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August 24, 2011

That Krugman Google Message: Fake, But Accurate
— Ace

Yesterday Allah caught someone calling himself "Paul Krugman" saying that if the DC earthquake had been bigger, it might have been good for the economy, as it would have resulted in money being spent to rebuild what had been lost.

Allah expressed some skepticism that this was actually Krugman.

But he also noted, if it wasn't Krugman, it would be hard for Krugman to explain what is wrong with the statement, as Krugman is actually an enthusiastic believer in the Broken Windows fallacy (that vandals who break windows actually improve the economy, by keeping glass-makers busy with replacement), and even thought 9/11 could be just what the economic doctor ordered:

It seems almost in bad taste to talk about dollars and cents after an act of mass murder. Nonetheless, we must ask about the economic aftershocks from Tuesday's horror.
These aftershocks need not be major. Ghastly as it may seem to say this, the terror attack -- like the original day of infamy, which brought an end to the Great Depression -- could even do some economic good.

Well, it turns out, the new posting about the earthquake was in fact a hoax; the hoaxster admits it. But he also notes that what he said as "Paul Krugman" is quite consistent with what the real Paul Krugman really says, like claiming the Japan Nuke disaster could be "expansionary."

Posted by: Ace at 12:24 PM | Comments (114)
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1
his Nobel Prize is real, though

Posted by: soothie at August 24, 2011 12:27 PM (sqkOB)

2 The earthquake was caused by aliens as the first step in their invasion plan. Per Krugman, an alien invasion should help the economy.

Posted by: OCBill at August 24, 2011 12:27 PM (YJvVE)

3 He is still a Douche... with a capital D.

Posted by: Mjim at August 24, 2011 12:27 PM (rN9Na)

4 So, there's a fake Paul Krugman and a real one. But the real one seems to work for The Onion and/or for the Dems.

Posted by: t-bird at August 24, 2011 12:27 PM (FcR7P)

5 Former Enron Financial Adviser Paul Krugman.

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at August 24, 2011 12:28 PM (GTbGH)

6 Bring back the buboes! There's money to be had.

Posted by: flurm at August 24, 2011 12:30 PM (JlDuc)

" -- like the original day of infamy, which brought an end to the Great Depression -- "

So Krugman admitted that theFDR was a pathetic failure, and all the Keynsian stimulus, that the New Deal, the makework, the wealth transfers, the government fiats didn't end the Great Depression?

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at August 24, 2011 12:30 PM (KVi4X)

My twitter account was hacked by aliens. It's a sign they are invading due to global warming and our lack of support for Obama. We must spend, spend, spend and that will frighten them away.

Posted by: Paul Krugman at August 24, 2011 12:31 PM (nxptv)

9 Paul Krugman is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

And so is his boy Obama

Posted by: The Q at August 24, 2011 12:31 PM (CJIam)

10 The economy in Pompeii was on fire after the volcano hit....

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at August 24, 2011 12:32 PM (GKQDR)

11 Krugman gives me serious Pedo-vibes. It must be the beard and beady little eyes.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 12:32 PM (ZgvjV)

12 9 Paul Krugman is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

And so is his boy Obama

Posted by: The Q at August 24, 2011 04:31 PM (CJIam)

SEE! I told you, that's an alien is disguise. For the love of Obama, SPEND!

Posted by: Paul Krugman at August 24, 2011 12:32 PM (nxptv)

13 And so is his boy Obama

Racist!

Posted by: maureen dowd at August 24, 2011 12:33 PM (GTbGH)

14 11 Krugman gives me serious Pedo-vibes. It must be the beard and beady little eyes.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 04:32 PM (ZgvjV)

You have no idea.

Posted by: Mrs Paul Krugman at August 24, 2011 12:34 PM (nxptv)

15 So Krugman admitted that theFDR was a pathetic failure, and all the Keynsian stimulus, that the New Deal, the makework, the wealth transfers, the government fiats didn't end the Great Depression?

Nah. He'll tell you FDR didn't think big enough, which is why only vastly-increased control of the economy by government in WW2 "did the trick" ... while ignoring the whole actual war thing.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 24, 2011 12:34 PM (O6l28)

16

In the future, everyone will be Paul Krugman for 15 brain cells.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 24, 2011 12:34 PM (QMtmy)

You know, I feel bad for The Onion. It's become almost impossible to parody anything in the news because no matter how outlandish, someone will actually say/write/tweet something more idiotic.

