A couple of news items:
- Here’s a gem of New Deal history I didn’t know. From “Today in History,” Opelika-Auburn News, 18 January 2007:
In 1943, a wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. – aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts – went into effect.
Governmental micromanagement: best thing since sliced bread!
- According to the FBI and Interpol, art fraud is currently “the world’s third-largest crime problem behind drugs and weapons dealing.”
You ever get the feeling these guys’ priorities may not be your own?
Indeed!
By the way,
Oh yes, I’m bloggin’ againe,
Roderick, Roderick.
Oh yes, I’m bloggin’ againe,
on the green hills of Earth.
Did you get my last two emails? The one about the short story and the other about ASC?
“In 1943, a wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the U.S. – aimed at reducing bakeries’ demand for metal replacement parts – went into effect.”
And when old-timers talk about these things, its clear that virtually everyone took for granted that such things were rational and necessary — really beyond question. In my opinion, the early forties were the nadir of recent human history, as far as freedom is concerned. “The Greatest Generation” my arse!