Thomas Friedman was also a proponent of the Iraq War, long after it was clear (to me, at least) that the Bush Administration was not going to handle it competently.

His whole ‘The World is Flat’ book is a fairly painful statement and exposition of the obvious.

I guess, I’ve never been a huge fan of Friedman (a bloviating, know-it-all, windbag who pretty much states the obvious) except to the extent that he’s been a reasonably consistent voice for green technology.

On the extent to which he’s a free market gospel preacher, I’m not clear what his actual opinion is or if he’s even capable of an original thought on the matter. He reminds me of some executive type, in a generic company, who reads some business book and gets all excited about trying to use what he’s read. And so he goes running all over the place using words like “value-add” and “actionable”.

Okay, I’m done excoriating Friedman. I just find him annoying and thin. He’s actually probably an okay guy.