Although it's an opinion piece I don't get how the author can claim that the economy has been pretty well run in the US for the last thirty years.....(?!)
Chris Rock is over here in UK at the moment -apparently his opening bit is about changing 3,000 dollars at the airport and getting a loaf...
Exactly right - and guess who's pocket the papers are in? our old friend Rupert Murdoch, of course - he owns The Times, The Sun and a myriad of other titles - as well as the main Cable network called Sky over here in UK
appears on page 4 of the Independant (a major UK wide newspaper) in a survey of likely % votes in New Hampshire, all the top five candidates (of both parties)are pictured.
He's listed at 11%, tied 3rd with Huckabee (11%)..with Giullani on 9%
Just FYI.
Read the whole thing. Great. Builds nicely to the climax.
People buy papers not least to get this sort of raw info - to fill the gaps set up by the 15 sec blips they see on TV.
(I just read the whole comments to see if anyone else woulod mention taking out Michael Moore - I would think he's...
this may be out of line but the Isreal/US situation reminds me of a Damon Runyon remark:
as a writer, you hang around with the heavy guys long enough, and pretty soon your're talking tough to the waiters.
I believe Dr Paul has already outlined the argument of the effect of a non-interventionist foriegn policy, on Isreal:
to paraphrase and condense it somewhat: Without the in your face backing of the US it will be in Isreal's own interest to encourage and to cooperate to promote a stable Middle East.
very annoying debate..very skewed towards the MSN's 'favoured' candidates who are now, at least, starting to try and steal thunder:
someone else took the line about abolishing the IRS..(to much applause)....
someone else mentioned standing by the the constitution
Ron Paul finished well: the...