Another thing I was thinking of yesterday when we were talking about Ron Paul was, "what would a Paul administration cabinet look like?"
Economic posts particularly. I imagine we would see some people from Auburn here. George Mason is the most convenient well of Austrian intellect, and probably the most in touch with policymaking, but I doubt he'd pull many from there. It's an interesting thought experiment indeed.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
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Thomas Sowell as Secretary of Education? Paul would tell him that his job is to close his department within one year, and Sowell would do it within six.
ReplyDeleteCabinet members have to be approved by the Senate, no?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a disaster.
ReplyDeletePaul said he would try to appoint Jim Grant as Fed chairman somewhere, I believe on a Fox News interview.
ReplyDeleteThomas Sowell turned down to offers from the Reagan administration; I doubt he would take it at this point. I would expect more people to come from Cato and Heritage than Auburn.
ReplyDeleteCafeHayek has shut down their comments, I'm pretty sure this is the one that sent Russ over the edge.
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Cheech Marin for Drug Czar.
ReplyDeletePresidents have self-interested reasons, even if their 'self interest' includes altruistic benefits and pursuits, to centralize power in the executive branch. This has played out time and time from one administration to the next. It would be fascinating to see if a Paul administration could resist the executive office's self interest in sticking to political principles.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, why is it you can manage a link to your own blog, but make us cut-and-paste the URL to Robert's?
ReplyDelete@Gene Callahan
ReplyDeleteSometimes spam filters only allow you one link per post, two gets the post deleted.
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Gene,
ReplyDeleteI may be wrong, but I seem to remember you commenting on a blog somewhere that showed what platform each commenter was using, and that for yours it said that you were on a Mac. If you are, there is an easier way to go to an URL that isn't hyperlinked.
If you're on an older Mac you just highlight the link and then control+click to open up the options for the link (i.e. open link, open link in new window, open link in new tab).
If you're on a newer Mac it is even easier. Highlight the link, click on it using two fingers on your trackpad, then choose your option.
This assumes you're on a laptop. If you're on a desktop you have to do it the first way unless you have a fancy mouse or a trackpad.
Gene, check this out. it works in firefox and chrome.
ReplyDeletehighlight a chunk of text, in this case a url then drag it to the tab bar and voila!