It Takes A Big Man, Like Me, To Admit Mistakes Were Made (Iowahawk does the NYTimes Mea Culpa)

Iowahawk | 10/24/06 | David Burge

[IowaHawk]

Choosy Newsies Choose Iowahawk

[geezerwheezer]

Calame shows what a dumba** he really is. His comments about the civil code of Alabama allowing you to marry your 13 yr. old cousin shows his total and complete stupidity, and raises the queston of his prejudices towards the South. I hope this dipshi* gets his comeuppance soon, as he really needs a swift kick in his gonads-if he has any that is! Typical NY Times writer, open mouth, insert foot.

[Yossarian]

You may want to run a search on IowaHawk's other articles, or look at his website.....

[MortMan]

It's satire, FRiend. The Alabama comments were meant to highlight the absolute absurdity of the Times' position.

[Psycho_Bunny]

This guy is a remarkably bad writer.  A "dark and stormy night" sentence would be right at home in this article.

[Psycho_Bunny]

lol....I fell for it too.

[Smokin' Joe]

Unless new incoming House Intelligence Committee Chairman Alcee Hastings grandfathers in a fix for this glaring loophole, the Adminstration escapes on a technicality.

For starters, those votes are not yet counted. Second, ever hear of ex post facto?

Escapes? Escapes what?

If it is not illegal, there is nothing to escape.

As for the title, what mistakes is the writer admitting? That the actions of the Government are/were legal?

That was not the biggest mistake.

The biggest mistake is in comparing terrorists' financiers with someone doing 45 in a 35. Chances are the latter won't kill you, but the former are hell bent on it.

Big difference betweeen getting someone to slow down so they don't get a ticket, and helping them redirect the funds they want to use to finance murder--and be free to do it again.

[Smokin' Joe]

lol....I fell for it too. Well, don't feel too lonely on that account. Seemed like such typical liberal BS....got me too!

[geezerwheezer]

I really have to quit having my Cheerios with Scotch for breakfast....this one blew right past me. I thought the red print at the top of the article was from the author....I was assuming again, which isn't smart to do at times! :0 )

[MortMan]

I've had months like that, myself! ;-P

Have a great day!

[Dr. Thorne]

What ever happened to Chutch?

[kitkat]

Sorry, MM, but the Alabama comments were meant to show that the US banking laws are stupid. It was a cheap shot at Bush. This writer isn't apologizing, he's weaseling out of having published confidential information at a time of war.

[ishabibble]

Oh, you have to read Iowahawk if you like to laugh! This guy is so funny...even Mr. X, born without a funnybone, reads his blog faithfully.

If you think this was something, please read the announcement of successful testing of Peoples Fireworks!

[kitkat]

***Big difference betweeen getting someone to slow down so they don't get a ticket, and helping them redirect the funds they want to use to finance murder--and be free to do it again.***

Absolutely right, Joe.

[auboy]

I guess US banking laws are sort of like the Alabama civil code that lets you marry your twelve year old cousin or something.

But… but… our twelve year old cousins are so gorgeous. :-)

[IowaHawk]

Current Dupe-o-meter reading is 4.

[MortMan]

Unless I have misread the dubious lineage of this piece, I believe that the author is not the actual NYT editor, but is instead someone doing a satire on the editor's position.

[dighton]

The day is young.

(By the way, if anyone hasn’t seen It’s the Homos, Stupid, drop everything and go there).

[aculeus]

Such occasion occurred recently. My July 2 column strongly supported The Times’s decision to publish an article on a once-secret government banking-data surveillance program known as SWIFT. The article in question, "Watch Out! BushCo is Sniffing At Your Arrears ...",

I remember that headline! It was a bit out of character for the Times but it must have made the New York Post headline writers' green with envy.

[kitkat]

You could be right, MM, about the article not being written by the actual editor.