PJTV: Andrew Klavan's Rules for Wannabe Pundits

[TWSceptic]

WTF I knew Krugman said that, but never knew he said it with a straight face, what a fucking dumbass LOL.

[gdbalck]

Ribbentrop said "It felt like being among old party comrades." He was as much at ease in the Kremlin "as among my old Nazi friends." Stalin toasted Hitler and said he "knew how much the German people loved the Fuhrer." The shared a community of aims, methods, manners, and, above all, of morals. As the tipsy killers hugged each other, they resembled a congregation of rival gangsters, who had fought each other before, and might do so again, but were essentially in the same racket.

[gdbalck]

Nazism = Communism

It's alright though, both Communist and Nazis have a gift for denying their crimes and true nature. Pointing the finger instead at each other or that big bad capitalism. They both also have support from useful idiots, people who quite seriously believe that their politics will give us a more just and caring society. They started the Second World War with their agreement to partition Poland. Lastly, they were both mass murderers totally without remorse. See a pattern? Nah

[gnomechomskylives]

@gdbalck To the incurious or the willfully dishonest, Communism and Nazism may seem similar but the two are products very different social / economic systems. Right wing revisionists in their cognitive dissonance try to distance themselves from Nazism but must overlook swaths of history. By your logic, then there is plenty of damning evidence to suggest that American Industrialists and the political right who revered Hitler were also "CommuNazis." You can't have it both ways.

[1965ace]

Space Aliens are in the White House.

[tetralophodon]

hahaha gently take your head, out of your ass

[MrBrational]

The Reason Canada can afford our Socialized health care system, is because we don't have to spend lot's money on military because we think the U.S. will protect us. It's not a great health care system and doesn't always work either. You will see many Canadians going south of the border for surgeries and operations that they would have been put on a waiting list for in Canada. Try getting an MRI up here, could take over 6 months as in my case.

[Coulterr]

@MrBrational There are many documented reports of Canadians coming here for treatment of medical conditions they would die from while on the waiting lists in Canada. I recall a pretty powerful female MP that came here to be treated for breast cancer back during the time President Clinton was trying to impose a Canadian type system on us.

[leighstephens74]

Your vid is a favorite on United Kingdom

[nixthenamed]

Rule 1. Brooks thought he would be a good president based on what he was saying, not his pant legs, which seems reasonably obvious. Also, Obama did create jobs, and isn't the worst president ever.

2. Canada has universal healthcare, which you seem to oppose, and Obama tried to implement. I'm not sure whose side you're arguing for when you say Canada is better than the US.

3. Seems to be a quote taken out of context which I'm sure you could understand with some thought.

[EmpperorIng]

@nixthenamed 1) We hope O_o

2) Canada has had universal health care since forever. Their economy has only started to solidify after spending was being cut.

3) We understand it, and we understand Krugman is a lunatic.

[gnomechomskylives]

@nixthenamed Thank you. I've only recent "discovered" (the way one discovers a hideous growth) Klavan and in that short time I have not seen the level of breathtaking demagoguery, intellectual dishonesty and baldfaced lying since Ann Coulter; a comparison I'm sure Klavan would consider a compliment.

As for point three: Krugman was making a comparison to WW2, which was little more than a huge social spending program which lifted the US out of the depression. Even Righties recognize this fact.

[13lackLight]

@gnomechomskylives Righties actually don't recognize that fact. Also, while it did increase employment, there was food rationing and oil rationing. The standard of living didn't improve until after the war.

[1uphydro]

@gnomechomskylives Yeah WWII had a lot to do with alien invasions did it... One actually happened and the other is just a made up example of how speculation leads liberals into mass hypocrisy.

[gnomechomskylives]

@1uphydro Once we were attacked by Japan and the imminent threat became very very real the fiscal hawks of the GOP set aside their concerns over debts and helped create an even larger public works program that dwarfed the New Deal. That's the point Krugman is making in a modern context, since we have no external threat to spur the fiscal hawks to lay down their objections. But of course you know this, you're just being willfully obtuse and anti-intellectual as fascists are wont to do.

