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2009-03-12 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 2009-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Yeoman work, OSB. Unlike you, I'm not ambivalent about Friedman. As your own inline snarks above show, he generally combines the silly and the obvious. All with a brain-dead prejudice against the usual suspects.

Back when AllahPundit had his own blog, he did some hilarious spoofs of a typical Friedman column.

Among Friedman's notable whoppers are his statement a while back that all the Arab world wanted was "a smaller Israel", and his devotion to wacky and economically/strategically illiterate visions of "energy independence".

Haven't read any of his stuff in years, and so far it's worked for me.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-03-12 00:26|| 2009-03-12 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 He is an idiot when it comes to geopolitics. I stopped reading him a decade ago. He was once a good reporter in the sense of describing things. Analysis is just too much for him.

Posted by JAB 2009-03-12 00:35|| 2009-03-12 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 OSB has hit upon a pet theory of mine about the economy,and that is that the only entity bound to suffer from all this spending, price increases and deflation that will still dog this economy will be government itself.

Small businessmen and entrepenuers will always find a way to turn a buck, all the crazy Obamanation socialists at the top notwithstanding.

My money is on American capitalism out of the gate every time, because that is usually where the smart money is during a recovery. And American small businesses form the backbone of American capitalism

Posted by badanov 2009-03-12 00:48|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2009-03-12 00:48|| Front Page Top

#4 A lot of people begin lectures and speeches by quoting TFriedman's "the world is flat".

It's a real time saver for me because when they do that I realize I can just nap through the speech.

Posted by mhw 2009-03-12 06:43|| 2009-03-12 06:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Last thing Friedman got right was to coin a phrase: Hama Rules. Coined it in reference to the manner Daddy Assad dealt with the rise of fundie islam in Syria that Daddy Assad felt was a threat to his regime. Circa 1981 Assad identified the city of Hama as the location of a large group pf fundie muzz he deemed a threat. Assad had his army surround the city, shelled it for a week, then ground the remains with heavy equipment. Low estimates of the death toll are put at 10k. Some think as many as 25k died. Nobody knows for certain. What is certain: the city of Hama no longer exists and the fundie muzz never bothered Assad again. Hama Rules.

Posted by MarkZ 2009-03-12 06:59|| 2009-03-12 06:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Which is why I wake up every morning hoping to read this story:

It will not happen Thomas, you've just awaken to another bad dream.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-12 07:41|| 2009-03-12 07:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Dear-Leader-Replacement Slogan offering #3 (suitable for bumper stickers, plane ad banners, and all purpose answer to any question that begins, "so why do you think ___insert favorite administration clown name here___ is doing that?"):

"It's the LEFTIST, Stupid!"

Posted by Hyper 2009-03-12 11:25|| 2009-03-12 11:25|| Front Page Top

#8 This is 9/12. Yet, in too many ways, we seem to be playing politics as usual.

You just figured this out?

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-03-12 11:25|| 2009-03-12 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 One Big Assed Mistake America.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-12 11:36|| 2009-03-12 11:36|| Front Page Top

#10 O.B.A.M.A ... Besoeker, you are so evil! I am so stealing this acronym and using it everywhere!

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-03-12 11:48|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-03-12 11:48|| Front Page Top

#11 O.B.A.M.A ... Besoeker, you are so evil! I am so stealing this acronym and using it everywhere!

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-03-12 11:50|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-03-12 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Not an original.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-12 11:53|| 2009-03-12 11:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Even if not, it's a worthy meme ... and certainly worthy of being passed on!

Posted by Sgt. Mom">Sgt. Mom 2009-03-12 11:55|| http://www.celiahayes.com]">[http://www.celiahayes.com] 2009-03-12 11:55|| Front Page Top

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