tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post5162857689686468488..comments2024-02-24T05:19:10.949-05:00Comments on Durham-in-Wonderland: Economist on UPIkcjohnson9http://www.blogger.com/profile/09625813296986996867noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-6463532241650311592007-09-14T14:18:00.000-04:002007-09-14T14:18:00.000-04:00INSUFFICIENTLY SENSITIVE wrote that the NYT should...INSUFFICIENTLY SENSITIVE wrote that the NYT should get back to reporting instead of "bulldozing public opinion this way and that."<BR/><BR/>Nicely put.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83513169722466859972007-09-14T13:03:00.000-04:002007-09-14T13:03:00.000-04:00Inre: 2:15 "...Get me out of here!!"I understand t...Inre: 2:15 "...Get me out of here!!"<BR/><BR/>I understand the Sudan can be quite nice this time of year...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-75819841420451717302007-09-14T11:55:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:55:00.000-04:00The illustration that goes along with the review i...The illustration that goes along with the review is great. The boys are holding what look like butterfly nets. I suspect that is intentional but I'm not sure of the meaning. There is not one female finger pointing at the players! What to make of that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-83461863126191642132007-09-14T11:51:00.000-04:002007-09-14T11:51:00.000-04:00I've been a subscriber to the Economist for a few ...I've been a subscriber to the Economist for a few years now to keep up on politics in Europe. I think that they espouse socially liberal, but fiscally conservative, views.<BR/><BR/>I thought their review of the book was well-deserved, and quite hard hitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-8457057040134430962007-09-14T09:34:00.000-04:002007-09-14T09:34:00.000-04:00Fred Goldman prints 100K of the crappy O.J. confes...Fred Goldman prints 100K of the crappy O.J. confession book and UPI's initial printing is only 13K ?<BR/><BR/>Waiting for the Economist to review "If I Did IT.."<BR/><BR/>Congrats, K.C. and StuartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-14124498903133734672007-09-14T09:31:00.000-04:002007-09-14T09:31:00.000-04:00The Economist review had a link to Amazon to buy U...The Economist review had a link to Amazon to buy UPI.<BR/><BR/>It also had a link to a Duke site that addresses key questions about the Hoax and includes some FAQs which I had never seen.<BR/><BR/>The behavior of the Duke 88 was addressed as nothing more than an academic freedom issue.<BR/><BR/>Truly risible explanations.<BR/><BR/>SAVANTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29485765953681240172007-09-14T08:32:00.000-04:002007-09-14T08:32:00.000-04:00"are most Americas ready to elect a black presiden..."are most Americas ready to elect a black president? "<BR/><BR/>I am. The problem is Condi doesn't seem to want the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-68867165407201875512007-09-14T08:31:00.000-04:002007-09-14T08:31:00.000-04:00Anonymous said... "KC:I hope that in the future, y...Anonymous said... <BR/>"KC:<BR/><BR/>I hope that in the future, you will continue to write about key issues that impact us all."<BR/><BR/>He's going to Israel.. If he can do for/to the Middle East what he he did for/to Durham....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-27643658792493602872007-09-14T04:49:00.000-04:002007-09-14T04:49:00.000-04:00Re: Prof Wendy Murphy: The Wikipedia entry on NESL...Re: Prof Wendy Murphy: The Wikipedia entry on NESL commences with the following sentence - <BR/><BR/>"The New England School of Law (NESL) is located in Boston, Massachusetts in the theater district. NESL is characterized by substantive instruction with a strong foundation in ethics." ....<BR/><BR/>Makes you think doesn't it !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-73398830451139447992007-09-14T04:41:00.000-04:002007-09-14T04:41:00.000-04:00As a non - American, it seems that the "New" South...As a non - American, it seems that the "New" South is just as sordid as the "Old" South; only the colour of the protagonists has changed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-63708230986997221782007-09-14T02:15:00.000-04:002007-09-14T02:15:00.000-04:00the review in the Economist is just another exampl...the review in the Economist is just another example of an America with no clothes:leading universities infested with tenured radical nut jobs; a pointless trillion-dollar war; a trillion-dollar misallocation to bad mortgage paper; backwards immigration policies coupled with a mindless fixation on tacky "celebrities."