[1uphydro]

@gnomechomskylives So a liberal making a point about a fictional event that might possibly take place in the future is not "willfully obtuse"? And yes, I do know about the new deal and its effect. If there is not "external threat" then WHY THE FUCK DO FISCAL HAWKS NEED TO SUDDENLY STOP BEING FISCAL HAWKS?

[gnomechomskylives]

@1uphydro you cannot possibly be this DENSE. This is not that difficult. He didn't say it "might" happen; it was a hypothetical statement meant to resemble the situation on the eve of WW2, in which one could conceive today's fiscal hawks would lay aside their objections to any and all spending to meet an immediate danger. How is it obtuse to ponder hypotheticals? Everyone considers possibilities; otherwise no one would buy life insurance or car insurance or any kind of insurance for that matter.

[1uphydro]

@gnomechomskylives Yes but this has nothing to do with the great deal considering there is no external threat. We are not currently in a position where "The new deal" would 1) Work and 2) We did not just come out of a war on a global scale... meaning fiscal responsibility is what we need to focus on, not mass spending and increasing the debt.

[gnomechomskylives]

@1uphydro That's his point exactly. The crux of his argument is that WW2 demonstrably proves that spending -even beyond 100% of GDP- was not detrimental -and- in fact kickstarted the economy which was held back by doom-saying fiscal hawks like you. OTOH Evidences shows that fiscal austerity destroys jobs; it does not create them. "A Tale of Three Countries"is a paper on the subject shows how internal devaluation destroys demand in a demand-deficient nations. This is what you fail to understand.

[1uphydro]

@gnomechomskylives BUT THIS IS NOT EVEN A SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE TIME JUST AFTER WWII, HOLY SHIT BRO!

15 TRILLION in debt... Trillion, with a T, where are the jobs at bro? Still above 8% unemployment, and it only cost us TRILLIONS of dollars. Great work! Obama's new deal sure did... ummm almost nothing. Maybe space aliens can hire people to start a war and then that will create manufacturing jobs!

[gnomechomskylives]

@1uphydro The situation now is much less severe than the one during our commencement of WW2; the US had a smaller, weaker economy suffering from deflation. The truth is: were it not for the watered-down stimulus many more jobs would have been lost and we might have seen double digits. We've had 23 straight months of growth. If you're worried about debts, don't worry - now that we're finally gonna reverse the Bush tax cuts and start the Buffet Rule the extra money will go to paydown the debt :)

[1uphydro]

@gnomechomskylives If you seriously believe that taxing the top 5% or even 10% or even 20% more will even put a dent int the national debt... OVER 15 TRILLION DOLLARS. You're a complete moron and have no idea how much even 1 Trillion dollars is. There is no being civil to you now if you think we can tax our way out of 15 trillion...

[gnomechomskylives]

@1uphydro You fail to understand how much of our debt is a direct result of under-taxing, starting with Reagan's tax cuts and ending with Bush Jr. That's not even counting the debt we incurred from borrowing trillions from Social Security to pay for the military. 30 years of trickle-down failure are over. It's done. You keep treating this 15 trillion like some overdue credit card; that's not how our debt works. You mock Paul Krugman yet are completely blind to your own silly histrionics.

[vtc193]

@gnomechomskylives Reagan's tax cuts doubled tax revenue. The deficits under Reagan were mostly the result of the social spending that, although slowed in growth, still rose to gain Democrat support. Please enlighten us.  How is the national debt that has to paid off, and only rises in interest payments as it is ignored unlike a credit card which has rising interest payments that compound the problem when it is ignored?

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 Show me a single scholarly source that revenue doubled. Profits may have doubled but not federal government revenue. Otherwise you're just making things up.

[vtc193]

@gnomechomskylives

It's according to the Federal Reserve Bank. It went from about 500 Billion a year, to about 1 Trillion a year.

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 The number you are citing comes only after 8 years of Reagan policy at work. I'm talking about the direct aftermath of his taxcuts in 1981 which were reversed the following year. When he cut the top marginal rate for the wealthiest it created a deficit. His tax increase largely fell on the middle class which accounts for a large part of the increase in revenue. Not to mention the deficit spending he incurred helped balloon that national debt the fiscal hawks worry about so much.

