Comments on: We *are* a country of torture, and this debate is the proof http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:22:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: kate http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51797 kate Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:58:35 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51797 Freddie sounds like he's suffering from early onset of Alzheimer's. Apparently he became lucid enough to register his location and then went back into space. Its voodoo economics they follow these days Amanda and we're their charm dolls. Freddie sounds like he’s suffering from early onset of Alzheimer’s. Apparently he became lucid enough to register his location and then went back into space.

Its voodoo economics they follow these days Amanda and we’re their charm dolls.

]]> By: Antigone http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51759 Antigone Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:34:10 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51759 Congressman Hunter does have a point, hidden in all that crap, about globalization. However, in the great political tradition of sound with no fury, his record doesn't show him even giving a crap. Congressman Hunter does have a point, hidden in all that crap, about globalization.

However, in the great political tradition of sound with no fury, his record doesn’t show him even giving a crap.

]]> By: Kyso Kisaen http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51756 Kyso Kisaen Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:47:16 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51756 The steel part is actually true - I think I know what mill he's talking about, and that one is basically dead and dying as well. The cheaper steel from Asia that helped kill our steel industry is of a lower quality, and part of the reason some mills went under is because often times, you don't need the best possible steel and they weren't set up to make shitty steel quickly so they couldn't compete. Once you lose that capacity, it's basically gone, because once a steel mill shuts off its furnace the whole thing becomes worthless. And I think it's important to remind the Party of War that we can not, and will not, be able to repeat the WW2 zero-to-hero fluke with a globalized manufacturing system. We simply aren't as self-sufficient as we think we are. The steel part is actually true - I think I know what mill he’s talking about, and that one is basically dead and dying as well. The cheaper steel from Asia that helped kill our steel industry is of a lower quality, and part of the reason some mills went under is because often times, you don’t need the best possible steel and they weren’t set up to make shitty steel quickly so they couldn’t compete. Once you lose that capacity, it’s basically gone, because once a steel mill shuts off its furnace the whole thing becomes worthless.

And I think it’s important to remind the Party of War that we can not, and will not, be able to repeat the WW2 zero-to-hero fluke with a globalized manufacturing system. We simply aren’t as self-sufficient as we think we are.

]]> By: Amanda Marcotte http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51745 Amanda Marcotte Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:21:43 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51745 Which is why I think they keep referring back to him. It's a bit of intellectual dishonesty---modern conservatives know modern economic theory, which is far more evil than Adam Smith. They just figure the voters are better off not getting curious about free market fundamentalism. Which is why I think they keep referring back to him. It’s a bit of intellectual dishonesty—modern conservatives know modern economic theory, which is far more evil than Adam Smith. They just figure the voters are better off not getting curious about free market fundamentalism.

]]> By: Auguste http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51713 Auguste Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:08:36 +0000 http://punkassblog.com/2007/10/09/republican-debate/#comment-51713 Adam Smith actually had a lot more on the ball than any of the feckless dipshits on display tonight, starting with realizing that the basic unit of any economy is labor. Adam Smith actually had a lot more on the ball than any of the feckless dipshits on display tonight, starting with realizing that the basic unit of any economy is labor.

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