When disaster strikes, as it did when New York City was flooded by Hurricane Sandy, we can see that small government–the quest of the right–has already arrived.
Small Government? It’s Here
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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Well, they always did want to make gummint small enough to drown in a bathtub …
I just finished reading John D. MacDonald’s late-1970s novel “Condominium.” It’s all about Florida and one of the housing booms. Some businessmen, having purchased/blackmailed the necessary favors from the right members of the right zoning and regulatory boards, put up a condominium complex on a piece of land not capable of structurally supporting it. And then a tropical storm called Ella (not Katrina or Sandy) comes along. …
The benefit of carbon dioxide is that it sticks in the atmosphere for centuries. So even if the US had continued its slight increase in fuel efficiency of the 1970s into the 80s, 90s, and 00s, the Steroid Era of Storms would still be here.
Oil, coal, and natural gas: Nature’s gifts that keep giving.
But Ted ! You do understand, do you not, that it’s all a matter of priorities and that killing people in Afghanistan and Pakistan and sundry countries ’round the world, while impressing the Iranians with a build up in the Persian Gulf and the Chinese with a «pivot» to Asia. must take pride of place to creating and maintaining infrastructure in the US ? First thing first !…
Henri