[vtc193]

@gnomechomskylives

You're making a conclusion without having all the information. Reagan had to contend with inflation which he did deal with quite well. The inflation being cut was better long term (and lead to the increase of revenue) while being less fun in the short term. You are also forgetting that the Democrats got their social spending they like so much as part of a deal. Basically, net cut of taxes and a net increase of revenue.

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 No offense but your statement is a total non sequitur. Reagan's inflation problem was mutually exclusive to the question of Reagan's tax cuts and the deficits they incurred. I am familiar with the policies of the era, so cease underestimating what I know. It was Reagan asked Volcker to raise interest rates which led to a recession; Reagan reversed his position, just like his tax cuts. That he eventually brought in more money only came after it became apparent his ideas were not feasible.

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 The point is: even if the government eventually took in more money it was only after Reagan's trail and error that had nothing to do with the policies he tried to institute early on in his first term (which is your position). The net effect is that Reagan's revenue grew less steadily compared to his predecessor and those who followed him.

[vtc193]

@gnomechomskylives

FDR's trial and error lead to shortages, price controls, and a devalued dollar; but the left loves him. My statement was that Reagan's policies resulted in greater tax revenues, and an increase in the value of the dollar. Please explain how a government policy that effects commerce, and standards of living is different than a policy that effects standards of living and commerce. I'd love to hear it.

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 Your argument from the beginning was Reagan's tax cuts raised revenue: that is false and is demonstrated by the fact that he reversed course and raised taxes a year after cutting them after creating deficits. He and Congress raised them again several times. That is where the increased revenue came in. This is what we are debating; everything else (i.e., inflation, standards of living, etc..) is irrelevant.

[vtc193]

@gnomechomskylives

Despite the strong urge to believe what you say I said over what I actually said, I will continue not lying about any previous comments I have made. I said his tax cuts doubled revenue. You changed the time frame. I stated correctly that Reagan got a net cut of taxes, and a net increase in revenue while you refuse to believe factually based statements. Inflation is a related issue. The weak dollar under Carter stifled growth.

[gnomechomskylives]

@vtc193 Oy vey ... I did not "change time frame" because you never stated a specific time. You simply said Reagan's tax cuts doubled revenue. Something refuted by the fact that he reversed course a year later after instituting them and raised taxes, which is where the increased revenue came from. Had Reagan never raised taxes I would be forced to admit I'm wrong, but that's simply not the case. To say he increased revenue because of tax cuts is ahistorical.

[ThePrinceII]

I laughed so hard here. Run for congress Andrew.

[YoungTon22]

Bush gave us 2 bullshit wars on "terror", false premise for going to war, 9/11, patriot act, housing crisis, great recession, failed in Katrina, torture, guantanamo, abu ghraib, a worse international standing, left bin laden at large, added 5 tril to the debt, and 100 other less important failures but Obamas the worst ever? lmao! Somebody please explain why Obama is worse than the person who just left office 3 years ago let alone the worst ever. Klavan is full of shit

[Monkian1234]

@YoungTon22 I like how Obama must be good strictly because he isn't the "worst ever." It's like saying, "Thank god we are only going to be dismembered...that other guys was going to dip us in acid! That would have been much more painful."

Just because Bush was worse does NOT make Obama good.

Also Obama extended the patriot act, started yet another war, and hasn't fixed ANYTHING he said he would. So who is worse-the thief that mugs you or the con-artist that tricks you? Both suck.

[YoungTon22]

@Monkian1234 What are you talking about? Did you even bother to watch the video? Klavan says, "Obamas the worst ever", I stated why thats bullshit and gave examples for Bush being worse than Obama by far. "GOOD"? Where in my response do you see me describe Obama as "good"? You made that argument up and debated yourself about it lol

[wazpoppin9]

the nobel prize is a joke.

[maddawg308]

"Try taking your head out of your ass."

LMAO!

[synal]

Does anyone know what happened to Andrew Klavan? I really enjoy his videos, but he seems to have stopped posting new ones.

