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HughBeaumont

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28. Because "below average" is alive and well!

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #18)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 11:28 PM

Jan 2012

As in, guys like Romney and Friedman can suck all they want, and it doesn't matter because they have wealth.

See, "competition" is only for the hoi polloi. Tommy doesn't even compete in interviews; how in the hell would he know what the word even means?

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Thomas Friedman, shill for the 1% and Corporate America: Average is Over. [View all] HughBeaumont Jan 2012 OP

Slave labor. Triana Jan 2012 #1

I'm sure they'd love to overturn that amendment if they could. Initech Jan 2012 #34

well you see in Tommy Friedman's world... phantom power Jan 2012 #2

I read that in yesterday's Times and nearly did a Tex Avery hifiguy Jan 2012 #3

I've learned long ago NEVER to listen to anyone named "Friedman" about economics. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #9

A-men my brother! hifiguy Jan 2012 #15

I've come to expect this shit from Friedman, but what really scares me Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #20

Not anymore. Zalatix Jan 2012 #24

Thomas Friedman is admitting to be "pro-slavery". Dawson Leery Jan 2012 #4

Friedman is right as usual. Think about the possibilities Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2012 #5

It's a police state, Tom... JHB Jan 2012 #6

I have NO doubt that Friedman fully believes Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #26

I sure am glad that a certain shill is no longer with us: Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2012 #7

Gawd what a con artist that poster was n/t HangOnKids Jan 2012 #27

robclownservative . . . HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #29

Leaves me wondering how he got where he is. bemildred Jan 2012 #8

Glancing through his wiki, seems he pretty much fell into everything. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #13

And that's why he got where he is! Responder3 Jan 2012 #22

Tom you are totally mediocre wilt the stilt Jan 2012 #10

Clearly, sub-par is in! PETRUS Jan 2012 #11

Irony time: Friedman is a markedly AVERAGE writer for a paper that loses money. nt Romulox Jan 2012 #12

The only way people like Friedman can have this mindset is for them to think of the snagglepuss Jan 2012 #14

Sadly, this may very well be true. nt AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #35

It's not mere coincidence that the acronym for Friedman Unit is.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #16

Coming from the guy who's never put in a real day of work in his life Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #17

If average is over, why does Tom Friedman still have a job? nt joeybee12 Jan 2012 #18

LOL, yup, there we go. +1000. closeupready Jan 2012 #21

Because "below average" is alive and well! HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #28

Nobody's looking at the big picture here... Zalatix Jan 2012 #19

Oh, and it's not just cheaper labor we have to worry about . . . HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #31

*crickets* *crickets* *crickets* Zalatix Jan 2012 #33

piss on Thomas Friedman KG Jan 2012 #23

What a pompous fucking ass hole this guy has become.... WCGreen Jan 2012 #25

kick Blue_Tires Jan 2012 #30

The Friedman Solution: bvar22 Jan 2012 #32