tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post2039014721649721014..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Ideological Economic Illiteracy@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-56708291313854470092010-06-01T19:43:22.667-04:002010-06-01T19:43:22.667-04:00Stunning. Even I would not have predicted it was ...Stunning. Even I would not have predicted it was this dramatic. I am forwarding this, with encouragement that the graph here is more visible on page 11 of the pdfAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-46307388156973934162010-06-01T11:02:53.577-04:002010-06-01T11:02:53.577-04:00> Trade and growth remain the best anti-povert...> Trade and growth remain the best anti-poverty programs. <br /><br />They remain the best pro-environmental programs, too.<br /><br />The richer you are, the more you can put into alternatives that are less effective and profitable but better for the environment. <br /><br />The richer you are, the more you can pay for expensive scrubbers to clean the air coming out of smokestacks, then dispose safely of the toxic sludge that results from THAT.<br /><br />The SovUnion's record on the ecology was a disastrous nightmare of unparalleled pointless destruction and poor attitude towards enviro concerns.<br /><br />Corporations do screw up, but governments don't give a damn. <br /><br />"But that's not true, here?"<br /><br />Really? Go ask Jindal who cared more about the environment, him, or the Army Corps of Engineers? <br /><br />They cared about the <i>paperwork</i>. <br /><br />He cared about the <i>results</i>.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-61722018834298366032010-06-01T05:49:12.344-04:002010-06-01T05:49:12.344-04:00Carl,
Wow. You could do a post a day for a coupl...Carl, <br /><br />Wow. You could do a post a day for a couple weeks on this. <br /><br />It's funny and depressing at the same time. <br /><br />On page 190 of the of the PDF:<br /><br />"In the 2008 presidential election, the candidates were Democrat Barack Obama, Republican John McCain, independent Ralph Nader, Libertarian Bob Barr<br />and Green Cynthia McKinney. For whom did you vote?"<br /><br />Total incorrect ( out of 8 )<br /><br />2008 Election Mean <br /> <br />Obama 4.61 <br />McCain 1.60 <br />Nader 4.92 <br />Barr 1.56 <br />McKinney 5.56<br /><br /><br />I think I detected a flaw in the methodology. <br /><br />Zogby should have stressed that the answers aren't what you think would be fair. The answers have to be based on reality.<br /><br />I'd like to see a similar study on historical facts. Like how many deaths communism was directly responsible for in the last century.Marcnoreply@blogger.com