[TheTruthHurtsAlot3]

Rule #4 Klavan is a pompous teabagger who needs to take his bald head out of his ass and stop using Fox News talking points. As I recall, Pres. Obama came into office when thousands of jobs were being lost a month and the economy was teetering on depression. After Obama came into office, we started seeing a net GAIN of jobs. So, I guess 8 years of comnplete destruction of the economy can be cured in only 2 1/2 years LOLOL

[itachi705]

@TheTruthHurtsAlot3 LOL Klavan fucking rapes you. It's like he backed you into a corner and your pathetic little comment was a desperate attempt to defend yourself before you get annihilated.

[itachi705]

@TheTruthHurtsAlot3 There hasn't been a net gain of jobs, unemployment is still going up. His approval rating are in free fall. You lose.

[TheTruthHurtsAlot3]

@itachi705

You know what you effing idiot. I really hope honestly that a Republican wins and I will tell you why. Once the take office and take away social security, medicare, unemployment, raise sales tax (which is a consumer tax aimed at the middle class) and cut taxes even more for the wealthy and we go into depression, the pure capitalistic model that you once loved, the Reagan and Koch Brothers model, will finally show once and for all the stupid american public who dumb they were.

[mickrussom]

@TheTruthHurtsAlot3 Take your god-damned communist crap and cram it where the sun dont shine. Your marxist garbage has murdered, starved and killed more people in the last 100 years THAN ANYTHING ELSE. Its call DEMOCIDE, death by government, and the political left and the national socialists own it.

[3434arc1]

@mickrussom Right you are!! And the overwhelming majority of the American people are beyond sick of these liberals-socialists-progressiv­es-communists-Marxists-leftist­s....all these names amount to the same pile of anti American manure. This bunch will be crushed in the 2012 election despite our leftist media's best effort. We that love individual liberty and the founding principles of this unparalleled magnificent unique nation.....will have our say!

[ev1ls0da]

@mickrussom Stalin gets a bad rap. He did some wonderful things for the USSR. You unfortunately don't know this because you've been lied to by the media and you're too stupid to realize it.

[MrDarudin]

@mickrussom And with that you have asserted the arrogance of going up against all books written by all relevant contemporary writers :

1: Nazism is a subdivision of fascism hence clearly placed on the right of the political spectrum as it allowed free trade and corporatism

2: Socialism in itself is a tree with dozens of branches. Are you accusing People like Clement Attlee or Willy Brandt of being in the same box as Stalin and Mao ?

[BondFreek]

@TheTruthHurtsAlot3 You're 85 And years old and still blind to the real truth. Either you're not from America or you are blind to what history has shown you personally. Your full name should be "The Truth Hurts Allot So I Ignore It for Over 78 Years and Counting".

[sgame79]

Wait...will the aliens be providing jobs?

[AbsoluteMonarchist]

It just says 'Adobe flashplayer crashed' - How is that 'rules for pundits'?

[viletree]

Klavan's not the brightest of satirists, but anything is preferable to that dolt Crowder. Point 1 is also well seen

[thejaymanx111]

Love this guy!! Hell, I wish HE would run for office, he has more intelligence - not to mention class - than the entire dhimmicrat party of the present day.

[IronMikeHouston]

Andrew, I haven't laughed this hard in weeks. I especially like rule #3.

[JohnnyC133]

James Buchanan, though opposing secession, saw no constitutional method to stop the South's secession efforts and therefore refused to violate the Constitution to save the Union.

Ulysses S. Grant did his best to continue Reconstruction efforts after the end of the Civil War and bring about true freedom for freed slaves.

Warren Harding refused to recognize the Soviet government.

Three of the worst presidents in US history still did more than Obama has.

[viletree]

@JohnnyC133 James Buchanan is also seen as one of the worst presidents in history for that reason, as he could've delved harder to stop the civil war. What exactly is this misnomer of a term "true" freedom you mean the oppression that would've resulted if the union had recognized the nebulous doctrine of "States rights"? What exactly has Obama done that makes him the "worst" or least achieving president?

[mana2432]

@viletree /watch?v=uxKjuV

[PadraikKasier]

@JohnnyC133; U.S. Grant was probably the least terrible of those three.

I'd rather have Harding's eyebrows for president than Obama.

