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You are here: Home / Economics / Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You / So Funny I Can’t Even Come Up With A Witty Title

So Funny I Can’t Even Come Up With A Witty Title

by John Cole|  December 7, 201010:58 pm| 44 Comments

This post is in: Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You, Clown Shoes

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  1. 1.

    mr. whipple

    December 7, 2010 at 11:02 pm

    Oh man. I needed that today.

  2. 2.

    funluvn

    December 7, 2010 at 11:03 pm

    When all you’ve got is going Galt on yourself, you know somethings really wrong.

    Hilarious!

  3. 3.

    Anne Laurie

    December 7, 2010 at 11:04 pm

    Psst, Cole: I got this.

    Two weeks ago!

  4. 4.

    Jewish Steel

    December 7, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    FAFSAs Shrugged…Stafford something…

    Oh, I’ve got it! Looks like that Fountainhead…no.

    I got nothing.

  5. 5.

    Corner Stone

    December 7, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    @Anne Laurie: You’re going to have to forgive him.
    Severe whiplash has weird effects on memory.

  6. 6.

    Evolved Deep Southerner

    December 7, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Um, yeah. I was about to say something like “Lord, didn’t we talk this thing to death the other night, or was I just imagining all that?”

  7. 7.

    Hunter Gathers

    December 7, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    Atlas Floundered

  8. 8.

    Jewish Steel

    December 7, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    @Anne Laurie:

    Oh, snap! I thought I saw this before.

  9. 9.

    John Cole

    December 7, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Christ. Why do I keep missing shit. I swear I read the front page.

  10. 10.

    Hunter Gathers

    December 7, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    Galt’s check must have bounced

  11. 11.

    Yutsano

    December 7, 2010 at 11:09 pm

    @John Cole: Don’t delete it though. Douchebaggery like this needs to be acknowledged early and often.

  12. 12.

    Mark S.

    December 7, 2010 at 11:11 pm

    Cole should check out this awesome site called Balloon Juice.

  13. 13.

    Corner Stone

    December 7, 2010 at 11:13 pm

    @John Cole: It’s the emo whiplash.
    For God’s sake don’t pick Lily up any time soon when you’re out for a walk.

  14. 14.

    slag

    December 7, 2010 at 11:15 pm

    Damn. Now we’ll never learn who John Galt is.

  15. 15.

    WyldPirate

    December 7, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    Damn…Jon Stewart is on a roll tonight…..

  16. 16.

    beltane

    December 7, 2010 at 11:17 pm

    Objectivism is just about the most stupid philosophy ever devised by humankind. I wish there was a philosopher afterlife where Ayn Rand could be mocked by her betters for all eternity.

  17. 17.

    Martin

    December 7, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Yeah, well, Cole only reads cool blogs, not the kind of emo dreck that shows up at places like this.

  18. 18.

    burnspbesq

    December 7, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    The definition of “worrisome:” when you find yourself agreeing with McMegan. In this case, she thinks Democrats did OK in the tax deal.

    theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/12/a-good-deal-for-democrats-on-tax-cuts/67636/

  19. 19.

    urbanreader

    December 7, 2010 at 11:18 pm

    Possibly Too Offensive, But I Cannot Resist:

    “Help, I’m being fisted by the invisible hand”

  20. 20.

    Lolis

    December 7, 2010 at 11:19 pm

    @John Cole:

    the drugs?

  21. 21.

    Yutsano

    December 7, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    @burnspbesq: Oh shit. That brings out my Kristol alert. Filibuster Bernie filibuster!

  22. 22.

    suzanne

    December 7, 2010 at 11:21 pm

    LMMFAO. This has improved my mood immensely.

    I realize that the schadenfreude which comprises so much of what I find hilarious in fact proves that I am a horrible person with a heart of coal. I’m totally okay with that.

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    December 7, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    @suzanne:

    I realize that the schadenfreude which comprises so much of what I find hilarious in fact proves that I am a horrible person with a heart of coal. intelligent enough to recognize Objectivism as the huge pile of bullpuckey it is.

    Improved that for ya.

