In Passing.

A few quick things.

Robert P Murphy at Ludwig von Mises Institute writes, “Do You Austrians Have a Better Idea?” It’s the question asked by supporters of the giant bailout in reply to their criticism of same. He has a marvelous analogy for the bailout:

Now, in truth, someone doesn’t have to have a better suggestion in order to point out that a recommended strategy will exacerbate the situation. If an allergic man has been stung by a bee, I don’t know what to do except rush him to the hospital and maybe scour the cupboards looking for Benadryl. But I’m pretty sure drawing blood from his leg, in order to inject it into his arm and thus “stimulate his immune system,” is a bad idea on numerous accounts — not least of which, is that I’m pretty sure an allergic reaction means your immune system needs to calm down. But the point is, if a bunch of guys hold the man down — he has to be forced to endure the procedure for his own good, don’t you know — I feel perfectly qualified in yelling, “Stop!”

If you grasped that analogy, you can understand my feelings about anything Paul Krugman writes.

(All joking aside, I am pretty proud of the above analogy. But to make it even more accurate, let’s stipulate that a blind heroin addict, who has been convicted of manslaughter on three separate occasions, is the one entrusted with making the transfusion. Naturally he will use one of his own needles for the procedure.)

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We who were not blinded by the glare emanating from His Holiness O knew it wouldn’t take long for his Fall from O-mnipotence. It’s been two and a half weeks and our hopes that he would be exposed as the charlatan he is have already been realized. Charles Krauthammer lays it out succinctly here.

After Obama’s miraculous 2008 presidential campaign, it was clear that at some point the magical mystery tour would have to end. The nation would rub its eyes and begin to emerge from its reverie. The hallucinatory Obama would give way to the mere mortal. The great ethical transformations promised would be seen as a fairy tale that all presidents tell — and that this president told better than anyone.

I thought the awakening would take six months. It took two and a half weeks.

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Something pleasant for you, Katherine Jenkins, a mezzo singing a Bryan Adams song in Italian. It’s from a demo DVD made by Panasonic for their HDTV’s. Somehow it works! She is from Wales, something about Welsh singers, has a beautiful voice and is herself beautiful, what more could you want? Can’t embed but here is the link.

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An update on my grand daughters, Cerys and Lara.

Using the computer will be as natural as talking for them. Fascinating.

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And check out this cool watch. [I have a thing about mechanical clocks and watches.]

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