The term 'Silk Stocking' is another term for Conservative according to Rogets' Thesaurus, and I kind of liked the ring. You'll find a little bit of this and that - not just politics - as my interests are pretty wide ranging. In the words of the late Robert Heinlein, "Specialization is for insects."
Saturday, January 10, 2009
The Real Cost of De-Industrialization
I was reading an article today regarding the Chinese eventually making a foray into the North American auto market, which got me thinking. What will happen, say 20 years from now, we keep going, and sure, we do other things in the economy (knowledge industries, etc) but lose our industrial base. Then it hit me: we lose our ability to turn ploughshares into swords! That alone should leave us to ponder...
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