Posted on 11/23/2008 6:14:03 AM PST by publius1
Americans have watched in horror as President Bush has trampled on the Bill of Rights and the balance of power. The list of abuses that President-elect Barack Obama must address is long: once again require the government to get warrants to eavesdrop on Americans; undo scores of executive orders and bill-signing statements that have undermined the powers of Congress; strip out the unnecessary invasions of privacy embedded in the Patriot Act; block new F.B.I. investigative guidelines straight out of J. Edgar Hoover’s playbook.
Those are not the only disasters Mr. Obama will inherit. He will have to rescue a drowning economy, restore regulatory sanity to the financial markets and extricate the country from an unnecessary war in Iraq so it can focus on a necessary war in Afghanistan.
Even with all those demands, there is one thing Mr. Obama must do quickly to begin to repair this nation’s image and restore its self-respect: announce a plan for closing Mr. Bush’s outlaw prison at Guantánamo Bay.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Yep. Joe the plumber.
Once all these "reforms" are completed, will we be safer? Is there a tooth fairy??
Good News: Stock price down 95%, locked out of commercial paper market, bonds rated junk, dividends slashed 75%, employees laid off, trying to sell assets at a "fair price" -- all within the past few months.
Bad News: It takes time for the corpse to finish rotting.
What a joke of an editorial.
The NYTimes is guilty more than this administration of damaging the reputation of this country. There absurd reporting on Abu Graib; their publishing top secret data on the front pages, and their open support of the enemy.
Idiots one and all.
GIGO.
They can’t go out of business soon enough for me.
Plus the actual size of the newsprint stock is about 30% smaller, meaning less of a "newshole" for your money. That'll sure drive circulaton up.
Using the same logic, it would make sense for a liberal administration to shut down right-wing media...would you support that?
McVeigh was a gutless coward and a terrorist and would be regarded as such no matter what building he blew up and whether or not he killed or injured anyone.
He would never be a national hero.
Surely Obama will wave his hand and banish these evils into the no-longer rising sea.
So, the NYT REALLY DOES want terrorists let loose on America!
We may be first, but a lot of useful idiots will follow soon after.
Just laying the ground work for what is to come, “by popular demand” according to the NYT.
The New York Times is an American Enemy.
The head of Schultzberger must be severed and placed on a pike in Times Square. His body impaled and his guts pulled out in a long stream for all to see and remember.
Unfortunately, it mirrors my own 401K.
These people are now in charge. As time goes on, the question is - will they continue to blame GWB for the problems we are having? Excuse Obama and company because nothing is being done? And if, God forbid, another terrorist attack kills Americans, will they take responsibility for it, or blame it on the “former administration”? We all know the answer.
“New York Times Co. shares tumble to new low”
....and the McClatchey group which echoes the NYT is now down to $1.50/share....folks this is the result of the VietNam era when so much of MSM journalism in this country went anti-American...you’d think they’d try to change their editorial policies to stay afloat.
....BTW....how is Rupert Murdoch doing?....is he making money?....I know Limbaugh is.
Its amazing that after all the pro-Obama propoganda and the victory of the Democrat party in the elections that the NYT can’t let go of attacking Bush.
The NYT staff is seriously mentally ill.
News Corp (NWS) is challenged along with everyone else. But they’re in very good shape compared to Gannett (GCI), McClatchy (MNI), NY Times Co. (NYT), et al.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=NWS
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