tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3665289235127724622..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Paul Krugman on the Politics of SpiteAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-68150926098163487302009-10-08T06:55:36.778+02:002009-10-08T06:55:36.778+02:00Just curious--has anyone explained how hosting the...Just curious--has anyone explained how hosting the Olympics would be beneficial for the U.S.?<br><br>I ask, because I can't think of it as anything but a chance to spend vast sums of money <i>that <b>we don't have</b></i>, for the dubious benefit of "international 'prestige.'"<br><br>The kind of prestige <i>I</i> care about is a booming economy, a sound currency, and a military that no one wants to mess with.<br><br>I don't see how having the Olympics in the crime-ridden cesspool that is Chicago (or having them anywhere else in the U.S., for that matter) helps with any of those things.beowulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018333747052412839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-57833337635239012932009-10-07T16:49:53.428+02:002009-10-07T16:49:53.428+02:00Rio isn't in the United States. Crime and corr...<i>Rio isn't in the United States. Crime and corruption there doesn't affect the U.S.</i><br /><br />You are correct, and I am wrong. Well played sir...well played.phuckpoliticshttp://www.phuckpolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-327895128669562112009-10-07T00:49:42.513+02:002009-10-07T00:49:42.513+02:00"Chicago's crime rate is no where near as..."Chicago's crime rate is no where near as high as Rio de Janeiro's."<br /><br />Rio isn't in the United States. Crime and corruption there doesn't affect the U.S.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-64490685678049049512009-10-06T19:29:29.368+02:002009-10-06T19:29:29.368+02:00I heard more than one comment that thought Chicago...<i>I heard more than one comment that thought Chicago is too dangerous with their high crime rate and the criminal attacks on Olympic visitors would paint the entire country in a bad light.</i><br /><br />Chicago's crime rate is no where near as high as Rio de Janeiro's.phuckpoliticshttp://www.phuckpolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-6519327156051488012009-10-06T17:46:08.826+02:002009-10-06T17:46:08.826+02:00BTW, Paul Krugman, an advisor for Enron.
How'...BTW, Paul Krugman, an advisor for Enron. <br /><br />How'd that work out?<br /><br />(I know, an ad-hom, but it's a post full of them)TomBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-59145827025069633372009-10-06T17:44:25.929+02:002009-10-06T17:44:25.929+02:00If Republicans think something might be good for t...<i>If Republicans think something might be good for the president, they’re against it — whether or not it’s good for America.<br /></i><br /><br />Is that anything like the Democrats voting for the war, and then being against it?<br /><br /><i>in which right-wing leaders actually cheered when the U.S. bid lost out to Brazil,</i><br /><br />There are actual reason to cheer not getting an Olympics, especially by those who do not favor saddling the taxpayers with huge debts to finance it. But which right-wing leaders "actually cheered" the decision?<br /><br /><i>How did one of our great political parties become so ruthless, so willing to embrace scorched-earth tactics even if so doing undermines the ability of any future administration to govern? </i><br /><br />You do realize you are describing the Democrats during Bush to a tee?<br /><br /><i> Rush Limbaugh suggested that Hillary Clinton was a party to murder</i><br /><br />I know he covered the Vince Foster case closely, but I don't recall him ever suggesting Hillary had anything to do with his death. <br /><br />Proof please? (I know, but I can dream, can't I?)<br /><br /><i> Newt Gingrich shut down the federal government in an attempt to bully Bill Clinton into accepting Medicare cuts </i><br /><br />And the Dems shut down the federal government in 1990 in order to "bully" George H. W. Bush into raising taxes. What is your point???<br /><br /><i> Republican-driven obsession with President Clinton's indiscretions and lies captivated the entire world</i><br /><br />Yep, extra-marial sex and perjury in front of a federal jury by a sitting President is usually enough to captivate the world.<br /><br />You see, if it was no big deal, as you imply, it wouldn't have captivated the entire world, would it?<br /><br /><i>The only difference now is that the G.O.P. is in a weaker position, having lost control of Congress. Furthermore, the public no longer buys conservative ideology the way it used to; "the old attacks on Big Government and paeans to the magic of the marketplace have lost their resonance.</i><br /><br />They have absolutely no power in the executive or legislative branch, including a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and yet they STILL can't get their bills passed. <br /><br />Whose falt is that?!<br /><br />Isn't it interesting that the longer people have to look at things like national health care, the less they like them?TomBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-29718912686808518642009-10-06T14:59:28.057+02:002009-10-06T14:59:28.057+02:00Krugman is and always has been a partisan hack.Krugman is and always has been a partisan hack.Mike W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03425962910696301026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-36103152691651005572009-10-06T12:58:03.996+02:002009-10-06T12:58:03.996+02:00I am sure there are a lot of people that are spite...I am sure there are a lot of people that are spiteful. However, everyone that I know or have talked to about it that were glad it happened were either concerned that it would not be good for America or were spiteful that it was Chicago instead of another American city. <br /><br />I heard more than one comment that thought Chicago is too dangerous with their high crime rate and the criminal attacks on Olympic visitors would paint the entire country in a bad light. Others thought that the corrupt Chicago political machine would pervert and scandalize the event again affecting the reputation of the rest of the country.<br /><br />I guess for my view, I was glad to see it fail because of a little spite to Obama since I was against both the event being held at all in the U.S. and I was against Obama making the trip. First, I do not think it was appropriate to spend all of that tax payer money in an unprecedented begging trip. I do not believe he would have done that had it been any other city. I was also afraid that if he failed, his standing in the world would be more diminished. He did fail and he did look foolish for it. His actions affect us all.FatWhiteManhttp://fatwhiteman.comnoreply@blogger.com