Gas I gasped

[David Ilvedson]

I believe in Saudi Arabia that was how it was done...read that somewhere?????

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Steve Brooks" <smbrooks at sprynet.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 5/15/2008 10:01:06 AM
Subject: RE: Gas I gasped


>Hi Dean,

>Your gentle rib about economists, sadly, is spot on. Even more amazing is to see a 
>politician who understands the Fed. Dr. Paul has spent most of his career arguing 
>with politicians; I spent much of mine arguing with economists. Since we make similar 
>arguments, the Texas Congressman and I are natural allies.

>The video you point to (and I think there is an earlier one by the same 
>group)probably has done more for Glenn Hubbard's name recognition than all the 
>scholarly papers he has published. His publications don't circulate on YouTube.

>The funniest comment I've heard all week was the contributor on this list who 
>suggested that we save on gas by having piano owners drop off their pianos and 
>pick them up again after they are tuned. Now that's the kind of idea that would get 
>serious play in Washington.

>Steve

>-- 
>"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence 
>clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, 
>all of them imaginary." -- H.L. Mencken


>Wow, you're an economist and you understand the destructive policies of the
>Fed! A rare combination.  ;-)  I presume you voted for Ron Paul? 

>Speaking of the Fed and Bernanke, here is a hilarious video spoofing Dean
>Hubbard of Columbia University who got passed over for the Fed chairmanship
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u2qRXb4xCU

>The student portraying Hubbard even looks something like him.


>Dean

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