Why I hate the New York Times
Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 01/02/08, 7:41 pm
Unitarian? You might as well be a Hare Krishna. Those robes can be quite becoming on some people.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
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"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by Taylor on 01/03/08, 11:36 pm
I have an iPod and I buy music from iTunes i'd rather steal it than buy it from iTunes, but I have no choice.
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 01/04/08, 10:08 pm
Taylor wrote:I have an iPod and I buy music from iTunes i'd rather steal it than buy it from iTunes, but I have no choice.
Sure you have a choice! Sell your iPod to some liberal idiot and buy an mp3 player from SanDisk! They are cheap, hold tons of music and if you lose it you won't scream at yourself for wasting a lot of money on a stupid iPod.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by Taylor on 01/06/08, 7:13 pm
paleocon wrote:Taylor wrote:I have an iPod and I buy music from iTunes i'd rather steal it than buy it from iTunes, but I have no choice.
Sure you have a choice! Sell your iPod to some liberal idiot and buy an mp3 player from SanDisk! They are cheap, hold tons of music and if you lose it you won't scream at yourself for wasting a lot of money on a stupid iPod.
Hmm, this could be an idea!
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 01/06/08, 9:54 pm
Face it. Do you wanna be "kool" or do you wanna listen to music? I'd rather buy a $25 SanDisk mp3 player and save the $150 for something else. But I am an old codger so who cares.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 01/21/08, 12:02 pm
Only the NYT could print this with a straight face. Holy Cow!
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Read the rest here.
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New York Times wrote:January 21, 2008
If Elected ...
For Clinton, Government as Economic Prod
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said that if she became president, the federal government would take a more active role in the economy to address what she called the excesses of the market and of the Bush administration.
She added: “I want to get back to the appropriate balance of power between government and the market.”
Republicans say that her tax increases on the affluent and her spending proposals would increase the deficit, but Mrs. Clinton’s advisers respond that she, like her husband, is a fiscal conservative. They add that reducing the deficit is no longer sufficient, because today’s problems have less to do with the size of the economic pie than the way it is divided.
Read the rest here.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by R John on 01/21/08, 12:24 pm
Didn't He used to be known as "Winston Smith? I'd swear the writing styles are identical.
Winston Smith is a middle-aged, unhealthy character, based loosely on Orwell's own frail body, an underling of the ruling oligarchy, The Party. The Party has taken early 20th century totalitarianism to new depths, with each person subjected to 24 hour surveillance and where people's very thoughts are controlled to ensure purity of the oligarchial system in place. Figurehead of the system is the omnipresent and omnipotent Big Brother.
But Winston believes there is another way.
Really? ....Yet He was so good at his job, The best of the best at misinforming the masses, leads one to wonder, why? http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
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David Leonhardt's column on economics and business, Economic Scene, appears on Wednesday in The New York Times. He is also a staff writer for The Times Magazine.
David has been writing about economics for The Times since 2000. He was one of the writers who produced the paper's 2005 series on social class in the United States. In 2004, David founded an analytical sports column, called Keeping Score, which runs on Sundays in the Sports section (though he no longer writes it regularly).
David previously worked for Business Week magazine, in Chicago and New York, and for the metro desk of The Washington Post. A New York native, he studied applied mathematics at Yale. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/david_leonhardt/index.html?inline=nyt-per
Winston Smith is a middle-aged, unhealthy character, based loosely on Orwell's own frail body, an underling of the ruling oligarchy, The Party. The Party has taken early 20th century totalitarianism to new depths, with each person subjected to 24 hour surveillance and where people's very thoughts are controlled to ensure purity of the oligarchial system in place. Figurehead of the system is the omnipresent and omnipotent Big Brother.
But Winston believes there is another way.
Really? ....Yet He was so good at his job, The best of the best at misinforming the masses, leads one to wonder, why? http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/
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David Leonhardt's column on economics and business, Economic Scene, appears on Wednesday in The New York Times. He is also a staff writer for The Times Magazine.
David has been writing about economics for The Times since 2000. He was one of the writers who produced the paper's 2005 series on social class in the United States. In 2004, David founded an analytical sports column, called Keeping Score, which runs on Sundays in the Sports section (though he no longer writes it regularly).
