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Well, yes. Because they're making it in large part on other people's dime.
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Posted by altamont on 2012-02-25 17:15:24

In Reply to: 'absolutely infuriating' => fed by jealousy => they are making a lot of money posted by The Earth Ghost on 2012-02-25 16:32:04

I know a lot of people value their political perspective, but I think most read for the digest of international news. Which someone (not The Economist) pays to produce. Good for them and all - sort of.

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Obama's Oily Deception - gsw_hoops 2012-02-24 20:27:09 (155 views)

thanks for the link dump, underscore. lol @ the rest of the RW echo chamber drivel on that site. - jtown 2012-02-26 20:59:07 (44 views)

are you asking Obama to start a federal oil company to extract the oil? - shikantaza 2012-02-25 12:29:32 (84 views)

"but but but suffocating regulations!" - The Big Rebounder 2012-02-25 12:47:13 (85 views)

Yeah...oil spills never happen. - rem rehab 2012-02-28 11:36:55 (30 views)

Have you seen the current Economist? Shark, jumped. - altamont 2012-02-25 13:44:39 (117 views)

That's as shoddy as it gets. - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 16:23:25 (44 views)

oh, but look at the graphs! and numbers! - shikantaza 2012-02-25 14:19:05 (79 views)

ftr... I actually appreciate the Economist for its international coverage. - shikantaza 2012-02-25 14:33:41 (53 views)

ftr, I do too sometimes. But basically everyone in publishing hates them professionally. - altamont 2012-02-25 15:36:52 (85 views)

'absolutely infuriating' => fed by jealousy => they are making a lot of money - The Earth Ghost 2012-02-25 16:32:04 (61 views)

Well, yes. Because they're making it in large part on other people's dime. - altamont 2012-02-25 17:15:24 (58 views)

Let's be fair. They have a tiny core of staff writers (<100) but a lot of well-connected - The Earth Ghost 2012-02-25 18:07:22 (71 views)

ftr, I didn't know that about them. I find them annoying, of course, because of the whole economics - shikantaza 2012-02-25 15:58:02 (81 views)

No comment regarding The Economist or Huffington Post, lol - ajbry 2012-02-25 16:23:00 (63 views)

Congratulations! I guess you'll have at least a couple of good options now, right? - shikantaza 2012-02-26 12:34:47 (36 views)

I look at it as filling a gap in the news - buzz 2012-02-25 16:12:57 (79 views)

Hippy triple bottom line? - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 16:25:58 (48 views)

Re: Hippy triple bottom line? - buzz 2012-02-25 16:43:38 (68 views)

Thanks. I had not heard that one before. - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-26 10:30:34 (31 views)

Triple bottom line is a flawed concept, but an interesting way to look at it - buzz 2012-02-26 23:13:12 (52 views)

In state or federal court? - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-27 08:44:02 (30 views)

Depends on the salary of the plaintiff - Dick Nikon 2012-02-27 00:32:52 (33 views)

That is just an awesome phrase... interior rhyme, alliteration and awesome scansion - BrownAcid 2012-02-25 19:10:05 (55 views)

It's a weekly - buzz 2012-02-25 15:56:53 (71 views)

Horrible. - nomad 2012-02-25 14:16:20 (47 views)

This took about six seconds on Google. - altamont 2012-02-25 11:21:57 (119 views)

Sure, if you're looking for facts. - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 11:48:34 (51 views)

Where were you when Bush said the same thing? - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 09:52:14 (79 views)

the blog with the most ironic title - Krieger 2012-02-25 09:01:22 (53 views)

Hey, no one said the thoughts had to be worth a damn. - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 11:57:39 (80 views)

That fact is not lost on many - Flashfire 2012-02-25 09:38:15 (55 views)

So you are proposing to up the price of gas? - The Earth Ghost 2012-02-25 07:31:17 (87 views)

Did you come up with that yourself? Because "Obamaʻs Oily Deception" is pretty good... - altamont 2012-02-25 03:21:20 (113 views)

Ummm, it's the title of the editorial. Any other stupid questions? - gsw_hoops 2012-02-25 07:11:45 (68 views)

Ummm, it's the title of the editorial. Any other stupid questions? - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 12:11:27 (82 views)

Yeah, why do you actually believe any of that BS? - Flashfire 2012-02-25 09:39:39 (69 views)

Re: Did you come up with that yourself? Because "Obamaʻs Oily Deception" is pretty good... - blue 2012-02-25 05:25:04 (76 views)

LOL.. the repeatbot exposed... - BrownAcid 2012-02-25 03:31:20 (58 views)

So I assume that you're in favor of this new rule change by the Obama administration...? - nomad 2012-02-25 02:49:01 (71 views)

The retarded idea that more oil production in the US would lead to more/cheaper oil IN the US? - Hella Beefcurtained Buzzed Rebounder 2012-02-24 23:29:25 (102 views)

Umm, dumbshit. The idea is that the more on the market - gsw_hoops 2012-02-25 11:18:43 (86 views)

Drop meet bucket meet cartel.. and why do you want to send US resources overseas? Socialist!! - BrownAcid 2012-02-25 17:15:39 (54 views)

from where exactly? what do you think is ready enough to make that big of an effect on the market? - shikantaza 2012-02-25 12:36:03 (78 views)

The way the oil companies are going, they'll just ship more OUT of the country and make a bigger... - Flashfire 2012-02-25 12:09:42 (62 views)

A: THe increase in the market due to expanding domestic production will be a drop in the ocean - The Big Rebounder 2012-02-25 11:53:49 (78 views)

You're understating the fracking revolution. It's game-changing. - Dick Nikon 2012-02-25 16:24:17 (74 views)

The funny thing is that he seems to think oil here belongs to "us." It doesn't - The Big Rebounder 2012-02-24 23:43:23 (125 views)

You have no idea what you're talking about regarding what I believe. - gsw_hoops 2012-02-25 11:19:49 (51 views)

what you 'believe' is vomiting back shit you hear on the radio and on BigGovernment.com LMAO - jtown 2012-02-26 23:19:16 (29 views)

he just spelled it out for you and you are just sitting there, mouth agape, with nothing to say. - Chicken 2012-02-25 16:20:36 (68 views)

Clearly he doesn't. - Earl j. Slick 2012-02-25 13:39:08 (81 views)

Then that is entirely YOUR fault. Because, based on your inane scribblings-- - The Big Rebounder 2012-02-25 11:56:47 (66 views)

NFK - Flashfire 2012-02-25 09:39:02 (67 views)

lol - blue 2012-02-25 01:46:11 (65 views)

He's not a deep thinker, that's certain.... - BrownAcid 2012-02-24 23:44:14 (58 views)

LOL - gribble the mispost master 2012-02-24 23:09:56 (58 views)

LOL - Flashfire 2012-02-24 20:36:28 (66 views)

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