The article about the press trying to find some slant on Obama going on a murderous rampage remains one of my all time favorites though.

Posted by: alexthechick at August 24, 2011 12:37 PM (VtjlW)

18 Did an alien make the post?

Posted by: formerly known as cherry pi at August 24, 2011 12:37 PM (OhYCU)

19 The Krugman parody message was much more accurate than when Krugman repeated the false story that tea party protesters shouted racial epithets.

Posted by: Alex at August 24, 2011 12:38 PM (/yzYn)

20 Great fun was had with this on Twitter last night, and that's the really important thing.

Posted by: Andy at August 24, 2011 12:39 PM (5Rurq)

21 Krugman gives me serious Pedo-vibes

That's what I heard.

Posted by: formerly known as cherry pi at August 24, 2011 12:41 PM (OhYCU)

So a Nobel Prize in economics is worth about the same as a Nobel Peace Prize. And like the Peace Prize, it can be awarded for things you haven't even done yet -- in Krugman's case, well in advance of having the slightest idea what he's talking about.

"It's for smartening up in the near future, like we know you're going to" said the Scandi Committee.

Posted by: Wm T Sherman at August 24, 2011 12:41 PM (w41GQ)

23 I personally find this Paul Krugman to be a swell fellow.

Posted by: Jon Huntsman at August 24, 2011 12:41 PM (CJIam)

24 If it's stupid, but not in the NYT, it's the fake Krugman.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 24, 2011 12:42 PM (jx2j9)

25 Every cloud has a silver lining, right?

I mean, it really doesn't matter if you have the MONEY to pay for the broken windows or the insurance to assist in the payment, does it?

What a fucking imbecile of a human being.

Were he a tiger cub, the mom would notice the deformity and eat him.

Posted by: © Sponge at August 24, 2011 12:42 PM (UK9cE)

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 24, 2011 12:43 PM (UK9cE)

My twitter account was hacked by aliens. It's a sign they are invading due to global warming and our lack of support for Obama. We must spend, spend, spend and that will frighten them away.

Posted by: Paul Krugman at August 24, 2011 04:31 PM (nxptv)

MINE TOO!!!!

See? HAXORS!!!!!

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at August 24, 2011 12:43 PM (UK9cE)

28 Krugman, "Dammit, I know I'm right. We just have to keep trying it until it works!"

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at August 24, 2011 12:48 PM (jx2j9)

29 Why does Jon Huntsman always look like a little monkey who just ate his own poo? Thank God he's a white guy or I'd have to denounce myself.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 12:49 PM (ZgvjV)

30 Krugman is the Washington Generals of economists.

Posted by: Meadowlark Lemon at August 24, 2011 12:51 PM (le5qc)

More importantly if you get a Nobel Peace Prize you're in a very exclusive club that includes Adolph Hitler, Yassir Arafat, Jimmeh Cahter, Al Gore and SCOAMF.....

Yes, I'd cash the check and send the medal back too.......

Posted by: MrObvious at August 24, 2011 12:52 PM (2uovW)

32 OT: We've gone from "Major Plan" to "Outline" to "Some Reasonable Ideas" for the BIG speech in September.

http://tinyurl.com/3wcmdb6

h/t Weasel Zippers

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 12:53 PM (iYbLN)

33 Why does Jon Huntsman always look like a little monkey who just ate his own poo?

Because he is one.

Jon Huntsman: The Most Uninteresting Man in the World.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 12:55 PM (iYbLN)

34 Krugman is actually an enthusiastic believer in the Broken Windows fallacy (that vandals who break windows actually improve the economy, by keeping glass-makers busy with replacement) Sounds more like the Zorg theory of economics.

Posted by: Socratease at August 24, 2011 12:56 PM (vaIln)

35
Attn:

Memo to AoS re: Dominionism

The words dominionism and dominionists are the new popular buzzwords on the Left.

What does it mean? Who cares. It's more campus mumbo jumbo. It means nothing.

Posted by: soothie at August 24, 2011 12:57 PM (sqkOB)

36 @34, Thanks for clearing that up. I was thinking Huntsman might just be posing as a poo eating monkey to hide some ugly secret.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 12:57 PM (ZgvjV)

BRB, getting probed by aliens

Posted by: Paul Krugnam at August 24, 2011 12:57 PM (O6q63)

38 In the defense of those who did think it was the real Krugman..

He has said some stupid shit in the past where this wouldn't be that far out of character..

