Rob's House

Dude, that's a bull **** story. I understand as well as anyone how slowly the wheels of government bureaucracy turn, but there's no !@#$ing way you can't get a birth certificate in 10 years. And if you can't figure out how to fill out an application and mail it I'm not sure how much value your opinion adds.

That literally made me laugh out loud. Good stuff.

I see your understanding of economics is surpassed only by your understanding of banking.

Sadly, some of these guys make Conner seem almost reasonable (or at least not retarded) by comparison.

Back in the 70s (I think) Milton Friedman traveled to China where they showed off some of their great works projects with teams of men working with shovels. He asked why they didn't have any heavy machinery. They gushed about how wonderful this was because it created all these extra jobs. He asked, "then why don't you just give them spoons?" Think about it.

I hear most of them stuff it in mattresses and treasure rooms. If only they'd invest it in companies it could help to grow the economy. Greedy bastards.

What was the worker:CEO ratio then & now? And does the worker salary used for this comparison include outsourced workers? Without this information that statistic means little.

I honestly thought this was sarcasm until I saw your other posts in this thread.

This is the most retarded thread I've seen in some time. I tried to think of an analogy for a reductio ad absurdum, but we're already at absurdum. I don't know what's worse: blaming a guy for something he has no control over or the great pride some have shown in their economic ignorance. It's usually not wise to have unchecked outrage on a topic you have very little understanding of. A few of you should look up the term "comparative advantage" and read it slowly & repeatedly.

Here's where I check out of the conversation. I can accept that not everyone gets the economics of thing, but that's where the discussion gets interesting. But here the conversation goes completely off the tracks. When we start pretending the world is different from the way it is to make arguments more compelling; such as pretending mass numbers are denied access to basic medical treatment and dismissing out of hand the very real factors that Doc mentioned, and then moralizing to avoid acknowledging the economic realities; it becomes impossible to have a meaningful discussion. It's like me trying to discuss my liver health while denying I'm a heavy drinker despite going through three cases a week. The reason our output lags relative to input has more to do with manipulation of supply & demand than any other single factor. You don't need an advance degree in economics to know that. Anyone who's taken a 300 level course on the subject & can't explain that should ask for his tuition back. And this word "ad hominem" does not describe what TTYT did in the post you called out. Ad hominem is when I say you're an aging liberal hippy douche and therefore we shouldn't listen to you.

+1 I may need to start more gun threads just to keep him coming back.

That was pretty funny. I'm not a fan of Stewart but he does hit the mark from time to time.

Why is that argument bold for anyone to make? And what about me makes it more so?

Speech reading & community organization are far better indicators.

I think he's just trolling because it seems inconceivable that anyone could be so arrogantly obtuse, but then I thought that about MDP too.

No, you're missing the point. If Europe was ruled by a central authoritarian government, rather than independent countries loosely unified under the EU, it could just confiscate all the money the rich people stole from the peasants and then everyone would be living high on the hog.

I'd invite Tom & 6 of his closest screen names, but if they couldn't make it... Chef Jim's invited, and you don't have to cook, but I want a live performance of "Chocolate Salty Balls" Wooderson, because I know he's holding & if we get bored we can always pick up some high school girls Juror # 8 b/c if Wooderson scores we might need a lawyer MDP, because I need someone to sit by my wife who doesn't pose a threat JTSP because he amuses me And I'd invite John Wawrow so that just once I could experience the glory of being in the presence of an AP sports writer, but I live in the suburbs so instead I'd invite LABF just because. On second thought, I'm adding another seat at the table for John Adams so Tom doesn't have to be the smartest person in the room for once.

There is certainly an element of that, although I thought that was even more applicable to McCain. I think Romney will do a better job of gaining support during the campaign because he has more charisma than Kerry (who doesn't?) & I don't think he'll be as big of a kitty as McCain was. But the lack of initial enthusiasm is a concern.

If he makes that kick I probably never become a Bills fan. That storyline was what hooked me & watching the team over the next season reeled me in.

Yeah, It was a joke. SE DC is a real stojan hole.

Even then he wouldn't have a point because there's no quid pro quo, nor is there any reason to assume contributions from the rich would favor the GOP.

The grass is greener in China

Their silence is especially interesting when you consider their reaction to Citizen's United and obsession with campaign finance reform.

Southeast DC is the bomb.

The reason I ask is the previous assault weapon ban that expired last decade banned scary looking guns but while still allowing rifles that were functionally the same. But if you're for banning semi-auto rifles across the board, I may not agree with it, but at least you're consistent.