----- Original Message ----- From: "Dwayne Monroe" <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
If Mr. Robin is correct, it may be that the true ignorance of our present crop of elites' has led them to blunder their way, through a series of inter-locked misunderstandings, into an action not suited for present realities and, therefore, a disaster.
DRM
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And the clearest clue that they're clueless on their own racism and how markets fail comes from this howler:
"It's too bad," Kristol lamented. "I think it would be natural for the United States . . . to play a far more dominant role in world affairs. Not what we're doing now but to command and to give orders as to what is to be done. People need that. There are many parts of the world-Africa in particular-where an authority willing to use troops can make a very good difference, a healthy difference." But with public discussion dominated by accountants-"there's the Republican Party tying itself into knots. Over what? Prescriptions for elderly people? Who gives a damn? I think it's disgusting that . . . presidential politics of the most important country in the world should revolve around prescriptions for elderly people. Future historians will find this very hard to believe. It's not Athens. It's not Rome. It's not anything." http://bostonreview.net/BR29.1/robin.html