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| Sammy Pepys
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:20 PM Original message |
| Milton Friedman has passed |
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| saigon68
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
| 1. Quick get the Mallet and THE WOODEN STAKE |
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| demnan
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 38. I'm with you on that one! |
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| DuaneBidoux
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Fri Nov-17-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
| 87. I generally agree except for one thing... |
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| ripple
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
| 91. One other thing he did |
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| DuaneBidoux
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Sat Nov-18-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #91 |
| 104. You sense a lot of Ayn Rand in his work. |
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| arewenotdemo
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
| 47. lol |
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| Parche
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
| 2. milton |
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| Sammy Pepys
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
| 3. The guy who played Red in the Shawshank Redemption.... |
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| AlCzervik
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
| 7. the economist the wing nuts love to align themselves with. |
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| Gregorian
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
| 49. Oh geez, I almost forgot. Thanks! |
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| Warpy
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
| 4. Now hell will have a new ruler until Norquist follows |
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| EVDebs
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 12. Friedman's monetarism ignores the black market/globalization |
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| yellerpup
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 28. Well said, Warpy. |
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| Demeter
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 61. Shakespeare Said It Best |
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| PDittie
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
| 5. K & R for the hilarity |
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| Bassic
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
| 6. Can't say that makes me sad. nt |
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| Benhurst
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
| 8. Does this mean he is dead? |
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| msongs
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 22. "passed" is gobbledeygook speeak for "dead" and/or "died" nt |
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| yellowcanine
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 41. He has passed "GO" and gets to collect $200 from the bank. |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
| 9. Here's a send-off to the monetarist peeg from one of the greats - |
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| Dinger
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 10. Oh, I LOVE Johnny Cash! |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
| 13. The Working Man's musician. |
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| AlCzervik
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 11. Excellent!! |
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| AnneD
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 39. That pic |
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| Anakin Skywalker
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 65. Yeah! There You Go! LOL |
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| Eugene
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
| 14. MSNBC: Nobel-winner Milton Friedman dead at 94 |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
| 16. "citing a source at the Cato Institute in Washington" |
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| Benhurst
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
| 17. Only the good die young. |
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| Fenris
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
| 18. Not true. J.K. Galbraith lived to 98. |
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| merci_me
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
| 21. When did Galbraith die? |
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| Fenris
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
| 25. John Kenneth Galbraith died in April. |
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| merci_me
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
| 31. No I was thinking of John Kenneth |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
| 24. Generally true, except for centenarrians Eubie Blake and George Burns. |
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| Fenris
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
| 15. Here's to a man who thought urban sanitation was an infringement on personal freedom. |
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| DinahMoeHum
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
| 19. If this is true, people in South America will be celebrating. . . |
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| LiberalEsto
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
| 20. Wasn't he Mr. "Trickle Down" theory? nt |
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| underpants
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Thu Nov-16-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
| 23. In an ironic twist-I am actually eating a free lunch |
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| endarkenment
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
| 26. And perhaps the era of neo laisse-faire kleptocracy |
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| EVDebs
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Sat Nov-18-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
| 99. Leo Strauss, the other Chicago School of Self-Delusion icon..... |
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| Jack Rabbit
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
| 27. RIP |
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| endarkenment
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
| 29. Oh I disagree. |
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| Jack Rabbit
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
| 35. Then feel free to critique his economic and political theories |
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| endarkenment
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
| 51. I did. He provided the intellectual rationalization for |
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| Jack Rabbit
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
| 53. OK, I don't think we have a big argument |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
| 62. Really? Then why don't you address me on it rather than sidestep confrontation? |
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| Jack Rabbit
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Thu Nov-16-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #62 |
| 71. You're not the only offender |
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| Rage for Order
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Thu Nov-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
| 76. Read Much Management Theory Lately? |
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| HughBeaumont
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:21 AM Response to Reply #76 |
| 82. Could have fooled me. |
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| Rage for Order
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Sat Nov-18-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
| 98. You are correct, though not entirely |
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| saskatoon
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
| 52. speak ill of the dead |
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| Tight_rope
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
| 54. True dat! |
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| PietVA
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Sat Nov-18-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
| 95. Speak of the Dead - They don't care |
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| aquart
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Thu Nov-16-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
| 55. Uh, actually, that's an excellent reason. |
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| Jack Rabbit
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Thu Nov-16-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
| 70. I don't think Friedman compares to Ted Bundy or Heinrich Himmler |
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| phusion
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Thu Nov-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
| 73. I agree. n/t |
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| eppur_se_muova
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
| 30. "Overseas, Friedman's work helped shape policies used in Chile and Argentina in the 1970s." |
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| Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
| 32. Milton Friedman was the grandfatherly-looking front man for |
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| LeftishBrit
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
| 33. RIP - I still think he was wrong on economics, though |
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| Katzenjammer
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Thu Nov-16-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
