NYT Headline: ‘As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts
Would you have ever imagined the New York Times, less than a year before the presidential elections, not only admitting that things are getting better in Iraq, but also suggesting Democrats – including those campaigning for president – were wrong about the surge? On the front page of its popular Sunday edition, no less?Well, there it was this morning, in big, bold letters: “As Democrats See…
Former NYT Bureau Chief: I Won't Pay Taxes If U.S. Battles Iran
Considering how many hyperventilating media leftists broke their promises to leave the country if George W. Bush won reelection in 2004, I'm not exactly holding out hope we'll see the IRS arrest former New York Times bigwig Chris Hedges (file photo at right) anytime soon.Hedges, if you recall, was the paper's former Middle Eastern bureau chief who became more famous (infamous rather) for his…
St. Patrick's, Catholics Getting Raw Deal In 'Sweatshop' Claim
The New York Times reports that the man behind the claim that crosses and crucifixes are made under "horrific sweatshop conditions" in China admits that his information is "sketchy" and "anecdotal." Charles Kernaghan is the head of the National Labor Committee (NLC), a well-known organization that has challenged the working conditions under which companies like GAP have manufactured their clothes…
Krugman Shows Why Liberals Think Economy Is Lousy
For years one of the great unanswered questions along Main and Wall streets has been why, in the midst of 24 consecutive quarters of uninterrupted growth, polls have regularly found Americans sour about the economy. On Tuesday, a battle between the New York Times liberal economics columnist Paul Krugman and WOR radio's Steve Malzberg offered a clue. In fact, after 16 minutes of sparring on…
NYT Hopes For SCOTUS Gun Grab
The "paper of record" once again makes like a broken record with another prosaic call to take away guns from the average American. The New York Times again displays its complete disregard of the Constitution in an editorial titled, "The Court and the Second Amendment", claiming our founding law is out of date and doesn't "confront modern-day reality." In another editorial filled with extreme…
'Morning Joe': Yeah-Butting The Good News From Iraq
David Shuster and Mika Brzezinski demonstrated on today's "Morning Joe" that there's no good-news Iraqi lemon they can't press into bad-news lemonade. View video here.Thanksgiving is a time for reconciliation, so let's show some sympathy for our liberal media friends. It's been a tough 24 hours for them. Yesterday, articles appeared in the New York Times and LA Times reporting the dramatically…
Tom DeLay Wants to ‘Slap’ NYT’s Paul Krugman
Don't you love it when you find out that leading political figures in America think just like you? Before you answer, consider a recent comment made by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay about the New York Times "economic" columnist Paul Krugman.Due to language that might offend some, the actual quote comes after the break. However, let's just say that as reported by the Washington Examiner'…
Iraq News Too Good for Even NYT To Ignore
The President's escalation strategy has failed. We need to stop refereeing this civil war, and start getting out now. -- Hillary Clinton, statement of August 23, 2007As many had foreseen, the escalation has failed to produce the intended results. -- letter to Pres. Bush from Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, June 12, 2007That's not a cement mixer you hear. It's the collective Dem gnashing of teeth.…
The Belittling Control-Freak Dominatrix
Who'd you bet on in a Mixed Martial Arts match between Paul Krugman and Maureen Dowd? You might get the chance. Earlier this week, Krugman called Barack Obama a "sucker" and a "fool," while praising Hillary. Maureen Dowd has now gone after Paul's girl, calling Clinton every name in the headline and a few more.The theory of Dowd's column today is that while Hillary knows how to shake Barack Obama…
NY Times Complains About US Control Of Internet
The New York Times newspaper headlined its article about the recently concluded United Nations-sponsored Internet conference in Brazil as US Control of Internet Remains Issue. However, as is usual with the Times, while the tone of the article was complaining about the fact that the United States maintains control over the core Internet, they offered no evidence that handing over control to a…
Who Branded Barack 'Fool' and 'Sucker
Which prominent pundit has called Barack Obama a "sucker" and a "fool"?A. Rush LimbaughB. Ann CoulterC. Michelle MalkinD. Mark LevinE. Laura IngrahamJeopardy theme-music playing . . .
NYT's Cohen: Vote Obama -- Pakistani Muslims Would
"Good evening, this is Katie Couric. I'll be anchoring our Decision 2008 coverage tonight, as the world elects the next President of the United States. The polls closed just minutes ago in Pakistan but we're already able to declare Barack Obama the runaway winner in the Islamabad Capital Territory, and he seems poised to pull off a clean sweep of all Pakistan's provinces."OK, not even the New…
