that the Democrats are the Party of hereditary power.

Bwahahaha! You intentionally left out Bush and Shrub didn’t you?

Nice leave the obvious Snark to the Commentors.

The most significant and intelligent part of Bill Kristol’s column in the New York Times wasn’t written by him.

Nope it was written by the guy who fired him!

So what hapless Conservative gets to help Bobo establish the NY Times Cred with the people who hate her?
The people who quote her out of context or just make up quotes to rag on her?
The people who never read her.
Is this nameless person the one who came up with Obama’s lets pass the Stimulus Plan with a Super Majority?
I’m hopping that Obama is suckering the GOP by pretending to fold to get the GOP to do what they always do raise the stakes at the slightest sign of weakness.
Trick the GOP to oppose the Stimulus when more and more people are losing their jobs and homes and are desperate for help any kind of help even government help.
Then as things get worse the GOP by opposing the stimulus gets stuck backing the increasingly unpopular position of opposing the stimulus.

You’ll see in the video he sort of uses George Bush, son of George Bush, son of Prescott Bush, and his departure as a reason to make that claim.

Much like Bill Clinton’s impeachment when the polls show that opposing the Stimulus is only increasing the people’s hate of the GOP and love for Obama the GOP will fold.
Then we can pass a real plan and not this half baked Compromise with the GOP Stimulus plan.
To be fair though I’m not sure how much lower the GOP can go in the polls.

Arrggh! I forgot Prescott Bush the Senator and Jeb.
I wonder if any third generation Neocons have become media hacks and or Government policy makers like the Bushes?

Next thing you know ‘lil Debby will be gone…. What? Oh!

MSM attempting a kill-off of left blogistan via material starvation.

I’m not gonna miss Monday morning Whoppers from BK.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The New York Times Company today announced that it had entered into a private financing agreement with Banco Inbursa, S. A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Inbursa (“Banco Inbursa”) and Inmobiliaria Carso for an aggregate amount of $250 million ($125 million each) in senior unsecured notes due 2015 with detachable warrants. The notes will rank equally and ratably on a senior unsecured basis with all senior unsecured obligations of The New York Times Company.

Mr. Carlos Slim Helú and members of his family are the main shareholders of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A B. de C.V., which is the parent company of Banco Inbursa, and are the owners of Inmobiliaria Carso, which currently holds 6.9 percent of the Times Company’s Class A shares

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http://www.businesswire.com/po…..ewsLang=en

Could Carlos have insisted that Bill Kristol must go as a condition of sale might Bobo be next?
The GOP in general has been hassling Mexicans I hope this is payback.
Sure Bill was rummored to be leaving for a while but then again deals like this take a while too.
Nobody sane forks over that cash without looking at the books first.
The bank bailout is a perfect case in point nobody sane hands over that kind of cash without looking at the books first.

Don’t worry cornered animals always fight. The GOP won’t go down easy.
If anything desperation will make them more crazy. We will Have plenty of Material:)

MSM attempting a kill-off of left blogistan via material starvation.

ROTFLMFAO. Bloody good thing I didn’t have a mouthful of Coke or you’d owe me a new screen. Ain’t life wonderful when ya can start the week with this kind of news?

This is William Kristol’s last column.

Recommended tombstone inscription.

Look at chart from google finance and click 10 year at the top of the chart.
The Times has gone from a high of $51.88 a share in 2002 to $5.75 a share in 2009.
Hmmm. $51.88 divided by $5.75 = 9.02 loss a year for 7 years.

http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ANYT

Judy Miller, Jason Blair, Bobo, William the Bloody have done wonders for the Times.

Recommended tombstone inscription.

HE DID HIS smarmll

He has another engagement all lined up as speech writer for Benjamin Nutenyahoo.

has anyone documented all the wrong predictions krystol has made?

that would come in handy for progressives when faced with either krystol or a quote from krystol on his corporate propaganda machine

Try Media Matters

http://mediamatters.org/

New York Times Columnist Ben Stein on Fox News a year ago Financial companies are a steal.
If there is any Justice in the World I hope he listened to his own advice.

http://www.americablog.com/200…..qus_thread

This was commented on LLN Saturday. Are you just getting the news?

http://firedoglake.com/2009/01…..nt-1806150

I want a record of every experts predictions to appear on the screen when they are on tv.
And if they are Stock Market predictors I want to know how much they started out with and how much they have now.

addendum: There is a link at the comment on LLN Saturday

Go ahead, squeeze the wheeze. Many people like to…”

Its a Times thread anything Times related is fair game.
Plus I am throwing a theory on why William the Bloody is out in an attempt to get some news on why he is really out.
I want the inside dirt. Was it the mistakes in facts? Did the readers hate him?
Has the Times decided to be a Lefty and profitable paper?
Or is Ann Coulter next on the Times Wing Nut Welfare job parade?

