Thursday, May 7, 2009

An IBD Threefer

Property Rights Trumped By UAW In First Episode Of

Gangster Gov't  by Michael Barone

"Last Friday, the day after Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, I drove past the company's headquarters on I-75 in Auburn Hills, Mich. As I glanced at the pentagram logo, I felt myself tearing up a little bit. Anyone who grew up in the Detroit area, as I did, can't help but be sad to see a once-great company fail.

But my sadness turned to anger later when I heard what bankruptcy lawyer Tom Lauria said on a WJR talk show that morning.


AND...


Specter Clouseau

By IBD


"Politics: Arlen Specter left the GOP because he felt he couldn't win the primary. Stripped of his promised seniority, he might not win the Democratic primary either. If you sell your political soul, read the fine print."



AND NOT TO BE OUT DONE...


Job One For Chrysler's New 55% Owner: Extracting

Sunbeams Out Of Cucumbers

By George Will


"Gulliver's travels took him to the Academy of Lagado, where "professors contrive new rules and methods" for everything:

"One man shall do the work of 10; a palace may be built in a week, of materials so durable as to last forever without repairing. All the fruits of the earth shall come to maturity at whatever season we think fit to choose, and increase a hundredfold more than they do at present."











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