tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post6332496382871972176..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #100130/WeekenderCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-10666634032657690562010-01-31T14:08:43.997-06:002010-01-31T14:08:43.997-06:00No, Anony 1:41, we cannot 'stop listening to K...No, Anony 1:41, we cannot 'stop listening to Krugman', precisely because his economics is steeped in politics. All economics is steeped in politics - you didn't think it was a science did you? Economic theory is always in service of a political orientation - and vice versa.<br /><br />Krugman-watching is both a fun sport and a requirement for monitoring the liberal/progressive/populist chunk of American thought & I find it quite instructive that he has become disenchanted with Obama and that he realizes his advice is not going to be followed any time soon.<br /><br />So, no, we here at SAR are not going to ignore Professor K - we'd miss his witty word play if nothing else.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-28622836850361140502010-01-31T13:41:42.432-06:002010-01-31T13:41:42.432-06:00And That's The Way It Is...
Can we stop liste...And That's The Way It Is...<br /><br />Can we stop listening to Krugman. His world view is too steeped in politics to take his economics seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-91085724564058816982010-01-30T18:18:44.130-06:002010-01-30T18:18:44.130-06:00I agree the worst job al army is the number 2/3 sp...I agree the worst job al army is the number 2/3 spot some have been killed 3 to 4 times. I wonder if the vendor gets paid on each kill?<br />jo6pacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-49181417786627891432010-01-30T14:26:43.898-06:002010-01-30T14:26:43.898-06:00Anony 2:10 But providing that sort of proof would...Anony 2:10 But providing that sort of proof would prevent us from killing the same guy several times (as in Iraq). Far better to claim the kills by position "senior al Qaeda leader" or 'top lieutenant in al Qaeda' and so on - we've killed any number of these guys. Or so the claim goes. <br /><br />But the government issuing fatwa's against our own citizens bothers me.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-37070668994199376342010-01-30T14:10:31.799-06:002010-01-30T14:10:31.799-06:00Fine Print:...who has been put on a list of those ...Fine Print:...who has been put on a list of those the US would like to see killed. Or captured. Uncle Sam wants you, dead or alive and to hell with a trial.<br /><br />Hate To Ask:<br />Who actually does an autopsy and forensic analysis to prove that any of these Wanteds are ever actually killed? Sure sounds like an Assassination Audit is in order. <br /><br />Which raises the further question: on what factual reports/evidence/PROOF are announcements made in the media that so-and-so Bad Guy has been killed? (Assuming in the first place, he was indeed a Bad Guy.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5280902785554617312010-01-30T13:32:19.990-06:002010-01-30T13:32:19.990-06:00Blissex - Well one bright spot is that if "th...Blissex - Well one bright spot is that if "that government that governs least governs best" is close to being true, we've got a pretty good thing going here.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-44790667005190383372010-01-30T12:48:56.598-06:002010-01-30T12:48:56.598-06:00«It used to be that the US would hold an election ...«<i>It used to be that the US would hold an election and the people would, by majority vote, chose who was to run the country. Now it takes only 41% of the vote to ruin the country. </i>»<br /><br />Careful what you wish for.<br /><br />The 60% rule means essentially that a few large (democrat) states can veto legislation pushed by many small (republican) ones, and to some extent counteracts the small state (republican) bias of the Senate.<br /><br />If the Senate ran on simple majority rule, small state coalitions could screw large states all the time.<br /><br />The reverse is true of course, which is wrong because small states are already over-represented in the Senate and don't need to be further protected by a veto for a subset of their numbers.<br /><br />In practice there needs to be a veto in the Senate but only for the large states that are under-represented in it, and one that is only exercised rarely.<br /><br />The problem with the 60% cloture rule is not that it is a veto that overrides the will of the majority; it is that it is a poor way to create veto power, and it can be abused by those states that are already favoured by equal representation, and it is used far too often and not as an exception.<br /><br />But then for small state conservatives things like healthcare are veto-worthy, as they lead down the road to serfdom and the degeneration of the USA in a tyrannical communist hellhole like Canada, France or the UK.Blissexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-52978432287999251742010-01-30T11:01:06.037-06:002010-01-30T11:01:06.037-06:00I just viewed the linked article on our military s...I just viewed the linked article on our military same old same in Yemen. The public was really taken to the cleaners with the Change lies of the election. The only change has been the names on the doors. The crash of this society is going to be spectacular when all the bad trends come together, perfect storm fashion.<br /><br />Did you see where they are going to 'privatize' the manned space effort? Werner will be spinning in his grave, he was the only reason we had a good manned program that was government run.<br /><br />SIGH...abort the old man rant about those criminal clowns in charge. How bout them Colt's?????TulsaTimenoreply@blogger.com