[FrankR]

In a very certain way, it's poetic justice.

Don't get me wrong, I hate to see anyone lose their jobs, as I was downsized after 20 years in 2001.

But the kind of liberal tripe promoted by the likes of the NYT, pushing every little whine of every special interest and minority group, causes knee-jerk reactions which sends the Congress into spasmotic twitches, passing more and more laws and regulations to stifle American business, thus causing it to send jobs overseas, where there is no EEO, EPA, etc, etc, etc.

Atlas is shrugging, as jobs move overseas, Americans have less and less disposable income, which makes merchants and businesses tighten up and they scuttle things like "ADVERTISING" - NYT's bread and butter.

Of course the crew that's left will blame it all on GWB, which is typical.

I'm still wondering how industries who are sending it all overseas, expect Americans to have the money to buy their products when they "import" them. The cycle will play out eventually, and we'll be known as the "homeless nation".

[Sprite518]

When you wrote,

"In a very certain way, it's poetic justice.

Don't get me wrong, I hate to see anyone lose their jobs, as I was downsized after 20 years in 2001.

But the kind of liberal tripe promoted by the likes of the NYT, pushing every little whine of every special interest and minority group, causes knee-jerk reactions which sends the Congress into spasmotic twitches, passing more and more laws and regulations to stifle American business, thus causing it to send jobs overseas, where there is no EEO, EPA, etc, etc, etc.

Atlas is shrugging, as jobs move overseas, Americans have less and less disposable income, which makes merchants and businesses tighten up and they scuttle things like "ADVERTISING" - NYT's bread and butter.

Of course the crew that's left will blame it all on GWB, which is typical."

I thought.... Bingo.... You nailed it on the head....

[bert]

.....Atlas is shrugging, as jobs move overseas, Americans have less and less disposable income, which makes merchants and businesses tighten up and they scuttle things like "ADVERTISING" - NYT's bread and butter........

I had been led to believe that loss of circulation was the reason add revenues were off. The numbers show a circulation decline since 2002 that might be the reason .New numbers will be available for the 6 months ending in September and they might show a more precipitous rate of decline.

The link is here.

One wonders what was the cause for the decline in circulation. Jason blair was undoubtedly part of the problem. It seems the decline started before his May 2003 outing. While overall circulation has been in decline, "other" circulation has risen. One wonders if "other" circulation is anything like Enron earnings. Perhaps Sarbanes Oxley snared the old gray whore.