Posted on 04/24/2013 12:48:24 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
A few days old, but worth highlighting nonetheless. The New York Times is a cartoon:
Until we fully understand what turned two brothers who allegedly perpetrated the Boston Marathon bombings into murderers, it is hard to make any policy recommendation other than this: We need to redouble our efforts to make America stronger and healthier so it remains a vibrant counterexample to whatever bigoted ideology may have gripped these young men. With all our warts, we have built a unique society — a country where a black man, whose middle name is Hussein, whose grandfather was a Muslim, can run for president and first defeat a woman in his own party and then four years later a Mormon from the opposition, and no one thinks twice about it. With so many societies around the world being torn apart, especially in the Middle East, it is vital that America survives and flourishes as a beacon of pluralism. Rebuilding our strength has to start with healing our economy. In that regard, it feels as if our budget drama has dragged on for so long that it has not only been drained of all emotional energy but nobody even remembers the plot anymore. It’s worth recalling: What are we trying to do? …So what to do? We need a more “radical center” — one much more willing to suggest radically new ideas to raise revenues, not the “split-the-difference-between-the-same-old-options center.” And the best place to start is with a carbon tax.
(emphasis by GB)
It’s pretty clear that Friedman had a carbon tax column in the pipeline, then felt compelled to shoe-horn in the Boston bombings somehow. The result smacks of grotesque opportunism and bizarre callousness. .......
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Barry and his goofball supporters like Friedman won't be happy until they have totally sunk the American economy.
Liberals can twist anything to their own purpose.
This one had to be wrung hard, but he did it.
Goofy bastard
For a change I can report it’s 75 in Boston right now. I do feel your pain though.
Dear Tom Friedman,
The world is not flat, but your head is.
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