On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Carl Remick wrote:
> The point is, Brad is not "somebody"; he's "Somebody." He's one of those
> Council of Economic Advisers-caliber economists who are called on to
> sanction national policy and, in times of austerity, tell the people to
> "pull in their belts," etc. This appeal is more seemly (at least) when it
> comes from cadaverous types like Alan Greenspan or Robert Rubin (whatever
> their myriad other limitations) and not porkers like DeLong or Larry
> Lindsey. Being in the public eye in such a capacity imposes some
> responsibility for not being a symbolic hypocrite.
>
> Carl
--Because, of course, the shape and size of one's body is completely a product of willpower and self-control. (--Yet another example of the knee-jerk individualism that pervades capitalist societies.)
Miles