tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post1386843011859420754..comments2023-08-24T07:27:12.657-07:00Comments on Contra O'Reilly: ......And WidensWill "take no prisoners" Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-53680332520682180522011-12-19T08:50:01.934-08:002011-12-19T08:50:01.934-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-19280399118931578942011-12-18T12:31:12.603-08:002011-12-18T12:31:12.603-08:00Will: I agree 100% with that.Will: I agree 100% with that.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-28651831150415478332011-12-17T20:38:06.090-08:002011-12-17T20:38:06.090-08:00I apologize, Jerry. I should have included you in ...I apologize, Jerry. I should have included you in the list of affable progressives out there. Your civility and open-mindedness are appreciated.............Les, feel free to stop by and denigrate Nancy Pelosi and Michael Moore as often as you want. a) It's humorous and b) wd doesn't like it. Win-win....I still enjoy the Truthster's irreverence, btw.............Jerry, dmarks, what can I say, trade is a brutal issue. My preference would be to open up markets and maybe compensate by cutting taxes on the middle class and vastly improving job-training. It just doesn't make sense to me that we provide humanitarian aid to these developing countries and then punish them on top of that with tariffs. There's got to be a better way.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-53613233362476845542011-12-17T18:20:07.187-08:002011-12-17T18:20:07.187-08:00Tariffs sure don't help American workers. They...Tariffs sure don't help American workers. They are the ones who end up paying this tax, and they are the ones who lose jobs as the result of trade wars cutting off export markets.<br /><br />Just say no to tariffs and help the average American.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-82852056662961683912011-12-17T08:13:51.008-08:002011-12-17T08:13:51.008-08:00I think the question of tariffs comes down to who ...I think the question of tariffs comes down to who you want to help -- the American worker and the American manufacturing base, or the multinational corporations and their investor base.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-22362228294364001152011-12-17T05:13:33.531-08:002011-12-17T05:13:33.531-08:00Thank you Will. Both you (especially you) have tri...Thank you Will. Both you (especially you) have tried to find the middle ground. But with the strident left there is no middle ground, there is only a all or nothing attitude and mentality.<br /><br />So by their own design they perpetuate he gridlock, the lies, and the statist agenda.<br /><br />Even guys like truth cannot help themselves and continue to spew vile, disrespectful, and inaccurate rhetoric, even against those that might actually agree with them 1/2 of the time. <br /><br />So, for me it is back to calling em as I see em. Screw the nice guy shit. Now its going to be both barrels. Ya know, SCORCHED EARTH, hate filled divisive rhetorical bull crap... EXACTLY as the nut Alinski guided nut job left EXCELS at.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-71557334708873109072011-12-16T20:40:25.971-08:002011-12-16T20:40:25.971-08:00Truth, let me be clear here. I'm not saying th...Truth, let me be clear here. I'm not saying that Smoot-Hawley was the only or even the major cause of the Depression. I'm just saying that it isn't strictly a right-wing viewpoint and that it's at least curious that the unemployment rate was actually going DOWN until Mr. Hoover signed it.............And isn't it at least a little ironic that it was the Republicans who were the protectionist party back then and it was guys like Al Smith and FDR who were critical of them?............As for what Les just said, I'm afraid that, except for guys like you and John Myste, his experience has also been my experience.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-27162181905954413442011-12-16T19:49:02.114-08:002011-12-16T19:49:02.114-08:00What a despicably partisan thing to say RN. How d...What a despicably partisan thing to say RN. How dare you besmerch this fine independent blo with such hate filled bile against the left.<br /><br /><br /> WD is correct Will. I dig your use of cool words like epistemology and causality but your attempt to blame the Depression on tariffs is a ridiculous stretch.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-59886434141595751362011-12-16T17:11:12.342-08:002011-12-16T17:11:12.342-08:00left wingnuts just simply lack the ability to cons...left wingnuts just simply lack the ability to consider anything that doesn't reek of progressive propaganda.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-6965413778590795672011-12-16T16:47:10.765-08:002011-12-16T16:47:10.765-08:00Again, you don't understand basic epistemology...Again, you don't understand basic epistemology. You cannot absolutely discern causality between complex social and economic phenomena. These are correlations and you cannot with certitude say that one particular event causes another. Like with the Depression of 1921, Harding did the exact opposite of Hoover and FDR and the results were significantly different (different, as in better). Does this mean that what Harding did was metaphysically superior? Being intellectually consistent, I would probably have to say, no (just that it's interesting). You really need to be a little more skeptical about everything, wd. Trust me, your life will be far more illuminating if you are.Will "take no prisoners" Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315659209094683602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1327826536005692170.post-88067277277807808882011-12-16T15:09:40.859-08:002011-12-16T15:09:40.859-08:00Trade decreased because of a lack of demand. Smoot...Trade decreased because of a lack of demand. Smoot Hawley had NOTHING to do with it. Read my <a href="http://w-dervish.blogspot.com/2011/12/will-hart-bunks-yet-another.html" rel="nofollow">blog post</a>.<br /><br /><i>Will: It provoked a storm of foreign retaliatory measures...</i><br /><br />No it did not. Cambridge Economics professor Ha-Joon Chang <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJThSA59uqI" rel="nofollow">says</a>, "the threat that protectionism could spark a trade war is simply nonsense ... it DIDN'T HAPPEN in the 1930s... [People who say it did are relating something that] COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH".Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.com