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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160510)	10/10/2013 12:10:05 PM
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lol That can change. It already has in many states. Some states have it in their constitution, the Federal government does not.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160510)

10/10/2013 1:16:19 PM

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NYT editor: Overseeing Krugman's work a "nightmare"

Former NYT Public Editor Told Scarborough Majority of Workload Involved Krugman's Inaccuracies and Misstatements

By Noel Sheppard | October 10, 2013

NewsBusters readers are well-aware that one of our problems with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman - besides his perilously liberal bias, of course! - is how he plays fast and loose with facts to support his agenda.

On MSNBC's Morning Joe Thursday, co-host Joe Scarborough said, "One of the public editors of the New York Times told me off the record after my debate that their biggest nightmare was his column every week"(video follows with transcript and commentary):

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NIALL FERGUSON, HISTORIAN: Nobody seems to edit that blog in the New York Times and it’s high time that somebody call him out. People are afraid of him. I’m not.

JOE SCARBOROUGH, CO-HOST: I actually won’t tell you which public editor it was, but one of the public editors of the New York Times told me off the record after my debate that their biggest nightmare was his column every week.

Unfortunately the segment ended there and Scarborough didn't have time to elaborate. So I contacted him via email and received the following:

"During a conversation with one of the New York Times public editors, it was volunteered that the majority of their workload revolved around inaccuracies and misstatements attached to Paul Krugman's column and blog. What made that conversation with the former public editor all the more compelling is that it occurred several years ago before Mr. Krugman and my public battles. The public editor at the time rolled his eyes and said of overseeing Krugman's work 'It's a nightmare.'"

Makes you wonder if the unnamed public editor was Daniel Okrent who in his final column for the Times on May 22, 2005, deliciously observed, "Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman has the disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (160510)	10/10/2013 1:26:40 PM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Recommended By locogringo Respond to of 224759

Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S. Government’s DemandsYou are not ready for this. posted on October 9, 2013 at 5:18pm EDT Benny Johnson BuzzFeed Staff posted October 9, 2013 5:18pm EDT I know, right? Now tell your friends! Insane Tourists Blatantly Defying The U.S.... Benny Johnson The government shutdown has shuttered all the monuments and park services in D.C. View this image › And signs like this are littered all over the city, demanding that people stay out of the beautiful parks FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. 1. But look at these radicals who are blatantly defying the federal government by having a stroll and eating lunch in a CLOSED PARK. View this image › 2. Check out these anarchists wandering around this grassy field in front of the Washington Monument. View this image › “Uhhhh… guys?” View this image › 3. Who are these reprobates? View this image › 4. The reflecting pool is closed, so QUIT IT with your romantic picnic! View this image › 5. Stop taking dumb tourist photos of your girlfriend! This is a SHUTDOWN. View this image › 6. Oh. My. God. People. The Washington Monument is CLOSED. Quit posing with it! View this image › 7. This tree could have fallen on YOU, geniuses! View this image › 8. This squirrel is risking his life right now. View this image › 9. This sidewalk is SHUT DOWN people. Do you want America to fail? View this image › 10. Look at all that yellow tape, and you just jog through it like the hater you are. View this image › 11. There are TWO signs telling WWII vets to stay out of the memorial in their honor. What are they doing?! View this image › These park rangers cannot even contain the insanity going on at the WWII memorial. View this image › 12. Just look at this kid at the Korean War Memorial. View this image › 13. Just look at these Americans desecrating MLK’s legacy through nonviolent protest of government barricades. View this image › 14. The yellow CAUTION tape has been ripped through at the FDR memorial!! View this image › 15. How did SHE get in here?!?!?!?! National Park Service: “We got more cones in the back! Don’t tempt us.” View this image › 16. Is breaking into this government sidewalk really a good example for your child? Ask yourself, lady. 17. Even these police officers are revolting by walking their dogs in the park! Society is DOOMED. View this image › But don’t even TRY to enter the George Mason Memorial. View this image › And thank god for the single gate in front of the World War I memorial… It seems to be working. At least there is some shred of sanity left.