tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post1654079916088330627..comments2024-03-27T05:23:48.855-04:00Comments on Krugman-in-Wonderland: Krugman, Shame, and Politicizing TragediesWilliam L. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802990642236807359noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-39493989818275845862011-09-15T07:15:29.822-04:002011-09-15T07:15:29.822-04:00Dan, you won't find too many supporters of the...Dan, you won't find too many supporters of the Bush regime on this blog. But you plumb forgot all about Libya -- hard to blame Bush for that one.Telhttp://lnx-bsp.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-90702822669570628152011-09-12T23:38:57.784-04:002011-09-12T23:38:57.784-04:00Just one observation I keep repeating:
Which othe...Just one observation I keep repeating:<br /><br />Which other economist do you guys know who is so ploitical? A truly professional, non-ideological economist would stay above the fray, but not Krugman.<br /><br />He is nothing but a political HACK of the worst kind.American Patriothttp://defendourconstitution.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-90240438131299741742011-09-12T22:35:51.614-04:002011-09-12T22:35:51.614-04:00I struggle to find anything Bill Clinton did in re...I struggle to find anything Bill Clinton did in repsonse to the Oklahoma City bombings did that begins to compare to Bush's response to 9/11. <br /><br />Forget about the Patriot Act, the invasion of Iraq under the pretense of fighting terrorism was Bush's biggest example of taking advantage of a tragedy to do what he would never have otherwise gotten away with.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-64110689794523681442011-09-12T17:14:22.955-04:002011-09-12T17:14:22.955-04:00High Lordship Lord Keynes is on a roll. We're...High Lordship Lord Keynes is on a roll. We're all Nixonians now:<br /><br /><em>The Post Keynesian remedy for inflation has always been <b>some form of incomes policy</b> combined with commodity price stabilisation.</em><br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2011/09/mark-hayes-on-post-keynesian-economic.html<br /><br />That fussy-wussy fuss-budget totalitarian mind comes blazing through:<br /><br /><em>Industry could function quite well without the equity market, given alternative institutions focused on enterprise rather than speculation.</em><br /><br />Just let them blab.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_roddis/3520131008/in/set-72157600951970959Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-63132168576010462012011-09-12T17:02:13.806-04:002011-09-12T17:02:13.806-04:00There's one party, two sub-parts. They fight i...There's one party, two sub-parts. They fight it out between the 47 yard lines and let no one else in the game.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-91550783119746404222011-09-12T16:29:57.253-04:002011-09-12T16:29:57.253-04:00"As far as I know, there have been very few D..."As far as I know, there have been very few Democrats (least of all Krugman) who have acted as cheerleaders for maintaining our foreign wars."<br /><br />Care to point out how many "anti-war" opinion pieces Krugman has penned in the past 2.5 years? Then compare that to the previous 7.5 years? Oh, but I'm sure there's some good excuse he didn't need to yell about Iraq anymore because those were no longer "combat" troops, just 50,000 "peace-keepers" to justify Obama's Nobel "Peace" Prize.<br /><br />Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-75531783438254214532011-09-12T15:42:06.301-04:002011-09-12T15:42:06.301-04:00How are Democrats significantly different from Rep...How are Democrats significantly different from Republicans again?Mike Cheelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-8952936879193674112011-09-12T15:23:25.636-04:002011-09-12T15:23:25.636-04:00Yes to the extent that he escalated in Afghanistan...Yes to the extent that he escalated in Afghanistan. He's taken heat from his own party for this, however. Which is a far cry from the days when objectors to the Bush wars were shouted down as unpatriotic.<br /><br />I'm not saying that Democrats don't have blood on their hands, but Anderson's attempt paint both parties and their pundits in the same stroke is misguided.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-20332879494797992312011-09-12T14:12:23.547-04:002011-09-12T14:12:23.547-04:00Dan, is Obama responsible for the killing and maim...Dan, is Obama responsible for the killing and maiming over the past 2.5 years?Daniel Hewittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-24379382920706662222011-09-12T13:57:44.871-04:002011-09-12T13:57:44.871-04:00Anderson, don't play false equivalence between...Anderson, don't play false equivalence between Clinton's and Bush's policies. <br /><br />Clinton's actions in no way measure up to the international and domestic catastrophe that Bush brought upon us after 9/11. That man is responsible for the killing and maiming of countless civilians and soldiers over the past 10 years.<br /><br />As far as I know, there have been very few Democrats (least of all Krugman) who have acted as cheerleaders for maintaining our foreign wars.Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-87549460398766245012011-09-12T11:51:53.295-04:002011-09-12T11:51:53.295-04:00"A lot of other people behaved badly. How man..."A lot of other people behaved badly. How many of our professional pundits — people who should have understood very well what was happening — took the easy way out, turning a blind eye to the corruption and lending their support to the hijacking of the atrocity?"<br /><br />The same thing could be said about Keynesian economics and their champions.Mike Cheelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-62977796604180629362011-09-11T22:16:12.566-04:002011-09-11T22:16:12.566-04:00Krugman has always been a hack, a court intellectu...Krugman has always been a hack, a court intellectual for the statist elite and economically illiterate. But to use the anniversary of this tragedy in the way he did has now reduced him to the status of a pathetic, despicable human being.Mike Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276561747841568697.post-73346543301895504832011-09-11T19:00:46.563-04:002011-09-11T19:00:46.563-04:00Amen.Amen.Telhttp://lnx-bsp.net/noreply@blogger.com