Reasonable Rant: Recent Comments

Comment on Super Bowl Box Pool Probability

2009-07-23T14:07:18Z

Very useful information

Comment on Getting Traded For Less Than A Draft Pick

2009-03-06T20:54:12Z

There was a guy in an independent baseball league traded for 10 bats a few years ago. He just died of a drug overdose. And his family thinks the humilation of the trade drove him back to drugs after years of fighting addicition.

Comment on Coinstar Ad

2009-03-04T03:38:04Z

I'm glad you're so sure everyone has a TD Bank close to where they live.

Comment on Coinstar Ad

2009-03-04T03:28:55Z

TD Bank offers this service free to anyone. Do your research.

Comment on Dalton Hatfield Should Be Riding His Bike

2009-03-01T03:14:22Z

Hillary Clinton is a persuader.

Comment on The Paradox Of Choice

2009-02-19T17:48:06Z

This guy shoulda stayed home. Self-absorbed drivel! I get the impression he sat down and thought he needed something intellectually cute to talk about, so he invented this. Could you imagine having to sit in this guy's class for a whole semester! Also, he could have worn even a pair of clean jeans and a decent shirt. What's that about? Are we supposed to be impressed with his iconoclastic failure to follow that simple courtesy to his audience? Boo-oooooo-mer

Comment on The Middle World

2009-02-16T02:10:11Z

Wow. . . agree with him or not, that's genius personified. Boomer

Comment on What To Do With The Prisoners

2009-02-01T20:35:50Z

Agreed. I don't think handling terrorists in Cuba is or was necessary at all.

Comment on The Need For A Strong Opposition Party

2009-02-01T20:28:47Z

John, I never said everything was a waste. I said some may be worthwhile efforts, but many should not be considered part of a stimulus. I think increasing Pell Grants may be a good thing, but let's call it was it is: an education bill. Not a "stimulus" - which by definition is supposed to give the economy a quick boost. The same goes for funding for the arts and marine habitat restoration.

On your point about reducing spending on Chinese goods, I couldn't disagree more. We should be buying goods wherever our consumers get the best value. If a company can make products in America with a better value for the dollar than a competing product made in China, than that's great. If we attempt to force people to buy things just because they are "made in the USA" then we are forcing people to buy products with a lower value for the dollar. This may help in the very short term, but is horrible for long term growth, and will make us less competitive in the global economy.

Comment on The Need For A Strong Opposition Party

2009-02-01T20:03:06Z

You lost me here. How is restoring marine habits and providing more college education a clear and obvious case of waste?

What I find more puzzling is the broader question why a reduction in USA spending on imported oil and gasoline is a good thing (which it is) but somehow a reduction in USA spending on imported factory goods from China is a bad thing (which it is not, IMHO). Sure, some tiny value derives from the margins of the sales process but when we're done carting our stuff home from the mall, we're poorer as a nation than if we'd spent the money within our borders.