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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:43 AM Original message |
a minor rant about Wikipedia's entry on Reaganomics |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. I heartily encourage you to follow through and edit |
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Silverbug (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 06:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. The laffer curve IN PRINCIPLE is correct however |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Two Dimensional Nonsense |
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Silverbug (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. are you saying... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Do you currently, or have you ever had a job? |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Yes That's What I'm Saying |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. In principle, yes. But in reality, it did not happen |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I am going to tell you, right now, why Arthur Laffer is wrong |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I'll tell you another reason why Laffer is wrong. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Wikipedia can be a good starting point... |
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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. You are wasting your time, Wikipedia is run by a group of Freepers that |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Wikipedia cannot be run by freepers. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. It's not. DUers just like to say that whenever something they don't like happens. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Deleted message |
Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Hmmm, I see only one person unhinged in this thread... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Even to the point of deliberately misquoting. LOL! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. There's really only one thing to say to that.... |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. More accurately: the most obsessive wind up having the final say. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. That's entirely accurate: the most obsessive wins. (NT) |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. we will see |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Links with facts |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Another |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Very good. Bookmarked in my Saint Ronnie of Reagan folder. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. to me, these are the key links |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Economic Report of the President: 2006 Report Spreadsheet Tables |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. to an extent, I do not trust anything put out by this administration |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Oh, too bad you don't have Excel |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Reaganomics worked. Yeah, and if you WEREN'T a well-monied white male . . .? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. it works for all of the well monied |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Interesting |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. pssst!... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I know I can |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. for the most part, on debated issues like this wiki will only tell you opinions |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. calculations should not be debatable |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. but it becomes debateable in the sense that even numbers can be spun |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. when they are unspun though |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Key point: Not who "can" do the math. Who DOES do the math |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. which is why it rarely becomes fully "unspun" |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why are you waiting? NOW is the time!!!!! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
35. Minor rant,Castro-length rant...if it's against that jackass Reagan it's all good. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. Most political articles on WIkipedia are a load of crap. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. Wikipedia is a load of crap, period. What kind of "reference" |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. "it's viral misinformation" yup, wiki in a nutshell |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:14 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. in a nutshell, but not very accurate or precise |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. not an exclamation point? |
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