  24. 24.

    wazmo

    December 7, 2010 at 11:25 pm

    @Anne Laurie, @John Cole: You can blame me for not catching this in my usual stroll thorough here and causing a backfeed-y’know, like plugging in one of those Denon $500 audiophile-grade Ethernet cables in backwards (look it up on Amazon). Perhaps putting “Ayn Rand U’ in the title might have stuck in my mind a little more firmer.

    I ask forgiveness.

  25. 25.

    suzanne

    December 7, 2010 at 11:26 pm

    @Yutsano: Awww! HUGZ.

  26. 26.

    Tom Levenson

    December 7, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    I’m with@Yutsano: . I loved it when Anne Laurie led me to the whole CHE schadenfreude-fest, and I love it now. Can’t have too much fun with this kind of stuff.

    TL + 3

  27. 27.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    December 7, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    Thanks for the hilarity booster shot! That is fucking hilarious!

    @Anne Laurie:

    Pssst… I missed this, about two weeks ago I see. Oops!

    :)

  28. 28.

    Glinda

    December 7, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    Okay. That news has made me much perkier.

    To flog one of my favorite quotes:

    There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.

    A nod to John Rogers (from a post several years ago) @ Kung Fu Monkey.

  29. 29.

    Glinda

    December 7, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    @Glinda: Why isn’t there a “Preview” button on this site. Sheesh!

  30. 30.

    Ripley

    December 7, 2010 at 11:47 pm

    Who is John Cole?

  31. 31.

    Ozymandias, King of Ants

    December 7, 2010 at 11:49 pm

    Atlas Flunked.

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    December 8, 2010 at 12:10 am

    @Ozymandias, King of Ants: Win!

  33. 33.

    The Republic of Stupidity

    December 8, 2010 at 12:15 am

    @suzanne:

    Ah yes… sweet, sweet schadenfreude…

    The nectar of the godless…

    I have to say… after reading this… I’m in a better mood…

  34. 34.

    Mike G

    December 8, 2010 at 12:21 am

    This post should come with a “Get the government out of my Medicare” tag.

  35. 35.

    Mumphrey

    December 8, 2010 at 12:28 am

    Atlas Flubbed?

  36. 36.

    Mumphrey

    December 8, 2010 at 12:48 am

    Atlas Sucked. Atlas Flopped. Atlas Slumped. Atlas Whiffed. I’m betting there are a lot more, but I’m ready for bed…

  37. 37.

    THE

    December 8, 2010 at 12:59 am

    Atlas Shrieked.

  38. 38.

    SRW1

    December 8, 2010 at 1:50 am

    OT: The Independent says wingers miffed that Sarah can’t shoot straight.

  39. 39.

    Platonicspoof

    December 8, 2010 at 4:37 am

    @beltane:

    I wish there was a philosopher afterlife where Ayn Rand could be mocked by her betters for all eternity.

    Some Mockers here (if not on your own computer, there’s no attempt at being PC at ED).

  40. 40.

    Platonicspoof

    December 8, 2010 at 4:44 am

    This sounds like mockery of Rand’s not-ground-breaking philosophy, as A=A is considerably older than Rand, but Keats was making a philosophical effort to come up with a city law that no one could ever break.

  41. 41.

    SFAW

    December 8, 2010 at 8:56 am

    Damn. Now we’ll never learn who John Galt is.

    Who?

    OT: The Independent says wingers miffed that Sarah can’t shoot straight.

    That article was so full of win, it’s more fun than the Rand U one, thanks.

    Palin should be glad it was a caribou, and not a grizzly, she was trying to bag. Otherwise she’d be Grizzly Manure, not Mama.

    Atlas Floundered

    Foundered. (Please forgive the pedantry.)

  42. 42.

    SFAW

    December 8, 2010 at 8:57 am

    John –
    The “Invisible Hand” tag is a winnah, too.

  43. 43.

    PaulW

    December 8, 2010 at 9:05 am

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAA

    The Schadenfreude, it tastes so good!

    Reminds of the mad scientist guy from the movie “Help!”: “Oh, he’s out the rule the world… if he can get a government grant…”

  44. 44.

    ET

    December 8, 2010 at 9:07 am

    Clown shoes is right…….

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