Monday 19 January 2009

Declare This

Barack Obama is rapidly turning into one of those Single Transferable Speech politicians.

But his call for a new Declaration of Independence is most interesting.

Americans should declare independence from Israel, independence from Arab oil and Russian gas, independence from Gulf funding of their politicians, independence from any pointless military role in Europe, independence from China, independence from Austrian economics, independence from the products of un-unionised and child-exploiting sweatshops, independence from the importation of those sweatshops themselves, independence from cultural colonisation by means of the erosion of the status of the English language, and independence from the seeking of monsters to destroy.

Just for a start.
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 January 2009 at 00:56

    Good observations overall, but the last kind of economics America is dependent on are Austrian economics.

    In my understanding of the Austrian system, all those banks, financial institutions, car companies and whatever other corporations that are unable to make a profit, are to fail. Period. No government bailouts. The last thing a government would do is give them money. The market has spoken and they aren't economically viable.

    In addition, America's monetary system is anything but Austrian when you consider the tax policy, fiat currency system, and interest rate valuations (among others)

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  2. Anonymous19 January 2009 at 22:09

    Do you see anything funny in you calling Obama someone with a "Single Transferable Speech"

    Nice article in the Guardian, by the way. Reads exactly like of your normal posts. Exactly.

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  3. David Lindsay20 January 2009 at 14:21

    And I got paid for it.

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  4. Anonymous20 January 2009 at 15:16

    Er, yes. Well done. Especially given that it reads just like all your other posts. Barely a comma or sentence changed from your normal style. The sub editor probably took the morning off.

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  5. David Lindsay20 January 2009 at 15:21

    I wish I'd put up your comment saying that it was only readable at all because it had been heavily edited.

    Are you still alive? Obama is inaugurated in less than two hours time, you know. It's hemlock or slit wrists time for you warmongers. Or are you just going to drop dead of heart attacks while he takes the Oath?

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  6. Anonymous20 January 2009 at 15:25

    I thought I'd probably just smoke a(nother) spliff and chill, y'know?

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