tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post2935041842924816077..comments2023-10-14T05:50:19.314-04:00Comments on Making Sense with Nicholls: Politics, War and the NDPGerry Nichollshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10496716615185797501noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-39465528437880464922007-08-11T09:39:00.000-04:002007-08-11T09:39:00.000-04:00Did you quote Milton Friedman? If not, you should...Did you quote Milton Friedman? If not, you should have:<BR/><BR/>General William Westmoreland, testifying before President Nixon's Commission on an All-Volunteer [Military] Force, denounced the idea, saying that he did not want to command an army of mercenaries. Milton Friedman interrupted him: "General, would you rather command an army of slaves?" Westmoreland got angry: "I don't like to hear our patriotic draftees referred to as slaves." And Friedman got rolling: "I don't like to hear our patriotic volunteers referred to as mercenaries. If they are mercenaries, then I, sir, am a mercenary professor, and you, sir, are a mercenary general." And he did not stop: "We are served by mercenary physicians, we use a mercenary lawyer, and we get our meat from a mercenary butcher"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-72576485948992117162007-08-10T15:39:00.000-04:002007-08-10T15:39:00.000-04:00The NDP as a social experiment are a complete flop...The NDP as a social experiment are a complete flop. Their mantra should be "we don't stand for anything so we fall for every fad,opinion or flavor of the month."<BR/>Thanks for sticking up for what matters to most Canadians and what makes us proudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17859678.post-35042623899529694242007-08-10T14:07:00.000-04:002007-08-10T14:07:00.000-04:00And that is why they are at about 16% in the polls...And that is why they are at about 16% in the polls. They are trying to reach their far-left base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com