Is William the Bloody going to claim that he was forced out by Liberals and or that he gots a better deal somewhere else?

I was observing The Guardian (IIRC) had the story out back then, was curious about any time delay.

Idle speculation only: It is quite early yet for the new owners to be micro-managing such details, however, current management may be under great pressure to reverse their income trends, the most obvious place is to cut their “liberal” clown commentators and sharpen up their image. $250 millions loan becomes the gorilla in the pressroom. The 6 or 7% stake in ownership, not so much. Just my guess …

the most obvious place is to cut their “liberal” clown commentators

I’m real slow up the uptake today (and most days)….meaning William the Bloody?

I love the smell of fried Kristol in the morning.

Slim was born in Mexico City, Mexico. His father, Julián Slim, a Lebanese Maronite Catholic, emigrated from Lebanon at the age of 14. In 1911,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim

I wonder if William the Bloody knows this? If he did wouldn’t he and the GOP start screaming about Arab infiltration of the Media silencing Neoclonws?
Or are they saving that bit for later?

The $250 million Dollar loan is the thing.

The Times controlling Family cares jack about shareholders.

Great frigging idea

Billy boy is chalking up some nice parting comments; should be interesting to see what the rest of the day brings. :-)

Good morning, pups. It’s Kristol, Cohen and Krugman today. Bloody Billy Kristol, of PNAC infamy, has now turned his attention to the future of liberalism. In “Will Obama Save Liberalism?” he says liberalism’s fate rests on our new president’s shoulders. If Mr. Obama governs successfully, we’re in a new political era. If not, the country will be open to new conservative alternatives. Finally the Times seems to have seen the error of its ways, and has printed these welcome words: “This is William Kristol’s last column.” I don’t care if it’s Monday — it’s a great day! Mr. Cohen is “Remembering Germany.” He says America’s once strong alliance with Germany has soured. The new administration should rekindle this relationship, which is essential to turning the global economy around. I’d say the odds are good that President Obama won’t get all creepy-touchy-feely with Chancellor Merkel, so that’s a step in the right direction already. Mr. Krugman writes about “Bad Faith Economics.” He says cheap shots don’t pose as much danger to the Obama administration’s efforts to get a stimulus plan through as fraudulent arguments that seem superficially plausible.

Here they are.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are out of the oven, and to celebrate Bloody Billy KKKristol’s last column I’ve got French toast waffles with warm maple syrup. I’m off to the kitchen to put together my brown bag lunch, wreathed in smiles. Have a great day.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are out of the oven, and to celebrate Bloody Billy KKKristol’s last column I’ve got French toast waffles with warm maple syrup. I’m off to the kitchen to put together my brown bag lunch, wreathed in smiles. Have a great day.

I believe a Bloody Mary is on the morning list also.

To *really* appreciate Krugman’s piece today, ya gotta hark back to his presence on one of yesterday’s bobblehead shows where he gets so little opportunity to display his smarts. He comes across as such a sweetheart on-screen but he sure can wield a mean switch-blade in print. *G*

It’s that disarming, self-deprecating demeanor that makes you forget what a steel trap brain he has — and it doesn’t hurt that he can think on his feet!

I came across this link for political families. It’s pretty eye-opening at how deep dynasties go in the U.S.

I believe a Bloody Mary is on the morning list also.

EXCELLENT idea! And mimosas too — we can’t have people getting scurvy, you know, gotta have your vitamin C!

Morning all,
Marion I was wondering how you fix coffee, tea and hot chocolate in the oven?

Adie and I were talking about that yesterday…what he had to say today almost sounded like, “Here’s the balls I cut off you yesterday; pay attention next time.” *g*

Marion -

#40’s yours.

He comes across as such a sweetheart on-screen but he sure can wield a mean switch-blade in print. *G*

I have been a big fan of Krugman for many years, but all I had see was the blade. I think is has only been a year or so that he has been showing up on TV and it has taken me a while to get comfortable with the fact that this is the same person. Every once in a while on TV, he’ll slice somebody up so quickly and effortlessly that those in the room aren’t aware that anything has happened.

