[lbo-talk] great moments in statesmanship

boddi satva lbo.boddi at gmail.com
Wed Nov 16 14:21:55 PST 2005


Who else is entitled and why?

We have the money.

Look, the entire world takes our money because they know that, well, they can buy stuff from the rest of the entire world with it.

Who's making a better offer?

boddi

On 11/16/05, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> What wrong, aside from the subliterate syntax, is the sense of
> entitlement: I'm an American, goddamnit, and it's my birthright to
> waste shit like crazy!
>
> We could have a very fine standard of living while consuming lots
> less energy than we do.
>
> boddi satva wrote:
>
> >"if we're going improve (sic) our standard of living, you have to
> >consume more energy." -
> >
> >Seems axiomatic to me (at least in the near term). What's the
> >problem with this statement?
> >
> >
> >On 11/16/05, Doug Henwood
> ><<mailto:dhenwood at panix.com>dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >[via Sam Smith's Progressive Review - Grassley is a 5th-term Senator
> >from Iowa]
> >
> >You know, what--what makes our economy grow is energy. And, and
> >Americans are used to going to the gas tank (sic), and when they put
> >that hose in their, uh, tank, and when I do it, I wanna get gas out of
> >it. And when I turn the light switch on, I want the lights to go on,
> >and I don't want somebody to tell me I gotta change my way of living
> >to satisfy them. Because this is America, and this is something we've
> >worked our way into, and the American people are entitled to it, and
> >if we're going improve (sic) our standard of living, you have to
> >consume more energy." - Charles Grassley on NPR
> >
> ><<http://movies.crooksandliars.com/moreenergy.mp3>
> http://movies.crooksandliars.com/moreenergy.mp3>
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