tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post114159504815067928..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: Government bluesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142780420510684292006-03-19T07:00:00.000-08:002006-03-19T07:00:00.000-08:00Don _ I respct that you've read Hayek - he needs t...Don _ I respct that you've read Hayek - he needs t be alaylzed critically. Read Amartya Sen, Paul Krugman - get an opposing view. You do come off as not so bad if you would stick to your real name and post your convictions without appeals to aurhority and gross generalizations. We dcannot debate without generalizing, but you take it to extremes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142362674270069302006-03-14T10:57:00.000-08:002006-03-14T10:57:00.000-08:00Ed don’t let them get you going just ignore them. ...Ed don’t let them get you going just ignore them. I know your the smartest guy in town and I respect your music talents but it might not be a bad idea to change those pictures. I can’t put my real name on this because I don’t want people to think I’m well you know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142353959833452972006-03-14T08:32:00.000-08:002006-03-14T08:32:00.000-08:00Hey anonymous—I got the Magic Mirror Beauty Parlor...Hey anonymous—I got the Magic Mirror Beauty Parlor in Ennis when I tried to call that number. What’s up with that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142350760310748562006-03-14T07:39:00.000-08:002006-03-14T07:39:00.000-08:00Don Mellon fans from all over cyberspace wonder, h...Don Mellon fans from all over cyberspace wonder, how can I reach my hero, to let him know how much I admire him? Simple!<BR/>Don Mellon<BR/>14 Fish Hatchery Road S.<BR/>Ennis, MT 59729<BR/><BR/>Phone number: (406) 682-7400<BR/><BR/>Let him know you care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142348177523121432006-03-14T06:56:00.000-08:002006-03-14T06:56:00.000-08:00The chickenshit takes a stab at humor and fails as...The chickenshit takes a stab at humor and fails as miserably as when he attempts to be a smarty-pants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142309710235645822006-03-13T20:15:00.000-08:002006-03-13T20:15:00.000-08:00Edward:You are projecting your inadequacies onto o...Edward:<BR/><BR/>You are projecting your inadequacies onto other people, both real and imagined people. You must learn to live with the average intellect and talent that nature has given you because it is inevitable, as you mature and go through life, that you will encounter others who have been endowed with greater intellect and talent, more so if you ever venture forth from the shelter of yourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142197244627913092006-03-12T13:00:00.000-08:002006-03-12T13:00:00.000-08:00Is this a gay blog or what?Is this a gay blog or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142196819893767542006-03-12T12:53:00.000-08:002006-03-12T12:53:00.000-08:00Yes, Don, we're all squirming in your talons. The...Yes, Don, we're all squirming in your talons. Therefore we are reduced to telling you that you haven't made any arguments, and you are, quite possibly, mad. <BR/><BR/>I do that every time I lose an argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142190999941916722006-03-12T11:16:00.000-08:002006-03-12T11:16:00.000-08:00No, Don, this is me. But as for delusions, your de...No, Don, this is me. But as for delusions, your delusions of grandeur would be enough to keep a team of psychologists busy. You post a bunch of twaddle, proclaim yourself victor and then pretend you're not the obnoxious troll everyone knows you to be. So you happen to go to MSU? Try to loosen up and make a friend, even a single friend. The real world can be ever so much more fun than looking at Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142140388525657142006-03-11T21:13:00.000-08:002006-03-11T21:13:00.000-08:00Ooooo! The Don Mellon bogeyman is back! Lose an ...Ooooo! The Don Mellon bogeyman is back! Lose an argument, get stomped, it’s that boogeyman again! Ooooo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142132301197547462006-03-11T18:58:00.000-08:002006-03-11T18:58:00.000-08:00So that last comment is what it's come to. It's s...So that last comment is what it's come to. It's sad really. You actually passed for a reasonable, intelligent (althought wrong) person in your first few posts.<BR/><BR/>Pathetic, really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142127786682984272006-03-11T17:43:00.000-08:002006-03-11T17:43:00.000-08:00So if it's about humans having sex with animals th...So if it's about humans having sex with animals then it must be Ed Kemmick, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142117475714753572006-03-11T14:51:00.000-08:002006-03-11T14:51:00.000-08:00And if you'll look at the post above, "the Mellon ...And if you'll look at the post above, "the Mellon who is not Mellon" is back on his favorite hobby horse -- the Marxists at MSU and their leftist defenders at the Chronicle. He is truly a man of few thoughts and many delusions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142116828992369012006-03-11T14:40:00.000-08:002006-03-11T14:40:00.000-08:00Professor P. - I am now more convinced than ever t...Professor P. - I am now more convinced than ever that you are Don Mellon. <BR/><BR/>You are not claiming the Anonymous quotes as your own, despite the fact that you refuted my first claim that "anonymous = Don Mellon." Why would you refute that if anonymous was not you?<BR/><BR/>Plus, your posts have returned to inanity....telling us to "do our own homework" (homework being reading the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142058657596309262006-03-10T22:30:00.000-08:002006-03-10T22:30:00.000-08:00Mark T.:“I'll grant you this, whoever you are, you...Mark T.:<BR/><BR/>“I'll grant you this, whoever you are, you are fun.”<BR/><BR/>Hah. You’re twitching like a little snake caught in an raptor’s talons. Whom do you think you are fooling? As a matter of fact, you’re so stunned you don’t even know what hit you.