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09/05/2003 Archived Entry: "Krugman: 'The China Syndrome'"
Krugman: 'The China Syndrome'
Paul Krugman is at the top of the List Of People Who Were Right. He called Bush on all his bullshit a long time ago, and got called 'shrill' for his trouble. Well, I'm sure he'd be getting a lot more satisfaction out of being right if the country wasn't so completely fucked these days. Still, I can almost see the sardonic grin on his face as he wrote this:
All the world knows about the Iraq about-face: having squandered our military strength in a war he felt like fighting even though it had nothing to do with terrorism, President Bush is now begging the cheese-eaters and chocolate-makers to rescue him. What may not be equally obvious is that he's doing the same thing on the economic front. Having squandered his room for economic maneuver on tax cuts that pleased his party base but had nothing to do with job creation, Mr. Bush is now asking China to help him out.Not, of course, that Mr. Bush admits to having made any mistakes. Indeed, Mr. Bush seems to have a serious case of "l'état, c'est moi": he impugns the patriotism of anyone who questions his decisions.
If you ask why he diverted resources away from hunting Al Qaeda, which attacked us, to invading Iraq, which didn't, he suggests that you're weak on national security. And it's the same for anyone who questions his economic record: "They tell me it was a shallow recession," he said Monday. "It was a shallow recession because of the tax relief. Some say, well, maybe the recession should have been deeper. That bothers me when people say that."
That is, if you ask why he pushed long-term tax cuts rather than focusing on job creation, he says you wanted a deeper recession. It bothers me when he says that.
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My apologies for being off-topic, but Depp appears to be backtracking a bit:
Actor Johnny Depp Disavows Anti-American Quotes
Thu Sep 4, 8:42 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Denying any anti-American sentiment on his part, actor Johnny Depp (news) said on Thursday that quotes attributed to him as likening the United States to a "dumb puppy" were inaccurate and taken out of context.
"I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it," Depp said in a statement released by his Los Angeles-based publicist. "It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful."
I suspect Uncle Karl called Michael Eisner. Depp may be cool, but he knows which side his bread is buttered on.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 09/05/2003 09:46 AM NY
sadly this is all true. the so-called "democratic government" allowed alot of free media outlets to be railroaded by media whores. the news can nto be trusted anymore. they may have sublimal meesaging in the radio and tv. just watch ifc and pbs. sadly, a lot of kids in my generation sell there virgin minds to be sodomized by the goverment's facist nazi psycho zombie mongoloid deathpraise machine gun galavinized republican good ol' boy whiskey moon shine fuel racist psycho evil NAZI dribble. but i dont care about my generation. you have no idea how many times i've been called a commie. PEIONS. i will be president one day and uncover the dirty truth in this country..... if im not in an "accident" first. call me paranoid.......
Posted by Reginald Dyson @ 09/06/2003 01:08 AM NY
