Jane Galt drew my attention to a new push to bury Lenin’s mummy. As usual in Russian politics, both sides are wrong. The economically sensible and morally beautiful choice would be to auction off Lenin’s corpse on eBay, and use the proceeds to pay down Russia’s national debt. I bet it would fetch millions. And there’s no finer way to hammer in the point that Communism is truly dead.
Oct 11 2005
Bryan thinks that Iraq is the victim of Carter-era energy policy. But we in the United States have no reason to feel secure from such economic idiocy. James Hamilton notes that energy legislation now under consideration wants to punish price-gouging, which it defines as any finding that the average price of gasoline...
Oct 10 2005
I just caught a story on Cap'n Arbyte that has to be read to be believed: Gasoline price controls in Iraq are responsible for retail gasoline shortages and a withering decline in refining capacity. BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) — The country with the world's third largest oil reserves should not run out of fuel. ...
Oct 10 2005
Jane Galt drew my attention to a new push to bury Lenin's mummy. As usual in Russian politics, both sides are wrong. The economically sensible and morally beautiful choice would be to auction off Lenin's corpse on eBay, and use the proceeds to pay down Russia's national debt. I bet it would fetch millions. And ther...
READER COMMENTS
Robert Schwartz
Oct 10 2005 at 3:24pm
Cremate him. Dissolve the ashes in acid. Flush the mess down a nearby toilet. Televise the whole process.
Anything else risks leaving remains that could become the relics of a cult.
Brad Hutchings
Oct 10 2005 at 4:14pm
Arnold, Communism was doing just fine until Lenin got involved with Yoko Ono. She totally ruined a good thing.
dearieme
Oct 10 2005 at 5:45pm
At the risk of sounding obsequious, I have to say that you chaps are in cracking form at the moment.
George
Oct 11 2005 at 9:59am
Don’t you mean: hammer home the point that Communism is sickly?
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