Comments on: The Rehabilitation of Tom Friedman http://www.raggedclown.com/2008/08/06/the-rehabilitation-of-tom-friedman/ It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ragged Clown » Blog Archive » Energy Independence http://www.raggedclown.com/2008/08/06/the-rehabilitation-of-tom-friedman/#comment-9207 Ragged Clown » Blog Archive » Energy Independence Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:36:53 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=772#comment-9207 [...] tried to find a link to Friedman’s post in the NYT from several years ago in response to Matt’s question. I found this snippet from his book instead: President Kennedy understood that the competition with [...] [...] tried to find a link to Friedman’s post in the NYT from several years ago in response to Matt’s question. I found this snippet from his book instead: President Kennedy understood that the competition with [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://www.raggedclown.com/2008/08/06/the-rehabilitation-of-tom-friedman/#comment-9206 Kevin Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:43:58 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=772#comment-9206 The market has mostly been ignoring it. Most free-marketers would probably say something like "I am not going to jeopardize american jobs for some butterfly". Friedman wants to totally mobilize the nation. Public, private, market, government - all aspects of society. There would be a priority on research grants. There would be tax breaks for companies advancing the state of the art on renewable energy. Prizes for high schoolers. Art competitions for Kindergarteners. Every school would have a Saving Our Planet Club. Boxes of Cheerios would contain little plastic windmills. David Bowie [er, he is english - ed] would write songs about it. And Sting [so is he - ed]. Elton John [and him - ed] would repurpose Candle in the Wind as an inspiration to our nation's children. Excited 4th graders would watch, trembling with anticipation, at the launch of the next-gen fuel-saving aircraft. The nation would learn to dream again as we once dreamed of walking on the moon. The market has mostly been ignoring it. Most free-marketers would probably say something like “I am not going to jeopardize american jobs for some butterfly”.

Friedman wants to totally mobilize the nation. Public, private, market, government - all aspects of society.

There would be a priority on research grants. There would be tax breaks for companies advancing the state of the art on renewable energy. Prizes for high schoolers. Art competitions for Kindergarteners. Every school would have a Saving Our Planet Club. Boxes of Cheerios would contain little plastic windmills. David Bowie [er, he is english - ed] would write songs about it. And Sting [so is he - ed]. Elton John [and him - ed] would repurpose Candle in the Wind as an inspiration to our nation’s children. Excited 4th graders would watch, trembling with anticipation, at the launch of the next-gen fuel-saving aircraft.

The nation would learn to dream again as we once dreamed of walking on the moon.

]]> By: Matt http://www.raggedclown.com/2008/08/06/the-rehabilitation-of-tom-friedman/#comment-9205 Matt Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://www.raggedclown.com/?p=772#comment-9205 While I'd love to see one or both of the candidates issue such a pledge, I'm not sure if I'd prefer a challenge to industry or a big outlay of taxpayer $$$ to have The Feds do it. Is this on your list of things best not left to be solved by free markets? If you do want taxpayers to help, is it solely or merely largely because Paris suggested it? While I’d love to see one or both of the candidates issue such a pledge, I’m not sure if I’d prefer a challenge to industry or a big outlay of taxpayer $$$ to have The Feds do it.

Is this on your list of things best not left to be solved by free markets?

If you do want taxpayers to help, is it solely or merely largely because Paris suggested it?

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