David previously worked for Business Week magazine, in Chicago and New York, and for the metro desk of The Washington Post. A New York native, he studied applied mathematics at Yale. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/david_leonhardt/index.html?inline=nyt-per
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 02/06/08, 1:22 pm
Amazing! Not that it is good or right or anything. The amazing thing is that this is on the opinion page and not on the front page.
Divided They Run
But, I thought McCain fixed campaign finance reform?
Why is it necessary for any candidate to unite the country for "democracy... to work?" Sometimes people disagree and democracy is about people expressing their beliefs and opinions and NOT just all getting along.
Divided They Run
Divided They Run
Among the Republicans, as Mr. McCain has pulled ahead, he has been shrilly attacked by Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter, who have said they’d rather lose the White House than have a nominee who does not pass all of their litmus tests. That is not the way democracy is supposed to work. Their claim that Mr. McCain is not a conservative (based largely on his willingness to actually talk to Democrats) is ludicrous, but it’s damaging to a party bloodied by eight years of the politics of George Bush and Karl Rove.
There has been much wrong with this campaign: too much money spent on advertising, too many soft-money donations. There is still a chance, at least, to save the race from leaving the country even more divided than in the Bush years. Any candidate, and any party, presuming to unite this country must first unite their own. That is how democracy is supposed to work.
But, I thought McCain fixed campaign finance reform?
Why is it necessary for any candidate to unite the country for "democracy... to work?" Sometimes people disagree and democracy is about people expressing their beliefs and opinions and NOT just all getting along.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by R John on 02/07/08, 11:22 am
Paleocon Wrote: Why is it necessary for any candidate to unite the country for "democracy... to work?" Sometimes people disagree and democracy is about people expressing their beliefs and opinions and NOT just all getting along.
Funny, I Thought that We lived in a Constitutional Republic. .... But then I also wrongly Believed that That Constitution Limited Federal Authority. Who Knew? Surely not the Original Signers. Not The Individual States. Me thinks that We ended up with Hamilton's Vision of a Hidden Monarchy, Protected by the Illusion of Functional Bureaucracy. Either that or some Quantom Chaos Factor has brought Us into the Twilight Zone.
A long time ago, a Great Patriot suggested that the place to address Abuse Originating at The Federal Level, is not at The Federal Level, or Through It at all. The Federal Power being Corrupted by a said Offense would be incapable of Justly Resolving a Dispute.
The Place to Resolve Abuses by The Federal Government, Starts at State Level. First Individually, Then In Number, Challenge Userpation. Constitutional Amendment has been Too Disregarded. Federal Power and Federal Power to Interpret needs to be Limited. The Power of Federal Agencies to Dictate, rather than Legislate Through Consent, Needs to be Addressed.
I humbly suggest that a Good way to Measure the Success of a Civilization is How Well It Teaches Reason To It's Members, Rather than Teaching Conditioned Response.
Funny, I Thought that We lived in a Constitutional Republic. .... But then I also wrongly Believed that That Constitution Limited Federal Authority. Who Knew? Surely not the Original Signers. Not The Individual States. Me thinks that We ended up with Hamilton's Vision of a Hidden Monarchy, Protected by the Illusion of Functional Bureaucracy. Either that or some Quantom Chaos Factor has brought Us into the Twilight Zone.
A long time ago, a Great Patriot suggested that the place to address Abuse Originating at The Federal Level, is not at The Federal Level, or Through It at all. The Federal Power being Corrupted by a said Offense would be incapable of Justly Resolving a Dispute.
The Place to Resolve Abuses by The Federal Government, Starts at State Level. First Individually, Then In Number, Challenge Userpation. Constitutional Amendment has been Too Disregarded. Federal Power and Federal Power to Interpret needs to be Limited. The Power of Federal Agencies to Dictate, rather than Legislate Through Consent, Needs to be Addressed.
I humbly suggest that a Good way to Measure the Success of a Civilization is How Well It Teaches Reason To It's Members, Rather than Teaching Conditioned Response.
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Re: Why I hate the New York Times
by paleocon on 02/07/08, 2:37 pm
R John wrote:I humbly suggest that a Good way to Measure the Success of a Civilization is How Well It Teaches Reason To It's Members, Rather than Teaching Conditioned Response.
Thanks for point out we are a Constitutional Republic elected democratically. This quote is pure gold. Well said.
"Hidden Monarchy" seems to be the order of the day.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery."
(http://www.myspace.com/paleocon)
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