I was hoping this was a going to be a Parable about Big Government: The [Enormous] Woman on the Plane

I do not agree with Ben on higher taxes for the rich or paying tribute to our enemies, but he is entertaining, self involved and interesting. What more can you ask for, not perfection, please.

The American Spectator : The Woman on the Plane

from Ben Stein's Diary 10.18.11

I traveled last week from LAX to DCA, where I sat one row in front of the absolutely fattest woman I have ever seen. How she got on the airplane and down the aisle to her seat is a puzzle. She was so large that even sitting still, her ample knees pressed against the back of my seat.

Plus, she shifted often in her seat. I don't think I will sit in that seat again. Bad karma. I had felt a bit off when I got on the plane and the vibe of sitting next to that extravagantly enormous woman knocked me off my bearings totally. ...

Then, into the Marriott. I'm a stockholder, but I don't like them at all. The halls are too narrow and the room service is pitiful. It took them way over an hour to bring me toast. That's pathetic.

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I watched a bit of the news. Lots of it about the Occupy Wall Street people. I am getting sad about them.

1. They don't know anything about Wall Street. If they did, they would know that Wall Street is all about greed. It's a sort of intensified microcosm of the human soul, where greed comes out to feed upon greed. Wall Street is not a foreign body in our midst. Wall Street is us. They -- the demonstrators -- are not morally superior to the people on Wall Street. If they had a chance to make money, they would make money, too. The main difference between them and the people on Wall Street is that the Wall Streeters work. These guys play and pretend it's revolution. They are very lucky it's not revolution. We already have the best system there is. Whatever comes after this will be dictatorship. (How long until the demonstrators are shouting about "the Jew blood suckers," I wonder.)

2. The demonstrators don't have a clue about what to do to fix the economy. The economy is afflicted by fear following the credit collapse in late 2008. The economy will revive when confidence revives. Businessmen's confidence will not revive while they are being reviled, spat on, targeted by Mr. Obama and his pals and by these often-violent Occupy Wall Street children.

Businesses are like animals. When they are confident and there's a meal around, they are extremely active. When they are being hunted, they are fearful and they hide.

For the demonstrators to be taken at all seriously just amazes me. They are just whining children. WHY DO WE PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THEM?

-read on at above link-