November 17, 2003

When he's hot, he's really hot ....

In the last couple of days I've read at least 3 different interesting quotes by George Will. I just realized they all come from this one column! Don't miss...

On May 24, 1945, just 16 days after V-E Day, Britain's socialists were sanguine. A Labor Party firebrand, Aneurin Bevan, anticipating the Labor victory that occurred five weeks later, said that privation would be a thing of the past, because essentials would soon be abundant: "This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time."

But socialism rose to the challenge. Two years later, the coal industry having been nationalized and food still rationed, coal and fish were scarce. There are indeed some things that only government can do.

Which brings us to Howard Dean's decision....

Posted by John Weidner at November 17, 2003 8:19 PM
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