Economic Rationality

The National Labor Relations Board is seeking a court order that in effect would require Boeing Co. to move its second 787 assembly line to Washington state.  The federal agency is alleging in a lawsuit that Boeing engaged in unfair labor practices when it decided to build a new $750 million plant at Charleston International Airport rather than assigning the work to its existing unionized 787 factory in Everett, Wash.

So what?  So what if Boeing wants to move to an area where it doesn’t have to put up with strikes every three years that cost the company money? And now the federal government is going to tell them where they can open shop?

Well written description of the whole mess here:

NLRB’s Boeing attack is a strike against economic reality

This is the perfect example of government intervention and the implications so well described in “Atlas Shrugged”.

Paul Ryans admiration for Ayn Rand make him pro-terrorist? UPDATE: David Cay Johnston Comments

A group of fellow Bunkervites went and caught the film “Atlas Shrugged” last night. When I caught this post, I had the distinct feeling that the good folks on at MSNBC had not read the book, or are aware of the impact she has had on so many lives.  A Library of Congress reader’s poll ranked Atlas Shrugged as the second most influential book of all time next to the Bible. Other prominent reader polls of Best Novels ever written have listed Atlas Shrugged as #1. It’s a 1000+ page classic epic packed with action, philosophy, adventure, politics, romance, mystery, and a whole lot of attitude. I would not rank it as the best film of all time. However it was a chilling reminder of her canny insight into the future. So much of it is coming true. If you are interested in finding out about John Galt, it is worth your time to see the flick, and at the same time support  brave and daring individuals willing to make it.

Does Paul Ryan’s admiration for Ayn Rand make him pro-terrorist? Possibly, warns MSNBC guest Jeff Poor covers the media for The Daily Caller.

 

“You know, Congressman Ryan requires his staff to read Ayn Rand, whose fictional hero, Howard Roark, is a man who blew up a building because it wasn’t built exactly to his specifications as the architect,” Johnston said. “I mean, that’s the kind of society we want where our leaders say, not only are we taking from the sick and poor but we’re going to hold out as a model people who commit felonies like blowing up buildings. We really need to dig into understanding the kind of people who would put forth these ideas.”

If a fictional character in a piece of literature from an author you admire commits some acts that would likely result in a felony conviction, does that mean you’re a proponent of felonious acts? That’s the deductive logic David Cay Johnston, the 2001 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for beat reporting, displayed on MSNBC’s “The ED Show” Monday night.
Read more: Daily Caller

For more of Mr. Johnston and his repsonses to the right wing radical bloggers, check out Protein Wisdom number 25 in the comments section. http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=26970