[lbo-talk] Anarcho: Being wrong is no hindrance when you empower the rich

[Chuck]

B. wrote:
> Yep, the guy was a douche.
> 
> I remember in 2002, during the all the Enron, Tyco,
> Worldcom, etc., scandals the fucking White House
> celebrated his birthday at, well, the White House.
> Friedman had turned 90. I kept a transcript of the
> speech Dubya made because it's one of those
> uber-ideological speeches where the US govt. comes out
> to kneel at Capital's holy altar.  It was pretty
> nauseating. Lots of rhetoric about how the US govt.
> supported the ideology and capitalism's critics were
> living in cloud cuckoo land. 
> 
> I think Friedman got a medal or something at the White
> House that day, as well.

Right on. We all know of course that the sole purpose of the universe, 
at least this one, was to bring about the United States so that 
capitalism and God could flourish.

Chuck