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Re: Safety Nets, Growth, and Liberation from Family

Lester Hunt — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:38:37 -0000

Will - Excellent post! Hard to believe that of the two of you Tyler is the one who is supposed to be the economist. This is proof that philosophy is not such a bad thing to study, after all!

Re: America Should Be More Like a Single-Minded Firm Devoted to Killing People

Lester Hunt — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:43:19 -0000

The only argument of this sort that ever made any sense to me was: "the military integrated and got rid of racism within its ranks, didn't it?" But then an African-American vet explained to me what made this achievement possible. In the military, he said, you live very, very close to people of other races and creeds on a "twenty-four seven" basis. Nasty arguments break out all the time, but they are resolved. The only alternative is that of making your own life miserable. On this view the military's success in dealing with racism is not due to the authoritarian or collectivist features of the military that these writers admire. It is due to a feature of military life that isn't, and can't be, shared by the rest of society -- not unless we literally live like Spartans!

Re: In Pursuit of Happiness Research: Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?

Lester Hunt — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 02:19:35 -0000

This is some serious writing about a serious subject. I now know what I will be doing with the first few days of my summer vacation: reading your report!

Re: Is Ron Paul A Racist?

Lester Hunt — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:43:41 -0000

Oh please, this was dealt with by Paul over a decade ago. You people are getting desperate.

Re: Replace Wingra Dam - StimulusWatch.org

Lester Hunt — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:41:21 -0000

Wow. It's hard to imagine a bigger waste of over a billion dollars.

Re: Cash For Clunkers Suspended by Midweek Unless Senate Approves Funding: Transportation Secretary

Lester Hunt — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:37:18 -0000

"So successful it's broke"??

Are you completely incapable of shame? This was the dumbest idea you enviromaniacs have come up with in a while, and that's saying a lot. The world is lughing at you. Wake up!

Re: Cash For Clunkers Suspended by Midweek Unless Senate Approves Funding: Transportation Secretary

Lester Hunt — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:37:18 -0000

"So successful it's broke"??

Are you completely incapable of shame? This was the dumbest idea you enviromaniacs have come up with in a while, and that's saying a lot. The world is lughing at you. Wake up!

Re: Obama's Teleprompter Sabotages Him Again

Lester Hunt — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:57:22 -0000

Even his critics keep mentioning how "brilliant" Obama is. Where is the brilliance? I've been a university prof. since 1976. I have known many brilliant people, including one Nobel laureate. This man is not brilliant.