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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:10 PM Original message |
Paul Krugman appears to have painted himself into a corner |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. or he's just calling it as he sees it. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. If he wasn't appearing in as many places as possible, I would agree |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. If Dr. Krugman had political ambitions, I might agree |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. He doesn't need political ambitions, he can just be seeking personal glory |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Yup ... That's What He Was Doing ... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. A man who just won the Nobel prize, who is at the pennacle of his profession |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
85. like wealth, there are some people who can never get enough |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
77. Oh please..such childish crap!!!!!!!!..grow up..Krugman doesn't need a damn thing for BS.. glory! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. I am thinking that irony is lost on you |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Blasphemer. n/t |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. lol, thanks! |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. lol, thanks! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Krugman is not alone in his criticism of Gethner's corporate welfare |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yet wouldn't that esteem take a major hit, if Obama succeeds? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. ...or maybe he's just calling it as he sees it. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Why so many appearances? It's one thing to call it |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Of COURSE he's "pushing his views"...he believes we're headed toward the abyss. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
92. as another poster pointed out, the decision has been made |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
101. Bush made the decision to go into Iraq. Did that stop us from talking about the dangers of doing so? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #101 |
110. Different situations and different motives |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. I disagree. The statement was that Obama has decided so dissenters should shut up. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
106. Maybe it's just the media choosing him... |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Paul Krugman is watching you through the window Right Now. |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. We need to keep in mind the possiblity that Krugman believes what he says, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Thinking he is right, doesn't explain his PR blitz. Why is he appearing every where? |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. cuz he sees that we are being taken for a ride and is doing his best to warn us? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
95. The decision has been made, more debate is pointless |
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Babel_17 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. We're only at stage one |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Because he's invited? |
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chimpymustgo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
96. This is insane. Krugman just won a Nobel, writes twice a week in the newspaper of record, |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
103. Because he's invited to appear. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. You're not disagreeing with the OP. They can both be true. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. I would have preferred if he had said his negative piece, |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. You're right Frenchie. Had he taken a more balanced approach |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. That's the problem with a whole lot of folks. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. I suppose you missed the column... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Deleted sub-thread |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. (a) I think he's right, (b) I think you're right. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. He's just calling it as he sees it. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. his is still an opinion and not a fact. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Yes, but the opinion of a nobel prize winner, within his field of expertise, isn't |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Granted, he's a nobel prize winner - for international trade and economics (New Trade Theory). |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
83. Why? Because he's not in the pockets of anyone. And Rahm and the DLC probably hate him. (nt) |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
102. He was in the Reagan administration '82-'83. Council of Economic Advisers. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. I point to you that Krugman has no Nobel Prize in politics...... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
98. So presidential economic decisions must be political rather than economic issues |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. The question then becomes: |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. He is a columnist, he didn't need anyone to hire him. He seems to have decided to push all his |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. the saintly Che (Guevera) once said |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. He will not be destroyed. Being an economist is like flying a plane only on instruments. Everybody |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Krugman is pretending (or giving the impression) it's an exact science |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. He is definitely panicked. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:38 PM Original message |
Economics is pretty much bunk science anyways. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
86. That article exaggerates the importance of utility theory. Greatly. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. He SHould Have Said That The Paulson/SUmmers/Geithner Plan Would Work |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. When it does work, Krugman will look irrelevant. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. It won't work, so he'll still be relevant. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. We will have to disagree on that |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
63. Timmy G, is that you? |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:46 PM Original message |
No. Just a private citizen |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #40 |
64. They're going to repay TARP, therefore, they don't need the $1 Trillion in free money |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. The Geithner plan is the whipped cream and cherry. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. LOL! So banks have all the $ they need, it's just that last little trillion they can take or leave. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Not at all |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
107. Rush is that you? n/t |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #107 |
114. Idiotic comment at best. Krugman and Rush have nothing in common. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Idiotic comprehension at best. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Idiotic stretch at best. Neither Krugman nor I want Obama to fail. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Yeah except for the part where it won't work. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. As FrenchieCat pointed out he should have talked about the good and the bad |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. It must be nice to see things so simply that you have only 2 choices, |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Do you believe in moving on and not harping on theft from government coffers? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. or not |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Krugman wants his own TV show |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. and here I thought the OP was over the top... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. He certainly enjoys and seeks the limelight whenever he can, I'll say that much. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. I do believe he shares that trait with every public figure out there. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. It's not that cut and dry. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. There is a great deal of difference between what Krugman's function ought to be, |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. So the function of private citizens is to shut up? |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. I support Obama --- and I'm glad he's getting pressure from the left. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Good for the kids in London. The nonprofit I work for recently got called |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Right. That must be it. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
74. Don't you believe in the Manifest Destiny economic steamroller of the American economy? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. Those of us who have spent the needed time understanding |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
84. If "economic truths were economic truths" they wouldn't constantly be reinventing their science |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
116. Some economic truths are common sense if not exact science: |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
104. Nobody is correct all the time. Krugman may well be wrong this time. n/t |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. He'd have to be one evil motherfucker... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. He doesn't have that power. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. This is eerily reminiscent those freepers.. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
66. I just posted the exact same sentiment. The OP'er has no idea how fucked up their post |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. I don't think not agreeing with you="fucked up" |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. I think you have found a variant of Godwin's law |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. That's exactly what I think. If he were simply "calling it like he sees it,' |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. +1 brazillion |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Yeah, and all those Iraq war critics should have just shut the fuck up.. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #61 |
94. Should have read this before I posted #94. +1, I guess. nt |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
91. yes, exactly |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
93. The debate on the Iraq War ended six years ago last week. Why don't |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
62. I see you have taken a strong and absolute stand against critical thinking and logic |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #62 |
88. Actually I have taken a strong stand against thinking that isn't motivated by the quest for truth |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. the Opening Poster has just used the NeoCons technique. If you don't support Bush or his |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
89. Isn't this a varient of Godwin's law? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. That is a ridiculous assertion. |
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uberblonde (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Or maybe he doesn't accept the argument... |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
76. Back to OP's point. Unless Krugman admits that he "could be wrong" and Obama |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Yeah that's pretty much it |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. Is this thread somehow related to Our Lady of Guadelupe? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
82. You have a point. It's human nature when you've taken a strong position |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. It's possible it's more a subconscious thing. As an economist, I have to think |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
97. Define "improvement". |
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JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
99. Krugmann is so YESTERDAY.........time to move on |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
105. Hyper-agressive self-promotion always backfires eventually. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
108. do most people know who Paul Krugman is ? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. No......so he's about to get some superstardom. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
111. It's fun to watch Krugman spin like a top while economic indicators continue to prove him wrong. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
113. Insatiable greed ... |
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