Nov. 26, 2010
Must be an overload of pumpkin pie, but the stupid statements just seem to flow out of pompous mouths around this time of year. Here's one in ecospeak, a variant of technobabel. It's from the obscure and virtually unknown economist, Tyler What's-His-Face Cowan, in defense of the TSA's use of full body electronic strip searches at the airport.
"Keep in mind there are significant negative externalities from exploding airplanes."
Above right is an example of some of those "negative externalities" Tyler had in mind. It once was known as the World Trade Center in New York City.
Got that, everyone? And that only adds to the collateral damages.
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