Paul Greenberg " After Arafat (Savage commentary!)

Tribune Media Services ^ | November 15, 2004 | Paul Greenberg

[konaice]

"Yasser Arafat is that he died a natural death at the age of 75."


BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..

[okie01]

One of Greenberg's best ever.

A bumperooski

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Agreed.

He is to Middle East coverage what Don Feder or Michelle Malkin are to the issue of immigration, i.e. simply one of the greatest syndicated columnists in American history.

[HardStarboard]

Terrific - someone finally gets it right about Arafat while the MSM eulogizes him.

Click the link - its a great read!

[oyez]

It's a shame the Arafat didn't die a thug's death. He should have bought it laying in a gutter bleeding his guts out.This is one of Greenburg's best.

[troglodyte]

Reading between the lines, I get the feeling that this is one commentary that comes from deep inside. I have enjoyed and profited from this editorialist's comments on many subjects. In this case, I do not so much read as empathize.

[okie01]

He [Greenberg] is to Middle East coverage what Don Feder or Michelle Malkin are to the issue of immigration, i.e. simply one of the greatest syndicated columnists in American history.

Really? You would rank Greenberg ahead of Tom Friedman...??? :?)

[victim soul]

He destroyed his own country and his people.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Friedman?

My response:

(Polite barf.)

Seriously, if you want incisive, trenchant commentary from the other side of the aisle, you need to look to either A.M. Rosenthal or Nat Hentoff.

[Restorer]

Seriously, if you want incisive, trenchant commentary from the other side of the aisle, you need to look to either A.M. Rosenthal or Nat Hentoff.

Not familiar with Rosenthal, but Hentoff works both sides of the aisle, holding a good many "conservative" opinions.

[okie01]

(Polite barf.)

Tom Friedman, Pinch Sulzberger and the New York Times editorial board will be very disappointed at your response.

Why I believe Tom is sobbing, uncontrollably...

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

I'm crestfallen.

Well, not really.

One of my favorite deconstructions of the "Old Gray Lady", which you may have heard of, was written by Bob Kohn.

JOURNALISTIC FRAUD

How The New York Times Distorts the News and Why it Can No Longer Be Trusted.

It serves as good companion to "Coloring the News", by Bill McGowan, which is a much broader and more scathing critique of the mainstream press corps and their shoddy journalistic practices.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Yeah, Hentoff is definitely an odd card.

The most apt comparison I can summon-at the moment-is the writing of Michael Myers, who's another civil libertarian whose tenets are widely dispersed over the ideological map.

[FBD]

Finally. Someone from the mainstream ..."old media" gives an appropriate eulogy to "The Father of Modern Day Terrorism"...

[MeekOneGOP]

[Landru]

"Finally. Someone from the mainstream ..."old media" gives an appropriate eulogy to "The Father of Modern Day Terrorism"..."

Not to worry, my friend.
Imagine the surprise when the sot didn't get the 47 virgins, as promised.

Instead he gets something quite different, 47 "Dwights".

...for all eternity. ;^)

[Mudboy Slim]

"47 "Dwights". ...for all eternity."

A fitting end fer a mass-murdering low-life ba$+ard...MUD

[Landru]

"A fitting end fer a mass-murdering low-life ba$+ard...MUD"

Yea, very fittin'.
Thought you'd appreciate that. :o)

Back from your obscene break in sunny, warm South Carolina.
~eh?

Good.

...now git ta work. ;^)

[Mudboy Slim]

Myrtle Beach was neither sunny or warm this weekend...we got rained on during the back 9 on Thursday, rained out on Friday, then Saturday was blustery and cold out on the course. Reckon that's the chance you take when you schedule golf this late in the fall, but we had fun nonetheless.

FReegards...MUD

BTW...my package was waiting fer me when I got back and I've already started checking them out. Thanks and I'll be sure to give you a review once I go thru them a bit.