tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post6290034933738058785..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: WaitingSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-36045335559186556432009-06-11T12:29:56.422-05:002009-06-11T12:29:56.422-05:00Kunstler's interesting because his biggest fau...Kunstler's interesting because his biggest fault--nostalgia for the imginary past of the Brave Pioneer Man protectin' his wimmenfolk--makes him willing to imagine a future that could be worse and far, far different than anyone will acknowledge. He's not very trustworthy when it comes to judging Obama for the same reason; he's a Romantic.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-2563110183001757202009-06-08T20:26:38.275-05:002009-06-08T20:26:38.275-05:00I always got the feeling that Kunstler's views...I always got the feeling that Kunstler's views are shaded far too much by his weirdly reactionary misanthropy. For example:<br /><br />My fellow townspeople often confuse the architecture and urban design with the activity taking place in it. It's an important distinction. The building itself, shown here, is a sturdy but unspectacular business building on the main street (Broadway) of Saratoga Springs, NY. Think of it as a "background building." It's not trying to be special or monumental, but it does what we want it to do: it makes provision for retail near the street and it allows other activities upstairs (offices, apartments). It accomplishes all this complexity gracefully. The activity taking place here, however, is a symptom of the growing barbarism in American life. _________ has traditionally been a marginal activity among civilized people, the calling card of cannibals, sailors, and whores. The appropriate place for it is on the margins, in the back alleys, the skid rows. The mainstreaming of ________ (on main street) is a harbinger of social dysfunction.<br /><br /><br />The missing word is, hilariously enough, "tattooing."CaptBackslapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-6229996007086814472009-06-08T13:07:34.526-05:002009-06-08T13:07:34.526-05:00Husmann's "crowding out" is some rea...Husmann's "crowding out" is some really old fallacy, idnit? <br /><br />I read Kunstler every week, but it's pretty hard to tell one week from another. For evidence he's right, consider FASB 159: For the first time I ever recall, it explicitly allows companies to pick & chose which assets they want to value FMV & which historically, <i>even for similar assets.</i> <br /><br />http://www.fasb.org/cs/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1175818812594&blobheader=application%2FpdfDownpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.com