Comments on: The Right Word For The Lurch Leftward http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/05/30/the-right-word-for-the-lurch-leftward/ Since 2002, News, Technology and Pop Culture, 24 Hours a Day, Live and in Stereo. Editor of the PJ Lifestyle Website. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: frank martin http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2009/05/30/the-right-word-for-the-lurch-leftward/#comment-2996 frank martin Sun, 31 May 2009 19:39:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/?p=18771#comment-2996 If The President and his ilk were really "all about change", they would have certainly come up with a better idea for managing the country than trying to reanimate the mouldering corpse of Marxism. The reason that the idea that Marx would work this time is marked as laughable even to Pravda is that Marx has never worked for anyone, anywhere, including Marx himself (as Mrs. Marx would certainly tell you). If you cant get Marxism and central control of the economy to work in countries where the law is distributed at the end of a bayonet and where state justice is purchased with the lives of millions of innocent people, you haven't got a chance in hell of getting it to work in a country where deprivation is defined by the lack of Tivo and HDTV in the kids room. GM was selling about 14 million cars before this genius plan was put in place. They are projecting sales on 9 million in the coming year. The question is what happens to the country if it fails to do so - which in my considered opinion it almost certainly will. Now more than ever, the business of GM is Americas business. A failure of GM is very much a failure that impacts the country itself in very real, very measurable economic terms. When we tie this problem to the natural predisposition of Congress to pour money down a rat hole, ask yourself at what point would any administration finally and completely discuss complete divestiture of GM? Remember that governments don't think like investors, they don't look at quality and return of investment, they look at it strictly in terms of how it enhances their power base. Can a single company sales, execution and performance begin to negatively effect the smooth operation of a democracy for the citizenry itself? Sure it can, just ask the Governor of Michigan, then ask the people in Michigan what its like to live under that regime. The Presidents problem is that the bad ideas he has entered into are now his now his signature edition bad ideas. You cant come back in two years and blame this on Bush, this is all his. The problem he has now is that once its demonstrable that his ideas in almost all of these areas are genuinely bad ideas( Yes, even the Russians see it for what it is ), then his brand is damaged. It is very hard to govern when you are seem as damaged goods. If The President and his ilk were really “all about change”, they would have certainly come up with a better idea for managing the country than trying to reanimate the mouldering corpse of Marxism. The reason that the idea that Marx would work this time is marked as laughable even to Pravda is that Marx has never worked for anyone, anywhere, including Marx himself (as Mrs. Marx would certainly tell you).

If you cant get Marxism and central control of the economy to work in countries where the law is distributed at the end of a bayonet and where state justice is purchased with the lives of millions of innocent people, you haven’t got a chance in hell of getting it to work in a country where deprivation is defined by the lack of Tivo and HDTV in the kids room.

GM was selling about 14 million cars before this genius plan was put in place. They are projecting sales on 9 million in the coming year. The question is what happens to the country if it fails to do so – which in my considered opinion it almost certainly will.

Now more than ever, the business of GM is Americas business. A failure of GM is very much a failure that impacts the country itself in very real, very measurable economic terms. When we tie this problem to the natural predisposition of Congress to pour money down a rat hole, ask yourself at what point would any administration finally and completely discuss complete divestiture of GM? Remember that governments don’t think like investors, they don’t look at quality and return of investment, they look at it strictly in terms of how it enhances their power base.

Can a single company sales, execution and performance begin to negatively effect the smooth operation of a democracy for the citizenry itself? Sure it can, just ask the Governor of Michigan, then ask the people in Michigan what its like to live under that regime.

The Presidents problem is that the bad ideas he has entered into are now his now his signature edition bad ideas. You cant come back in two years and blame this on Bush, this is all his. The problem he has now is that once its demonstrable that his ideas in almost all of these areas are genuinely bad ideas( Yes, even the Russians see it for what it is ), then his brand is damaged. It is very hard to govern when you are seem as damaged goods.

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