[Aegius]

@JohnnyC133 Harding ended a very bad economic crisis in 1921 whereby unemployment was at 11% and inflation at 20% and pushed seriously to have federal laws against lynching. He hardly was a bad president. He was at least okay.

Grant sent troops against the KKK and worked for civil rights. He was good. Usually he is given a C rating.

Try Herbert Hoover with the highest unemployment ever in American history. So one has to go Hoover to find a worse pres than Obama.

[Jaycephus01]

The Kroog would have us believe that a Faux-War Economy (rationing of common goods, price-control shortages, non-necessities banned outright, millions drafted into army at slave wages, and factories producing war materiel that would never be used for any purpose whatsoever) would solve our woes. Wait, our current recession is better than that scenario!! He's never met a Broken Window Fallacy he didn't like. The Kroog really is a complete idiot.

[the82spartans]

Ha!

Krugman had a tin foil hat on. Maybe he knows somthing and he's not telling us about a REAL invasion... hmmmmmm...

[TeleprompterCzar]

Krugman is illustrating what Ann Coulter elaborates on in her new book; blind group think achieved through a common struggle leading to radical change. "They" want to simulate the same kind of cohesion we had during WWII or after 9/11 to fundamentally change the republic without substantive debate. They simply need to create an emergency and an enemy. (Debt crisis, Tea Party, GOP). They will continue to spend in order to fabricate a sense of urgency that promotes drastic actions.

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@TeleprompterCzar ... So we need a huge war affecting nearly every American is your answer to the problem? We also had rationing of most everything. That was sure grand! WWII had powerful enemies that had a real chance of beating us. We have never seen that kind of threat since. So, you can fondly reminisce with Krugman how great things where in WWII. But, I'd suggest you wouldn't find anyone who lived thru it agreeing with you. Did you every wonder why everyone was so happy when it ended?

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

You completely misunderstood my angle. I know my enemy. I was simply explaining their goals. Both of my grand fathers were Colonels in WWII. One was a POW in an SS death camp for 26 months; escaped three times before being liberated by Patton. My other grand father was Pattons chief Engineer. I have served in every theater currently, and still do. You're a simple-minded knee jerk reactionary who attacks your allies. We're on the same team. Know your enemies.

[aSingleDallasGuy]

@TeleprompterCzar. And I simply poined out that WWII was no great time to be alive as you imply by suggesting that a situation like that would be just what the country needs! How stupid is that? Only after the war was over when GIs came back and there was a huge demand did the country prosper. In fact that is when the depresion was finally over after 16 years! Most of it because of FDR causing it to prolong by thinking govt was the answer like your hero Obama! Govt should get out of the way!

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

This conversation is obviously beyond your comprehension. Try reading the first three sentences of my last post before you fire off at the mouth again, kid. You need to get off the internet, it's polluting your critical thinking skills.

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

I will break it down to your level so you can calm down and stop screaming bumper sticker slogans. History has shown that people are easier to control, and radical legislation easier to pass, when embroiled in a crisis. The radical left and progressive right have fabricated a perpetual crisis by spending trillions of dollars we do not have then suggesting more spending is the solution. Then, to instill group think, they blame the other side. Read a book.

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

You are obviously young, and I am glad you are on the right track, but you need to work on your reading comprehension skills. I stated blind group think and mob mentality are control measures the gov't has implemented for thousands of years. The left has sought to organize social turmoil in an attempt to push through radical legislation for the last century. This tactic squashes dissent because the people are in a panic and simply want the problems to go away.

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

Understand this: a conservative explaining how a man like Krugman thinks does not mean the conservative supports Krugman's thought processes or logic. This is the point I was making. Krugman is a moron because he believes fundamental change can only be achieved if we fabricate (do you know what that means) a crisis to heard the people into a quick decision without substantive debate. Do you understand now? You really jumped to conclusions, didn't you?

[TeleprompterCzar]

@aSingleDallasGuy

I thought I made that abundantly clear when I said we are on the same side and cited Ann Coulter as one of my favorite political authors. Yes, you are indeed a regular detective; saying my hero is the POTUS while I support Ann Coulter and talk about the demonization of the tea party and the GOP and how the debt crisis has been fabricated to manipulate the economy and the population and squash conservative dissent. Expand your horizons buddy.

