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1. #101
   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:39 pm, Hiraghm said:

   OMG… he wasn’t speculating about an alien invasion from space!

   Just found this Video capture of space invaders back in 1978!

   Good thing we already had defenses in place.

2. #102
   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:42 pm, Hiraghm said:

   Here’s a more recent video from just last year of alien invasion.

   Oh the humanity!

3. #103
   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:45 pm, T-Bone said:

   really inflation and budget deficits took secondary place to that,

   Ah but they don’t so your whole point is moot. Man we could do a lot of things if only other things didn’t get in the way. Of course, those other things are because we did what we did so…

   Liberal spin cycle.

4. #104
   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:50 pm, TrueLiberal said:

   On August 15th, 2011 at 1:33 pm, Regulus said:
   - A comprehensive, multi-layered national missile defense system robust enough to make even the Chinese and Russians think long and hard about lobbing anything our way.

   That’s what she said!
   

   On August 15th, 2011 at 1:24 pm, ModerateSuccessfulDem said:
   My guess is rightwingers would then attempt to convert those space aliens to evangelical Christians. Thank you Doug Powers, for actually missing the point behind his example. Actually, I’m not surprised that you missed it.

   What, exactly are you successful at?

   I’m not betting on cognition or comprehension.
   

   On August 15th, 2011 at 2:06 pm, Truesoldier said:
   Who else has been awarded a Nobel in recent history…oh yeah both Obama and Al Gore. Yep the Nobel just doesn’t have much in the way of standards.

   You left out the big payoff, namely Yassur Arafat!

5. #105
   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:51 pm, mcsandberg said:

   The New Deal did not end the Great Depression, nor did WW II ( http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/what-ended-the-great-depression/ ):
   “Let’s be blunt. If the recipe for economic recovery is putting tens of millions of people in defense plants or military marches, then having them make or drop bombs on our enemies overseas, the value of world peace is called into question. In truth, building tanks and feeding soldiers—necessary as it was to winning the war—became a crushing financial burden. We merely traded debt for unemployment. The expense of funding World War II hiked the national debt from $49 billion in 1941 to almost $260 billion in 1945. In other words, the war had only postponed the issue of recovery.”

   It is now well understood that the minimal interference of the government during the time from our founding to the New Deal is what enabled the incredible growth of the United States. We’ve even seen that cutting government works here. After Calvin Coolidge sharply cut taxes, the roaring 20’s occurred ( http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3015 ). The Heritage Foundation’s Index of economic freedom ( http://www.heritage.org/index/ ) shows this quite clearly.

   If you want to restore prosperity, it would be wise to see what has historically worked and what is working, around the world, now. This administration is repeating the policies of the 30s and wondering why the results they’re getting are pretty much the same. The insanity of spending ourselves into national bankruptcy is one reason for my sig:

   Atlas Shrugged was supposed to be a warning, NOT a newspaper!

6. #106
   On August 15th, 2011 at 4:01 pm, TrueLiberal said:

   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:51 pm, mcsandberg said:
   Atlas Shrugged was supposed to be a warning, NOT a newspaper!

   The unheeded warnings of yesterday become the headlines of today

7. #107
   On August 15th, 2011 at 4:02 pm, Hangfire said:

   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:13 pm, rocketman said:
   I trained with the excellent M14 Army Rifle in 1964.

   I dunno about now, but we were still training on and using M-14s in the Navy in 1994 when I said Aloha. Not sure about the skimmers, but the subs kept them in their small arms lockers. Great for shark watch on the bridge during ‘swim call.’

8. #108
   On August 15th, 2011 at 4:06 pm, Truesoldier said:

   The Army knows how to safeguard rifles. And troops in combat in mainly open areas like Iraq and Afghanistan complain that M16′s have too short a range to reach the enemy in some long range engagements. The M14′s were paid for and should have been saved for future use.

   I could see that in Afghanistan, but in Iraq the close combat is what you deal with most of the time. As a matter of fact we were very happy to have our M4 of the M16 as the collapsable stock made it really great in tight quarters. The combat mostly occured in the city areas as the insurgents had more places to hide. The other thing about the M4 we loved was the weighted barrel. This helped to compensate for the recoil in 3 round burst.

9. #109
   On August 15th, 2011 at 4:15 pm, Truesoldier said:

   On August 15th, 2011 at 3:34 pm, Marshall_Will said:
   rocketman,

   Great case in point. The entire platoon needn’t shoulder one either, but I can see when your targets begin taking shape at the horizon ( vice bayonet range? ) that could prove life saving.

   This is in practice, only instead of the M14 most fire teams have the M240B in them.

