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Monthly Archives December 2007

HILLARY, HOSTAGES, AND … ah … HEALTH CARE?

Have you ever known someone who steered every conversation, no matter what the subject, back to some favorite hobby horse? Imagine Uncle George at the Thanksgiving table commandeering a conversation about education so that he can treat everyone to his ten-thousandth rant about property taxes.
Increasingly, that’s how the “news” media behave about health care. No matter what the story […]

Posted 02 December 2007 † Catron § Hillary BS § Journalistic BS ‡ Comments (1)

BARACK OBAMA MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT

I have a rule of thumb that has served me well in assessing public figures: Anyone Paul Krugman dislikes can’t be all bad. Thus, Krugman’s recent attacks on Barack Obama suggest that the Illinois Senator has hidden virtues. Yesterday’s hit piece accuses Obama of infecting the Democrat debate with that most vile of all contagions–conservative rhetoric:
He’s doing the same thing in the health […]

Posted 01 December 2007 † Catron § Journalistic BS § Political BS § Universal BS ‡ Comments (0)