tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post3621226433129754076..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Learning Through FailureSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-21030943834859261552014-02-08T12:59:35.811-06:002014-02-08T12:59:35.811-06:00Of course we all "learn from our mistakes&quo...Of course we all "learn from our mistakes", and many successful people did fail at one time or another in their lives. But to extrapolate from that that failure is a good and necessary thing... Jesus. Sure, and liberals are fascists, and liberal cliches are tyranny.<br /><br />Some brain in the <i>Koch-other .01%</i> propaganda machine thinks up these wonderful thesis', and they are doled out to the stupider conservative intellectuals, along with a check. Then: five years later (conservative intellectuals are slow writers) we get these....cow plops.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-44208553371423492432014-02-08T10:50:12.979-06:002014-02-08T10:50:12.979-06:00I can picture McArdle in crinolines and sausage ri...I can picture McArdle in crinolines and sausage ringlets, writing her local paper to condemn protesting factory workers. Right after she buys fabric made by child labor in New England.<br /><br />Why would they need raises or safe living conditions? If it were not for factories they would be in Ireland starving to death.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-17415677748465201992014-02-08T08:11:08.700-06:002014-02-08T08:11:08.700-06:00The claim of the "free trader" is always...The claim of the "free trader" is always that if it were not for the lax safety standards (low wages, no environmental regulation, whatever) the factory wouldn't be there. So, by saying that you think it's a bad thing when Bangladeshi children are crushed in a hydraulic press, what you are REALLY saying is that you want those poor people to be unemployed.<br /><br />It is one of the most pernicious weapons the right has, and they've been using it without remorse for twenty years at least.Lurking Canadiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-77305845789356221432014-02-07T16:36:22.383-06:002014-02-07T16:36:22.383-06:00He does indeed.
We hear all the time that everyo...He does indeed. <br /><br />We hear all the time that everyone just hates incivility and personal attacks and doesn't see why people attack such nice ladies and gentlemen. Megan is nice and funny and is pleasant at parties. That's true I'm sure. She can be charming when she wants to be. And then she'll publish a post attacking Gleick or Andrews or Warren, doing her very best to destroy their reputations and careers. Not so charming then, as she mocks and simpers and insinuates. It all depends on whether or not she can use you to advance her career.<br />Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-44998820703218942692014-02-07T16:09:34.912-06:002014-02-07T16:09:34.912-06:00We do not need to guess which side McArdle will ta...<br /><i>We do not need to guess which side McArdle will take; she is pro-sweatshop</i><br /><br />We also know MattY <a href="http://www.mrdestructo.com/2013/04/destructo-salon-does-matthew-yglesias.html" rel="nofollow">has her back</a>...fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-8021896505985513252014-02-07T15:05:36.206-06:002014-02-07T15:05:36.206-06:00Evidently the lesson she learned was to stop makin...Evidently the lesson she learned was to stop making decisions. Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14225969095903227212014-02-07T14:46:31.312-06:002014-02-07T14:46:31.312-06:00it doesn't therefore follow that our intervent...<i>it doesn't therefore follow that our intervention will be an improvement </i><br /><br />Really? Preventing people from being crushed by collapsing factories, or burnt alive in said factories, ore worked to death, isn't an "improvement" over being crushed and burned, or working sane hours?<br /><br />Arglebargle's poorly rationalized cruelty and greed are built upon a very solid foundation of sheer STUPIDITY.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.com