Exactly my impression. Taibbi sounds like an idiot in his own right.
Not at all. This nypress guy is brillant. Go back and read Friedman... I did. The nypress guy is right--his stuff makes no sense:
How about this nugget
"But you need to be at a certain level to claim your share of a global pie that is both expanding and becoming more complex" (from Bush disarm's, unilaterlly"
What the hell??? A level of a pie that is expanding and becoming complex?
Or this
"This is the most interesting drama in the world today, but it's not over, because the forces opposing it are deep and virulent - virulent enough to stall it in the Arab world and to make it dysfunctional in Israel" (from rooting for the good guys)
A drama this is being opposed? That could stall or become dysfunctional?
Good funny, smart article.