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“Slopey, you neglected to mention the autobahns built by the Nazis.”
Well, they had a different way of organizing labor back then. Not advocating a return to that.
OUCH!! (Now I know what it’s like to have a grandmother beat your head with a rolling pin from beyond the grave.)
Linking 2 topics (and a frequent topic across Brownstoner), I think that Americans today are much more resistant to change than we were in our past or the rest of the world is today.
There was a time in this country when we could create a new flag ritual, make it effectively mandatory, then add words to it; establish a national anthem; push rail lines and freeways through cities; build huge buildings then tear them down to build bigger/news ones; dam major rivers; and create entirely new taxation systems.
All of those items happened in the first 70 years of the 20th century, and very few examples of them have happened since then.
I certainly don’t think that all change is good, but I worry about the stagnation that is a result of questioning all change.
Don’t have time to wait for Forum, anyone recommend tool rental places? Need a combustible gas detector.
donatella…you are missing the huge crack spread loss on fuled oil!!!
Foreigners Bought Record Japanese Stocks After Earthquake
March 25 (Bloomberg) — Foreign investors bought a record amount of Japanese stocks last week after the nation’s equities markets tumbled in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and resulting nuclear accident.
Foreign investors bought 891 billion yen ($11 billion) in Japanese stocks in the week through March 18, the most since comparable records began in 2005, according to the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo. Looking at comparable data, this is “substantially the most on record,†said Yoshihito Hidaka, an official at the Ministry of Finance.
Compadres, I am home coughing right now – decided not to trek into the office…..so sorry I can’t join you today (but want to spare you). Have fun at lunch.
Lech, everything ok?
What happened, Jackal?
We need you, your the dickhead that holds us all together!
Scott, in my view, it’s not the symbolism of the flag in the pledge, national anthem, etc., but, rather, the flag as the symbol of the country.