Nobel Not As Noble As It Used to Be

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“So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But 212 representatives voted no. A handful of these no votes came from representatives who considered the bill too weak, but most rejected the bill because they rejected the whole notion that we have to do something about greenhouse gases. And as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.”
 — By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: June 28, 2009

Remember when the Nobel Prize meant something besides a big cash payout? Back in the day, you expected people like Albert Einstein to receive one, which he did, and one was impressed by the significance of the honor when J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist and technical director of the Manhattan Project, didn't.

More recently, it seems that any Jimmy, Al, Paul, and just about any old Dick for that matter, can get one. And once granted, an expert in, say, economics becomes a shill for any movement, even one that stinks to high heaven.

People, Paul Krugman is a Nobel Prize recipient in economics. He is also a long-time op-ed columnist for the NYT fish-wrapper, and a well-known ignoramus, like Al Gore, the former Presidential-election loser and Holyshitwood award recipient. Along with the senile-servile-tactile-gentile-insanofile Carter, they comprise a troika rivaling The Three Stooges, albeit not as funny and much more sinister.

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