Posted by: Dave C at August 24, 2011 12:58 PM (vYdFh)

39 I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer the President's delightful microbrew.

Posted by: Jon Huntsman at August 24, 2011 12:58 PM (CJIam)

40 And Barack Obama is still a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at August 24, 2011 12:58 PM (8y9MW)

41 I was thinking Huntsman might just be posing as a poo eating monkey to hide some ugly secret. Posted by: Mr Fever Head

The ugly secret is right out there in front of everyone to see and hear. That man is a waste of space.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 12:59 PM (iYbLN)

42
-ists and -isms

/rips envelope

What has the academic Left contributed to society in the last 100 years?

Posted by: carnak the magnificentist at August 24, 2011 01:02 PM (sqkOB)

43
hello

Posted by: the 5 o'clock lull at August 24, 2011 01:03 PM (sqkOB)

44 Krugman even fucked up the reference for his 'alien invasion' scenario.

It wasn't The Twilight Zone, it was The Outer Limits.

Posted by: nickless at August 24, 2011 01:04 PM (MMC8r)

45 I wonder how much my support of Perry is based on the fact that he'll freak the left out the most. Hmmmmm

Posted by: dagny at August 24, 2011 01:05 PM (+sP6K)

46 Krugman, "Dammit, I know I'm right. We just have to keep trying it until it works!"

Completely off-topic, but this comment made me think of this.

You know all the movies that have some science-experiment gone wrong? And how in almost all of those you're supposed to think it's the military's fault because they demand to see results, or they'll "shut down funding" but the whatever-it-is isn't ready yet, so the maker uses it on himself? (Hollowman and Spider-Man's Goblin are two good examples). Why does no one say, "no, the fault is that of the creepy guy who was so sure his product 'worked' that he could be bothered to explain, logically, why he needed more trials, and why the military should be happy with the results they'd had so far?"

So, Hollowman, for instance: 6 Degrees himself decides to inject himself with the invisibility juice before it's been fully tested and goes insane. Why isn't that his fault?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at August 24, 2011 01:06 PM (8y9MW)

47 43
-ists and -isms

/rips envelope

What has the academic Left contributed to society in the last 100 years?

Posted by: carnak the magnificentist at August 24, 2011 05:02 PM (sqkOB)

They've given us lots. Just nothing of value.

Posted by: Tesla at August 24, 2011 01:06 PM (DPU1J)

48 @43, What has the academic Left contributed to society in the last 100 years? I'll take "Jack Shit" for $200 Alex.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 01:07 PM (ZgvjV)

49 So what the fuck are we doing to to change the paradigm of the MFM having ANY influence on OUR lives. Fuck these whores . Oh and Rick Fuckin Perry Kicking Fucking Ass and Taking Fucking Names Mother Fuckers!!

Posted by: sonnyspats1 at August 24, 2011 01:07 PM (I/MzF)

50 the 5 o'clock lull

I think any mention of Krugman puts people to sleep. Sorta like, "I think I'll take a Krugman siesta."

When you have to take a number 2 it would be, "I'm going to take a Huntsman."

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:08 PM (iYbLN)

51 The real problem is nobody on the East Coast has Earth Quake Insurance Coverage. But of course the Feds would probably give money out for the un-insured masses.

Posted by: DawgofWar at August 24, 2011 01:08 PM (PvbMt)

52 What about Krugman's beard? Is THAT thing real? 'Cause it looks like it missed its last rabies shot.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 24, 2011 01:08 PM (niZvt)

53 So, Hollowman, for instance: 6 Degrees himself decides to inject himself with the invisibility juice before it's been fully tested and goes insane. Why isn't that his fault?
Posted by: AllenG

*raises hand* Because it's Bush's fault?

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:09 PM (iYbLN)

54 Yes, I'd cash the check and send the medal back too.......

Better to sue for defamation of character.

