tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post8351910827583915643..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: Texan-Sized Bullshit"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-38455162407464601632011-08-27T14:48:26.072-07:002011-08-27T14:48:26.072-07:00Woland,
Bulls-eye!
(And your moniker remains my fa...Woland,<br />Bulls-eye!<br />(And your moniker remains my favourite!)"Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-85167009341538710352011-08-27T12:17:02.502-07:002011-08-27T12:17:02.502-07:00Most people don't know what Texas greatest exp...Most people don't know what Texas greatest export<br />is. Some think it's oil, some think cattle, others grain.<br />It's none of the above. It's narcissism.wolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-50451890311203098482011-08-18T07:08:01.255-07:002011-08-18T07:08:01.255-07:00Are you asking a politician to be 100% honest, to ...Are you asking a politician to be 100% honest, to avoid the pre-election rhetoric? I admire your positivity but I can't see the hoped for result coming to fruition.Investment Banking Jobshttp://www.networkbanker.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-26920931681762383222011-08-15T11:39:52.175-07:002011-08-15T11:39:52.175-07:00Those republicans and their "regression analy...Those republicans and their "regression analysis" and fancy numbers that are letters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-53143692053225961132011-08-15T10:27:37.916-07:002011-08-15T10:27:37.916-07:00Does the same apply to Obama claiming credit for ...Does the same apply to Obama claiming credit for the amount of jobs 'created or saved' since the month he took office in which 'we were losing 650,000 jobs'? <br /><br />Does the same apply to Clinton, who caught the bottom of the economy in 92 and sold the top in late 2000 and somehow his admin was solely responsible (NOT in any way the Republican Congress from 94-00 or the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-56523857694093551082011-08-15T09:55:46.485-07:002011-08-15T09:55:46.485-07:00You mention all the great economics things happeni...You mention all the great economics things happening in TX, and rightly, that most are beyond any politicians control.<br /><br />Except, that you are missing the things that are in THEIR control: Regulations. Texas is exploiting their natural resources to great economic benefit, but just look at NY state and what they are doing to exploit their nat gas reserves. The pile of regs differ from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-58776614648225652912011-08-15T07:19:38.463-07:002011-08-15T07:19:38.463-07:00Bullshit indeed.
The idea that bad state policies ...Bullshit indeed.<br />The idea that bad state policies can't overcome abundant resources like lots of agricultural real estate, lots of commodity based and agricultural based industries and ample oil and other energy supplies or can't effect the net flow of immigration is absurd and disproved by the disastrous policies of my lovely home state of California, which is probably even more mudpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01874950140518198731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-9237820624346900652011-08-15T06:51:45.857-07:002011-08-15T06:51:45.857-07:00The biggest political BS I've heard is the Oba...The biggest political BS I've heard is the Obama BS that said the $850+billion stimulus would reduce unemployment to 8%. <br />There isn't any worse BS than the BS spread in unlimited quantities by Big Government Liberal Statists about the wonders of Big Government. <br /><br />See the economic ruin of stagflation in the 1970's brought on by LBJ and his big government BS as empiricalDave Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11245779066501886300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-65802152607466495202011-08-15T06:14:21.724-07:002011-08-15T06:14:21.724-07:00Curious, with the large oil deposits in California...Curious, with the large oil deposits in California, and the most agriculturally rich country in the US, why isn't that state outperforming Texas? Or Pennsylvania? Both of those states have large diverse populations, energy resources, and large agricultural resources. It seems we should look at what is different, and that is political.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252158284629334633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-68056028174783548652011-08-15T05:31:20.757-07:002011-08-15T05:31:20.757-07:00The French wear berets - while the 10-gallon Stets...The French wear berets - while the 10-gallon Stetson is an undeniable Texan icon. However, my Texan stereotypes (which I grant are just that - thought the fire ants in Houston ARE without compare, and a "little" ranch in Texas is larger than elsewhere perhaps by a zero, and thought of a Fiat Cinquo Cento would make most Texans vomit) are just that - stereotypes. And the point was NOT "Cassandra"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-34986211092305090612011-08-15T04:44:11.920-07:002011-08-15T04:44:11.920-07:00Why oh why does every criticism of a Texas politic...Why oh why does every criticism of a Texas politician have to be accompanied by a criticism of Texas itself? 'The quantity of food on their plates, and consequently, the size of their bottoms.' Seriously? I mean, it's true that we do have our share of fatties here, but we're pretty comparable to every other state in the U.S. There are 22 million people in this state. We have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-4060746295063917692011-08-15T02:09:43.103-07:002011-08-15T02:09:43.103-07:00Regarding Al Gore and the internet.
SnopesRegarding Al Gore and the internet.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp" rel="nofollow">Snopes</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-84534630111329011732011-08-15T01:48:47.766-07:002011-08-15T01:48:47.766-07:00Amen.
on reflection though, for much of what goe...Amen. <br /><br />on reflection though, for much of what goes on in the world, there's hardly anything for which one can draw a straight line from cause-to-effect. There are far too many external factors which influence and contribute to an eventual outcome. No matter what a quant and his model might claim. <br />PlayDumbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com