tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3488072840366071241..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: The Onion Imitates the TimesGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-6667099271556339352009-07-08T20:52:54.539-06:002009-07-08T20:52:54.539-06:00Yes. that's a good one.Yes. <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_should_the_government" rel="nofollow">that</a>'s a good one.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-33027766303625367922009-07-08T16:54:36.469-06:002009-07-08T16:54:36.469-06:00Have you ever seen "the money hole" vide...Have you ever seen "the money hole" video on the Onion? That's their best skit ever, in my opinion.<br /><br />"My father worked two jobs so he would have money to throw into the money hole, and he never complained!!!"<br /><br />LMAOTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06992382782551700930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-21095890799809971042009-07-08T14:03:42.530-06:002009-07-08T14:03:42.530-06:00Yeah, Yasser Arafat got the Nobel Peace Prize, but...Yeah, Yasser Arafat got the <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1994/arafat-bio.html" rel="nofollow">Nobel Peace Prize</a>, but who knew that a Nobel Prize winner in economics could also show an appreciation of terrorism on a professional level?Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-15312085864907739772009-07-08T09:11:43.843-06:002009-07-08T09:11:43.843-06:00Paul Krugman also committed the broken window fall...Paul Krugman also committed the broken window fallacy in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/14/opinion/reckonings-after-the-horror.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/S/Sept.%2011,%202001" rel="nofollow">his post-9/11 column</a>.<br /><br />"First, the driving force behind the economic slowdown has been a plunge in business investment. Now, all of a sudden, we need some new office buildings. As I've already indicated, the destruction isn't big compared with the economy, but rebuilding will generate at least some increase in business spending."<br /><br />Gee, we <i>need</i> new office buildings! And need creates values automatically, doesn't it?<br /><br />Nobel Prize or not, any economist who engages in breezy something-for-nothing arguments has no credibility in my mind.Andrew Daltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11001665674703307354noreply@blogger.com