tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098030884495656852.post2716658070328620519..comments2023-12-29T00:20:29.844-08:00Comments on Logicology: Lean Forward...Sean W. Malonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652434357640171842noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098030884495656852.post-20247198669061837332011-09-12T09:53:50.423-07:002011-09-12T09:53:50.423-07:00Thank you for the comments. I too saw the Maddow a...Thank you for the comments. I too saw the Maddow ad and kept scratching my head, so to speak. What worries me is not that Maddow is an idiot, but that people will both believe her and then use her comments as justification for new government idiocy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098030884495656852.post-16693258192329836642011-06-08T05:00:08.976-07:002011-06-08T05:00:08.976-07:00I think the real problem here is that Maddow funda...I think the real problem here is that Maddow fundamentally doesn't understand that in a free market, profits are an indication of whether resources are being used in ways that benefit consumers according to their own values.<br /><br />Of course a $50,000,000 "bridge to nowhere" isn't gonna be profitable... perhaps that should tell us that we don't actually need that bridge. Incidentally, I have been to the Airport in Alaska that the political controversy was about and I got to it via Ferry. With 2 other people. At "rush hour". A bridge to that airport is a spectacular waste of,money and any company that built such a thing "on spec" deserves to take a massive loss for their foolishness.Sean W. Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652434357640171842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098030884495656852.post-73375385226466398542011-06-08T04:44:26.842-07:002011-06-08T04:44:26.842-07:00I just saw the bridge ad. The Chunnel was the fir...I just saw the bridge ad. The Chunnel was the first thing that came to mind. But while searching for comments on this ad, I found many stories where Maddow was criticizing government officials (Republicans) for bridge failures: Palin's bridge to nowhere and blaming Bush for a bridge collapse.<br /><br />Maybe Maddow is right and a private company CAN'T make a profit if the bridge is built in such a place that no one uses it! In other words, a waste of taxpayers' money.Paul Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06655615436435581707noreply@blogger.com