tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post4919909542182140139..comments2023-11-05T04:08:55.749-08:00Comments on Duck and Cover: That damned QuestionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-23686611542796602272012-09-19T07:02:42.783-07:002012-09-19T07:02:42.783-07:00"Are you better off than you were four years ..."Are you better off than you were four years ago?" is a question that is asked by stupid people and incompetent reporters.<br /><br />Let me make an analogy:<br /><br />Suppose your house is on fire and the firefighters race to the scene. They set up their hoses and start spraying water on the blaze as quickly as possible. After the fire is put out, the courageous news reporter on the scene asks the chief firefighter, "is the house in better shape than when you got here?"<br /><br />Stupid question, no? (h/t Dean Baker at Center for Economic Policy and Research: http://tinyurl.com/8ad8g6s)<br /><br />The right question is "Are you better off with Obama as president than you would be if McCain (or R-Money) were President?"<br /><br />Then again, stupid questions are Brewski's specialty.David in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493832668051350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-68986491944392769822012-09-18T13:08:00.861-07:002012-09-18T13:08:00.861-07:00Haw haw -- yeah, 'cuz havin' to sell every...Haw haw -- yeah, 'cuz havin' to sell everything you own just to survive is hie-larious! An' it's all Obummer's fault, so that makes it even hie-lariouser! Hyuk-yuk!<br /><br />And it's now been a week since Mallard/Brucie forgot September 11 (after exhorting the rest of us to "never forget") and we have yet to see his defensive and overcompensatory belated bit of lip service to the date. (When it does finally appear, my guess is it will be something along the lines of, "Well, <i>every</i> day should be a remembrance of September 11. Why aren't <i>you</i> remembering it <i>today</i>, huh?!")Frank Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717740988326817494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-65525199792178835292012-09-18T12:57:46.254-07:002012-09-18T12:57:46.254-07:00I'm better off now than I was four years ago.....I'm better off now than I was four years ago...and I'd be even better off if the so-called "job creators" would create some damn jobs! They <i>got</i> their tax cuts! <i>Where are all the jobs we were told they would create?</i><br /><br />"Oh! Well, uh, that's Obama's fault. Don't ask how."<br /><br />Bruce Tinsley is awarded a pittance to squat on the comics page and regurgitate GOP talking points amidst his half-assed scribbles, while living off the income of his civil-rights attorney spouse. <br /><br />Quick, spot the leech!Tognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-58816171249052209822012-09-18T09:32:19.954-07:002012-09-18T09:32:19.954-07:00Four years ago we were losing 750,000 jobs a month...Four years ago we were losing 750,000 jobs a month ... <br /><br />... while I was not one of those, I make my living selling stuff to ordinary Americans ...<br /><br />... so yeah, I'm a lot better off than four years ago, and so are most Americans.rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33297721.post-78490073688057887622012-09-18T09:26:45.368-07:002012-09-18T09:26:45.368-07:00And Tinsley's liquor store owner is still the ...And Tinsley's liquor store owner is still the fattest guy on the street.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.com