One day it will dawn on us that this is no ordinary recession. This is not a fiscal or credit crisis. Another trough in the usual boom and bust cycle. This time Keynesian prime-pumping won't work (if in fact it ever did, contrary to legend). We cannot spend or inflate our way out of this one.
Have you seen the latest TV commercials promoting the new Jeep Grand Cherokee for 2011? The theme is summarized with the slogan, "The Things We Make, Make Us". The 'manifesto' video ad, 1:01 minutes long, makes an unanabashed appeal to American pride and patriotism. Poignant scenes are punctuated by proud declarations.
The latest figures on population growth in Canada from Statistics Canada once more underscore the fraud and futility of the strategies against climate change recommended by mainstream environmental organizations and the corporations who support them financially. http://www.ottawasun.com/news/canada/2010/06/28/14542971.html
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