Comments on: Beck: FDR ‘was one evil son of a b*tch.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:20:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: hisfrogness http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4231780 hisfrogness Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:44:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4231780 Comment by Bad Eye: "I see our “friend” Tom the Barbarian has failed to name even 1 economist who is critical of FDR’s economic policies. Figures." Milton Friedman: "Roosevelt's policies were very destructive. Roosevelt's policies made the depression longer and worse than it otherwise would have been. What pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy + WW2. You know, it's a mystery as to why people think Roosevelt's policies pulled us out of the Depression. The problem was that you had unemployed machines and unemployed people. How do you get them together by forming industrial cartels and keeping prices and wages up? That's what Roosevelt's policies in the New Deal amounted to. Essentially, increasing the role of government, enhancing the monopolistic position of labor, and creating as I said before the equivalent of price fixing cartels made things worse. So most of his policies were counterproductive." Here's a very good argument about why Friedman believed that: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8132 Comment by Bad Eye:

“I see our “friend” Tom the Barbarian has failed to name even 1 economist who is critical of FDR’s economic policies. Figures.”

Milton Friedman:

“Roosevelt’s policies were very destructive. Roosevelt’s policies made the depression longer and worse than it otherwise would have been. What pulled us out of the depression was the natural resilience of the economy + WW2.

You know, it’s a mystery as to why people think Roosevelt’s policies pulled us out of the Depression. The problem was that you had unemployed machines and unemployed people. How do you get them together by forming industrial cartels and keeping prices and wages up? That’s what Roosevelt’s policies in the New Deal amounted to. Essentially, increasing the role of government, enhancing the monopolistic position of labor, and creating as I said before the equivalent of price fixing cartels made things worse. So most of his policies were counterproductive.”

Here’s a very good argument about why Friedman believed that:
http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=8132

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230759 Shayne Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:19:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230759 No prob., ja., we have to defend against the “regulars”. They make me sick too — and I’m a liberal. ∞ Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 4:51 am CT and Mr. P having a reacharound. How cute. No prob., ja., we have to defend against the “regulars”.
They make me sick too — and I’m a liberal.

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Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 4:51 am

CT and Mr. P having a reacharound. How cute.

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230730 Shayne Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:03:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230730 Sappyen is like a lost little boy without barmaid Shayne around to help him chase imaginary trolls. ∞ Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 3:49 am Hi CT, I was wondering who you were. So we can assume justasking is Mr. President and you two are blogging from your Motel 6 again. Sappyen is like a lost little boy without barmaid Shayne around to help him chase imaginary trolls.

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Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 3:49 am

Hi CT, I was wondering who you were. So we can assume justasking is Mr. President and you two are blogging from your Motel 6 again.

]]> By: Bad Eye http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230577 Bad Eye Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230577 I see our "friend" Tom the Barbarian has failed to name even 1 economist who is critical of FDR's economic policies. Figures. I see our “friend” Tom the Barbarian has failed to name even 1 economist who is critical of FDR’s economic policies. Figures.

]]> By: Gabe http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230386 Gabe Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:19:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230386 You cannot hope to bribe or twist Glenn Beck, that so-called journalist But, considering what the wretch will do Unbribed, there's no occasion to! Poor Glenn, he's STILL (even after the operation) suffering from a rectal-cranial inversion. You cannot hope to bribe or twist
Glenn Beck, that so-called journalist
But, considering what the wretch will do
Unbribed, there’s no occasion to!

Poor Glenn, he’s STILL (even after the operation) suffering from a rectal-cranial inversion.

]]> By: Leftside Annie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230354 Leftside Annie Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:01:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230354 Huh. All I can say is that I wish that hospital had removed his HEAD instead of his hemorrhoids.... Huh. All I can say is that I wish that hospital had removed his HEAD instead of his hemorrhoids….

]]> By: Russ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230297 Russ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230297 424# Good question and I'd assume its money. The nuttier and more vile the pundit, ala Coulter, the more attention one gets. 424# Good question and I’d assume its money. The nuttier and more vile the pundit, ala Coulter, the more attention one gets.

]]> By: Russ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230291 Russ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:36:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230291 Beck is the most ignorant and pathetic bunch of RW pundits our country is smeared with. <blockquote> One of Franklin Roosevelt's greatest achievements was overcoming this political divide and steering the United States toward a new era of bipartisanship. With World War II as a backdrop, he built a broad coalition of Democrats and Republicans behind liberal internationalism. The new course entailed a commitment to both power and partnership: the United States would project its military strength to preserve stability, but whenever possible it would exercise leadership through consensus and multilateral partnership rather than unilateral initiative. This domestic compact, although weakened by political struggles over the Vietnam War, lasted to the end of the Cold War.</blockquote> http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86406-p10/charles-a-kupchan-peter-l-trubowitz/grand-strategy-for-a-divided-america.html Beck is the most ignorant and pathetic bunch of RW pundits our country is smeared with.

