Comments on: Boardwalk Empire http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/ Proceeding Ever More Boldly Against Evil Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Boardwalk Empire http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-725202 Boardwalk Empire Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:19:38 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-725202 I think Buscemi is incredibly talented but he is still a gamble. I'm no so certain he can carry a show of this magnitude. I think this series will make or break his career. Either way we will see tomorrow during the premier episode! I think Buscemi is incredibly talented but he is still a gamble. I’m no so certain he can carry a show of this magnitude. I think this series will make or break his career. Either way we will see tomorrow during the premier episode!

]]> By: jon http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720778 jon Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:29:22 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720778 second: good on terence for mentioning it. now if only he and his cohorts would read the same army enlistment statistics on literacy that john taylor gatto has read. second: good on terence for mentioning it. now if only he and his cohorts would read the same army enlistment statistics on literacy that john taylor gatto has read.

]]> By: jon http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720776 jon Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:26:37 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720776 i saw an ad on TV for this series. it featured buscemi attempting to make some sort of forceful assertion. all i could think was, "donny, you're out of your element." i hope the concept is better than the casting. i saw an ad on TV for this series. it featured buscemi attempting to make some sort of forceful assertion. all i could think was, “donny, you’re out of your element.”

i hope the concept is better than the casting.

]]> By: mr taco http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720706 mr taco Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:41:10 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720706 hmm government mandated schooling has made reading look dull luckily i still read :O hmm government mandated schooling has made reading look dull

luckily i still read :O

]]> By: Phinn http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720702 Phinn Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:07:01 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720702 For a good discussion of the effects of television on society, I recommend Niel Postman's <i>Amusing Ourselves to Death</i>. For a good discussion of the effects of television on society, I recommend Niel Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death.

]]> By: Michael J. Green http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720686 Michael J. Green Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:35:53 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720686 Zing. Personally, I blame the government. Zing.

Personally, I blame the government.

]]> By: Seattle http://blog.mises.org/13792/boardwalk-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-720670 Seattle Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:22:08 +0000 http://blog.mises.org/?p=13792#comment-720670 <blockquote>I hate to say it, but before TV people spoke better</blockquote> No, that's just you, Mr. Winter.

I hate to say it, but before TV people spoke better

No, that’s just you, Mr. Winter.

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