<BR/>Yecch!! Get me out of here!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-65731109814765822412007-09-14T01:20:00.000-04:002007-09-14T01:20:00.000-04:00TO 12:31AM--There have been so many little clever ...TO 12:31AM--<BR/><BR/>There have been so many little <I>clever</I> frauds show up here, how can one tell?Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-50572742154582574162007-09-14T01:19:00.000-04:002007-09-14T01:19:00.000-04:00The Economist<A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist" REL="nofollow">The Economist</A>Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-34380368060274558662007-09-14T01:05:00.000-04:002007-09-14T01:05:00.000-04:00The Economist has never been particularly left, le...The Economist has never been particularly left, let alone "left of Karl Marx". That said, they did seem to me to have been drifting somewhat leftward in recent years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-60600891881368091192007-09-14T00:31:00.000-04:002007-09-14T00:31:00.000-04:00Looks like Debra & inman missed Prabhu Nagra's art...Looks like Debra & inman missed Prabhu Nagra's artful allusion to Houston Baker's late Mar, 2006 racist screed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-66251941433579825622007-09-13T23:57:00.000-04:002007-09-13T23:57:00.000-04:00"This column, to its shame, echoed the prevailing ..."This column, to its shame, echoed the prevailing wisdom."<BR/><BR/>That's because the Economist is generally vastly over-credulous of the stories in the MSM. They do not believe much in the leftie bias that owns most of it, and must have been taken in pretty badly by the first months of coverage of the Evil Lacrosse Stripper & Beer Society. <BR/><BR/>They hold blogs at arm's length - I recall about 5 years ago there was a superb one called smartertimes.com, which daily busted a NYT story for egregious bias and selective omissions. The Economist held its nose. Smartertimes.com went on to become the New York Sun, a pretty respectable rag for actual reporting.<BR/><BR/>The Economist also holds with the world press in taking the Palestinian side when Israel defends itself.<BR/><BR/>That said - the guy who writes the Lexington column has let a little sunlight in: "The case also provides a vivid example of the evils of political correctness, which is rampant in the media. One writer noted that 'You couldn't invent a story so precisely tuned to the outrage frequency of the modern, metropolitan, bien pensant journalist." He's catching on nicely, and does a fine review indeed. But it finishes weakly.<BR/><BR/>"The only people who, it seems, have learned nothing from all this are Mr Nifong's enablers in the Duke faculty." Yes, no argument there Mr. Lexington, except for the word 'only'. Them 'bien piensant journalists' at the NYT haven't begun to atone for their misleading of its readers for the first year of coverage, and that would just be the first step in a long journey back to actual reporting, as opposed to bulldozing public opinion this way and that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-39887867419060828342007-09-13T23:31:00.000-04:002007-09-13T23:31:00.000-04:00no justice, no peace 8:41 said... ...Duke Homecomi...no justice, no peace 8:41 said... <BR/><BR/>...Duke Homecoming 2007, October 12-14<BR/>...$48,000 per year, plus travel and allowance…all I get is this?<BR/>...You really cannot make this up...<BR/>...<BR/>...They may want to up their spirits order, one might expect the attending alumni to be drinking heavily... <BR/>::<BR/>Good news. <BR/><BR/>We learned last winter during the lacrosse Mom's March ...that Shooters II, Inc. (Tavern) in Durham has a bus and they will pick up and deliver if asked. <BR/><BR/>And they are but one of the stops on the Durham Pub Crawl.<BR/><BR/>You could leave at 'hook-up' and be back by the close of 'Obama's innocence.'<BR/><BR/>A fine evening in the making.<BR/>::<BR/>GPGary Packwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177986821224068759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-42861563556127552232007-09-13T23:21:00.000-04:002007-09-13T23:21:00.000-04:00That was a totally outrageous and embarrassing e-m...That was a totally outrageous and embarrassing e-mail sent by former Gritty Gang of 88 member Houston Baker.