Probably "flamboyant" would have been too cliched for
George Will:
In an interview with Business Week, Rep. Barney Frank, the
effervescent Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House
Financial Services Committee, was asked, concerning the auto
industry, "How do you make sure the government doesn't meddle
too deeply in day-to-day operations and bring politics -- like
a push for green cars -- into the equation?" Frank replied:
"Oh, well, a push for green cars is very much a part of what
we're involved in. We don't think that's politics." So, when
the government, its 10 thumbs stuck deep in the economy, uses
its power to compel an industry to pursue the objectives of the
political party that controls both of the government's
political branches, that is not politics.
Business Week: "Should GM acquire Chrysler?" Frank: "I'm not
competent to say." Frank's humility is selective: He obviously
thinks he is competent to say what kind of cars should be made.
Democrats like Frank simply can't restrain their interventionist
impulses. That some Republicans harbor similar impulses --
closet interventionists, you might say -- is
attested by President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, which Will
gives a well-deserved kick along the way.
I have not had much interest in football in 20 years. I watched
no NFL games this year. Only one thing interests me. The NFL needs
to get rid of the field goal and the pat kick. All pat's should be
run or pass. It is absurd to have a have fought game decided by a
cheap kick. A four touchdown game should be settled by real pat's;
27-25 or something. A close game should be decided by a last minute
touchdown. This would make for more exciting games as the teams
would have to work on pat drills as well as two minute drills. No
more foreign soccer players coming in to keeck a touchdown.
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I have not had much interest in football in 20 years. I watched no NFL games this year. Only one thing interests me. The NFL needs to get rid of the field goal and the pat kick. All pat's should be run or pass. It is absurd to have a have fought game decided by a cheap kick. A four touchdown game should be settled by real pat's; 27-25 or something. A close game should be decided by a last minute touchdown. This would make for more exciting games as the teams would have to work on pat drills as well as two minute drills. No more foreign soccer players coming in to keeck a touchdown.