And Alitalia is failing now? Sure would be nice if we could just let our idiot airlines fail and bring the European ones in to do it properly.
Anyway, so I've stated probably about twenty thousand times in the last few years that the idea of economists being a group of libertarian and conservative looney toons was a load of shit, pointing out that guys like Krugman and Stiglitz were more representative of the field (being its two biggest guns) than the Kudlows and Cramers of the world. Still, the straw men are lined up.
A new poll backs me up. Economists -- real ones, not the DC smut-peddlers and industry hacks on CNBC and in the WSJ -- favor Obama over McCain by a Yurpian-like margin, 59% to 31%.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
And it remains true.
And while it remains true, they're failing all of us. They have the knowledge to call some of these snake oil policies for what they are. And they don't. So, all that economic hardship coming down the line for all of us. They're partly responsible.
I'd point out, too, that you could level the same criticism, albeit not to the same degree, at climate scientists here. And the economists are at least active in the blogosphere in a more public way. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
And I've pointed out loads of times that few of that 51% have the guts to go public about their beliefs.
I'd almost agree, but I suspect most of them don't understand PR or the media, so if they wanted to go public they wouldn't know how.
The Randroids and looney-toons Chicago vampires not only understand PR, they've had generous funding to help them get the evangelical message out.
Which means that when journos go looking for comments from economic experts, the moderates aren't at the top of their contacts list.
Bail! Bail! In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Auburn is a big one, but you can even find some in the Ivy League.
As I've said, a few of the Auburn types polluted Florida State -- again, the intro classes were just hideous (nothing but Republican Supply-Sider propaganda) -- but the upper-level stuff was controlled by a pretty good lot.
As far as the differing schools of thought, the Berkeleys and Princetons and Columbias are much greater in number than the Auburns, thankfully. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
you are the media you consume.
there is something VERY WRONG here!
"So your house almost completely burned down because of all of those oily rags in your garage? Well, the fire dept. put the blaze out, so go back to business as usual." What? !!!! In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Maybe Grandpa Keating can bring his buddy Keating back for an encore. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
Is anyone other than me feeling really good about the economy today? I mean, here I was yesterday struggling to make my next mortgage payment, and now I'm the part-owner of the largest insurance company in the US...and rumors that I may even become a part owner of a few banks next week. As they say, only in America. Now I understand what the Republicans mean when they talk about "trickle down."
As they say, only in America. Now I understand what the Republicans mean when they talk about "trickle down."
Indeed. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