<BR/><BR/>1. About T. Boone Pickens: I never said anything about him. That was another poster. Nevertheless, you are wrong saying “Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142045333635850872006-03-10T18:48:00.000-08:002006-03-10T18:48:00.000-08:00I get the weird feeling I know you. I'll grant you...I get the weird feeling I know you. I'll grant you this, whoever you are, you are fun.<BR/><BR/>Let’s take a quick stroll through the Professor’s ramblings:<BR/><BR/>"But if you are T. Boone Pickens, and you donate $165 million to a college golf program, and the golf program administrator (within 30 minutes) places that money with your wholly owned investment company, you don’t pay any taxes! (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142015011269817902006-03-10T10:23:00.000-08:002006-03-10T10:23:00.000-08:00Mark T.:You toss around one gross generality after...Mark T.:<BR/><BR/>You toss around one gross generality after another, and you expect me to do the research to rebut them? I don’t think so.<BR/><BR/>1. “My question is would GE be the behemoth it is without government subsidized contracts? No.” How do you know that? Do the research and give facts to support your assertion.<BR/><BR/>2. The DOD is “using NASA to mask some of its expenditures.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1142008737168255532006-03-10T08:38:00.000-08:002006-03-10T08:38:00.000-08:00Yes, GE produces microwaves. That's not a large po...Yes, GE produces microwaves. That's not a large point. My question is would GE be the behemoth it is without government subsidized contracts? No. <BR/><BR/>You write well and make your points well, but your response to my larger point about DOD using NASA to mask some of its expenditures was greeted by an ad hominem. Do better, as you are certainly capable.<BR/><BR/>Just as GE makes microwave Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141970916113124262006-03-09T22:08:00.000-08:002006-03-09T22:08:00.000-08:00Mark T.:You seem to have an amazing ability to exp...Mark T.:<BR/><BR/>You seem to have an amazing ability to expand your inventory of misconceptions at will. At first, I thought I was dealing with only a few common economic misconceptions that, once rectified, would simply go away. But now it looks like you have a bulging warehouse of general misconceptions that have been waiting for an opportunity to come pouring out. Either that, or you are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141961000219804532006-03-09T19:23:00.000-08:002006-03-09T19:23:00.000-08:00We don't collapse in times of peace because we don...We don't collapse in times of peace because we don't have times of peace - that is the point. Even when we are at peace, we are still at war. That was the Cold War and the War on Terrorism - never ending conflicts. Endless wars ... if this were 1955, we'd be chasing communists instead of terrorists, but the principle would be the same - we must always be at war with some one or some thing. The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141958419179859532006-03-09T18:40:00.000-08:002006-03-09T18:40:00.000-08:00To Mark T.:If I were you, I would be a little skep...To Mark T.:<BR/><BR/>If I were you, I would be a little skeptical of military spending estimates published by an outfit calling itself “War Resisters League.” Based on what you’ve said, they are probably including in their estimate of “military spending” the cost of polishing the monuments at national battlefields, long distance telephone calls to servicemen overseas, and American flag purchasesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141948862528485752006-03-09T16:01:00.000-08:002006-03-09T16:01:00.000-08:00Steve T - I suspected as much, but you've got it r...Steve T - I suspected as much, but you've got it right - he's doing a good job. <BR/><BR/>Professor whatever, War Resisters League does some interesting analysis of the Dept of Defense budget, coming up with annual outlays of over $1 trillion. They include "current military” which is Dept. of Defense ($449 billion), the military portion from other departments ($114 billion), and an unbudgeted Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141936083681158692006-03-09T12:28:00.000-08:002006-03-09T12:28:00.000-08:00To Steve T.:All your comments are correct, except ...To Steve T.:<BR/><BR/>All your comments are correct, except those in the first and last paragraphs.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>To Mark T.:<BR/><BR/>About two-thirds of our economy is dedicated to producing consumer goods and services. (I know that is a hackneyed statistic, but it is generally correct.) The rest of our economy churns out capital goods, those items needed by business and industry to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141929658745107152006-03-09T10:40:00.000-08:002006-03-09T10:40:00.000-08:00anonymous = Don Mellon. I saw that immediately. ...anonymous = Don Mellon. I saw that immediately. Don, you're actually worth reading when you're not pretending to be a professor or making up imaginary conversations. Stay on the meds.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, my minimal understanding of Economics says that every economy rises and falls, this is your basic boom and bust theory. The goal, then, is to make it smoother. Therefore, all you can do is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1141877602604070022006-03-08T20:13:00.000-08:002006-03-08T20:13:00.000-08:00They've also got to keep finding wars - the "War o...They've also got to keep finding wars - the "War on Terrorism" is beautiful. It replaces the War on Communism, it's permanent, and people in this country are really afraid, so our state planners pretty much have a free hand to do as they please - every objective, domestic and foreign, now is part of the War on Terror, no matter what they would have called in in 1955. Eternal war for eternal peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com