Hat tip to Verum Serum for this one. Barney Frank is a public policy menace. He is also a dissembler/hypocrite. He is not however, a fool. His “blame conservatives for the mess” is merely a clever rehash of the Big Lie theory. Repeat it often enough, and it becomes an accepted part of the public discourse. Particularly when the media are in large part complicit in the dissemniation of Big Lies. We look forward to Congressman Frank’s defeat.
Apparatchik: Person who causes bureaucratic bottlenecks. Apparatchik: – A blindly devoted official. Apparatchik: Barney Frank. Congressman Barney Frank is a busy man these days. Apparently not content to interfere in the operations of the (once) private industrial juggernaut General Motors, he is now turning his “talents” toward executive compensation. And we do mean “expertise”, having functioned so well in managing the nation’s housing and economic policies. As the attached video demonstrates however, Mr. Frank’s temperament is less than appealing when subject to scrutiny. Apart from winning elections, what has he accomplished? What has been his net contribution to Massachusetts or the country? We maintain it is zero. The man is a Public Policy menace. Perhaps he needs a (permanent) vacation.
Here’s an audio copy of the call I participated in with Senator Lamar Alexander(R,TN) on Wednesday. He mentions Barney Frank (D,MA) several times (once at 01:43 and again at approximately 02:47). I will be posting more of these as they come along:
John Steele Gordon’s May 21,2009 Wall Street Journal opinion piece contains timeless advice. Entitled, Why Government Can’t Run a Business, Gordon cites multiple examples of bureaucratic ineptitude conducted at the public’s expense. His bottom line: governments can’t run businesses profitably because the bureaucrats running the governments make political, not business decisions and political decisions are invariably at odds with sound business practice.For example:
And politicians tend to favor parochial interests over sound economic sense. Consider a thought experiment. There is a national widget crisis and Sen. Wiley Snoot is chairman of the Senate Widget Committee. There are two technologies that are possible solutions to the problem, with Technology A widely thought to be the more promising of the two. But the company that has been developing Technology B is headquartered in Sen. Snoot’s state and employs 40,000 workers there. Which technology is Sen. Snoot going to use his vast legislative influence to push?
Well move over Senator Snoot and meet Congressman Barney Frank (D,MA) or should we call him Car Tzar Frank? So dubbed by Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (R,TN), Frank is the recipient of the first Car Tzar award for his Snoot-like effots on behalf of a GM concern based in his district. “Congratulations” Tzar Frank:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM EST – Earl Sholley. Mr. Sholley is a candidate from Massachusetts Fourth Congressional district – a seat now held by BarneyFrank.
At 8:00 PM EST – Professor Jeffrey Miron of Harvard University will discuss America’s financial woes, and responsible, Constitutional steps out of the morass.
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 8:00 PM EST – Live from Doyle’s Cafe: Jerry Williams, Founding Father of Talk Radio. Alan Tolz and Steve Elman will discuss Jerry Williams, the subject of their book, Burning Up the Air.
This blurb came to me by way of Rush Limbaugh’s daily digest. Once again, the media are shown to be selective in their application of investigative reporting.