Bill Maher had an excellent piece during the “New Rules” section of last week’s Real Time about how the popularity of the NFL, particularly relative to Major League Baseball, proves the merits of socialism over unrestrained capitalism. It’s such a good idea for a column, it makes me wish that I had thought of it. [...]
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Trendsetting
February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · AR, Politics, Sports
Tags: baseball·Bill Maher·Capitalism·football·NFL·self-promotion·socialism
Republicans Have Issues With Metaphors, Bigger Issues With Reality
November 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics, Sports
The Republican health care protest on Capitol Hill yesterday can be summarized as follows: Democrats= Everything Bad, Republicans=Everything Good. Depending on who at the rally you believe, Obama and his supporters are either Maoists or Nazis. And after being told for 8 years that Muslims (sorry, Islamofascists) are the scariest thing ever, we learn that [...]
Tags: conservatives·crown jewels·health care·John Boehner·Mao·Michelle Bachmann·socialism·Super Bowl of Freedom·teabaggers
Pro-Post Office
August 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Paul Krugman makes the helpful point that when people make the “Do you really want health care to be run like the DMV/post office?” argument, they should be reminded of awful experiences with private companies, such as the cable company. Two experiences last week drove home for me how strong a point this. On Tuesday [...]
Tags: AT&T·Bill Maher·DMV·health care·Paul Krugman·post office·runaround·socialism