tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post7170528353041070908..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Young Pundits In LoveSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-85772161970589944972011-11-03T10:36:17.304-05:002011-11-03T10:36:17.304-05:00McArdle, Douthat and Brooks are all trying to spit...McArdle, Douthat and Brooks are all trying to spit-polish economic inequality now, with predictable results. I'll go over McArdle's article even though everyone else has already done it, just because it looks fun.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-66467409928426572652011-11-02T15:02:00.403-05:002011-11-02T15:02:00.403-05:00http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/11/02/megan-mcar...http://www.balloon-juice.com/2011/11/02/megan-mcardle-is-always-wrong%E2%84%A2-occupy-wall-st-income-inequality-division/#respondAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14356758378973617792011-11-02T05:10:54.784-05:002011-11-02T05:10:54.784-05:00"But it wouldn’t be the first time that an Am..."But it wouldn’t be the first time that an American patrician has emerged as a champion of the common man."<br /><br />I assume he's talking about FDR (he's surely not talking about either of the Bushes), in which case he's just refuted every one of his own arguments in this predictably sappy-assed column.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-12407801093201054042011-11-01T18:11:18.034-05:002011-11-01T18:11:18.034-05:00Talking about MFGlobal, we see 2 new things : Mega...Talking about MFGlobal, we see 2 new things : Megan's new plan is to just throw discussion topics out without taking a side. (In the case of MF Global, that lasted about 10 minutes, until the firm admitted to stealing client funds) The other is that Megan was able to answer a simple question in comments clearly and accurately:<br /><br /><i>It's different. A broker is acting as your agent. With a bank, you're actually making them a callable loan. If they go broke, you stand in line with the other creditors.<br />Think of a brokerage account as like a safety deposit box. They have no independent access to it; they safeguard it, and they follow your instructions as to how it should be traded. This is like discovering that Citibank had broken open its safe deposit vault and pawned the valuables to cover its losses in mortgages.</i> <br /><br />Strange days, indeed.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-1601216211959773292011-10-31T22:48:25.704-05:002011-10-31T22:48:25.704-05:00The story of the last three decades, in other word...<i>The story of the last three decades, in other words, is not the story of a benevolent government starved of funds by selfish rich people and fanatical Republicans.</i><br /><br />Of course it damn well is, but he will lie shameless to deny it. (And the truth Ken pointed out upthread.) <br /><br />Douthat truly is Chunky Catholic Bobo. They're both just concern trolls, with Douthat less skillful, more socially conservative and more whiny. Still, they're both trafficking in the ol' gambit: "Stop! That obviously good measure could lead to preposterously unlikely consequences! Wouldn't you prefer to kiss the ass of an aristocrat instead?" Also: "Reasonable centrist moderates pick the conservative position."Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-75621283494534562972011-10-31T15:57:16.512-05:002011-10-31T15:57:16.512-05:00Douchehat: "Taxes can't do the things tod...Douchehat: "Taxes can't do the things today that they did very well, superbly in fact, for about 50 years."<br /><br />Why? He don't know.... Maybe its Because of OLD PEOPLE?Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-81686863367329142352011-10-31T14:53:20.825-05:002011-10-31T14:53:20.825-05:00Also, too...
It's always a good time to add a...Also, too...<br /><br />It's always a good time to add a link to Chunkier Reese<br /><br />http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2009/03/fear-of-reese-witherspoon-look-alikes-on-the-pill.htmlDownpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-78162023890362497132011-10-31T10:09:59.265-05:002011-10-31T10:09:59.265-05:00Either Master Douthat can't do math or he gets...Either Master Douthat can't do math or he gets his facts from Megan -<br /><br /><i>postponing a reckoning with unsustainable pension commitments, delaying necessary reforms in our entitlement system and propping up an educational sector whose results don’t match the costs.</i><br /><br />which utterly ignores the massive medical establishment whose out of control costs are the only real problem (at least until the oil, food & environmental crises start to really bite).Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-87190291513700958012011-10-31T04:14:24.302-05:002011-10-31T04:14:24.302-05:00our entitlement system
Is that the official Goods...<i>our entitlement system</i><br /><br />Is that the official Goodspeak term now for "social security repayments, unemployment insurance, etc."?Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-65231495825439578972011-10-30T22:21:56.854-05:002011-10-30T22:21:56.854-05:00Oh, yes: those sinister drum circles, like the one...Oh, yes: those sinister drum circles, like the ones in Lord of the Flies! Next they'll be brandishing sharpened sticks - for the piggy, though, rather than Piggy. Can we rescue our pious scribes, our Megans and Rosses, the besieged inheritors of civilization, from the barbarian hordes of Zuccotti?antonellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982114674256413921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15927420680327317022011-10-30T21:36:13.345-05:002011-10-30T21:36:13.345-05:00From the drum circles of Zuccotti Park ...
Is thi...<i>From the drum circles of Zuccotti Park ...</i><br /><br />Is this the new conservative "under the bus"?<br /><br />-awsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-15619993116267602532011-10-30T20:42:39.817-05:002011-10-30T20:42:39.817-05:00Hmmm, let's see. Devout Catholic gets the cha...Hmmm, let's see. Devout Catholic gets the chance to demonstrate that his moral center isn't really about preserving the Republican status quo by supporting the Catholic doctrine of <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-07-07-pope-encyclical_N.htm" rel="nofollow">wealth redistribution and protecting the weak</a>. Imagine my surprise when he chooses power earthly power over god. I think in his belief system, there are bad results when you do that.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-11732342666435957572011-10-30T19:52:58.215-05:002011-10-30T19:52:58.215-05:00Mitch Daniels?
Doghouse Riley has the goods on th...Mitch Daniels?<br /><br />Doghouse Riley has the goods on that @($*(&!<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-11109526321304612722011-10-30T16:59:19.608-05:002011-10-30T16:59:19.608-05:00"Yet even though government spending on K-to-..."Yet even though government spending on K-to-12 education has more than doubled since the 1970s, test scores have flatlined and the United States has fallen behind its developed-world rivals."<br /><br />During the time when inflation has increased sixfold, and GDP has increased nearly 15-fold.<br /><br />Gosh, I promise to be impressed.Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.com