Krugman

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

He got this one right.

"What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons."

Limbaugh/Rumsfeld and Co. wouldn't be screaming like stuck pigs if it weren't true.

You think he got this one right.

I don't.

And there is always the possibility that Limbaugh/Rumsfeld and Co. just think he's full of shit.

Chas

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Charles

You think he got this one right.

I don't.

And there is always the possibility that Limbaugh/Rumsfeld and Co. just think he's full of shit.

Chas

It's definitely undiplomatic/provocative, but happens to be true. I'm unwilling to give Dubya and Co. a pass on Iraq.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I'm unwilling to give Dubya and Co. a pass on Iraq.

I am also unwilling. And I have nothing but contempt for "fake hero" Giuliani who shamelessly cashed in.

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

What an pitiful, scared little man. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

Paul Krugman slipped off a cliff and landed in the sewer a few years back. He was once a good economist, but now is nothing more than a tool and regurgitator of the shit he swallowed while wallowing in the aforementioned sewer.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Paul Krugman slipped off a cliff and landed in the sewer a few years back. He was once a good economist, but now is nothing more than a tool and regurgitator of the shit he swallowed while wallowing in the aforementioned sewer.

Iraqi sewer?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It's definitely undiplomatic/provocative, but happens to be true. I'm unwilling to give Dubya and Co. a pass on Iraq.

I can appreciate your feeling on Iraq.

And while Krugman may have expressed his truthful opinion, that in no way makes his opinion the truth.

To tell the truth, I'm beginning to wonder if there is such a thing as the truth.

Chas

[Bigerik]

Originally Posted by Charles

I can appreciate your feeling on Iraq.

And while Krugman may have expressed his truthful opinion, that in no way makes his opinion the truth.

To tell the truth, I'm beginning to wonder if there is such a thing as the truth.

Chas

Having a rough night, Chas?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

Having a rough night, Chas?

No.

Chas

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Iraqi sewer?

Krugman's writings, particularly his academic, were very good, but the NYT stuff seems to be nothing more than political attack pieces. Sunday's column was in poor taste and certainly didn't need to be published on 911. Someone gets a Nobel in a very specialized discipline and then a lot of people think they have knowledge or wisdom in other areas. That is usually not the case IMHO.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Krugman's writings, particularly his academic, were very good, but the NYT stuff seems to be nothing more than political attack pieces. Sunday's column was in poor taste and certainly didn't need to be published on 911. Someone gets a Nobel in a very specialized discipline and then a lot of people think they have knowledge or wisdom in other areas. That is usually not the case IMHO.

You think things are shrill now, just wait another year.

What you're hearing now isn't a rational political dialogue, it's anger and fear.

Chas