tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post204141358444123320..comments2024-03-28T04:13:36.779-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Real Cost of Budget Cutsmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-76544409077287970162011-06-02T12:02:21.911-04:002011-06-02T12:02:21.911-04:00Mike,
Do you have anyway to contact George Cloone...Mike,<br /><br />Do you have anyway to contact George Clooney’s people? <br /><br />He bought the movie rights to Jennifer Government, which was Max Barry’s satire novel about a world where libertarianism run a muck (everyone takes his last name as that of his employer’s.) Basically it is comical anti-Atlas Shrugged. <br /><br />Most people learn from movies/tv and humor is actually one of the main way we learn about subjects (i.e. the classic sophomoric joke to learn what is acceptable in society), so if Clooney could get fellow box office stars to make the movie a big draw, it might help turn the tide on public sentiment against all the privatization talk. <br /><br />Someone make this movie!<br /><br /><br />Brief description:<br /><br />The world is run by American corporations; there are no taxes; employees take the last names of the companies they work for; the Police and the NRA are publicly-traded security firms; the government can only investigate crimes it can bill for.<br />Hack Nike is a Merchandising Officer who discovers an all-new way to sell sneakers. Buy Mitsui is a stockbroker with a death-wish. Billy NRA is finding out that life in a private army isn't all snappy uniforms and code names. And Jennifer Government, a legendary agent with a barcode tattoo, is a consumer watchdog with a gun.<br /><br /><br />http://maxbarry.com/jennifergovernment/Crakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995319378514270093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-53668697464765460402011-06-02T10:13:29.540-04:002011-06-02T10:13:29.540-04:00Horrible. Terrible. What kind of nation are we bec...Horrible. Terrible. What kind of nation are we becoming?mike normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-185953344415871472011-06-02T01:44:00.374-04:002011-06-02T01:44:00.374-04:00jesus christ that is beyond insane!!!!! Magic real...jesus christ that is beyond insane!!!!! Magic realism anyone?!?!?!?! WTF!?!?! <br /><br />This is what you get when you combine neo-liberal economics/accounting, political corruption, and greedy/immoral lawyers. <br /><br />Good luck with that one!!!!!!! Lord help us all!!!!!!Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00905402431684735610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-36868317785304132702011-06-01T16:18:57.410-04:002011-06-01T16:18:57.410-04:00Wow, now that's taking the Firemen First* prin...Wow, now that's taking the Firemen First* principle to the next level! Of course, if just one of those 75 witnesses swore out an affidavit that they were a strong swimmer and would have rescued the drowning victim but for rescue personnel already being on the scene-- the victim's family has a case against the city for wrongful death. Moral of the story, if you're going to watch a man die, its not going to end well unless you watch all the witnesses die too.<br /><br />*<i>This tactic is based on the principle that the public will support the [Clever Bureaucrat's] valiant fight against the budget reduction only if essential services are endangered. Thus, the C.B. always picks the teachers, policemen, and firemen first.</i><br />http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n1-2_v25/ai_13323396/beowulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987548132065830204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-86909446195398187242011-06-01T16:11:07.434-04:002011-06-01T16:11:07.434-04:00Couldn't agree with you more, Matt.Couldn't agree with you more, Matt.Tyler Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260878568015864385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-63424945474583887972011-06-01T16:05:56.249-04:002011-06-01T16:05:56.249-04:00This is pathetic. Grown men and women can't do...This is pathetic. Grown men and women can't do the right thing unless big government allows them to do it?<br /><br />Since when did common sense become so rare?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-34936202599084595982011-06-01T14:14:02.988-04:002011-06-01T14:14:02.988-04:00Arizona nixes transplants:
link_http://www.usatod...Arizona nixes transplants:<br /><br />link_http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-11-17-arizona-cuts-liver-transplant_N.htm<br /><br />Tom,<br /><br />This is humiliating to be of the same biological species as the morons making these decisions.Matt Frankohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978352335097260145noreply@blogger.com