When I'm Cleanin' Broken Windows (from Fail Quotes)

[dallen68]

Thanks for the links.

It occurs to me, that if we apply my previously stated standard of preferring the known/existing to the unknown/possible, the only thing we have is a broken window. After that, we have a bunch of morons on the sidewalk talking out there backside about a bunch of transactions that may or may not happen. And we have a businessman talking about a suit that may or may not happen. Until there's a formulation of intent (which the suit may possibly have), such as a deposit on a window or a suit, or a contract, or some other means outside standing on the sidewalk shooting the bogons, nothing after the broken window exists as of yet.

Best case scenario:

We have a broken window.

Worst case scenario:

We have a broken window and a missing suit (depending on whether the business man had actually talked to the tailor prior to the broken window.)

Since windows are a mass production item, selling one window more or less probably won't have as much of an impact as the crowd thinks it will.

Since custom suits tend to be a boutique item, that suit may have been a significant loss for the tailor.

[tnu]

Apparently Rand Paul just broke out the Bastiat on the Senate floor, reading out parts of this same essay during Senator Cruz's filibuster.

am I the only one here completely confused as to what to think about Rand Paul?

[Ibrahim90]

am I the only one here completely confused as to what to think about Rand Paul?

I don't know what the answer to that, but as far as I can tell, he's not worth supporting: he's just trying to appeal to the demographic his father had when he was in politics. And while he has a lot of his father's ideas, he's different in such a way that he isn't even remotely worth calling a libertarian.