Stephen Joseph

Thanks Hoff. Umm...I had no idea I was still running around. It's the same guy. I guess I would be just taking back creative control! Guess I would need to split from PR then... Thanks for the pointer. Who writes for PR now (is it PRL?) and when's the last time he used me...I am catching up on HeldDown shows currently.

Holy! Spending is a stimulant? Holy OBVIOUS STATEMENT Batman!!! (joking) Note: What I said was that the public sector is not the PRIMARY reason why the economy is doing well. That does not mean it is not contributing. The economy of the WW2 pretty much grew because we got distracted by a war and got confidence and stopped worrying. Plus, it was mainly the fault of very lax investment rules ... Of course government spending helped out. But private spending for outstripped the government involvement. If economic improvement was a pie, and the contents were the reasons for the improvements, maybe 15% of the growth could be considered due to defense contracts (and thats an overestimate, because the government budget for defense was 15% of its total budget...) EDIT: It is very difficult to differentiate primary and secondary effects. I refer to primary ones. Investment happened because of confidence. So you COULD attribute the growth to increased investment but the truer answer lies in what caused investment to rise. To that, you can recredit the fat one's rhetoric.

I like that. It plays off his weakness and strength. Who are the upstarts? Perhaps, this HeldDown, I could be sitting in the audience, watching? (assuming this has already occured)? shoot, i need to read some HD's...will do. Thanks Zack. Just give me some ideas and I'll be happy to get back into this!

Just look at all this discussion Bravo WWE

umm...anyone?

1. To answer the question of public vs. private, please refer to this website: http://www.vankampen.com/vksite/news/comme...tline062005.asp 2. Deficit spending in the LONG RUN hurts an economy by pulling money that could have been better used in savings and investments. That's economics 101, Solow growth curve shite. 3. We experienced a growth boon after WWII because of a) The Great Depression being right before it, and wage and price controls from 1939 onward containing the economic pressures for price and wage increases (which we saw explode in the economic expansion during Eisenhower). 4. You can credit the expansion of the 1980s economy to the computer revolution (increased productivity) and the lowered tax brackets. The deficit spending was just a result of the lowered taxes, and was not the primary determinant. It was a cause of the primary (less taxes) 5. The unemployment rate is calculated by new claims. That is not dumb. Tell me how you would calculate it, and how much your way would cost hmmm? The unemployment rate considers frictional and structural unemployment. When workers drop out altogether of the market and are not seeking jobs, we have no effective means of identifying them, apart from surveying everyone. Therefore, people who drop entirely from the market and are not "actively searching" are not considered. Again, there's no cost-effective feasible and timely way to create this "perfect" statistic.

All I want to say is. TEAM GLOVIER > IN CROWD!

Phuck That. We all just witnessed a record-shattering moment. Complete domination, it was so crazy. A great moment for baseball.

Al, Can you do a column on D. Lee? He's having an incredible run, and I'd love to see your take on it.

I figured the British could leave since SOuthern Iraq is insurgent free.

Indeed. There's alot of evidence to support your notion. You're kidding, right? If you're serious, the turnaround is being led by the private sector, in particular the healthcare, IT, and service sector companies finally pulling in some strong numbers. Also, pumping deficit spending winds up putting the brakes on an economy. We would be growing faster without the debt we currently have (as interest rates would have overall been lower, encouraging investment blah blah blah).

Wow. WWE Creative must have infiltrated TSM! This, and the Diva search, gave me reasons to be embarassed to be a wrestling fan.

Terrorists don't give a damn who they kill, or who they target. I would have thought that we learned our lesson about appeasement from WWII (which is exactly what C-Bacon advocates) There's a reason why it's Churchill, not Chamberlain.

Bob, Putting C-Bacon on ignore was the best thing I did to begin enjoying this folder again...

Kotz is partially right, but it mostly comes down to the clerics in power on either side...

I would just like to again thank JOTW for pointing me towards the ignore function for C-Bacon. Although I still must read what people quote so please stop quoting C-Bacon. It's fairly obvious that he is out of touch with reality.

Agrees with Ripper. They are attempting to seize power. That's what all this is about. A group of people who once had favor with a predatory style government who have lost that power and will do anything to have it back. You've got to be kidding me when you think that pulling out is the best action. NoCal's right, there's a civil war brewing, and itll spill out if we abandon. So if we really care about the Iraqis, we stay.

40 confirmed dead now by London authorities. It's a nightmare there, with the traffic system gridlocked...

Eh, if I got it word for word, then I'm pretty damn psychic. I heard it on the radio. You know, if you can't say anything nice...

Casaualty estimates off the LT website say they're expecting about 185. So its on scale with Madrid. F'ing Terrorists.

And Finally, DarrylXWF did an excellent job covering the issues on a point by point basis. Face facts. Free markets work, if they're given a chance when paired with institutional reforms. Look at Asia.

And to note from above. Donating money to governments who do not have their fiscal and institutional houses together will not help anything in the long run. Only by institutional reform can Africa be helped.

Note: Linda McCartney, before she died, transferred her estate handlings to New York to Avoid the 40% death tax rate in England. That alone equates to near 100% of the first LiveAid concert charity donation of 50 Million Madonna said at Live8 : Start a Revolution! Hey Madonna, do you think Africa needs more revolutions. I mean, its had how many in the last 40 years. A couple hundred more, and hell, toss in a few more genocides, couldn't hurt. Corrupt governments deserve no aid.

agrees with the above post, and well, the liberal justices sure made themselves look reallly good with the Kelo decision; me thinks they shot themselves in the foot

the post above this post is the best post of this thread.