Glenn Beck vs. Keith Olbermann: Watching either of their shows brings us uncomfortably near the absolute epitome of douchebag, but alas, when push comes to shove, only one can be the victor. Here I will discuss their individual merits and try to determine who can rightfully claim the throne in all of its douche-filled glory… But when the chips are down, we all know that it is either Keith Olbermann or Glenn Beck who will hold the crown of greatest douchebag in the history of the world.
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Keith Olbermann vs. Glenn Beck: Who is the Bigger Douchebag?
under: Complete Whimsy, Live and Learn, Trust, Uncategorized
Tags: Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, cash for clunkers, climategate, Cornell University, Dan Gross, Democrats, douchebag, fascism, FEMA, Fox and Friends, FOX News, Glenn Beck, global warming, healthcare, Howard Dean, Iraq War, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, marijuana legalization, Martha Coakley, MSNBC, racism, Republicans, Saddam Hussein, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, sexism, stimulus package, The Daily Show
The Market and Global Warming: Alternatives to Cap and Trade
Back in the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church and some other unaffiliated snake oil salesmen, sold what were called indulgences. These indulgences offered penance for a variety of sins and could either commute or completely eliminate one’s arduous trip through Purgatory. Today, we have a similar situation; we have an entire market of carbon credit traders. Basically, you buy offsetting carbon credits (for someone, probably in a third world country, to plant trees or something like that) to make up for your “carbon footprint.”
under: Energy, Game Theory, Individual v. Collective, Taxes, Trust
Tags: acid rain, Al Gore, Bjorn Lomborg, Cap-and-Trade, carbon credits, carbon footprint, carbon indulgences, Catholic Church, China, Christianity, communism, Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Copenhagen Consensus, corn ethanol, Environmental Protection Agency, geoengineering, global warming, hacked emails, hackers, hemp ethanol, Heritage Foundation, indulgences, International Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Iraq War, James Kynge, Joseph Stalin, Kyoto Protocol, lobbyists, Mao Zedong, Michael Kinsley, Middle Ages, nuclear power, oil, pollution, property rights, Purgatory, regulation, Richard Dawkins, Robert Murphy, salt water, Senate, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt, Tad Patzek, Three Mile Island, Time Magazine, tragedy of the commons
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: Iraq War Casualties
Statistics about non-economic matters can be manipulated as well. One of the most disturbing is regarding war casualties from Iraq. The government has a great incentive to downplay the number of Americans who have died in Iraq as to make the cost of the war look smaller and not surprisingly, they’ve taken full advantage of it.
under: Game Theory, Individual v. Collective, Live and Learn, Obama Says, Trust
Tags: Afghanistan War, Al-Qaeda, American soldiers, Barack Obama, casualties, CBS News, coalition of the willing, Department of Defense, George Bush, Halliburton, iraq, Iraq War, Joseph Stalin, military veterans, NBC News, New England Journal of Medicine, ORB Group, Osama Bin Laden, Pentagon, post traumatic stress syndrome, Saddam Hussein, suicide, The Lancet, U.S. military, Vietnam War, Walter Reed, war on terror, war protests, WMD, World War II
The Uselessness of Political Terminology: Part 2
As seen in Part 1, political terms, such as liberal, conservative or libertarian, are muddled enough. Unfortunately, political organizations, popular terms and ideologies have many of the same issues. The political parties in the United States have gone through whole sale shifts in political ideology. Republicans used to be the party of tariffs and protectionism, now they are avid free traders. Democrats were the party of slavery and Jim Crow, before becoming the party of Civil Rights and Affirmative Action.
under: Individual v. Collective, Live and Learn, Trust
Tags: ACLU, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Catholicism, Change, Christianity, civil rights, democracy, Democrats, equality, feminism, freedom, freedom fries, George Bush, Gnostic Christianity, Iraq War, Islam, Korean War, libertarianism, Mel Gibson, NRA, Patriot Act, political correctness, political terminology, Protestantism, Reformation, Republicans, Shiite, Sri Lanka, Sunni, Tamil Tigers, U.S. Constitution, Vatican II, Vietnam War
A Status Quo You Can Believe In
…from what I have gathered, our current president believes we need to change a few things. Well, I agree with him. I thought President Bush was a disaster. Unfortunately, though, other than the ridiculous hero worship and cult of personality that Obama’s got going, it really doesn’t seem like much of anything is changing.
under: Deficits, Energy, Live and Learn, Obama Says, Taxes, Treasury, Trust
Tags: Afghanistan War, bailout, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Change, Climate Change, cult of personality, deficit, deregulation, dreams, financial crisis, George Bush, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Guantanamo Bay, Hillary Clinton, hope, Iraq War, Jewel vs. NSA, Joe Biden, John McCain, Medicare Part D, Michael Moynihan, Patriot Act, rendition, status quo, stimulus package, surge, TARP, Tim Geithner, wiretapping
Did Osama Bin Laden Win?
We fell right into our enemy’s plan. We executed it to a “T”. Osama Bin Laden knew very well he couldn’t defeat the United States militarily. What he did know was that he could get us stuck in the Middle East, throwing money away fighting endless insurgencies.
Sorry Folks, War is Actually Not Good For the Economy
War is horrible… but it’s good for the economy. I cannot, for the life of me, think of a more dangerous myth than that. This facade has become so prevalent in the national conscience that it’s simply taken for granted… Seriously though, why would anyone actually believe this without at least a little skepticism? Wars are enormously destructive and shift resources from human needs, to human destruction.
under: Deficits, Dollar, Energy, Federal Reserve, Live and Learn, Treasury, Trust, Uncategorized
Tags: Afghanistan War, Candide, deflation, Department of Veteran Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Franklin Roosevelt, GDP, Great Depression, Iraq War, Keynesian Economics, military-Keynesianism, New Deal, Robert Higgs, unemployment, Voltaire, War, World War II
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