Comments on: Flathead

By: Joyce P. Marshall

Joyce P. Marshall — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:57:00 +0000

As always, great Taibbi.

By: fredfnord

fredfnord — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:00:00 +0000

The article was cut-and-pasted from elsewhere in the InterToobz, by someone who didn’t care enough to actually go back and see if he’d done it correctly. One is forced to wonder if this is an authorized posting.

By: fredfnord

fredfnord — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:58:00 +0000

If you think that Friedman has ‘substance to [his] points’, then you’re part of Friedman’s audience. In that case, you’re certainly not part of Tabbi’s, which consists mostly of those of us who have figured out that Friedman and his ilk have absolutely nothing to say . (Why pick on Friedman if there are lots of people out there with nothing to say? Because Friedman says it so *hilariously*.)

By: jer

jer — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:58:00 +0000

this was written in 2005 ;D

By: staycool126

staycool126 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:23:00 +0000

I found the receipt for a pack of Wrigley chewing gum in my Levis that I last had on at Bollywood when I had spilled Diet Pepsi on them and they had to be soaked in Tide Liquid Capsules before washing in my Maytag A311. The scent reminded me of Dawn dishwashing soap.

By: Rebsicle

Rebsicle — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Man, this Friedman guy sure isn’t the brightest cookie in the toolbox.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Shouldn’t malapropisms sound alike? Level and flat certainly don’t. Your launch and lunch example is correct but I think you misapplied the word to Friedman. Perhaps you both are victims of catachresis?

By: Alpharius

Alpharius — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:00:00 +0000

I just gotta say, you really need to review you articles before you publish them. I lost count of the number of missing spaces and early line breaks.

By: Jason Kennedy

Jason Kennedy — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Matt Taibbi should make a career deconstructing pop songs. I could explain why I think this guy is just an angsty dick but I won’t. Friedman might be terrible at making coherent analogies, but there is substance to the points. And can you boils it down to awe over all the neat shit IT and capitalism have done together? Sure. But it can be an eye opener to casual readers. It isn’t going to show up in an economics class, but it can at water coolers and kitchen tables. The points are valid, and it is paradigm broadening to many people how read Friedman’s books. Also, I like Friedman’s bad analogies. Honestly Matt just sounds like a butthurt cynical asshole.