tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post7833469765101128048..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: The wisdom of athletesW.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-2111478805342389552010-02-05T15:02:39.129-08:002010-02-05T15:02:39.129-08:00Zeke and NL, I agree. It wasn't quite fair of ...Zeke and NL, I agree. It wasn't quite fair of CNBC. Fish in a Barrel. Congress would be much funnier. This one was amusing, but without any meaning. I don't expect them to know any of this stuff. They've dedicated their lives to practices, workouts, film review. So it's not more than "amusing" to me, and I didn't even chuckle in way that was laughing "at" them. <br /><br />If it was Congress, I honestly think we'd get some of the exact same answers, maybe even verbatim.Sic Ibidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648676217097001385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-42313287802412810062010-02-05T14:34:42.453-08:002010-02-05T14:34:42.453-08:00CNBC making fun of football players understanding ...CNBC making fun of football players understanding of finance is like a guy with one leg on crutches making fun of a guy in a wheel chair for how slow he runs the 100 meter dash.Negocios Loucoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473763866587661478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-17993817792553330412010-02-05T14:32:01.358-08:002010-02-05T14:32:01.358-08:00So you have thousands, millions, billions, and las...So you have thousands, millions, billions, and lastly, trillions (up until year or two ago I never used the word "trillion" in any kind of financial analysis). <br /><br />So what next? What comes after trillion? <br /><br />Answer: all the way from Zimbabwe... mugabillion.walmart mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-46181197933993259282010-02-05T10:31:33.180-08:002010-02-05T10:31:33.180-08:00SI, your segment actually would be funny, because ...SI, your segment actually would be funny, because there's an expectation of knowledge there.<br /><br />Here we have business reporters making fun of football players for not knowing business. Bunch of smug dweebs who need a punch in the mouth.Zekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-43022352822971590212010-02-05T10:04:17.822-08:002010-02-05T10:04:17.822-08:00It'd be just as funny a segment with just as i...It'd be just as funny a segment with just as ignorant answers if that reporter went around the halls of Congress asking some basic questions about the Constitution and the Founders.<br /><br />But we can't expect CNBC to ever do anything like that, can we?Sic Ibidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648676217097001385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-2033574044806077302010-02-05T09:23:58.897-08:002010-02-05T09:23:58.897-08:00What a suckfest network. Recipe:
-Rip off Jay Le...What a suckfest network. Recipe:<br /><br />-Rip off Jay Leno quiz-the-average-guy bit.<br />-Make it way less funny.<br />-Talk for 2 minutes about how funny it was.zekenoreply@blogger.com