Monthly Archives: February 2011
High Speed Wail
Alan Simpson called the deficit a “stink bomb in the garden party”. The Obama budget went for the only thing more dear to liberals than bicycle paths – high speed rail. Robert Samuelson says this stink bomb would cost $500 billion over 25 years. I don’t know – less than a trillion sounds cheap these days.
Can You Hear Me Now?
The domino effect has been a standby image at least since the Vietnam war. The social media effect is new.
Kathleen Parker’s column, Tanks vs Twitter, is a good one.
Clueless Clapper
National Intelligence Director, James Clapper, is at it again. Yesterday, when Egyptian President Mubarak decided to stay, before he decided leave, Clapper described the Muslim Brotherhood as a non-violent secular outfit. The administration issued a correction. When last seen, Clapper was being briefed by Diane Sawyer about a major terrorist arrest in London. Don’t ask him if the Pope’s Catholic.
New Media Merger
The ideologically supple Arianna Huffington sold her left leaning Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million. Not to begrudge a successful capitalist, but The Huffington Post is famous for stiffing original content providers.
