Worthless Nobel Prize

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Worthless Nobel Prize
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Mon, 10-13-2008 - 8:07am
The Nobel Prize is officially a leftist propaganda tool. After giving the award to such luminaries as Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, and Al Gore, a Nobel Prize has now been given to NY TImes columnist Paul Krugman. Not that I had much respect for the award before, but now, I think it is completely worthless.

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 11:26am
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Registered: 09-26-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 11:28am
My tax dollars just bought stocks in banks.
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Registered: 11-11-1999
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 11:46am

Are there countries with which American Conservatives are in synch with.


Somalia. There is no government there and everyone owns a gun.


I've often wondered if there WAS a country that much of Middle America does not deride or whose policies they cannot be convinced to fear.


Ironically, they are afraid of Somalia as well.

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

dablacksox


Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.---Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 12:32pm

I was just curious because the socialist label gets thrown around quite liberally around here (no pun intended ;o) - and in segments of the US media.

I was thinking then, that there really are NO other successful countries that wouldn't fall under the umbrella of being called socialist by that definition. Therefore, there must be a number of Americans who feel themselves surrounded on all sides by enemies (or potential enemies....or if being kind, folks/nations who are dangerously misguided). I've long been convinced though, that many of the labels being used in the US (e.g. socialism, Conservative, Liberal, communism etc...) differ quite a bit from how they are used and thought of elsewhere. Also, these labels carry with them strong emotional reactions, when to many others they are simply words used to describe a very specific philosophy or school of thought (which may or may not be negative depending on how they are considered - and how rigidly some aspects of them may be applied - when shaping policy).

I certainly know you are well educated, well informed AND well connected. In your opinion, IS there another country you can think of with whom a majority of American citizens (the ones who fear what they deem as socialism) would feel ideologically comfortable and at ease? I'm not even asking for one that would inspire admiration or the desire to emulate....just for a basic comfort level.




Edited 10/14/2008 12:37 pm ET by suemox

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Registered: 10-08-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 12:38pm

I've long been convinced though, that many of the labels being used in the US (e.g. socialism, Conservative, Liberal, communism etc...) differ quite a bit from how they are used and thought of elsewhere.


I think this is true.

 

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Registered: 04-03-2003
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 12:44pm

Both were counting on the same thing... housing prices to continue to rise at what were current rates.

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Registered: 01-12-2004
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 12:57pm

You know, I'm really not up on the current domestic politics of most nations, as I follow specific foreign and defense policy issues, not domestic politics.

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Registered: 04-04-2003
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 1:18pm

Thanks for answering. :o)

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That's true. If any of our secondary parties (instead of it historically always being either the Conservative or the Liberal Party) ever were to get enough seats to make up the majority power in Parliament, you'd probably be seeing that here as well.

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Well, I wouldn't say "centrist" I'd still say it's pretty much to the right of center (in comparison). Our Conservative Party tends to be sightly less right than the US Republicans (particularly on social issues), but our Liberal party tends to appeal slightly less left than the Democrats on a lot of issues.

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Registered: 10-09-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 5:55pm
I'm not sure what you mean, would you care to elaborate?



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Registered: 10-09-2008
Tue, 10-14-2008 - 6:13pm

I think the concern is that his Bush bashing is what got him ahead of other economists. He writes for the NY Times, and has a louder (but dwindling) voice than most other economists. I remember him saying that the tax cuts would hurt the economy back around 2002, and he was wrong. But he was bashing the President, so I guess that made up for it.


He also says that Fox News people "take marching orders" from the republican party and that it's basically a propaganda arm for the republican party.

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