Wingnut Welfare

2 Responses to Wingnut Welfare

1. Al Swearengen says:

   6/18/2009 at 1:32 am

   One of the downsides to writing a column packed with actual opinions about actual things and events in reality twice a week…this sentence isn’t working and I’m too tired to stare at it and figure out why…just barreling through…Krugman puts his ass on the line in his columns. He’s an economist, so unlike most areas of punditry where a column after column can consist of fluff or anecdotes or riffs on the ideas that other pundits put out there first, an economist states their view of reality and the events that come afterward either confirm or nullify their ability.

   Krugman was wrong about monetary policy being effective enough to fix what was wrong in Japan (looking back 10 years or so)…from inside the investment world, I end up reading the work of hundreds of people each week, which means that most of what I read before the job is history…his take on the world is just as relevant to me now as it was before, when I was reading most of the Times and WSJournal every day.

   For what it’s worth…I’m glad he’s in that seat. And some things never change…you can be retarded and as long as you’re trashing the right people, there’s always a place for you somewhere on the right-wing frequency.
2. John Rove says:

   6/18/2009 at 11:52 am

   Joe the plumber was a great example of a guy who for a while picked his targets very well. Once he dropped out of the Republican party the money seemed to dry up though.

   What sticks out with Megan Mcardle is that her idealogy seems to be its own goal. She seems to always argue business is good, because it is, without giving any reasons, hence anyone who critisizes big business or suggests it should be reigned in with regulations or laws is bad. I don’t think the black and white world of the small government libertarians works very well.

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