   The maximum effective range of the M240B is 1800 Meters (6 times that of an M16) The M14 had a maximum effective range of 500 meters I beleive. The M14 is still in use today as a sniper rifle by the Marines (and led to the Army’s M21 sniper rifle). Here is more info on the M14 and its variations for anyone interested.

10. #110
    On August 15th, 2011 at 4:19 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    The liberals swear by Krugman – he is the go-to guy on everything involving economics. I don’t claim to know a lot of economics, but hell, I had to read this 3 times to make any sense of it at all. And this guy is teaching students to think like he does.

11. #111
    On August 15th, 2011 at 4:31 pm, Green eyed Lady said:

    Indeed, there is a growing body of academic studies, including one from Romer (and her husband) showing that tax cuts would be a more effective economic stimulus. The magical-thinking establishment media will let the debate pass largely unnoticed, keeping their eyes on the skies.

    Yet, when Christina Romer worked in the White House for Broke Hussein Obama, she was his official advocate and most prominent spokesperson for the Stimulus Bill. She knew it was the wrong thing to do, that it would inhibit and damage the economy, she did it anyway.

    http://patterico.com/2011/08/15/paul-krugman-phone-home/

12. #112
    On August 15th, 2011 at 4:35 pm, swede said:

    “Look, we could use some inflation.” Ken and I are both saying that, which is, of course, anathema to a lot of people in Washington but is, in fact, what the basic logic says.

    Dwaaahhh? Also, if your house is on fire, pour some acetone on it quick! Ya know, it’s actually kinda nice that a delusional schizophrenic psycopath with hallucinogenic drug addictions can have a nice life writing OpEds for the NYTitanic. Can you type? Got an opinion? Yer hired.

    Weellll, if they follow Greenspud’s dopey directive to just print mo money – Krud-man could have his precious inflation right there.

13. #113
    On August 15th, 2011 at 4:38 pm, spaceycakes said:

    TrueLiberal said: You left out the big payoff, namely Yassur Arafat!

    oh, and the one that went to Nelson Mandela.

14. #114
    On August 15th, 2011 at 5:02 pm, buzdburd said:

    Krugman is just praying for the MotherShip to land to take him (& Teh Won) home to the planet of his (their) birth.

15. #115
    On August 15th, 2011 at 5:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    OT

    Truesoldier said:

    Aha – you’re the guy I need to ask. My little M4 came without a rear sight and I was going to get a low profile 40L sort of thing, when along came the same-plane low-profile… Any suggestions? Or something else amazing?

    Thanks – sorry, not trying to threadjack.

16. #116
    On August 15th, 2011 at 5:31 pm, Hangfire said:

    On August 15th, 2011 at 5:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    Thanks – sorry, not trying to threadjack.

    On the second sheet, after more than 6 hours?

    I don’t consider anything threadjacking after 4 hours, or 100 comments, whichever comes first.

    Unless, of course, it’s one of our snipers.

17. #117
    On August 15th, 2011 at 5:50 pm, GraniteMan said:

    Krugmann overlooks the fact we were a producing country in those days. Oklahoma had oil wells sticking up all over the place, steel mills were humming, and the government wasn’t stopping every business from doing business. Also “Green” described the day after a great drunk and not a job.

18. #118
    On August 15th, 2011 at 6:16 pm, flameinhair said:

    Is Mr. Krugman for real?
    This guy is nutz & CNN,(Commie News Network), is crazy for putting him on.
    Mr. Krugman you REALLY need to seek help.

19. #119
    On August 15th, 2011 at 6:24 pm, ChapBix said:

    #110. On August 15th, 2011 at 4:19 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    The liberals swear by Krugman – he is the go-to guy on everything involving economics. I don’t claim to know a lot of economics, but hell, I had to read this 3 times to make any sense of it at all. And this guy is teaching students to think like he does.

    Sad, isn’t it? Not to mention tragic.

20. #120
    On August 15th, 2011 at 6:38 pm, Rip Ford said:

    Krugman better watch out. Alan Moore is going to be coming after him for stealing the plot of Watchmen.

21. #121
    On August 15th, 2011 at 6:57 pm, TigerLady said:

    Krugman looks like a kid who spent years locked up in his parents basement with bread and stale beer. What a kook.

    Oh, my, you’ve revealed the true identity of ILovetosmellmydirtygymshorts.

22. #122
    On August 15th, 2011 at 8:06 pm, JAL001 said:

    This kind of thinking is like the irrational “reasoning” of a mental patient.

    Hey – we have some real alien threats on our southern border.

23. #123
    On August 15th, 2011 at 9:30 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    Krugman has gone around the bend…..

24. #124
    On August 15th, 2011 at 9:54 pm, chumpThreads said:

    Space aliens?
    It was even funnier when Ronald Reagan used the same theme in front of the UN General Assembly.