One of Franklin Roosevelt’s greatest achievements was overcoming this political divide and steering the United States toward a new era of bipartisanship. With World War II as a backdrop, he built a broad coalition of Democrats and Republicans behind liberal internationalism. The new course entailed a commitment to both power and partnership: the United States would project its military strength to preserve stability, but whenever possible it would exercise leadership through consensus and multilateral partnership rather than unilateral initiative. This domestic compact, although weakened by political struggles over the Vietnam War, lasted to the end of the Cold War.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070701faessay86406-p10/charles-a-kupchan-peter-l-trubowitz/grand-strategy-for-a-divided-america.html

]]> By: hellinabucket http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230192 hellinabucket Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:41:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230192 Beck, That's an ass and that's a hole in the ground. Understand? I didn't think so. Beck, That’s an ass and that’s a hole in the ground. Understand? I didn’t think so.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230178 Uncle Ho Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:25:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230178 It was the Republican President Hoover at the helm when the stock market crashed in 1929. Hoover did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to alleviate the misery, offering only empty platitudes about how "prosperity is just around the corner." My grandparents had 5 kids and little work in the Great Depression. If not for FDR, they would not have survived. FDR put regulations on Wall Street- The SEC, social security, etc. Ever since, the Repugs have done everything they can to dismantle every program for the common good they can get away with. If anyone are SOBs. it's Beck, and Repugs dedicated to turning the clock back to 1928. It was the Republican President Hoover at the helm when the stock market crashed in 1929. Hoover did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to alleviate the misery, offering only empty platitudes about how “prosperity is just around the corner.”
My grandparents had 5 kids and little work in the Great Depression. If not for FDR, they would not have survived.
FDR put regulations on Wall Street- The SEC, social security, etc. Ever since, the Repugs have done everything they can to dismantle every program for the common good they can get away with.
If anyone are SOBs. it’s Beck, and Repugs dedicated to turning the clock back to 1928.

]]> By: HeartlandLiberal http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230148 HeartlandLiberal Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:10:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230148 Just dropped a note to CNN to Beck's show, pointing out the reason why no one in our household watches CNN anymore, unless of course, they are trying to induce nausea and vomiting. Beck is the epitome of CNN Headline News as it is come to be, the tabloid trash network of cable journalism. All Nancy and Beck, all grisly murdered white girls, all racism, sexism, and reichwing talking points all the time. It really is quite frightening. Tune in and try watching Grace and Beck. It is absolutely mind numbing. The most frightening thing about them, though? There are apparently millions of Americans who watch this crap and soak it up like sponges. That is what is frightening. And tragic. Just dropped a note to CNN to Beck’s show, pointing out the reason why no one in our household watches CNN anymore, unless of course, they are trying to induce nausea and vomiting. Beck is the epitome of CNN Headline News as it is come to be, the tabloid trash network of cable journalism. All Nancy and Beck, all grisly murdered white girls, all racism, sexism, and reichwing talking points all the time. It really is quite frightening. Tune in and try watching Grace and Beck. It is absolutely mind numbing. The most frightening thing about them, though? There are apparently millions of Americans who watch this crap and soak it up like sponges. That is what is frightening. And tragic.

]]> By: klide http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230145 klide Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:54:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230145 How is it possible that CNN allows this lying sack of dog shit to continue on the air? How is it possible that CNN allows this lying sack of dog shit to continue on the air?

]]> By: BlackbirdHighway http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230144 BlackbirdHighway Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:39:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230144 I'll pay $100,000 to waterboard BEck, as long as there are no limits. I get to personally pour as much water as I want, for as long as I want right straight into his lungs. If it's not torture, then there's no danger of him dying is there? But if he does die, because, oops, it turns out it was torture after all, then he (I mean his dependants) gets no money from me at all. I’ll pay $100,000 to waterboard BEck, as long as there are no limits.

I get to personally pour as much water as I want, for as long as I want right straight into his lungs. If it’s not torture, then there’s no danger of him dying is there? But if he does die, because, oops, it turns out it was torture after all, then he (I mean his dependants) gets no money from me at all.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230141 Doc Rock Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:14:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230141 Get a rope! Find a tree! Get a rope! Find a tree!

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230139 alphainfinityomega Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:51:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230139 No prob., ja., we have to defend against the "regulars". They make me sick too -- and I'm a liberal. <strong>∞</strong> No prob., ja., we have to defend against the “regulars”.
They make me sick too — and I’m a liberal.

∞

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230137 alphainfinityomega Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:31:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230137 <strong>Night Sabyen Comment by Merlin</strong> (not that there is anything wrong with that) <strong>∞</strong> Night Sabyen

Comment by Merlin

(not that there is anything wrong with that)

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]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230133 Merlin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:23:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230133 <em>Merlin…did you release some magical dust out of your push-me-pull-you ass? Comment by justasking — January 16, 2008 @ 4:18 am</em> Heavens, no! That is reserved for special occasions! Night, justasking... Merlin…did you release some magical dust out of your push-me-pull-you ass?
Comment by justasking — January 16, 2008 @ 4:18 am

Heavens, no! That is reserved for special occasions!

Night, justasking…

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230132 Merlin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:20:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230132 Night Sabyen Night Sabyen

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230131 Merlin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:19:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230131 Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 4:04 am” <em>“JPark didn’t admit a damn thing– he was outed.</em> Aw, you really mean it? Well if you are right I will have to take back my compliment. Of course, before I humiliate myself like that, I would need some proof. You can get that for me, can't you? I would hate to make a fool of myself here in front of a fine gentleman like you. Comment by alphainfinityomega — January 16, 2008 @ 4:04 am”

“JPark didn’t admit a damn thing– he was outed.

Aw, you really mean it? Well if you are right I will have to take back my compliment. Of course, before I humiliate myself like that, I would need some proof. You can get that for me, can’t you? I would hate to make a fool of myself here in front of a fine gentleman like you.

]]> By: alphainfinityomega http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/comment-page-10/#comment-4230129 alphainfinityomega Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:17:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/15/beck-fdr-was-one-evil-son-of-a-btch/#comment-4230129 <em>weren’t so pissed that they got booted from The Zoo. Comment by Sappyen</em> You have <strong>got</strong> to be kidding !! <strong>∞</strong> weren’t so pissed that they got booted from The Zoo.
Comment by Sappyen

You have got to be kidding !!

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