Not exactly, all government spends someone else's money because it doesn't create wealth (or jobs, op. cit. Hillary and Elizabeth) unless it owns the means of production. That would be socialism.
But regulators unchecked do spend other people's money
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Ha! Just like Socialists!
LarryT
On 11/2/2014 4:06 PM, Erik Nielsen
wrote:
Ah, the benefits of being a regulatory body, you get to spend someone else's money...
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On Nov 2, 2014, at 2:37 PM, LarryT <L02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:
I remember when Lotus appeared with their John Player Special liveried car in the late 60s/early 70s. There was controversy then - mostly people worried it would ruin the sport. It's amazing what people with a little common sense are able to predict accurately. But I don't think any saw the cost cutting crap rules we keep seeing.
Rick mentioned " V6 turbo hybrid on the heels of small V8 on the heels of KERS on the heels of...." why can't anyone understand what all these changes cost? Do they think Santa will pay for all those tooling changes? Must not be any economists among them...
LarryT
On 11/2/2014 11:18 AM, Erik Nielsen wrote:
I knew the NASCrap comment would get a rise.
There is nothing wrong with motorsports from a competition standpoint, but when the big money gets involved, jeez what a mess. Pure test of skill occurs in a spec Miata or a shifter kart, higher budgets than that are just dick swinging contests. I don't buy into the whole brand lifestyle approach being pushed by Ferrari and the others (to some extent), it's just a form of a drug deal, got to get you hooked. Look at it from the outside and it's just sheep being shorn on a regular basis.
As for cars, we're still early in this journey, the question is do we put the object on the pedestal or accept that its functionality is more important? I enjoy the technical elegance of a well executed design, but can really do without all of the cultural emotional baggage that comes with it.
I leave you with just one more psychoanalysis tidbit for Sunday.
Do you know what Sigmund Freud said comes between fear and sex?
Funf.
Cheers,
Erik
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On Nov 2, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Rick Lindsay <richardolindsay [at] gmail.com> wrote:
Easy Rick, you're starting to sound like you're promoting NASCAR...
Now you're just getting nasty!
The sport is no longer relevant
The sport is no longer a 'sport'...as if it ever was.
I spend enough time on the continent to tell you that there is a limited
audience there, too. Let it die a natural death and let's see what
grows up to replace it.
Probably good advice. Perhaps I'm just too old and want back 'the old ways', as Miss Marple says.
I wonder if our parents felt this same way, or is this unique? If so, is it a game-changing mega-trend, as the cultural geographers say? In the '30s a motorcar was a luxury and one needed to be a mechanic, or rich enough to employ one, to operate the machine. By the '60, at least in the U.S., every family owned a car and corner garages kept them running. By the '80s the beasts were considered dirty and dangerous so multiple defenses were added. In the 21st century, motorcars are questionably necessary major appliances but owning one is an entitlement - like free government money, housing, food stamp cards and healthcare. Oh, and high speed internet, smart phones and tablets. Can't buy food or pay child support but they have a Facebook page! Now THAT is a mega-trend. Our parents' generation may have been poor but they prioritized food and child care first.
Motorsport is dangerous so lots of protection has to be added. We seem to have realized that civilization must be safe and our inate desire for carnage and competition has to be satesfied elsewhere. How about a team (tribe) of football players (warriers) egged on by fight songs and blood thirsty cheers, competing on the field of battle for breeding rights over the cheerleaders?! Yes! Natural Selection wins another one! Now if fantasy football could just replace the actual games, perhaps with computer generated decisions, everyone would be safer. Racers could compete on their smart phones - or if adequately wealthy, have someone wiggle their thumbs for them. And in the end, award double points for their entitled entertainment!
YMMV,
Erik
Indeed it does, Dr. Erik
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