Comments on: Krugman takes on his own paper. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:06:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4178144 toasterhead Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:13:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4178144 <i>First of all, there is no such thing as a “free market.” Secondly, capitalism has shown on a number of occasions during our history that it MUST be regulated, or it destroys itself and the social system surrounding it. Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — December 5, 2007 @ 1:55 pm</i> Exactly. It exists only on the blackboards of Econ 101 professors. In the real world, the "free market" is a corrupt system of inequal access, inequal information, and uncompetitive practices. Why the wingnuts cling to it as a motivating mythology defies all reason. First of all, there is no such thing as a “free market.” Secondly, capitalism has shown on a number of occasions during our history that it MUST be regulated, or it destroys itself and the social system surrounding it.

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper — December 5, 2007 @ 1:55 pm

Exactly. It exists only on the blackboards of Econ 101 professors. In the real world, the “free market” is a corrupt system of inequal access, inequal information, and uncompetitive practices. Why the wingnuts cling to it as a motivating mythology defies all reason.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4178089 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:55:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4178089 First of all, there is no such thing as a "free market." Secondly, capitalism has shown on a number of occasions during our history that it MUST be regulated, or it destroys itself and the social system surrounding it. First of all, there is no such thing as a “free market.” Secondly, capitalism has shown on a number of occasions during our history that it MUST be regulated, or it destroys itself and the social system surrounding it.

]]> By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4178081 Ret. Col. Jack Ripper Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:54:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4178081 Let's not forget Kit Seelye's horrendous performance during the 2000 election when she took every opportunity she could to convince us that Gore was simply a vile, self-glorifying liar. Seelye pounded phony, right-wing stories about Gore so relentlessley that when the Economist a conservative magazine in Britain, published an article about how the media was treating Gore poorly, they specifically mentioned Seelye's dishonest articles. Let’s not forget Kit Seelye’s horrendous performance during the 2000 election when she took every opportunity she could to convince us that Gore was simply a vile, self-glorifying liar. Seelye pounded phony, right-wing stories about Gore so relentlessley that when the Economist a conservative magazine in Britain, published an article about how the media was treating Gore poorly, they specifically mentioned Seelye’s dishonest articles.

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177969 sacopenapa Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:19:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177969 They call rampant capitalism as "free market". They call rampant capitalism as “free market”.

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177966 sacopenapa Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:18:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177966 They call the inside job of 9/11 as a "islamic extemist terrorist attack"! They call the inside job of 9/11 as a “islamic extemist terrorist attack”!

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177962 sacopenapa Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:16:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177962 What do you expect? They call the international crime of the Iraq invasion and occupation as "promoting freedom and democracy"! What do you expect? They call the international crime of the Iraq invasion and occupation as “promoting freedom and democracy”!

]]> By: NoOneYouKnow http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177858 NoOneYouKnow Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:20:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177858 Kit Seelye has been a partisan tool for years; have a look at her prime role in the press's undermining Al Gore and his presidential campaign. Has she been equally hard (and dishonest) about Monkey Boy? Ah, no. Kit Seelye has been a partisan tool for years; have a look at her prime role in the press’s undermining Al Gore and his presidential campaign. Has she been equally hard (and dishonest) about Monkey Boy? Ah, no.

]]> By: bernard quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177845 bernard quatermass Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:14:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177845 "Aren’t all Americans for the free market?" No. It should take considerably more effort for vacuous toads like you to access complicated technology like computers. “Aren’t all Americans for the free market?”

No. It should take considerably more effort for vacuous toads like you to access complicated technology like computers.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177826 toasterhead Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:04:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177826 <i>Toasterhead; you left out the Easter Bunny. Comment by Uncle Ho — December 5, 2007 @ 11:54 am</i> The Easter Bunny is real. And he's watching... Toasterhead; you left out the Easter Bunny.

Comment by Uncle Ho — December 5, 2007 @ 11:54 am

The Easter Bunny is real. And he’s watching…

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177808 Uncle Ho Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:54:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177808 Toasterhead; you left out the Easter Bunny. Toasterhead; you left out the Easter Bunny.