<BR/><BR/>There is another word in that e-mail he misspelled which KC needs to "sic". Baker also misses with (provocateur).<BR/><BR/>Click on Spook's link and you will find it.<BR/><BR/>That Houston Baker can <I>throw down</I>....I tell ya!Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-76156921963559231512007-09-13T23:05:00.000-04:002007-09-13T23:05:00.000-04:00Guys, I think Prabhu Nagra was satirizing Houston ...Guys, I think Prabhu Nagra was satirizing Houston Baker's use of the term "silent whiteness," not seriously criticizing UPI.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-38932680750739398212007-09-13T23:02:00.000-04:002007-09-13T23:02:00.000-04:00KC... Nice review, and it defies the old adage abo...KC... Nice review, and it defies the old adage about economists:<BR/><BR/>"If you stacked all the economists in the world end to end, they would never reach a conclusion."<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>-RDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-39253550936964214622007-09-13T22:31:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:31:00.000-04:00The economist reviewer states the three were charg...The economist reviewer states the three were charged accompanied by the usual media frenzy. Was not this an unusual media frenzy? Was not this a media frenzy targeted at a specific group by a specific (albeit widespread) segment of the media? Doesn't this segment make media frenzies a well used tool to try ideologically important or useful cases in the court of public opinion? Should not the Economist and other media have a "MEDIA FRENZY" tag on certain stories in the future to let the unwary reader know to check credulity at the door? Are not historian's taught to bolster statements of fact with documented proof so as to lead to conclusions that stand intense scrutiny? thanks KCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-47813468861881657582007-09-13T22:15:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:15:00.000-04:00prabhu nagra @ 9:25SILENT WHITENESS, huh?How about...prabhu nagra @ 9:25<BR/><BR/>SILENT WHITENESS, huh?<BR/><BR/>How about your LOUD NON-WHITENESS? <BR/><BR/>Tell ya what. I'll let you use my resume with your name and I will guarantee you 50 interviews within a week. With my name, maybe 1.<BR/><BR/>Modern diversity is your best friend, but you don't even know it and probably don't want to admit it. <BR/><BR/>SILENT WHITENESS. <BR/><BR/>No. I'm beginning to think it is time to be very LOUD.<BR/><BR/>LOUD WHITE MEN. The new minority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-21307096331397088542007-09-13T22:12:00.000-04:002007-09-13T22:12:00.000-04:00TO Prabhu Nagra --Perhaps you just need to get out...TO <I>Prabhu Nagra </I>--<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you just need to get out of your "dishwasher" and come on into the 21st century.<BR/><BR/>Your problem is that you have been hit with a heavy dose of <I>otherness</I>. Indoctrination, no less!<BR/><BR/>Don't fret. It's not fatal.<BR/><BR/>Just leaves you terminally nonplussed.Debrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567454727276881424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-29201058310790266962007-09-13T21:56:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:56:00.000-04:00A superb review. Completely fantastic. The revie...A superb review. Completely fantastic. The reviewer took the book right into his soul and gave us back something most excellent.<BR/><BR/>ObserverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32542246.post-56078895954185282182007-09-13T21:25:00.000-04:002007-09-13T21:25:00.000-04:00Mr. Johnson, would you mind republishing the book?...Mr. Johnson, would you mind republishing the book? I don't know what it was...maybe the cover, maybe the foreword, maybe publisher's font....but for some reason, the SILENT WHITENESS was deafening. I just couldn't understand what you and Mr. Taylor were trying to get across. I'm sure it's my fault, but I'd be happy to buy another copy of the book once all the SILENT WHITENESS is removed. I'm gonna try running the book through the dishwasher or something. Is there a digital copy that I could download to my BlackBerry? I got the BlackBerry Pearl (Product)RED. There was another white version of the Pearl, but I'm unable to function when confronted with SILENT WHITENESS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com