Those...were...the...DAAAAAAYYYS!

Now, it's true that usually you go read Aaron Clarey, to get fascinatin' economic theorizin', like praise for the Irish economy back when almot three-quarters of its welth was property, it had fewer patents and wose educational systems than much of the OECD, and terrible infrastructure (PDF), or seeing evidence of its awesome economics in its housing prices (PDF). Y'know, useful stuff.

But the pathetic little man's genius doesn't end there, and he is willing to stand up for a lot of amazin' people who don't get their due.

Consider his selflessness in this little posting, where he says,

...if you can brave a mile or two of gravel roads, you'll discover a great little town, replete with hidden houses, a city hall, a bar and a dance hall that hearkens back to the 1940's when the women would dress up nicely, then men would don their best cowboy hat and pretty much everybody would probably shoot President Zero on sight if they only had the charity not to torture him in the first place. And that's being generous.

you think, could there truly be such a paradise? I mean, remembering the 40's for the creation of the modern American welfare state, incredibly high marginal taxes on high earners, the rise of labor ... you'd think Aaron would find nothing to admire, but he's right as always! Let's take a walk into history and see if we can figure out what Aaron's talking about:







I guess he's even right about the cowboy hats and the nice dresses. And you know, not a lot of folks will stick up for these fun-lovin' folk: I mean, look at them having that big ol' party up there! "Please do not wake" -- get it? Huh? I bet these're people who really know how to Lindy Hop. And you can sure bet that if some talkative black man came into sight in some of these little, out-of-the-way 1940's towns, well, it is too generous to say that "pretty much everybody" wouldn't want to torture him in the first place.

But do people stick up for that lifestyle now? Won't anybody think of the little towns, the cowboy hats, the great parties after the torture? Well, thank goodness for Aaron! It takes someone special to appreciate stuff!

Coming up, more people only Aaron Clarey has the courage to defend!