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2005-08-18 Home Front: Politix

Liberals to Waste $80M on new 'thinktanks'

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Posted by mhw 2005-08-18 10:43|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ...progressive groups outspend conservative groups on an annual basis by a factor of at least 10 to 1.

And yet the republicans hold the house, senate, soon to hold the SCOTUS, white house, most governerships, etc....

This is the true definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-08-18 11:00|| 2005-08-18 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 This is great news! My stock in Rent-a-Brain™ is going to go through the roof!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-08-18 11:13|| 2005-08-18 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe some of the smarter ones have figured they need to set up something like community colleges for democrat leaders to study the things they are terrible at, like history, economics, tax accounting, petroleum economics, agribusiness, foreign policy, military science, statistics, general science, environmental studies, chemistry, physics, and political science. In that order, and taught by republicans.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-18 11:28|| 2005-08-18 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Anon - No matter what you teach them and how much money and time is spent in the effort, the fact remains that you cannot give them the common sense and credibility they lack.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-18 11:31|| 2005-08-18 11:31|| Front Page Top

#5 If there are any liberal millionaires that need someone to analyze and report what they are doing wrong I will do so at half that price. I will also throw in a pony and a pamphlet âWelcome to the dark side: a guide to recovering liberals.â

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-08-18 13:09|| 2005-08-18 13:09|| Front Page Top

#6 *sniff* Just think how many poor gay black homeless children you could be feeding with this money instead of spending it on an elitist institution. Don't you have any feelings?

Posted by BH 2005-08-18 13:20|| 2005-08-18 13:20|| Front Page Top

#7 These people should save their money. The Left already has an enormous network of think tanks; they're called "universities," and thousands of American parents pay to keep them in business. (Feeling kind of grumpy about this -- stepson goes off to college next week to have his skull emptied by his nihilistic professors. Bah.)

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2005-08-18 13:48|| 2005-08-18 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Does Mr. Stein get a finders fee from Democracy Alliance for ~~reeling in these fish~~ acquiring these donations?

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-18 14:26|| 2005-08-18 14:26|| Front Page Top

#9 By any reasonable measure, progressive groups outspend conservative groups on an annual basis by a factor of at least 10 to 1.

Sounds like par for the course to me.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-18 14:32|| 2005-08-18 14:32|| Front Page Top

#10 What good is it for liberal think tanks when liberals have no new ideas?

Sounds like expensive piss-and-bull sessions to me. Let them waste their dough.

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-18 15:05|| 2005-08-18 15:05|| Front Page Top

#11 I think I can help with this. Here goes:

Socialism doesn't work.

See, that was free!

Posted by Secret Master 2005-08-18 15:48|| 2005-08-18 15:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Might they start with supply and demand?

Posted by Alfred Marshall 2005-08-18 16:07|| 2005-08-18 16:07|| Front Page Top

#13 It doesn't matter how much they spend, they will still be dumbfucks.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-08-18 16:09|| 2005-08-18 16:09|| Front Page Top

#14 Mr Jonathan

How about suing the university if you are not getting what you paid for? (ie you spent your stepson to be teached engineering or law not to be indoctrinated on your money

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-08-18 16:52|| 2005-08-18 16:52|| Front Page Top

#15 Lets think about how many starving kids in Soudan could be saved with those 80 million bucks.

(Let's the libs take a dose of their medicine)

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-08-18 16:55|| 2005-08-18 16:55|| Front Page Top

#16 And now the Rantburgian version; let's think in how many M1 Abrams could be bought with those 80 wasted million dollars.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-08-18 17:08|| 2005-08-18 17:08|| Front Page Top

#17 Did someone mention beer?

Posted by Ted Kennedy 2005-08-18 17:56|| 2005-08-18 17:56|| Front Page Top

#18 Who is saving the baby ducks (approx. .50 cents per duck)?

Posted by Captain America 2005-08-18 18:40|| 2005-08-18 18:40|| Front Page Top

#19 Hey BH,

"..poor gay black homeless children.."

What about the poor, gay, illegal alien, HIV+, black, drug addicted adult prisoners on death row who need kidney, heart, and liver transplants. American taxpayers are too greedy and selfish to step up to the plate.

Posted by Dexter M. Duck 2005-08-18 21:41|| 2005-08-18 21:41|| Front Page Top

#20 Hey, I'll think for them for only $60,000,000.00

Posted by DMFD 2005-08-18 22:19|| 2005-08-18 22:19|| Front Page Top

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