25. #125
    On August 15th, 2011 at 10:18 pm, chumpThreads said:

    On August 15th, 2011 at 6:38 pm, Rip Ford said:

    Krugman better watch out. Alan Moore is going to be coming after him for stealing the plot of Watchmen.

    Alan Moore, who borrowed it from a 1963 episode of “The Outer Limits”.

26. #126
    On August 15th, 2011 at 10:37 pm, stuckinIL4now said:

    Wait, I thought ol’ Prez Owetrillions was ratcheting down the “space” program. But, okay, in the enduring spirit of compromise, we can agree to mobilize for a space attack on ONE condition: Omoonbat MUST agree beforehand that after the alien insurrection is crushed, he will be a passenger on the rocket he wants to land on an asteroid by 2025.
    No chickening out, either.

27. #127
    On August 15th, 2011 at 11:14 pm, Rip Ford said:

    On August 15th, 2011 at 10:18 pm, chumpThreads said:

    Alan Moore, who borrowed it from a 1963 episode of “The Outer Limits”.

    Yeah, I know but Alan Moore’s beard is scarier than anyone who ever worked on “The Outer Limits.”

28. #128
    On August 16th, 2011 at 12:33 am, Sir Vincent said:

    And this drivel is from a Nobel prize laureate?
    Proof positive of the Nobel committee’s infatuation with pseudo-intellectual hacks as well as terrorists and unworthy heads of state.

29. #129
    On August 16th, 2011 at 2:17 am, PunditPete said:

    The President has already adopted the Krugman economic plan as part of his new Reinvigorated Focus-Like-a-Laser on Jobs Campaign and Midwest Bus Tour. Check out the story, and the new White House video promoting the program at Pundit Pete.

    You might also like to see the promotional video it replaced.

    Now I really know why both Krugman and Obama received Nobel Prizes – the awards committee is staffed by aliens!

30. #130
    On August 16th, 2011 at 2:41 am, CPL 310 said:

    Not just the Watchmen, but the Outer Limits and “Architects of Fear”. If it’s a Harlan Ellison episode, he’ll sue the crap out of Krugman.

    http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/08/15/watchmen-paul-krugman-alien-invasion/

    Also:
    http://thepatriotperspective.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/paul-krugman-keynesian-idiot/

31. #131
    On August 16th, 2011 at 11:02 am, TrueLiberal said:

    On August 15th, 2011 at 4:38 pm, spaceycakes said:

    TrueLiberal said: You left out the big payoff, namely Yassur Arafat!

    oh, and the one that went to Nelson Mandela.

    The Nelson Mandela Nobel was at least defensible

32. #132
    On August 16th, 2011 at 2:37 pm, corkie said:

    On August 15th, 2011 at 9:54 pm, chumpThreads said:

    Space aliens?
    It was even funnier when Ronald Reagan used the same theme in front of the UN General Assembly.

    Why was that funny? Reagan didn’t say anything about the economy.

33. #133
    On August 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm, spaceycakes said:

    The Nelson Mandela Nobel was at least defensible

    get caught trying to blow up parliament & other terrorist activities, spend 30 years in jail & voila!

    Poor thing, let’s give him a peace prize.

34. #134
    On August 16th, 2011 at 10:13 pm, chumpThreads said:

    On August 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm, spaceycakes said:
    get caught trying to blow up parliament & other terrorist activities, spend 30 years in jail & voila!

    Poor thing, let’s give him a peace prize.

    Ah yes! One man’s “freedom fighter” is another man’s “terrorist”.

    The fight against apartheid (in America it was called “Jim Crow”) was universally recognized as a “just cause”; except by Republicans, of course.

35. #135
    On August 17th, 2011 at 1:28 am, corkie said:

    On August 16th, 2011 at 10:13 pm, chumpThreads said:

    The fight against apartheid (in America it was called “Jim Crow”) was universally recognized as a “just cause”;

    Is there no inappropriate way to fight for a just cause? How could you seriously not realize you were going to get asked this?

36. #136
    On August 17th, 2011 at 11:28 am, Straight_Talk_Luigi said:

    I can only speculate to the fate of publications like the Times, Time Magazine and Newsweek if it weren’t for doctor/dentist waiting rooms and libraries that also subscribe to everything else under the sun.

37. #137
    On August 17th, 2011 at 11:59 am, spaceycakes said:

    The fight against apartheid (in America it was called “Jim Crow”) was universally recognized as a “just cause”; except by Republicans, of course.

    so, I don’t get it–are you calling me a Boer or a Republican?

38. #138
    On August 25th, 2011 at 2:01 am, BK said:

    Why mobilize for a space alien attack?

    WW2 was the end of the first Great Depression.

    Why not finish WW2 and end the second Great Depression? We haven’t defeated all the Nazis yet.

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/816232/posts