Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2810
June 28, 2010
Double Dip Watch
Hale Stewart is worried about housing:
The existing home sales market has farther to fall. There is simply
too much inventory on the market for prices to remain2.) During the recession, the economy lost a total of
million jobs. Of these, 2,102,000 or 28% were construction
Given the massive inventory overhang in the existing home sales
it is highly doubtful that we'll see large construction
gains in the near3.) Housing wealth is...
Quote For The Day III
"Let us now praise Barack Obama ... Obama didn't say we persist and we persevere [in Afghanistan:] - but only until July 2011.
Indeed, Obama never mentioned that date, and he never mentioned
withdrawal,"- Bill Kristol.
Yes, neoconservatism is alive and well ... and enabled by Barack Obama in Afghanistan.
Barack Obama - Bill Kristol - United States - President - Afghanistan
Politico's Gaffe
I missed this - and it was in Frank Rich's column - but Politico removed an accidental revelation of truth from its website after the Dish noticed it. They claim there is nothing to the editing, but a tightening of the piece. The adjustment helps continue the Washington press's role of explaining why those in power are so terribly misunderstood. Or, as Lara Logan of CBS put it:
Michael Hastings has never served his country the way McChrystal has.
When will the Washington Post hire her?
...
Hewitt Award Nominee
"Obama is detached from the American experience. He just doesn't identify with the average American because of his own background. Indonesia and Hawaii. His view is from the viewpoint of academics and the halls of the Ivy league schools that he went to and it's not a love of this country and an understanding of the basic values and wants and desires of its people," - Rick Santorum.
Hawaii - United States - Ivy League - Rick Santorum - Indonesia
Quote For The Day II
"We can't have any tolerance for the perception that people are
conflicted or bring a bias to their work," - WaPo editor, Marcus Brauchli, restating the view that journalists must have no intellectual conflicts, no opinions and no private life in order to be an MSM blogger.
Just when you think they might get it, you realize they don't. But the great thing about new buzz for Rolling Stone is that some editors somewhere might be more interested in speaking truth to power. Then there's this...
World Cup War, Ctd
A reader writes:
One of my all-time favorite lines by a sportswriter
was
published in 1966, the day before England met Germany in the World Cup
final. If this isn't exact, it's very close:"Tomorrow, Germany will attempt to defeat us at our
national game. It would only be fair if they should do so,
for twice in this century, we have defeated them at theirs."
World Cup - England - Germany - Sport - FIFA World Cup
World Cup War
A reader writes:
I saw something real bizarre on the World Cup coverage of the English-German match on ESPN. The host talked about the English-German rivalry saying "Well after two world wars and many world cup battles…" WTF? Then the Brit-commentator next used "D-Day" as a metaphor to further comment on the rivalry. DOUBLE WTF? Then if that wasn't freaky enough, German striker Jurgen Klinsman went on to speak (in broken English) that the German people are an "impatient people" especially...
Two-Faced Michael Oren
United States - Israel - Middle East - Michael Oren - Warfare and Conflict
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