Greenspan, thinking

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Michael McIntyre" <mmcintyr at depaul.edu>
>
> >>> dhenwood at panix.com 04/18/02 19:26 PM >>>
>Miles Jackson wrote:
>
> >No, even after he dies, they'll leave him propped up in a chair,
> >contemplating interest rate hikes.
>
>"I would not only reappoint Mr Greenspan, but if Mr Greenspan should
>die, God forbid, I would do like they did in the movie Weekend at
>Bernie's. I would prop him up and put a pair of dark glasses on him."
>                                     - John McCain, during the 2000 
>campaign
>
>Perhaps he could nip down to the local with Jeremy Bentham for a bit of 
>posthumous hedonic calculus.

Bentham's mummified "auto-icon" is still on display at University College, 
London -- minus, of course, his factory-installed head, which lost much of 
its charisma posthumously and was replaced by a wax replica.  (Bentham's 
original and replacement noggins can be seen at 
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/external/atanu/jb.html -- viewer discretion 
advised.)

BTW, I thought Greenspan's own head showed distinct signs of putrefaction in 
that photo that Doug posted.  So, it may not be too early for the Federal 
Reserve to contact the folks at Madame Tussaud's and see if they can whip up 
a standby unit that can be popped into place if the Chairman's face actually 
starts falling apart.

Carl

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