| 34. He lived 95 years too long. (nt) |
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| Yavin4
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
| 36. He Wanted to Privitize All Public Education |
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| coda
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
| 37. "A tax cut that adds to the deficit today ..... |
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| More Than A Feeling
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
| 40. Economics: the secret of longevity. |
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| daleo
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
| 48. But in the long run, we're all dead (J.M. Keynes). n/t |
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| Idioteque
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Thu Nov-16-06 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
| 42. I'm kind of disappointed in some of the responses here. |
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| HughBeaumont
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Thu Nov-16-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
| 45. "Flatten 'em all, let the market sort 'em out" |
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| bicentennial_baby
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
| 84. I am also an Econ major, and |
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| mitchum
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Thu Nov-16-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
| 43. Good riddance to the most dismal of the dismal scientists |
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| Odin2005
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Thu Nov-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
| 44. Good Riddance. |
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| MUSTANG_2004
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Thu Nov-16-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
| 58. Read his letter to William Bennett |
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| Amused Musings
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Thu Nov-16-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
| 46. I hesistate to call him "evil" or dismiss him |
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| JNelson6563
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Thu Nov-16-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
| 50. And the oligarchs are stricken with grief |
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| JVS
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Thu Nov-16-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
| 56. GOOD! |
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| David Zephyr
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Thu Nov-16-06 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
| 57. I'm no fan of Friedman and his comic book like briefs on capitalism |
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| stepnw1f
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Thu Nov-16-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
| 59. Buh Bye.... (nt) |
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| eallen
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
| 60. He proposed a minimum income for every citizen. |
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| Odin2005
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:14 AM Response to Reply #60 |
| 81. Hmmm, intersting. I guess he wasn't as bad as I thought. |
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| eallen
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Fri Nov-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #81 |
| 85. Friedman would partly agree and partly dissent. |
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| MUSTANG_2004
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Sat Nov-18-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
| 96. Nicely said. n/t |
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| AngryAmish
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Fri Nov-17-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
| 86. Earned income Tax credit |
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| eallen
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Fri Nov-17-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #86 |
| 88. Yep. But what Friedman proposed was more sweeping. |
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| ItNerd4life
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
| 93. Please don't confuse people with facts |
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| Zynx
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
| 63. It's good to know that evil is not immortal. |
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| Anakin Skywalker
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
| 64. Well, Trickle Your @$$ On Down to Hell! |
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| Phillycat
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
| 92. HA! Perfect! |
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| progressoid
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
| 66. I'm all teary-eyed about this... |
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| Lasthorseman
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Thu Nov-16-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
| 67. Good riddance |
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| xchrom
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Thu Nov-16-06 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
| 68. the modern proto-type for tapeworms is permanently sucking dust. |
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| BlueStater
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Thu Nov-16-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
| 69. I'm not familar with the man's work |
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| goodhue
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Thu Nov-16-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
| 72. responsible for intellectual underpinnings for free market better than gvmt spending |
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| mitchum
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Thu Nov-16-06 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
| 74. I can't wait to trickle down on that motherfucker's grave |
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| WannaJumpMyScooter
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Fri Nov-17-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #74 |
| 77. oooh, me too... I have already done so` |
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| gtar100
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Thu Nov-16-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
| 75. You people are irreverent!! |
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| Joe Bacon
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Fri Nov-17-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
| 78. Now he will answer for enabling Pinochet |
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| sweetheart
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Fri Nov-17-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
| 79. 'go, give 'im 200 dollars." |
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| entanglement
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
| 80. Memo to Pinochet: Your buddy just went to hell and is waiting for you |
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| tom_paine
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Fri Nov-17-06 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
| 83. Another inhabitant for the Hitler-Stalin-Bush Wing of Hell |
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| MUSTANG_2004
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Fri Nov-17-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
| 89. Learn more about him first |
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| Sammy Pepys
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Fri Nov-17-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
| 94. AGREED |
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| slackmaster
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Sat Nov-18-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #89 |
| 97. I agree with you too, MUSTANG_2004 |
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| Odin2005
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Sat Nov-18-06 07:11 PM Response to Reply #97 |
| 105. His anti-inflation stuff was only good when it was hybridized with Keynesianism. |
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| MUSTANG_2004
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Sat Nov-18-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #105 |
| 106. True of many things |
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| genieroze
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Fri Nov-17-06 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
| 90. Milton said it's better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven. lol |
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| Bullshot
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Sat Nov-18-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
| 100. Milton Friedman has passed... |
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| screenplaya
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Sat Nov-18-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
| 101. Watched a C-SPAN Rerun |
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| IntiRaymi
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Sat Nov-18-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #101 |
| 102. Well said. |
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| MUSTANG_2004
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Sat Nov-18-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #101 |
| 103. His WWII service |
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| Bonescrat
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Sat Nov-18-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
| 107. What? The bar exam? The MCATs? nt. |
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