tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post2039549990970212450..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Libertarian DodgeSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-36623080356220037982009-09-09T09:19:19.555-05:002009-09-09T09:19:19.555-05:00Kimberly Ovitz, daughter of Michael Ovitz, whom ev...Kimberly Ovitz, daughter of Michael Ovitz, whom even I have heard of. A Hollywood princess who had enough money at 25 to start her own design studio. Yeah, that's boot-strapping, alright. <br /><br />Downpuppy, I'm very torn. On the one hand, it''s horrible to see people humiliate themselves. On the other hand, she seems to be perfectly happy getting everything wrong and correcting almost nothing. And gloating over any perceived liberal troubles.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-46095816810375563402009-09-08T23:05:55.969-05:002009-09-08T23:05:55.969-05:00Google informs me that "Kimberly Ovitz is a s...Google informs me that "Kimberly Ovitz is a sophisticated, beautifukl, androgynous lifestyle collection for women."Andrew Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-16705017619941579272009-09-08T18:26:05.099-05:002009-09-08T18:26:05.099-05:00This is just sad now:
Downpuppy (Replying to: MB...This is just sad now:<br /><br /><br />Downpuppy (Replying to: MBP) September 8, 2009 2:46 PM<br /><br />There's no evidence presented of any union health plan anywhere coming in at over $21,000/year.<br /> <br />Megan McArdle (Replying to: MBP) September 8, 2009 6:01 PM<br /><br />The evidence is that the unions are fighting this thing tooth and nail. Are they against it just to be against it?<br /><br />If the tax is not window dressing--i.e. if it actually raises any money to help pay for the rest of the bill--it will almost definitionally hit unions, which tend to have gold-plated benefits. A tax on some theoretical awesome health care plan for CEOs would not raise more than a few tens of thousands of dollars.<br /> <br />Downpuppy (Replying to: MBP) September 8, 2009 7:08 PM<br /><br />Stop. Just stop. Find out what a "Group" policy is, and why the individual market is utterly broken. Once you have a reasonable grasp of what things cost, maybe you can post again.<br /><br />This has gone beyond embarrassing yourself, to trashing whatever reputation the Atlantic has left.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-36589808648641782252009-09-08T17:32:45.134-05:002009-09-08T17:32:45.134-05:00Some Democrats reacted to Bush's speech after ...Some Democrats reacted to Bush's speech after it was given, not so much complaining about the speech itself but that Department of Education money was used to fund it. Congressional hearings were held, and they determined it wasn't improper. How does that make laughing at the "the speech hasn't been given yet but ZOMG BLACK HITLER!" folks hypocritical?tigrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-57094507503841811092009-09-08T15:28:09.362-05:002009-09-08T15:28:09.362-05:00Curiously, the current issue of Vanity Fair featur...Curiously, the current issue of <em>Vanity Fair</em> features (p. 111) a "Bright Young Thing," a 26-year-old Angeleno who declares her favorite books to be Rand's <em>The Fountainhead</em>, <em>The Virtue of Selfishness</em> and <em>Philosophy: Who Needs It</em> and Alice Schroeder's biography of Warren Buffett <em>The Snowball</em>.<br /><br />Clearly, this is someone who is Self-Made and purely Independent, which is why she appears on the cover of the Fanfare section of <em>VF</em>.<br /><br />Yep. No one would ever suggest Kimberly Ovitz might have received any help in pulling herself up By Her Bootstraps. Libertarian to the Core.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-80075936014595836682009-09-08T15:23:34.631-05:002009-09-08T15:23:34.631-05:00Susan,
actually, I don't think this maneuver i...Susan,<br />actually, I don't think this maneuver is typical of libertarians. Like cp said, it's a convenient way of never being wrong and this is the main reason it is practiced by journalists, especially in the US. They call it "balance".<br /><br />cp,<br />what's that old line about Christianity having been tried and found wanting? Well, the thing is, we already tried libertarianism. And then we spent last 200 or so years running away from it. Last 80 or so we really hauled ass.bulbulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505565281151328789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-8459328726857332982009-09-08T12:52:46.454-05:002009-09-08T12:52:46.454-05:00Just aside,
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/a...Just aside,<br /><br />http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/09/all_health_care_politics_is_lo.php<br /><br />is amazing, in that Megan <i>still</i> has no clue that group & private plans are not the same thing. (& she misses on cost by a factor of 4)Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-67635118561561985752009-09-08T12:47:48.625-05:002009-09-08T12:47:48.625-05:00It's also a convenient way to never be wrong. ...It's also a convenient way to never be wrong. You criticize the left and the right, while smugly waving your membership card for a party that has very little power or clout to implement their own public policy; this being the case, they never fail.<br /><br />And there's the added bonus of Megan getting to feel super-special because her ideas are "unpopular." She deludes herself into believing it's because she's elite and smarter than everyone else who just can't understand the value of libertarianism. The truth is, their ideas are unpopular because they are impractical, stupid, and ignore the real world.clever pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-54740884826115601602009-09-08T12:25:50.222-05:002009-09-08T12:25:50.222-05:00Yes, it seems to be a pose in a lot of instances. ...Yes, it seems to be a pose in a lot of instances. It's degenerated into the party of Jonah Goldberg and McArdle.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-31540862942785203872009-09-08T12:16:34.163-05:002009-09-08T12:16:34.163-05:00Except she's not even a libertarian*. That'...Except she's not even a libertarian*. That's merely cover so she can appear to be "objective." Megan's a Pseudo-Libertarian Corporate Republican. <br /><br />*I think libertarianism is jackasseryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com