Posted on 12/29/2008 8:06:20 PM PST by St. Louis Conservative
Surprise! Surprise! Former New York Times reporter Chris Hedges has admitted what almost anyone familiar with his reality-challenged rantings already knew: he is a socialist. Hedges explains in Truthdig Why I Am a Socialist (emphasis mine):
The corporate forces that are looting the Treasury and have plunged us into a depression will not be contained by the two main political parties. The Democratic and Republican parties have become little more than squalid clubs of privilege and wealth, whores to money and corporate interests, hostage to a massive arms industry, and so adept at deception and self-delusion they no longer know truth from lies. We will either find our way out of this mess by embracing an uncompromising democratic socialism—one that will insist on massive government relief and work programs, the nationalization of electricity and gas companies, a universal, not-for-profit government health care program, the outlawing of hedge funds, a radical reduction of our bloated military budget and an end to imperial wars—or we will continue to be fleeced and impoverished by our bankrupt elite and shackled and chained by our surveillance state.
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Honesty from a NYT reporter? Now I've seen everything.
This is what I posted on NB:
I will agree that a minimal kudo should be awarded Hedges for printing his blunt admission. Now this will allow an interesting review of all the articles Hedges wrote for the last 15 years (and beyond).
Just like the prosecutor that has been exposed to having used illegal tactics to put bad guys away and thus allows all previous convictions to be appealed, Hedges has opened the door to not only reveiwing all of his past columns but also to question the who, what, how, when, where and why of the ranking editors that gave Hedges’s stories the go ahead.
Then the question is not only why Hedges worked for a corporation but how did he live? How much did he get paid? Did he give most (any) of his salary to charities that helped the “oppressed”? What size of house/apartment/condo did/does he live in? What neighborhood - Upper East Side or one of the less toney boroughs? What is his carbon foot print? Has he bought carbon credits?
In the end Hedges epitomizes the hypocritical upper-level socialist that decries the injustice in the world but doesn’t really want to go down the totem pole after a Revolution - similar to those enviromental extremist that want the world’s population to be whittled down to soilent green...except themselves.
He’s just admitting to something everyone else already knows about him. At least he’s out of denial.
The author and FReeper already posted it here.
My bad. I searched before I posted and it didn’t show up.
I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery....ha!
I would say that he was less in denial and more into subversive cloaking of his true colors so as to proclaim himself an objective journalist. Scum.
Party time is coming sooner rather than later.
Socialism is evil incarnate.
Capitalism with EFFECTIVE oversight is the answer.
Marxist baby killing sex perverts, morons, and trial lawyers in the too chicken to call themselves socialist American democratic party had better start buying body armor, we are not going down without a fight.
This smug clown collected a nice paycheck from the times. They made money from selling papers. But now corporations, are all fat, greedy, crooks. Well yea some are. But, Govt. is not the answer.
Our revolution was a financial revolt of Govt.
It might happen again
“The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” - Norman Thomas (1884-1968) six-time U.S. Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
Am I surprised that a modern (as opposed to classical) liberal is a socialist? No. Still, it is well worth documenting. Thanks for posting.
A “Dog bites man” story if ever there was one. No news here.
Coming up next: Barney Frank admits he’s a Corrupt, Mush-Mouthed Faggot
Even that demoncrats are card carrying socialist.....that's news?
If you can find it, look for the list of Congressional demoncrats who are in the (DSA) Democratic Socialists of America Congressional Caucus........Oh, right....Pelosi's one.
Wow! If the New york Times is starting to fire Socialists, their cuts must really br getting down to the bone! Who’s next? You think maybe they actually start firing some of their on staff traitors? Bill Keller watch your ass! Who would ever hire you *now*? The Yellow Times? Democracy Now? Perhaps you could go to work for Blagojevich as his new Press Agent.
>Bo)
Ahh ell..There’s allways PBS and Dan Rather...
Translation: He's really a Communist.
Translation:”Democratic Socialism” a sweet sounding, fuzzy, and oh so nonthreatening oxymoron meaning,*** COMMUNISM**!!!! .
I’ve done it at least 23 times. We’re only human.
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