FW: [Peace-discuss] Treas. Sec. Paulson on Lehrer Hour tonite

LAURIE SOLOMON LAURIE at ADVANCENET.NET
Fri Nov 14 13:31:21 CST 2008




Of course the follow-up question to Paulson should have been, can you prove
that?  It would have been interesting to see him attempt to demonstrate the
counterfactual rather than letting his suggest undemonstratable assertion as
factual.

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[mailto:peace-discuss-bounces at lists.chambana.net] On Behalf Of Stuart Levy
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:35 AM
To: Ricky Baldwin
Cc: peace discuss
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Treas. Sec. Paulson on Lehrer Hour tonite

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 06:20:38PM -0800, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> Lehrer: The bailout hasn't worked, has it?
> 
> Paulson: Yes it has.
> 
> Lehrer: But the economy has gotten worse here and around the world.
> 
> Paulson: But it would have gotten even worse ...


Demonstrating the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer
to the wrong question.

Grr.

   Stuart 
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