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Sunday, November 9. 2008

Sunday morning links, with three Miltons

Don't get the wrong idea: Racism still a big problem in America�claims advocacy industry. But I was told...oh, nevermind. Whenever I say "But I was told...," I feel like Milton in Office Space.

Big Pumas. I did not know they grew that large. Scary, but I think it tends to be the foolish young ones that mistake hikers for deer, and jump down with their teeth in the back of your neck and rip your head off.

Inverting the supply curve on health care

I took this little test and came out right next to Milton Friedman. (h/t, Villainous)

The Magical Thinking Watch

OK, I can get this link post up to Three Miltons, because I happen to be about 1/3 of the way through Anna Beer's new Milton bio, which, if you overlook the rather minor and easily-overlooked�touches of pomo Nouveau Lit Crit�BS, is quite absorbing and well-worth the read. Lots of quotes from his stuff, and it offers a good picture of the times. Thanks to the BD pup for finding that book for me.

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Of course racism is still a problem, if it wasn't why would you need high priced consultants to tell you that it is. Follow the money

#1 grant1863 on 2008-11-09 08:57 (Reply)

Let's prepare for some reverse racism for a change.

#2 Pajak on 2008-11-09 10:19 (Reply)

'Reverse racism' ... how exactly does one prepare for that, Pajak? Do we start by respecting the Caucasian race in America for their achievements, their courage, their loyalty, their determination to survive and succeed and provide a place for non-Caucasians to do likewise? Surely not. That would be raacism.

Marianne

#3 Marianne Matthews on 2008-11-09 11:29 (Reply)

Regarding Pumas,
My parents live in NW Minnesota and a friend of theirs was surveying their hunting camp by setting up a motion activated camera and flash to see what kind of game action was there. One picture captured a buck, then next picture captured a huge cat...freaked them all out. That was a few weeks ago.

#4 phil g on 2008-11-09 11:29 (Reply)

Had a friend here in Florida do the same thing about the camera, he even had a bear show up, along with raccoons and lots of deer. Great pics. He was pretty excited for hunting season to start.

#4.1 grant1863 on 2008-11-09 12:59 (Reply)

By the way, to introduce another subject of concern to us all, why should the federal government use our tax dollars to bail out GM and Chrysler and the other dopes in Michigan who have been making the wrong kind of cars for consumers? In my experience, this was a case of bad business judgment. In a free market society, which the Democrats are doing their best to destroy, you make a bad business call, consumers desert you. And you learn not to do that the next time. The only way to learn good judgment is to make bad business decisions and then learn from them. Why should we protect these big auto companies from paying for their bad judgment? With our money?

As some wise person pointed out on the Internet yesterday, there indeed are cars being built in the United States. Profitably. Just not in Michigan, where the business climate is hostile to such activity.

Marianne

#5 Marianne Matthews on 2008-11-09 12:07 (Reply)

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, I BOUGHT A NEW BUICK IN 2002 IT COST $32,000. WHEN IT WAS 3 1/2 YRS OLD AND 38,000 MILES ON IT THIS CAR BROKEDOWN 4 TIMES, NOT ONCE DID GM SAY IT'S THERE FAULT THEY SAID THE WARRENTY RAN OUT AND PASSED THE MILEAGE. I NOW HAVE TWO GAS SAVING KIA'S AND LOVE THEM. 10 YR 100,000 + 5 YR BUMPER TO BUMPER END OF STORY.

#5.1 SUPER on 2008-11-09 12:23 (Reply)

Three Miltons is a blogosphere record. We need to tell The Guiness Book.

#6 TheB on 2008-11-09 12:59 (Reply)

BD,

I came out next to Friedman too.

One could have long discussions over a cigar and drink of choice by a warm fire on some of the questions.

#7 Barrett on 2008-11-09 13:06 (Reply)

I came out about four purple blocks to the left of Friedman though on the same horizontal plane.

Had to think twice on a couple of the questions.
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#7.1 Meta on 2008-11-09 13:52 (Reply)

Questions are quite open to interpretation and cultural experience.

So who answered for Hitler, Ghandi, and numerous other dead guys? Crock.

#7.2 KRW on 2008-11-09 16:11 (Reply)

They might have been the ones I studied. Ghandi? No identification whatsoever - not after studying his private life vs. his public life. ??
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#7.2.1 Meta on 2008-11-09 19:08 (Reply)

Yes, Barrett. Excellent questions for conversation with a good friend. Or a respected enemy.

Meta has a point though, about having to think twice on a few of them... though I suppose ambiguity is as much a part of life as anything else.

#7.3 Luther McLeod on 2008-11-09 21:53 (Reply)

Not just the questions, but the so-called analysis on the results on the last page. What a howler! Can anybody explain to me what this means "classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism?" Most of the rest of the terminology is just as impenetrable. How do we know how Friedman would have scored? Did he take the test? Their discussion of where famous people would fall only leads to the conclusion that they have no clue.

#7.4 boqueronman on 2008-11-10 10:11 (Reply)

True and good points Boqueronman... but I don't believe anyone here is taking the test very seriously. It was just for fun. Though the purveyors of the test are likely gathering some interesting data.

#7.4.1 Luther McLeod on 2008-11-10 10:50 (Reply)

Right smack between Merkel and Friedman.

#8 Pajak on 2008-11-09 14:39 (Reply)

I took the political compass test & came out in Friedman territory. Just as interesting I took the test a second time and gave answers I believe liberal Obama Democrats would give, came out in Gandhi territory

#9 Rick on 2008-11-09 17:36 (Reply)

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Sunday, November 9. 2008

Sunday morning links, with three Miltons