Tuesday, March 30, 2010

An Insightful Moore Observation

Watching DVR'ed Real Time with Bill Maher, Dr Desert Flower and I heard Michael Moore say this 2 weeks ago:

"Chile had an earthquake this past week that was 500 times greater than the earthquake in Haiti. But here's the big difference. In Chile, they have various -- very serious regulations when it comes to building codes. So a thousand people died, sadly, but a thousand people died with a 500 times greater earthquake. And in Haiti, where there are no building codes, no regulations -- a Republican’s paradise -- a quarter of a million people died."

5 comments:

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  2. LOL! I got spammed by some Chinese fool with script trying to send people to 'bw sexy movie dot info'. What a bunch of pathetic trawlers!

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  3. The WSJ was crediting Milton Friedman and free-market economic reforms for the less-bad chilean earthquake results. I personally can't make heads or tails of that claim.

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  4. I guess the "logic" goes something like this: since Friedman was sent to Chile after the US-sponsored coup by dictator Augusto Pinochet, he had Pinochet impose "free market" reforms, like the removal of the social welfare state and throwing Socialists out of cargo planes over the ocean. This created the utopian paradise of freedumb that exists in Chile today, a nation complete with building codes and a few welfare benefits for the poor. Then, a Socialist President came a long a few years ago and tried to destroy all this so God(TM) punished Chile for electing her with an earthquake. But the Earthquake wasn't as bad because Milton Friedman saw that coming too, and had the invisible hand magically lift people up and out of their buildings while it happened. So Milton Friedman knew how to avoid the wrath of God(TM)...until he died, which lifted his magical veil of protection, and God(TM) imposed Barrack Obama on us for not being a Christian(TM) enough nation.

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  5. I knew it! That Invisible Hand, always floating around, doing stuff! I think it just moved my car keys....

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