Posted by: Bob Saget at August 24, 2011 01:09 PM (F/4zf)

55 so it's fake, but essentially real? Like Winona Ryder's Rack

Posted by: SantaRosaStan, Treasure of the Sierra Monkeys at August 24, 2011 01:10 PM (UqKQV)

56
Keith Olbermann is also #2.

He still does that stupid worst person in the world thing.

what a frikkin goof

Posted by: soothsayer at August 24, 2011 01:10 PM (sqkOB)

57 You just can't effectively satirize some of these idiots.

Posted by: Dustin at August 24, 2011 01:10 PM (519+h)

58 57

I think two people watch that show. Olby and Garafalo.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:11 PM (iYbLN)

59 Jon Huntsman: The Most Uninteresting Man in the World.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 04:55 PM (iYbLN)

Were he to touch you, you'd automatically be eligible for welfare.......
Should he fall down, no one would be around to hear it.........
Sports stations make commercials starring him with the premise of "Don't be that guy...."

He is the most uninteresting man in the world.

Posted by: Nameless narrator dude at August 24, 2011 01:11 PM (UK9cE)

60 Something you guys just HAVE to see - a fallen SEAL's dog that would not leave his side: http://tinyurl.com/3jp3fdl Don't let anyone tell you dogs have no souls. The animals our SEALS were fighting have no souls.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 24, 2011 01:13 PM (niZvt)

61 Fuck Michael Bloomberg and the shitty worthless denizens of the city he leads.

Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2011 01:13 PM (GULKT)

62 To quote the noted philosopher Walter Kovacs, "Few more bodies among the foundations will make little difference."

Posted by: Ken at August 24, 2011 01:13 PM (ZnE3s)

63 61
Saw it CC. It made me cry.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:13 PM (iYbLN)

64 So, Hollowman, for instance: 6 Degrees himself decides to inject himself with the invisibility juice before it's been fully tested and goes insane. Why isn't that his fault?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) is tired beyond tired of the trolls at August 24, 2011 05:06 PM (8y9MW)

Because you're talking about liberalism where actions have no consequences. It's always someone ELSE'S fault.

Posted by: © Sponge at August 24, 2011 01:14 PM (UK9cE)

65 The democrats love them some Huntsman though. They can't stop telling us what a great republican he is. I bet even Krugman wants to sex Huntsman up. Make a big poo-monkey sammich with Ed Schultz as the bottom bread slice.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 24, 2011 01:14 PM (ZgvjV)

66 You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as Krugman has, they would throw themselves on their swords.

Posted by: The Operative at August 24, 2011 01:15 PM (xy9wk)

67 Wait, so what was fake the Google post, the Nobel or Enron?

_{This guy is shifty.}

Posted by: ontherocks at August 24, 2011 01:16 PM (HBqDo)

68 56 so it's fake, but essentially real? Like Winona Ryder's Rack Posted by: SantaRosaStan, Treasure of the Sierra Monkeys at August 24, 2011 05:10 PM (UqKQV) There is no such thing as a fake rack. Only overenthusiastic plastic surgeons.

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 24, 2011 01:16 PM (niZvt)

69 So, from here on out, boys and girls,

you'll be able to tell the stupid shit written by Paul Krugman, is the REAL stupid shit, simply because it's written in the NYTimes.

Got That?

Posted by: franksalterego at August 24, 2011 01:16 PM (7/sDI)

70 You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as Krugman has, they would throw themselves on their swords.
Posted by: The Operative

I can't believe you used men and Krugman in the same sentence. Does. Not. Compute.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:17 PM (iYbLN)

71 The funniest part of this was his own quote when talking about the hoax. Read it twice if you need to.
"So if you see me quoted as saying something really stupid or outrageous, and it didnÂ’t come from the Times or some other verifiable site, you should probably assume it was a fake."

Posted by: Where're my ping pong balls at August 24, 2011 01:17 PM (YxaXw)

72 I was watching TV the other day, and the closed captioning rendered "Krugman" as "crud man." True story.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2011 01:19 PM (1+CnU)

73 Paul Krugman, The Thread Killer

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:19 PM (iYbLN)

74 so it's fake, but essentially real? Like Winona Ryder's Rack

Say it ain't so!

