Sean in CA

The Hopefully Not So Great Next Depression

"Useless and pretentious" - Like your entire post?


On Feb 01 09:24 AM Ferdinand E. Banks wrote:

> Interesting and informative, except for the use of the word "depression".
>
> There isn't going to be any depression. I tell people that I am the
> leading academic energy economist in the world, which I probably
> am, but I once taught a lot of macro too. I quit teaching it though
> because I thought that most of it was useless - useless and pretentious
> - but even so I think that I learned enough to know that if the high
> and mighty keep their wits about them, they can get us out of this
> thing.
>
> Keeping their wits about them begins with getting out of Irak and
> Afghanistan. Wasn't it enough to win both of those wars? What's the
> point in continuing to fight a war that was won. Where's the payoff?
>
>
> Of course I recognize that for many people in this forum, a failure
> by Obama is wish fulfillment. After all, if he and his team turn
> the economy around in a couple of years, the democrats might be looking
> at 16 years in the White House. Anybody want to tell me the odds
> on a turnaround?

The Hopefully Not So Great Next Depression

PrudentMan, thanks for winding up the LibTards. Reading the frenzied and rambling responses to your comment made me laugh my butt off! Democrats are a strange breed, indeed.

Why the Stimulus Plan Won't Work

What aisle of the hardware store would I find you in?


On Jan 11 09:50 AM bosun.j wrote:

> He wasn't a war hero. He was an actor. He was the second worst president
> in American history.