[Countrygent100]

(cont)... and just to finish off before I blithely ignore the Liberal onslaught -

Let's never forget that epitome of the bungling naive bleeding heart: Britain's Neville Chamberlain. This 'peacenik' British Prime Minister of the late 1930s thought he had an agreement that Hitler would honour... at the expense of democratic Czechoslovakia. What fascist dictator in the history of Mankind has ever honoured a piece of paper?!

All breath wasted on Liberals! [See Klavan's 'Barak the Magic Suit']

[Countrygent100]

(cont).. I predict a similar appraisal will be made for George W Bush. Hated, ridiculed & despised by millions for his Afghanistan invasion & decision to then invade & depose S. Hussein; Bush's legacy has yet to play out. If events proceed as I believe they will, then (as with Regan's facing-down of the Soviets), Bush's policies will see resurgent Islamofascism fail to precipitate global war - as they intended. Bush's unpopular wars now will be acknowledged later as those which spared us WW3.

[Countrygent100]

America's "worst" president...? Wow. There's a big call. Usually it takes around 20 years after their administration before enough dust has settled (especially of the bovine variety) before a fair assessment can be made. Look at what people say of Reagan for example. During and shortly after his terms, he was ridiculed and reviled. (Still is in some quarters). But today most agree that his policies reversed the US' 1970s economic decline and hastened the Soviet collapse. Oh... and no WW3!

[bobbytiger]

Pretty much sums it up for me Andrew.

[BlameTheFirst]

I don’t like Obama, and I think he’s doing a terrible job, but I wouldn’t say he was the worst in American history. That would, undoubtedly, have to be George W. Jimmy Carter would be second. Obama would probably be somewhere in the top 5, though.

[TeleprompterCzar]

@BlameTheFirst

I sincerely hope you're talking about the worst presidents in the last 50 years. If not, you may need to hit the books and expand your historical horizons. Although Carter was abysmal, you might want to look into Buchanan and Wilson. Buchanan's racism largely led to the civil war, as he threatened Republicans if they challenged his support of slavery. Wilson was a real dictator, not a fake one like the whining masses of modern America claim George W. was. Don't be fooled.

[UnknownCosmic]

I just realized a running theme that I hadn't caught before:

Krugman makes this ridiculous economic analogy about "Space Aliens," and a few weeks later, Penn State and NASA theorists ponder the effects of Earth's expanded heat signature (from AGW, of course), with one scenario leading to our destruction, by the very same Aliens, in an effort to save the Universe from evil and stupid humans.

I think that certain radio and television broadcasts are much more dangerous to our existence.

[zepproxx]

It's always fun to watch what these progressive clowns spout off. Another good one Andrew!

[PoliticallyBlazed]

Klavan is the bomb. As is Rule #2!!! :D

[TurbotortoiseStickle]

Don't worry, if aliens do plan to invade we'll just call on Super Obama 2.0 to save the day. LOL,

[TurbotortoiseStickle]

lol, keep it up. I love your comentaries.

[bulmer13]

gold butter, baby!

[MrConservative608]

Hmm..... What kind of position does someone need to be in where that someone notices Obama's crease in his pant leg?

[mixmastermeeks]

Andrew is the man

[henrycate]

Paul Krugman does not understand Bastiat's "Broken Window." That's scary.

[shotsky94]

@henrycate Hey that's Hazlitt's

[henrycate]

@shotsky94 If you look at Hazlitt carefully, you'll find out that he is quoting Bastiat.

In any case, it's a valuable lesson! :-)

[Dodo251]

Finally, a new video! Keep 'em coming, Andrew!

[Jaycephus01]

Brennan, the Kroog's larger point is an economic fallacy of monumental proportions. He's really becoming an embarassment to the economics profession.

[BrennanInChina]

I'm afraid Mr. Klaven's side stepping of Mr. Krugmen's larger point reveals a bit more about Mr. Klaven's ability to counter it than the value of the point itself.

[daPlumber702]

@BrennanInChina Klaven's point is that Krugmen's point is completely stupid. From top to bottom.  Everything about it. No side stepping, just full on dumb.

