When I post something like that I can always count on my good buddy Doug to
set it straight. I get the fun and he gets the credit. Together we
actually get somewhere instead of the usual round and round and round of
nothing. Actually while The Great Society was well meant and set us on the
right track I'd have to say the Education portion was, and for that matter
still is, a dismal failure. All I see is out of control education costs
and little to show for it. May be dim and twisted but the New Deal did not
result in more jobs. WWII and the runup to it resulted in, and created far
more jobs (for a while).

Thanks Doug.

Now for the good news!

The evil wand has waved and the call of work beckons once again. 24th I fly
out to the next ship. Make some money. Spend it on my boat. Hey! It's
only a "trickle" comparatively
but it's keeping one nautical business from going 'down'.

You just got to do your best.

Now for the better than good news. There will be something in the not so
distant future for you all to discuss, and chew into pieces. I just found
out my first magazine article was not only accepted by Lats and Atts but is
slated for the May issue . . .barring changes.

From one side of it only Rick will know of what I speak. But form the other
.. . .ouch, ouch, ouch . ..brickbats etc.

Michael


"DSK" wrote in message
...
Michael wrote:

What you are talking about is "Guns and Butter" which resulted in LBJ's
contrived War in VietNam, LBJ's failed social programs, LBJ's huge
national
debt increase, LBJ being run out of office and worse getting us stuck
with
Tricky Dick, D Digit Carter et. al. that followed LBJ still has a lot
to
answer for but being successful is not one of the questions. JFK where
were you when we really needed you!

Whoa, dude... you are seriously uninformed.

"Guns *or* Butter" is a catch phrase referring to a basic principle of
economics and finance. The basic principle is that a given unit of money
(dollars, euros, yen, whatever) can only be spent once. The phrase "Guns
or
butter" refers to a particular gov't or administrations orientation...
spend
the money on military/defense porkbarreling, or social programs. LBJ was
challenged on this and said "We can have guns and butter" but that was
long
after the Viet Nam war was way out of control.

About LBJ's "failed" social programs.... wow I guess if you think that the
New
Deal was a failure then why not say that the civil rights movement and
school
integration was also a failure. It is a way of admitting that you have a
dim &
twisted view of happenings in the real world.

And Lonny.... get a clue... which Republicans had very much push behind
the
civil rights movement? I want names and specific acts & dates.

This wholesale rewriting of history would be amusing if it didn't reveal
such
abysmal ignorance and mean-spiritedness. Oh, and BTW... history is written
(and
re-written) by the winners. That means... not you!

DSK