We’re having Bloody Marys this morning? Awesome!!!! Good morning Firepups!

Every once in a while on TV, he’ll slice somebody up so quickly and effortlessly that those in the room aren’t aware that anything has happened.

If the people he does it to on-screen are too stoopid to realize it just happened, how much more clueless is the vast majority of the viewing public? Therein lies the problem.

Ah, you can only do that properly if you haven’t had enough tea! Otherwise it makes a frightful mess.

When we see a liberal columnist slice and dice the repubs, then I’ll believe we’ve won. We have Frank Rich but is there anyone else? We need someone to start writing about how the repubs are fighting a true stimulus package only because they’re rooting for the dems to fail. Use Blackwell’s statements, Rush’s statements and any others out there. If the repubs were writing the article, they’d just make shit up. The economy is scaring the hell out of me and I’m worried that we’re going to lose this most important battle.

How come we didn’t jump all over this guy:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..02419.html

He went from Superintendent of Schools to US Senator! Oh wait. He’s a man. Nevermind. LOL

I think you described Krugman’s editorial, linked by Marion @ 33.

Check out what Dionne says in today’s wapoo:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..inionsbox1

It will give you heart.

Morning KayInMaine. -2 degrees here, sorry. I am working on getting us some warm weather by the end of the week.

IN keeping with the newer food fads I am deconstructing my bloody mary.

Those are good and I do feel slightly better. But, do you see that we’re playing fair and they’re playing dirty? Who usually wins in that situation?

But, do you see that we’re playing fair and they’re playing dirty?

Solai, nothing has changed. That’s their modus operandi, and it failed them in the last 2 elections. We’ve just got to keep the pressure on. (And keep our powder dry…)

And again for some reason Early Morning Swim is blocked by the office cybernannies as “porn.” I swear they’re neocons…

I can proudly say that as a NYT home delivery subscriber, I never read one of the Kristol columns.

I hope the NYT’s financial condition does not continue to worsen, because we may read someday that Rupert Murdoch has taken control of it, with Bill Kristol given Keller’s job.

I gulped my Bloody Mary this morning so I wouldn’t feel the cold. LOL We’re minus 9 degrees right now, whereas, Bangor, Maine is at minus 22. Brrrrrrrr. No wind.

The New York Times will go bankrupt (but still operating, under a chapter 11 reorganization) and/or be bought out by another entity within, at most, 18 months. If the latter happens, the new owner will either downsize the NY Times significantly, and tailor the paper exclusively to a rather small lefty niche market (the MSNBC model), or it will attempt to maintain the paper’s present size, and hire at least 100 more Bill Kristol clones, in both news and editorial positions.

Either way, ideological puritans of the Left-o-sphere – as represented by the comments above – lose. They either get a niche player with little influence, or a transformed NY Times, with a greater commitment to objectivity and balance. If the later happens, you can send your ”thank you” notes to a guy named…Rupert!

Now, if sometime this week I read, “This is Maureen Dowd’s last column” . . .

100 Kristol clones = “greater commitment to objectivity and balance”?

Funny how the right-wingers always harp on “balance”. They never ever say “I wish there was a greater commitment to telling the truth”. What does that say about how right-wingers view the truth?

Bill Kristol is a right-winger. I would not count on him – or 100 Kristol clones – to bring balance to a paper. The same goes, of course, for Krugman & Dowd on the left side of the spectrum.

But a paper that hires both right-wingers and lefties – in sufficient proportions such that either side is not window-dressing – thus compelling both sides to talk to each other about what to report & how to report it, will be more balanced than the NY Times is today. (I should really use as examples reporters and not columnists, but you get my point.)

It’s the swarm, the collective, the larger entity, that would possess the trait of greater balance & objectivity.

(And for greater factual accuracy, wouldn’t it be better to hire reporters from different walks of life, irrespective of ideological leanings? The NY Times would make less mistakes in business & military matters if it hired veterans and former business people, rather than a cookie-cutter crew of J-School grads who have little experience in much of anything.)

I think Kristol was canned by the Grey Lady because of Obama’s new rules … reducing harmful emissions …

If on Wednesday, our Libruls can toss Harper out on his fat NeoCon Backside, I’ll call it a great week !

Apparently the Washington Post is picking up Kristol for a monthly column.