Anyone read the book? Just proves that there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
Freakenomics
Oct 04, 2005
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Yes, I read it. Not too much to do with home.repair though. Except the chapter on Real Estate pricing perhaps. I feel sorry that William Bennett got nailed for extrapolating some info from this book on his radio show and is now taking heat for it. Bennett is a good man. Too bad what the libs and PC crowd are doing to him. Its a crime.
Bennett is in the same category as Pat Buchanan, William Kristol, Paul Wolfowitz, Elliot Abrams, Richard Pearle etc etc -- people who've never been elected to any office, yet who are convinced they somehow should be making or influencing public policy.
Good for him. It's a democracy -- would that we all were convinced of that for ourselves.
Yeah, sure, all of us should make our own public policy.
That's not democracy, it's anarchy.
Bullshit! Everyone has a right to try to convince others of their position. It's called "political speech" and is protected as speech ever gets. ...sorry if you don't like the message, but *tough*.
Poster killfiled for posting useless drivel. Plonk
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