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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:20 PM Original message |
Milton Friedman has passed |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. I'm with you on that one! |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
87. I generally agree except for one thing... |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. One other thing he did |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. lol |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. milton |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
49. Oh geez, I almost forgot. Thanks! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Well said, Warpy. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
61. Shakespeare Said It Best |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. K & R for the hilarity |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. Does this mean he is dead? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Oh, I LOVE Johnny Cash! |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The Working Man's musician. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Excellent!! |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. That pic |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. Yeah! There You Go! LOL |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Only the good die young. |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. When did Galbraith die? |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. John Kenneth Galbraith died in April. |
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merci_me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. No I was thinking of John Kenneth |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. RIP |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh I disagree. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Read Much Management Theory Lately? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:21 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Could have fooled me. |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. You are correct, though not entirely |
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saskatoon (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. speak ill of the dead |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. True dat! |
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PietVA (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
73. I agree. n/t |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. He lived 95 years too long. (nt) |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. He Wanted to Privitize All Public Education |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. Economics: the secret of longevity. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
84. I am also an Econ major, and |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Good Riddance. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Read his letter to William Bennett |
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Amused Musings (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
50. And the oligarchs are stricken with grief |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
56. GOOD! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. Buh Bye.... (nt) |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. Nicely said. n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #60 |
86. Earned income Tax credit |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:36 PM Response to Reply #60 |
93. Please don't confuse people with facts |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Well, Trickle Your @$$ On Down to Hell! |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
92. HA! Perfect! |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm all teary-eyed about this... |
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Lasthorseman (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
67. Good riddance |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-16-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. You people are irreverent!! |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
78. Now he will answer for enabling Pinochet |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
79. 'go, give 'im 200 dollars." |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
89. Learn more about him first |
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Sammy Pepys (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-17-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. AGREED |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. I agree with you too, MUSTANG_2004 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 07:27 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. True of many things |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | 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 (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
100. Milton Friedman has passed... |
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screenplaya (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
101. Watched a C-SPAN Rerun |
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IntiRaymi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Well said. |
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MUSTANG_2004 (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. His WWII service |
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Bonescrat (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-18-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
107. What? The bar exam? The MCATs? nt. |
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