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 24, 2011 01:21 PM (O6l28)

75 Fake Google+ pages are the path to prosperity!

Posted by: P. Krugman at August 24, 2011 01:22 PM (DEcmU)

76 Blob Beckel is choking on The Five.

Posted by: demoncrat at August 24, 2011 01:22 PM (1kwr2)

77 And someone needs to correct the sidebar link about Google. Its not Billion, but million.

Posted by: buzzion at August 24, 2011 01:23 PM (GULKT)

78 77 Blob Beckel is choking on The Five. Posted by: demoncrat

For real? That would be epic.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:23 PM (iYbLN)

79 77 Blob Beckel is choking on The Five. Posted by: demoncrat at August 24, 2011 05:22 PM (1kwr2) Hannity's not gonna give him mouth-to-mouth, is he, for God's Sake?

Posted by: CoolCzech at August 24, 2011 01:24 PM (niZvt)

80 Go on...

Posted by: Barney Frank at August 24, 2011 01:26 PM (niZvt)

81 71 You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as Krugman has, they would throw themselves on their swords. Posted by: The Operative Go on...

Posted by: Barney Frank at August 24, 2011 01:26 PM (niZvt)

82 Google fined $500 billion?

That's actually $500 million. I thought it sounded crazy for this justice (ha ha ha) department to come down hard on some fellow libs. $500 million is chump change to Google. They fart in the pool on Saturday afternoon and $500,000,000 floats to the top with the bubbles.

Posted by: Dang at August 24, 2011 01:28 PM (TXKVh)

83 You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as Krugman has, they would throw themselves on their swords.
Posted by: The Operative

Go on...

Posted by: Barney Frank at August 24, 2011 05:26 PM (niZvt)

He said THEIR swords, not yours, you dirty fat homo bastard......

Posted by: © Sponge at August 24, 2011 01:29 PM (UK9cE)

84
Bizarro Krugman love and hate tragedy because it bring economic good.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 24, 2011 01:29 PM (QMtmy)

85 Phone home fuckface! You're embarrassing us.

Posted by: Krugman's Alien Overlords at August 24, 2011 01:31 PM (WCm02)

86 OT/ Michelle spent 10 mil on vacays?
Pixy won't let me link The Mail Online (from Drudge) because my message is annoying.
_{They got that right.} _{She's giving us all the royal stink finger.}

Posted by: ontherocks at August 24, 2011 01:32 PM (HBqDo)

87 The democrats love them some Huntsman though. They can't stop telling us what a great republican he is.

I bet even Krugman wants to sex Huntsman up. Make a big poo-monkey sammich with Ed Schultz as the bottom bread slice.

Actually I wouldn't mind Huntsman being pimped a bit more. Know who a surge in Huntsman support would not help?

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 24, 2011 01:33 PM (SY2Kh)

88 Can we get a correction on the Google sidebar headline please? Thanks!

Posted by: sithkhan at August 24, 2011 01:33 PM (EjtN/)

89 Never fear, Chicxulub will do wonders for our economy!

Posted by: Dinosaur Krugman at August 24, 2011 01:33 PM (MMC8r)

90 Daily Mail Michelle story.

Posted by: nickless at August 24, 2011 01:35 PM (MMC8r)

91 Can we get a correction on the Google sidebar headline please? Thanks!

Haven't you heard? Billion is the new million in today's economy.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 24, 2011 01:35 PM (SY2Kh)

Speaking of fake aliases. WND has been on his ass.

Abracadabra! 'Obama's alias' vanishing quickly from WebAnalyst confirms 'Harrison J. Bounel' identity getting scrubbed from databases

Posted by: Jimmah at August 24, 2011 01:36 PM (NIjD4)

93 so it's fake, but essentially real? Like Winona Ryder's Rack

Say it ain't so!

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 24, 2011 05:21 PM (O6l2

Back in the good 'ole days, that would've sent this post spiraling into a boobie thread.

Where have all the good times gone?

Posted by: © Sponge at August 24, 2011 01:37 PM (UK9cE)

94 So it's fake, but essentially real? Like Winona Ryder's Rack

What's your damage, Heather?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 24, 2011 01:39 PM (QMtmy)

95 Back in the good 'ole days, that would've sent this post spiraling into a boobie thread.

Where have all the good times gone?
Posted by: Â© Sponge

The same place our dwindling 401ks have gone.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:39 PM (iYbLN)

96 There were tremendous building booms in Hiroshima, Dresden and Nagasaki after WWII.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at August 24, 2011 01:39 PM (lbo6/)

97 um, does this mean that Bush no longer hates black people!

