Thomas Friedman's Crib Is Ballin' Out Of Control, Y'All Foster Kamer · 07/26/09 11:30AM 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?