]]> By: OxyCon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177796 OxyCon Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:50:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177796 All you have to do is read a list of AEI members, or watch footage of one of their meetings to come to the conclusion that the AEI is one of the more extreme right wing organizations in America. All you have to do is read a list of AEI members, or watch footage of one of their meetings to come to the conclusion that the AEI is one of the more extreme right wing organizations in America.

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177789 toasterhead Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:45:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177789 <i>Aren’t all Americans for the free market? Comment by Roger_Roger — December 5, 2007 @ 11:22 am</i> Oh yes. Also Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and other fictional entities. Aren’t all Americans for the free market?

Comment by Roger_Roger — December 5, 2007 @ 11:22 am

Oh yes. Also Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and other fictional entities.

]]> By: ThomasMc http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177775 ThomasMc Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:41:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177775 AEI is about as non-partisan as the Republican Party. AEI is about as non-partisan as the Republican Party.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177764 Lefty Patriot Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:34:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177764 Real Americans understand that the right wing's "free market" ideology is happy to sacrifice the health and lives of American children rather than have properly funded and led agencies protecting us from their murderous greed. Real Americans understand that the "Free market" as practiced by Republicans means that only billionaires get bailouts and tax breaks. Real Americans understand that corporations do not deserve personhood, and that the officers of corporations that choose the deaths and injuries of Americans over the regulation of industry deserve long prison sentences and forfeiture of all their ill-gotten gains. Real Americans favor the fair market, not the non-existent free market. Real Americans understand that the right wing’s “free market” ideology is happy to sacrifice the health and lives of American children rather than have properly funded and led agencies protecting us from their murderous greed. Real Americans understand that the “Free market” as practiced by Republicans means that only billionaires get bailouts and tax breaks. Real Americans understand that corporations do not deserve personhood, and that the officers of corporations that choose the deaths and injuries of Americans over the regulation of industry deserve long prison sentences and forfeiture of all their ill-gotten gains. Real Americans favor the fair market, not the non-existent free market.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177749 Lefty Patriot Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:29:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177749 Aren’t all Americans for the free market? Comment by Roger_Roger — December 5, 2007 @ 11:22 am Recommend (0) | Report Abuse Not real Americans. Aren’t all Americans for the free market?

Comment by Roger_Roger — December 5, 2007 @ 11:22 am
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Not real Americans.

]]> By: Roger_Roger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177740 Roger_Roger Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:22:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177740 Aren't all Americans for the free market? Aren’t all Americans for the free market?

]]> By: tokin librul http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177738 tokin librul Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:22:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177738 Seelye's reporting was salient, concise, and otherwise fair, imho (m.j., 12 years in local news and features). Editors do sometimes obtrude in the most inobtrusive ways. jus'sayin'... Seelye’s reporting was salient, concise, and otherwise fair, imho (m.j., 12 years in local news and features). Editors do sometimes obtrude in the most inobtrusive ways. jus’sayin’…

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177732 Zimzone Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:19:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177732 <strong>A</strong>ssholes <strong>E</strong>njoying <strong>I</strong>diocy <em>AEI is a Neotrud spin machine. Kagan, et al, are among the most dangerous of this cult. Nonpartisan? I hardly think so.</em> Assholes
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AEI is a Neotrud spin machine. Kagan, et al, are among the most dangerous of this cult.

Nonpartisan? I hardly think so.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177720 Leftside Annie Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:06:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177720 Um....how about this for a reason: Seelye is a rightwing tool and apologist for a neocon think tank...? That seems to cover it. Um….how about this for a reason: Seelye is a rightwing tool and apologist for a neocon think tank…?

That seems to cover it.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/comment-page-1/#comment-4177695 RUCerious Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:47:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/05/krugman-takes-on-his-own-paper/#comment-4177695 Perhaps a neocon powerdrunktank would be more appropos. Perhaps a neocon powerdrunktank would be more appropos.

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