Posted by: Hurricane Katrina at August 24, 2011 01:39 PM (nVLlM)

98 Krugman is three spires short of a cathedral.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 24, 2011 01:40 PM (ndlFj)

99 97 There were tremendous building booms in Hiroshima, Dresden and Nagasaki after WWII. Posted by: Empire of Jeff

So we should bomb Martha's Vineyard? I get it.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 24, 2011 01:40 PM (iYbLN)

100 OK..OK...let's clear this frakkin nonsense up now. WWII did not get us out of the Depression.

FDR dying, the Bretton Woods conference which got rid of Smoot Hawley and created a global market for our goods, and Truman's dropping income tax rates did.

Why aren't our current wars creating an economic miracle if Keynesianism really works?

Posted by: beedubya at August 24, 2011 01:42 PM (AnTyA)

101 New Boobs

Posted by: NoFX at August 24, 2011 01:43 PM (eiQoK)

102 "What about Krugman's beard? Is THAT thing real? 'Cause it looks like it missed its last rabies shot." No, it looks like somebody turned one of the Golden Girls upside down.

Posted by: Alex at August 24, 2011 01:43 PM (/yzYn)

103

From the Daily Mail story:

The magazine also reported that Mrs Obama, whose fashion choices are widely followed, had been going on 'wild shopping sprees', much to the distress of her husband, who, its sources reveal, is 'absolutely furious' at his wife's 'out-of-control spending'.

_{Pure fiction.}

Posted by: fluffy at August 24, 2011 01:44 PM (O6q63)

104 Fuck Paul Krugman and anyone who looks like him.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at August 24, 2011 01:54 PM (1rHeD)

105 Pure fiction.

It cited 'White House sources,' too, which means it's either a breakdown in the wall of silence or a leak for spin purposes. Most likely fiction.

Posted by: nickless at August 24, 2011 01:55 PM (MMC8r)

106

@105: "Fuck Paul Krugman and anyone who looks like him."

As I told Indy - "You go first!"

Posted by: Sallah the digger at August 24, 2011 01:59 PM (xy9wk)

107 Krugman introduced alien invasion into the economic argument. How batshit insane is that? There is no "beyond the pale" story to trump that. None. Not ever.

Krugman has beclowned himself for the last time. He is an imbecile. Dot. Period. End of story.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 24, 2011 02:02 PM (r4t7/)

108 It is a typical Keynesian trait to confuse economic growth or the at least the potential of growth for the overall economic well-being of a society. The mentality of spending multipliers, and that all government spending is good spending feeds into this. They get so caught up in the idea of this feedback loop that needs to be created and sustained, they don't care about the wealth that was destroyed beforehand. Cash for clunkers was the epitome of this, literally destroying wealth by crushing perfectly useful cars in order to increase the economic growth of the auto industry. Sure you created a temporary spike in demand and growth for new cars, but the prerequisite was making everyone poorer first. Although, it wasn't Krugman this time, I imagine he is only a few months from suggesting we start nuking a few cities to create economic growth and increased employment while rebuilding them.

Posted by: Sjg at August 24, 2011 02:24 PM (Q1cWt)

109 So, was it Average Joe?

Posted by: Decaf at August 24, 2011 02:32 PM (XUoX3)

110 Obama is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at August 24, 2011 02:48 PM (pV6cO)

111 FDR dying, the Bretton Woods conference which got rid of Smoot Hawley and created a global market for our goods, and Truman's dropping income tax rates did. Posted by: beedubya at August 24, 2011 05:42 PM (AnTyA) Not to mention that everything overseas was broken and we were the only ones with intact industry. There's a reason why there are so many late 40s and 50s American cars all over the world, even in Cuba.

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113 I am a bit late to this party, but if I were an American conservative, I would get ready for the deluge of spending that will follow Hurricane Irene slamming into the Eastern Seaboard. The Spendocrats are itching for a disaster as cover for massive new spending in the guise of "disaster relief", but it will actually be porkulus MKIII. Irene will be perfect cover for increased payments to union donors, green tech boondoggles, gun control groups, etc, etc. If the Repubicans were smart they would pre-emptively announce that they will not oppose genuine relief for hurricane damage, but warn of the spending spree about to take place.

Posted by: TrueNorthist at August 24, 2011 05:19 PM (RQtDB)

114 Krugman suing poster. Pissed off he didn't think of it himself.

Posted by: wdk535 at August 25, 2011 04:36 AM (tPpNj)

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