1. I don't know, Eric. Do you have a university diploma with the word "Economics" written on it?

Posted by: scottd on October 23, 2008 08:23 PM

2. You're not quite there yet Eric. If you stayed in a Holiday Inn Express, and ran the table in Jeopardy on the topic economics while sitting somewhere within at least 1 mile of Harvard, then you are an economics major for sure.

It's just a matter of geography. For example, if you are the Governor of Alaska, you are not qualified to do much of anything, except go shopping.

Posted by: bananaland on October 23, 2008 08:53 PM

3. If it was the first round you only get to claim a minor. If it was the second round, go ahead and claim a BS degree, file for office, because you SIR are headed for WASHINGTON!!!

Posted by: Moondoggie on October 23, 2008 08:59 PM

4. Yes we expect nothing less of you Eric..., but how did darcy do??? Or was she too busy making excuses and getting a goldy whine revved up?

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on October 23, 2008 09:29 PM

5. Let's get real here, the only thing Darcy Burner knows about Adam Smith
is that he's a fellow Democrat that represents the 9th district of our state.

Posted by: Rick D. on October 23, 2008 09:50 PM

6. No, you need a computer science major as well... So do you know what a pointer is, and what a reference is?

If you can answer those, then you're qualified to be a Slavery Party Economics candidate for Congress!

Posted by: Shanghai Dan on October 23, 2008 10:03 PM

7. I guess the 15 years she has spent building on her Economic degree includes her current 5 year run of being unemployed. In all fairness though, if you and your Husband are already retired from Microsoft, your view of Economic Policy is not probably not the same as the average working person.

Posted by: Huh? on October 24, 2008 06:24 AM

8. Come on Eric, the truth is you already spent a night at a Holiday Inn Express. This is why you could run the table. We all know the truth.

Now, maybe John McCain could spend a night there so he could start "getting" it about the economy. Also, maybe Bush should spend a few nights there and wise up to keep his mouth shut. Almost everytime he holds a morning news conference, the stock market goes down on that day. I loved Will Ferrell last night on SNL making reference to this (i.e., why he was holding a news briefing at night). Will Ferrell also had it right on that Bush as probably has (informally) declared a no-bummer zone. It would get very depressing, otherwise, in the White House.

Now, the only question, Eric, how good are you at Latin Literature, or some of the other obscure topics on Jeopardy?

Posted by: tc on October 24, 2008 07:18 AM

9. I have a degree in Economics (UW, class of '88). I must say that I sympathize with Darcy Burner. Like many with Computer Science degrees, she wants to run with the cool crowd. Lying, though, is not the way to go about it. Instead, she should seek an honorary degree, say, from Evergreen. Surely they must have some sort of Marxist Econ program.

Posted by: FarFarRight on October 24, 2008 07:22 AM

10. Yes, the stay at the Holiday Inn is obligatory.

Isn't it funny that finally now that we are in crunch time the Wall Street people are coming out with their version of Obama Mania (i.e. complete mania whenever the new polls show McCain gaining).

It was Maria Bartiroma (sorry spelling freaks, but this is the best you are getting from me) who trolled the pits about a 1/2 hour before closing when the latest polls came out favoring sanity and a McCain victory possibility. In the pits, she heard from several traders that it was the good polls showing McCain gaining that caused the 300 point increase at the end of trading.

Doesn't fit your foolishness, tc, nor your beloved Will Ferrell.

Posted by: swatter on October 24, 2008 07:27 AM

11. Swatter.

You hit it on the head. Wallstreet is scared of More gov/Obama programs. Money will dry up fast.

Sorry neither party is talking about what really caused the this mess and the best way to fix it. Yes libs.. it was the government who caused it.

Posted by: Army Medic/Vet on October 24, 2008 08:01 AM

12. And before tc can do his famous comeback, yes, my comment acknowledges the huge drop today in the opening of the stock market. The US futures were stopped due to the huge drop in the Asian markets last night. This is a carryover.

Until we can get McCain, I expect a whole lot of ups and downs.

In the previous post, I was referring to 'actual' comments reported by Maria B.

And Medic, when you agreed, I thought you were referring to the need for Eric to stay at the Holiday Inn Express before declaring himself an econ major, even if he ran the board on Jeopardy.

Posted by: swatter on October 24, 2008 08:11 AM

13. Swatter,
I am not sure of what foolishness you speak of. The fact of the matter is, if you look back over the past month, most of the time, when Bush gives a morning press conference the market goes down. This isn't the only time the market goes down (it also has went down on days Bush hasn't talked). What I can't remember, however, is very many, if any days, in which Bush gave his morning prep-talk, where the market actually responded positively on those days. That is the point of the general public trend (i.e., when Bush trys to "raw-raw" the market, it goes the opposite direction).

Posted by: tc on October 24, 2008 08:57 AM

14. Only if you are a bitter nutrooter clinign to your BDS, then you can claim you have an economics degree.

Posted by: pbj on October 24, 2008 10:36 AM

15. I'd like to hear from someone who actually received a degree in Economics from Harvard University and ask them what they think of a CompSci graduate that took a handful of economics courses claiming that she got a degree in Economics.

Look this is easy to resolve. Just look at her diploma for the word "Economics". If it's not there, then she doesn't have a degree in the field.

Posted by: Smoley on October 24, 2008 12:40 PM

16. Notice how "tc" comes in here to deliver a snarky insult to Eric. Vile, just vile.

Posted by: Crusader on October 24, 2008 01:15 PM

17. Crusader,
Snarky insult????????????

Posted by: tc on October 24, 2008 05:12 PM

18.

Why? Will knowing a few words of Latin make him a priest?

Tempus Fugit (Time Flies)

There. Now I am an expert in all things theological. Don't you DARE disagree with me on any topic theoligical.

Posted by: pbj on October 25, 2008 04:18 PM

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