On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:34:31 -0700 (PDT), wf3h
wrote:

On Oct 28, 7:00Â*pm, H the K wrote:
On 10/28/09 6:41 PM, wf3h wrote:

On Oct 28, 4:37 pm, "Lu Â*wrote:

Uncle! We have become so accustomed to the nanny state in this country that
self-reliance is no longer in our vocabulary. Just the mention of a Nobel
laureate's treatise on reduced regulation brings out the worst in you folks.
A study of Emerson's essay on Self Reliance would do you wonders.

that's because reduced regulation is wrong. it doesn't work. it's not
a panacea as the most recent nobel prize winner in economics showed.

Lu-ser wants us to think he's read Emerson.

more like alfred e. newman....

I read both, but I can still quote an Emerson line.

"Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the
worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never
see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit,
and made a satellite instead of a system."

Actually, I cheated. Just remembered the gist.
But wait, I think I recall an Alfred E. Newman quote.
Didn't he eloquently say "Who, me?"

--Vic