[jr52990]

Finally an AKOC episode... your actually the only reason why I subscribed.

[wkumatchstick]

To be fair, let's not forget James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter and Tricky Dick

[dynamitemike65]

Lewis Krugman must have been listening to Lewis Black the comedian. He did a 5 minute bit about building a thing, big f*#kin thing. Doesn't matter what it is just make it a big f*#kin thing and that will fix the economy. Only problem is though Black was kidding and Krugman wasn't

[cspine333]

wow, it is incredible how entirely removed liberals can be from reality. space aliens? No one group of people could benefit more from the wise words of Abe lincoln than Liberals; "It is better to keep quiet and be thought an idiot than to speak and remove all doubt."

[Jaycephus01]

Anyone here play Portal or vote for Obama?

The Change is a lie!

[1faithchick7]

@Jaycephus01 Never played but love Portal. Never voted for and still not in love with Obama.

Your observation quote was epic. :)

[stonethugmusic]

YOU GOT SOMETHING GOOD " BUT YOU WILL NOT BE REMEMBERED FOR IT " I'M SORRY FOR YOU "

[scepticsteve]

If Krugman's idea would make any sense, why isn't Greece dominating the world economically? They surely had a massive build-up of government spending. And why did America and Britain ration consumer goods during WW2 and a boom after the war spending was cut back? Shouldn't these things have led to much more prosperity instead of simply redirecting resources very inefficiently? I'm sure some libtards will come back with phony chains of illogic and moronic rewrites of history. They always do.

[KenMacMillan]

@scepticsteve Obviously Greece has not been attacked by space aliens. Unless you count the Turks.

[scepticsteve]

@KenMacMillan But so didn't the guys in the twilight episode according to Krugman. ;)

He claims it doesn't matter what you invest in. So lavish pensions should "stirr up consumption" and wasteful government program should just be as good as laser canons you don't need.

[abortabraham]

Paul Krugman: War is good for the economy.

[LibertyAtStake]

Rule 4 - Courtesy of the Wunderkind Ezra Klein: When you claim something is hard to understand, consider if it was written in your native language.

[scepticsteve]

The real insignia of a great ruler is that he does not have care about reality. In that sense Obama is one of the greatest rulers in the world, if not the greates (like Lous XIV. or Mao). Unfortunately, Americans voted for a President, not an Emperor. Time to change the population in 2012 I guess.

[wideawake123]

Klavan is the King of Comedy...and I don't Rupert Pupkin. This was among his best "...on the culture" pieces.

[HoldingOnToLiberty]

Perhaps the best Klavan on the Culture ever!!!!

[HorseWaterDrink]

could of been funny er

[dlhiles]

@HorseWaterDrink wouldn't that be "could HAVE been"???

[HorseWaterDrink]

@dlhiles nope , I don'ts talks likea dat.

[TylerNull]

Those were funny and yet sadly true examples of how the "free press" is a bunch of Democrat party guard dogs posing as government watch dogs.

Our "free press" is free to defraud; free to deceive; free to lie; free to aide and abet the wartime enemy; free to hire only fringe Leftists; free to form an ideological monolith of Liberal Fascists; free to hide their totalitarian politics behind the L-word; free to slander their political adversary.

Liberalism is a lie.

[reevaluate2008]

Hahaha! Paul Krugman in the tin foil hat was the funniest.

[Paleolutheran]

Funniest part about this video...the advertisement on the side is for Obama 2012.

[SpartanLibertyTV]

Nice work, Andrew!

[XRayden]

I follow rules #3 religiously, and i'm an agnostic!

[TravistheHuman]

Actually sub-pundits like us can hypothesize about wild scenarios, because it's fun and we have nothing to lose.

[ThatHaloGuy117]

BS! Obama has created so many jobs! (in China of course)

[wiseman2024]

I like Paul Krugman's theory. Let's gear up for the alien invasion!

[MaxxTheMerciless]

@wiseman2024 I prefer the Zombie infestation scenario. I think it's potentially cooler.

[wiseman2024]

@MaxxTheMerciless I would be able to use a shotgun more in that scenario, I will admit.

