among Democrats there is a significant faction eager to intervene for humanitarian reasons, but they too seem to be losing ground. Suddenly, as the New York Times pointed out a couple of weeks ago, the United States has no way of stopping the religious war in the Middle East, fueled by Iran on one side and Saudi Arabia on the other. More than twenty years later it is clear that the collapse of the Soviet Union was not destined to lead to US hegemony. It was the beginning of a general decline or collapse of political authority in large parts of the world--a frightening yet totally unanticipated development, and one which we have no idea what to do about...."
I would just point out, that it is possible that these political developments were neither so sudden, in onset, nor as totally unanticipated, as he suggests here.
Even the collapse, 20 + years ago, or so, "...More than twenty years later it is clear...."
It was clear to some of us, at the time, at that moment.
"Gen X generally distrusts institutions, including the federal government, It has suddenly become clear that the younger leadership of the Republican Party is not very interested in the United States' role in the world. Among Democrats there is a significant faction eager to intervene for humanitarian reasons, but they too seem to be losing ground. Suddenly, as the New York Times pointed out a couple of weeks ago, the United States has no way of stopping the religious war in the Middle East, fueled by Iran on one side and Saudi Arabia on the other. More than twenty years later it is clear that the collapse of the Soviet Union was not destined to lead to US hegemony. It was the beginning of a general decline or collapse of political authority in large parts of the world--a frightening yet totally unanticipated development, and one which we have no idea what to do about...."
I would just point out, that it is possible that these political developments were neither so sudden, in onset, nor as totally unanticipated, as he suggests here.
Even the collapse, 20 + years ago, or so, "...More than twenty years later it is clear...."
It was clear to some of us, at the time, at that moment.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
IT WOULD BE SO HARD TO EXPLAIN
To environmental liberals, like Mr Ezra Silk, how nowhere such initiatives, as he discusses on DKs site, are destined to go.
One only has to refer to initiatives such as cap n trade, en passant, to get the jist.
One only has to refer to initiatives such as cap n trade, en passant, to get the jist.
Monday, January 6, 2014
RE NATIONAL UNITY
Rereading Howard's "Churchill And National Unity"
Even Howard, a liberal I believe, grudgingly acknowledged, near the end, the ultimate need:
"Ultimately it can be achieved only by the creation of national wealth...." to the end of the article.
He had some rather important insights, and distinctions, to make in this article.
Nationalism has had a bad name. It sounds terrible, until one considers the alternatives.
We, here, have never had much of a real sense of it, for many reasons.
We tend to think in terms of your issues (your favorite brands), your state, your town, your anarchic individual rights, etc.
Even Howard, a liberal I believe, grudgingly acknowledged, near the end, the ultimate need:
"Ultimately it can be achieved only by the creation of national wealth...." to the end of the article.
He had some rather important insights, and distinctions, to make in this article.
Nationalism has had a bad name. It sounds terrible, until one considers the alternatives.
We, here, have never had much of a real sense of it, for many reasons.
We tend to think in terms of your issues (your favorite brands), your state, your town, your anarchic individual rights, etc.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER VASTLY OUTPACES DOMESTIC INSTITUTIONS ARRANGEMENTS
RE gay marriage or prohibition, etc.:
Domestic politics is less and less relevant, going forward, and more and more dangerous to dwell on exclusively, as so many Americans have been trained, by now, to do.
This was not always the case. It is now.
Domestic politics is less and less relevant, going forward, and more and more dangerous to dwell on exclusively, as so many Americans have been trained, by now, to do.
This was not always the case. It is now.
Friday, January 3, 2014
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Kennan, The Decline of Bismarck's European Order, 1978, Conclusion p 423
"The Austro-Hungarian Empire still looks better, as a solution to the tangled problems of that part of the world, than anything that has succeeded it."
Amen.
One is tempted, and soon will be even more tempted, to say the same thing regarding the British Empire.
Amen.
One is tempted, and soon will be even more tempted, to say the same thing regarding the British Empire.
Sunday, December 29, 2013
See DK's current post another significant aspect of the errors of policy from mid century
"Billions of dollars worth of jet aircraft, tanks, artillery and much more went from the US, the Soviets and other nations to India and Pakistan, Egypt and Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia, North and South Korea, North and South Vietnam, and elsewhere. Occassionally this weaponry was used in local wars."
Liberal international trade expansionism, in weapons and strategic and commercial patronage; and communist influence commercial expansionism patronage, correspondingly.
Call it the cold war boom of The Rest that served the long term interests of neither the US nor USSR.
In fact, it has killed off remaining hegemonic opportunities of each, to some extent, and will lead to their disadvantage, in any conflicts, economic and military, going forward.
Liberal international trade expansionism, in weapons and strategic and commercial patronage; and communist influence commercial expansionism patronage, correspondingly.
Call it the cold war boom of The Rest that served the long term interests of neither the US nor USSR.
In fact, it has killed off remaining hegemonic opportunities of each, to some extent, and will lead to their disadvantage, in any conflicts, economic and military, going forward.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
SEE DK'S CURRENT POST
'....The Constitution is not primarily at fault.'
He does, however, cite certain weaknesses, which Toobin also notes.
There are plenty of others, I call them structural problems, but they also flow from suspicion of the ancient regime itself, and from the colonial geopolitical status quo ante, that neither of them apparently feel a need to go back into or address.
Bailyn's works best show how the stage was set, so to speak, for these weaknesses to emerge in the constitution, as well as in American society and culture generally.
He does, however, cite certain weaknesses, which Toobin also notes.
There are plenty of others, I call them structural problems, but they also flow from suspicion of the ancient regime itself, and from the colonial geopolitical status quo ante, that neither of them apparently feel a need to go back into or address.
Bailyn's works best show how the stage was set, so to speak, for these weaknesses to emerge in the constitution, as well as in American society and culture generally.
RE WARSHIP ENCOUNTER AND MACMILLAN'S THEMES WWI
As I have pointed out, globalized military instability, call it war, has been under way now for several years, under the radar so to speak.
It is beginning to come out more into the open, where any idiot could see it, now.
It is beginning to come out more into the open, where any idiot could see it, now.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
READING KENNAN'S BOOK ON THE END OF BISMARCK'S EUROPEAN ORDER
See Margaret MacMillan's article, nyt, today. Great Stuff.
The obvious.
Terms search MacMillan
The obvious.
Terms search MacMillan
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
WEEKLY AUDIENCE MALAYSIA IS HUGE
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Sunday, December 8, 2013
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