Monthly Archive: August 2011
Today on the radio they were discussing our birthrate here in Canada; it should come as no surprise to any of you that, like all Western Nations, we’re below replacement levels. The government’s main concern, of course, is the baby boomer retirement – and there are plenty of damned problems with the children of the Greatest Generation; there’s a lack of skilled workers to replace them (thanks to tenure), the upcoming generation is pathologically obsessed with Bread and Circuses rather than civic virtue, and then, of course, there’s the elephant in the room: It may well be that people are...
Way back when, back during my army days, I had this buddy named Leigh. Leigh was a quiet sort. Never saying much, he looked like your typical nice guy – baby-faced, specktacled, unassuming; your standard high-IQ, University educated, reservist Infantry grunt. Until he opened his mouth, that is. Leigh had himself a razored tongue, a sharp wit, and a of sense of humour which bespoke an acute awareness of the world. We used to almost-salute one another whenever we passed in the hallway, a joke at the expense of those who’d chosen bars over chevrons, and for a while there...
So, let’s start with the Massive Drop in the DOW we’ve all heard about: Holy shit! Pretty significant, ain’t it? How’s it compare to the last five years? Wait… so we ain’t even hit bottom yet? What about the past fifty years? Hmm… now I ain’t no mathematician, but I’m detecting suggestions of a parabolic curve there. Suggestion: the economy is improving DESPITE government intervention. Meddle as much as they want, they can’t stop the iPod. None of this is to defend Obama, mind you – August 2nd was the most embarrassing and pathetic instance in American politics since the...
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