[lbo-talk] Hind sight is fifty-fifty!

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Sun Sep 4 10:20:22 PDT 2005



>From: Tom Walker <timework at telus.net>
>
>I know it's not nice to make fun of people, so I'll just let this poster to
>Brad De Long's Semi-Daily Journal speak for his or her self:

A spellcheck is a terrible thing to waste.


>... "What part of NEW ORLEANS is floodoed do these people not understand.
>And other thing, the people of new orleans need to take responsibilty for
>there actions in this time of crisis. ...

Here's the upmarket version of the same message:

"I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation." (Prime minister Margaret Thatcher, talking to Women's Own magazine, October 31, 1987)

Funny thing is, if Thatcher (now senile) had to look after herself today, she'd be wandering the streets living out of trash cans.

Carl



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