The Times‘ Shame
By Mitch Berg
Paul Krugman may not have written the most reprehensible column in his entire career as a cossetted, ivory-tower academic – but for the life of me, I don’t remember anything he’s ever done that’s worse than last weekend’s “9/11” column:
Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued?
Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd.
I have a hunch most people get very “subdued” around Paul Krugman.
No, that’s not fair.
Still, it’s fairer than Krugman is…well, ever. As in this bit – which may be the dumbest piece of writing I’ve ever read in a column by a “major” columnist (emphasis added):
What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful.
“This is what you think, whether you admit it or not”.
It’s a a claim common to drama queens, 5’4″ guys selling Amway distributorships, and junior high girls worldwide.
Te atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani, and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror.
How many greasy black suns orbit Planet Academia?
The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it.
In its heart, the nation knows that Paul Krugman offers less intrinsic value to society than most drunk drivers.
In his heart, Krugman knows it too.
(Nah, it’s not very satisfying, actually. Not sure what Krugman gets from it).
I’m not going to allow comments on this post, for obvious reasons.
Obviously, Krugman’s a gutless punk.
September 12th, 2011 at 9:31 am
What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful.
Yes, it was deeply shameful how quickly people like Krugman went from supporting America and a muscular reaction to an attack on it, to supporting a political agenda supporting a muscular reaction and attack on Republicans.
Oh wait, that wasn’t what Krugman was talking about?
Nevermind…
September 12th, 2011 at 9:46 am
Krugman is a fat cat who will not pay his fair share in taxes. I think that even Krugman knows this, whether he admits it or not.
September 12th, 2011 at 11:16 am
5’4″ guys selling timeshares and junior high girls worldwide.
Are you calling “teh perfesser” a pimp?
September 12th, 2011 at 11:44 am
There was a good story in the paper last week about the firefighter who was with President Bush on the debris of the buildings. The famous photo of those two. Great story. Told why the then retired fightman was there. Also put a little insight into President Bush.
Interesting note…the man has since visited Bush 11 times, mostly in the White House.
September 12th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Chuck, I never knew the guy in the photo was retired for some time when 9/11 hit. He looks pretty good for a guy who was 69 at the time of the photo. Talk about someone who believes in his mission!
Link to the article: http://www.startribune.com/nation/128884848.html
September 12th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
You far-right kooks used 9/11 to justify a dishonest war on Iraq, leaving it to Obama to take out bin Laden and most of the rest of al Qaeda’s leadership. Shameful.
September 12th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Yeah, that was awesome, Nerd. Days after the towers went down, after his deer-in-the-headlights “My Pet Goat” moment and after spending a day hiding out in remote Air Force bases, Bush showed up and said a few inarticulate words through a bullhorn.
September 12th, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Hmmm. Don’t you get tired of using the same old tired left wingnut moonbat lies as professed to you by your libturd leaders, ac? You are obviuously admitting, that since most of the DemonRATs voted to go to war, believing (with good reason) that Saddam had WMDs, that they did their own due diligence before voting yes. Therefore, they are just as guilty as Bush and believed the intelligence info to be credible. Of course, you idots always want to lay the blame, just like Saul Alinsky instructs you to do. As far as Obungler taking out OBL, your other buddy, Slick Willy Clintoon, had not one, not two, but 3 chances to take him out and failed to act! He only threatened to sue him! Obviously, OBL was shaking in his sandals at that threat. Although he made many mistakes, even he admits that that was one of his whoppers! Using lib logic here, Clinton is actually has the most responsibility for the 9/11attacks!
September 12th, 2011 at 3:20 pm
One bullhorn, no telepromter; ’nuff said. 8)
September 12th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Bosshoss, Hillary Clinton voted for the Iraq War. Obama made her Secretary of State, a real WTF? move by the Commander in Chief. I suppose he measured her qualifications for the job using the same corkscrew-shaped ruler he used when he measured Biden for the VP slot.
Both the Dem Presidential and VP candidates in 2004 voted for the Iraq War. Obama didn’t vote against the war (he couldn’t), though he made an odd speech opposing it, odd in that he didn’t claim that Sadam had no WMD. He opposed the Iraq War because he thought the war was for oil or Jews or something.
Obama himself voted to continue funding the Iraq War after he became senator.
September 12th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Terry;
You are correct. Even Eddie Kennedy voted for it, only to cry foul later! Funny though, they have only given mild lip service to Obumblers Bogus Journey into Libya. Bush at least, followed proper procedures by going to Congress, yet never gets credit for that!
September 12th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
Days after the towers went down, after his deer-in-the-headlights “My Pet Goat” moment and after spending a day hiding out in remote Air Force bases, Bush showed up and said a few inarticulate words through a bullhorn.
Hell, those talking points are as old as the Father Coughlin reference you uncorked the other day. You’re kinda phonin’ it in these days, Pagliacci.
September 12th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Lefties tend to be poorly informed about everything. I suppose it comes from thinking comedians and entertainers are hard-hitting journalists.
Coughlin supported the New Deal until 134, wen he moved to Roosevelt’s left and formed the National Union for Social Justice:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin
Coughlin was a fascist. Fascism is the furthest thing from American conservatism, and it is especially abhorrent to compare people like Limbaugh, Beck, et al, to statists like Coughlin. Once you remove the elements of anti-semitism and nationalism, there is nothing Coughlin said that today’s New York democrat would disagree with.
September 12th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Clownie doesn’t need to be informed. He’s got a flip-book of chanting points from Media Matters.
September 12th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
OK morons, Angryclown is going to blow your little minds: Angryclown doesn’t agree with everything any Democrat may choose to do. Angryclown, in hilariously marked contrast to you extremist loonies, thinks for himself. Democrats who voted to give Bush authority to fight Iraq used very poor judgment.
September 12th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
And AC we don’t agree with everything Republicans do. NCLB comes to mind
September 13th, 2011 at 3:00 am
Bush deer-in-the-headlights moment: 30 seconds
(http://www.historycommons.org/essay.jsp?article=essayaninterestingday)
Democrats deer-in-the-headlights moment: 40 minutes
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1190931/posts)
You sure know how to pick ’em.
September 13th, 2011 at 4:23 am
“Angryclown, in hilariously marked contrast to you extremist loonies, thinks for himself”
OK, now we’re seeing some comedic spark!
September 13th, 2011 at 11:00 am
AC, Father Coughlin was initially a supporter of FDR. By the mid thirties he no longer supported FDR because he was a supporter of Wall Street in Coughlin’s opinion. Instead of FDR, he liked Huey Long.
Sounds very much like many of today’s far left who think Obama is just a tool of the big banks and hate Israel. Paging Father Pfleger.
Interestingly once Coughlin no longer supported FDR he was taken off the Radio by the Government, So he sent newsletters out by mail. FDR shut that down as well by not allowing him to use the public postal service. Sound any thing like the libby arguement against Talk Radio because they use the public airwaves?
September 13th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Awesome command of history there, JPMN.
(Just between you and Angryclown, Terry gets bonus points for not pretending he didn’t just pull all his information from Wikipedia).