tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post4674872293328555407..comments2024-03-22T05:15:17.042+02:00Comments on Sudden Debt: Next Exit, BernankeHellasioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564511281240682625noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-7842816173154661652009-03-09T12:52:00.000+02:002009-03-09T12:52:00.000+02:00Thank you for this post, Hell.I really dug it... A...Thank you for this post, Hell.<BR/>I really dug it... And I am impressed that you know (and care) that Trichet was born in Lyon. (I certainly didn't know it.) There are two train stations in Lyon, Perrache and La Part Dieu, the second is named for ? I would have to Google to find out, but it is the name of the big shopping mall next to the train station. (Much bigger than any American shopping mall you will ever see. The French have an unfailing capacity to seize on a bad American idea and multiply it by 20, at least.) Yucky.<BR/>And I will add my two cents worth.<BR/>French culture is rapidly becoming as vapid as American culture has been for a long time now. (I say this with GREAT GREAT regret, and wake up to some days where I say to myself, "almost time to move on, now).<BR/>Street naming CAN be of empty headed politicians.<BR/>But, often enough, the French wait until they're dead to enshrine them. (That has its positive points too.)<BR/>As for the plight of the poor scientists in the U.S. these days in the face of ideological radicalism, I'm not TOO sympathetic, considering that scientific materialism (an ideological position, my friends) has contributed significantly to bringing us where we are now.<BR/>If and when those brilliant scientists are ready to defend the liberal arts (philosophy, poetry, etc.) alongside me, I will join hands with them in defending what is ultimately, our shared culture. <BR/>It takes all kinds to make up a living, vital culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-69829925628177565992009-03-09T02:21:00.000+02:002009-03-09T02:21:00.000+02:00@Thomas Pindelski:not just artists and scientists ...@Thomas Pindelski:<BR/><BR/>not just artists and scientists though.<BR/>tons of politicians and generals as well -- of all sides and times. Military units, even (http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&q=Place+du+Bataillon+du+Pacifique,+75012+Paris,+Paris,+Ile-de-France&sll=49.002555,2.344386&sspn=0.615317,1.268921&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYY96QId6lAkAA&split=0&z=16&iwloc=addr). <BR/><BR/>And oh, eh, even apparatchiks http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=place+Jean+Monnet,+Paris&sll=48.84007,2.38001&sspn=0.009646,0.019827&g=Place+du+Bataillon+du+Pacifique,+75012+Paris,+Paris,+Ile-de-France&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr (though in that specific case, a helluvan apparatchik)<BR/><BR/>The real reason there's moderation in street naming in downtown Paris nowadays is that there's barely any remaining anonymous street separator left...<BR/><BR/>(The place is quite off-centre, but I'd absolutely love to have a "rue René Goscinny" street address just for the kick of it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-51852806048787109662009-03-08T21:56:00.000+02:002009-03-08T21:56:00.000+02:00Hel,BB is a co-author of my undergrad Economics te...Hel,<BR/><BR/>BB is a co-author of my undergrad Economics text!<BR/><BR/>Should I be worried?<BR/><BR/>Brian PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-55230348018231889342009-03-08T20:07:00.000+02:002009-03-08T20:07:00.000+02:00Thomas Pindelski has hit the nail on the head. We...Thomas Pindelski has hit the nail on the head. We elevate to idol status, the vapid, the avaricious, the sleazy, and anyone who meets our vacuous physical appearance criteria. We often place these individuals in positions of power - so naturally we get "press releases" in lieu of statements of truth - and decisions based on how to expedite midnight raids on the public's funds.<BR/><BR/>My same comments pertain to decisions having to do with physical public welfare, where the scientific community (and my father was part of that community) go maligned and backpedaled, while the miscreants make decisions based on their ridiculous ideological reasoning.E. Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478703514231287958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-74921518139349437152009-03-08T17:41:00.000+02:002009-03-08T17:41:00.000+02:00The French have the good sense to name their gorge...The French have the good sense to name their gorgeous Parisian streets and squares after great artists and scientists - not after government aparatchiks who couldn't find the Ben Bernanke exit with a flashlight on a sunny day.<BR/><BR/>Maybe there's a lesson there for the US - a nation that adulates politicians, salesmen and plumbers while scientists are reduced to the status of nerd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com