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more about #thomasfriedman more comments → Aaron Altman: Incidentally, we should mention that we endorse that tomato-throwing guy if and only if he was chucking very soft, overripe tomatoes which would splat... more » Lucky: On the one hand, I agree on some level with the comment Aaron Altman left on the other post, but on the other, it's not a tarring and feathering or a ... more » AzureTexan: Dude tossed maters from a second-floor balcony? Not to be a fruit-n'-vegetable nerd, but I hope he was sufficiently figurative as to have thrown the ... more » D2theMatthews: The Times was just written better in those days. more » GlasgowRose: And don't forget that George Bush Sr. threw food at himself. OK, threw up, but he was protesting something (sushi?) more » raincoaster: "Anne Coulter gets a Pie" Proving my theory that she wasn't born with one. more » Helio: Adrian, how could you fail to mention the Egging of Arnold! I even mentioned this in the other thread. Good, informative post, nonetheless. more » Lysergic Asset: Way to make lemonade out of lemons, Adrian. Well-played. more » gawkimo: Actually, a one-party autocracy is worse than a one-party democracy, because in the former people do not choose who leads them. Oh, and the earth is ... more » Aidan_: Bad as things are over here, and I'll admit they're pretty bad, I don't think we need to be emulating the Chinese. Not with old women being beaten to ... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Hee hee, he's just saying that because the family is about to put their houses on the market and he wants to generate some buzz. more » kimsama: There was a decent op-ed maybe a week ago about how the US has become essentially ungovernable because of the money that corporations can throw into t... more » Rhymenocerous: Didn't we pass cap-and-trade, too? I seem to remember a Glenn Beck rant about it. more » La Mareada: Communist? For the last 25 or so years China and its leaders have been disciples of that other Friedman, Milton. more » Smitros: Did he mention the elimination of inefficiently redundant cultures like the Tibetans and Uighurs? more » -
#foodfight
In Defense of Throwing Tomatoes at Sarah Palin
Since we opened up that can of stewed pears by praising the guy who threw tomatoes at Sarah Palin, we figured it's a good time to explain why it was cool that he did that. In other words: Food fight! More » -
#greatleapforward
Thomas Friedman Demands Communist Revolution
Flat-earther Times columnist Thomas Friedman thinks we should probably "outsource" our form of government to China, where they have streamlined the whole process by eliminating the bit where idiots "vote." More » -
#theworldisphat
Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All
Noted Globalization advocate, flip-floppy war monger, and all around pompous blowhard know-it-all Thomas Friedman, author of The World Is Flat, has a ballin' ass house. It leaves a big carbon footprint and it's ugly as sin. But why? More » -
#bandofdumbers
Thomas Friedman Calls the Troops 'Dumb'
Thomas Friedman is proud of our fighting boys. The fact that our all-volunteer military is involved in two open-ended occupations is bad, but the bright side is, we have finally found a class of kids dumb enough to fight forever. More » -
#columnists
The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Friedman
Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, is famous for his joke, that he had, once. But did you know that he has told many jokes, in the past? More » -
#college
James Franco Totally Screwed UCLA's Grads, Brah
Noted sleep-deprived grad student/part-time thespian James Franco was scheduled to deliver the commencement address at UCLA next Friday (What, was Skeet Ulrich not available?), but he backed out today at the last minute, and now the Bruin Nation is weeping!
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#columnists
Thomas Friedman Enrages the Proles of the Globe
Globe-flattening mustache habitrail Thomas Friedman, who's never met a hype-spouting CEO he wasn't incredibly impressed by, is no friend of the working man, this we know. But he's currently ruining labor talks at the Boston Globe, just by being his annoying self. More » -
#losersofmoney
Thomas Friedman Is $75,000 Poorer
Is mustachioed hybrid-hawker Thomas Friedman licking dog food remnants from discarded cans yet? Sadly no, but he must be getting close! First his rich wife's family business went bankrupt. Now he's lost $75K. Just yesterday! More » -
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#reversalsoffortune
Thomas Friedman Will Have to Sell His Moustache For Food
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman didn't have a column in yesterday's paper. Was it because the company that his wife's fortune is invested in went bankrupt last week, and he's too sad to type?
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#columnists
Thomas Friedman Googles Stuff
Say what you will about Times columnist Thomas Friedman*, but he at least reports his lousy columns, usually. Not today! More » -
#fifthcolumnists
Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman Play Make-Believe
Today in the New York Times opinion section: Maureen Dowd reads the Post and pretends to be outraged at perk-addicted rich people, Thomas Friedman just makes up some nonsense. More » -
#lists
List Proves Thomas Friedman Still Important
Oh, good, Forbes has listed all the important liberals, in order of importance. God bless this new Obama era of paying attention to Times columnists again! More » -
#hitpieces
Matt Taibbi's Relentless Hounding of Tom Friedman Continues, Thankfully
In 2005, Matt Taibbi wrote a takedown of NYT mouthbreather Tom Friedman's unique idiocy that remains the greatest thing ever written about the mustachioed private-jet-frequent-flyer. Now Taibbi has a new piece; top ten anti-'stache material. More » -
#topten
The Top Ten Feuds of 2008
Nothing says Christmas like two people screaming at each other. Gawker video guru Richard Blakeley compiled and ranked the ten very best of this contentious year.