[MaxxTheMerciless]

@wiseman2024 And a chainsaw. 

[steam0001]

Mr. Klavan yes we here in Canada we are doing better but we still need more cuts in governmental spending. It would help if you all in the states would get rid of Obama so our government would stop join your government in stimulus spending.

[elihew]

Andrew, you're great!!! Keep 'em coming...I'll continue watching!

[dannydebonis]

You said "PGTV" viewers.

[Mokothar]

I am 18, but apparently not good enough to be given a call.

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I can't believe I shaved my mustache off for you.

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[DocTacDad]

Klavan is my hero!

[Irislogu12]

About who I am voting for but yet again it's really none of your business what I think about anybody. That' s what I tell everybody because i believe everyone is responsible for his or her own rights or privileges we have in our Great and Beautiful American freedoms we enjoy today. Freedom and liberties is worth dying and voting for to keep it that way no matter what peoples opinions are. But we have discovered by this president that it does matter who we elect in every office of our nation.

[justintempler]

Krugman's comment about if the earthquake had been more devastating it would have stimulated the economy was equally asinine. I think he needs to up his meds.

[Nexus974]

@justintempler That was an internet hoax. He never said that.

[justintempler]

@Nexus974 My bad, but I'm still confused.

He did say 911 could be good for the economy, he did say a threatened alien invasion could be good, but a earthquake isn't? Wonder what he will say about Hurricane Irene. :p

[Nexus974]

@justintempler I guess he only likes man made and alien disasters.

If his ideas had merit Japan would be booming by now.

[machwon]

@justintempler That turned out to be a hoax. But funny how no one questioned it.

[carlindelco]

LOL good advice.. Krudman is certifiable! space alien invasion " would.." lol The only thing an alien invasion would do is drive up the stock of toilet paper and alcohol!

[Unknown2Yoo]

It still amazes me how Krugmann kept a straight face during that whole alien speech. I mean using a TV sci-fi show as an example of a motive to reignite the economy? Seriously?

[LambdaKore]

"Before making observations about the future, try taking your head out of your @&& first." Oh My God! Hilarious!

[ProphetChaser]

Love Andrew.

[lemkelegion]

great stuff

[Mooja12]

Rule #2 "Before making observations about world events, try taking your head OUT of your ass."

[rand0m4productions]

I always find it interesting when I see people (mostly Liberals) claiming how many jobs Obama has created. Then I remind them that there has been a net loss of jobs and a increase in unemployment since he took office.

[residentzombie]

@rand0m4productions If you need to go further make sure to explain the Broken Window Fallacy.

[leeuniverse]

@rand0m4productions Same moron liberals who say Reagan wasn't actually Conservative because he increased taxes, when in fact overall he actually did decrease taxes. Yes, he adjusted some things, but overall he was the man in decreasing taxes.

[SuperGuitarman69]

@rand0m4productions Stop calling liberals liberals. They are NOT liberals.. They are fascist/socialists.. The liberal by definition is for freedom.. That more aptly describes the conservative and libertarian these days.. Call them by their real names and do NOT let up..

[Dodo251]

@SuperGuitarman69 Liberals are socialist scum, essentially.

[kpmailman]

@rand0m4productions C'mon...don't confuse them with facts!

[Cryptologist101]

@rand0m4productions At which point a liberal usually replies "those are Fox News Channel lies" or "you're lying you don't know what you're talking about" and inevitably "you just hate Obama because he's black!" If you have the source of your information on hand and invited them to check for themselves you can probably bet your mortgage that they will not. Hardest thing for a liberal/progressive to do is to admit they didn't know what they were talking about!

[100crawma]

@rand0m4productions it reminds me of the book 1984, doubleplusgood,war is peace

[chewbaca1989]

Tin Foil hat Krugman, lol. 

[chewbaca1989]

Dry Cleaner would make a better President by a long shot.

[PathOfJioFreed]

*Sigh* Brooks is a tool.

[SobrietySobriquet]

"But unfortunately....the worst president in American history" - Ding!

[banzubie]

Sad thing is Obamas dry cleaner would be a better president.

[machwon]

Ohh, god. Fucking Krugman. What a retard.