The exciting announcement today that Paul Krugman has won the Nobel Prize for Economics was exciting in its own right.
He is a good man.
He is a sincere man.
He is a consistent voice of reason.
But even more, on America's energy policy Krugman has been extremely prescient, and he targets his dismal evaluation of energy policy squarely at the PARTY OF STUPID in an excellent New York Times piece in August.
Yes, its the Republican Party, headed by Mr. McCain, and they are all singing a unified tune of utter simplicity for their entirety of their energy policy.
With a little humor, here is classic Krugman:
"Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!" O.K., I added that last part.
Well, now that he has won a Nobel Prize, let's review some choice Krugman words for the intelligence levels of the Drill Drill Drill gang:
Now, I don’t mean that G.O.P. politicians are, on average, any dumber than their Democratic counterparts. And I certainly don’t mean to question the often frightening smarts of Republican political operatives.
What I mean, instead, is that know-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy and political strategy.
How about the possibility of bipartisan compromise with stupidity:
In any case, remember this the next time someone calls for an end to partisanship, for working together to solve the country’s problems. It’s not going to happen — not as long as one of America’s two great parties believes that when it comes to politics, stupidity is the best policy.
For those who aren't working hard enough for that sixtieth vote in the Sentate, it may be time to reconsider!