Tag Archives: David Brooks

Tweedledum, Tweedledee spar on NPR

Posted on March 16, 2014 by oddmanout215

My friend Swamp Rabbit and I get a kick out of Republicans who complain of National Public Radio’s “liberal bias,” a strange charge given the fact that NPR rarely veers from the “he said/she said” style of reporting and commentary, … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, humor, mainstream media, Obama | Tagged Crimea, David Brooks, E.J. Dionne, NPR, referendum, Robert Siegel, Russia, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Mr. Mitt goes to Washington? Let’s hope not.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

David Brooks and Mitt Romney should get married. Brooks is the foremost weasel among pundits. Romney is No. 1 among politicians, and that’s saying something. Latest example: The pious Mr. Mitt has been telling a new lie each day concerning … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Politics, The New Depression, unemployment | Tagged David Brooks, Earnest Weasel, Gov. John Kasich, Mitt Romney, weasels, workers' bargaining rights | 2 Comments

Thump Trump once, it’s all he deserves

Posted on May 21, 2011 by oddmanout215

(This one’s a little late but hey, so’s my mortgage payment…) Here’s to the Earnest Weasel, David Brooks, and all the other insiders who get paid big bucks to bloviate. Thanks, guys, for wasting thousands of words speculating that Donald … Continue reading →

Posted in casinos, David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Philadelphia, Politics | Tagged Atlantic city, birther, David Brooks, Donald Trump, Earnest Weasel, goon squad, Mussolini, Philadelphia, president, the Ugly American | 1 Comment

Brooks, the Earnest Weasel, nips at Obama

Posted on April 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

This because it’s been a long while since my last installment of the Weasel Watch: President Obama and Paul Ryan are two of the smartest, most admirable and most genial men in Washington. It is sad, although not strange, that … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, taxes | Tagged budget reform, David Brooks, Earnest Weasel, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, President Obama, social safety net, spending cuts, tax breaks | Leave a comment

Joe Bageant walked it as he talked it

Posted on March 31, 2011 by oddmanout215

Joe Bageant, the self-described “redneck socialist” writer who died this week at age 64, enjoyed exploring the great divide between the working class and the limousine liberal establishment. Sometimes he seemed one of the few progressive-minded author/social critics who even … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, Politics | Tagged David Brooks, Deer Hunting With Jesus, Joe Bageant, liberal estblishment, Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir, working class | 1 Comment

Media guy blames media for Wisconsin turmoil

Posted on February 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Wisconsin says a lot about our political discourse, none of it good… Complex issues are reduced to sound bites. Talking points of the extreme left and right dominate. Americans obediently fall into line, either for “free enterprise” or the “working … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, Philadelphia, taxes, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged collective bargaining, David Brooks, Elysian Fields, labor unions, Michael Smerconish. Philadelphia Inquirer, pension funds, right-wing commentators, unemployment, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

David Brooks, a weasel in preacher’s clothing

Posted on January 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Civility is a tree with deep roots, and without the roots, it can’t last. So what are those roots? They are failure, sin, weakness and ignorance. — David Brooks, Jan. 13, The New York Times Brooks should write speeches for … Continue reading →

Posted in David Brooks, economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, New York Times, New York Times op-ed, Obama, Politics | Tagged antebellum South, D.C., David Brooks, elitism, Jonathan Edwards, Main Line, New Deal, Obama, Pat Buchanan, Washington | 8 Comments

The beauty of Xmas be upon you, Dick

Posted on December 14, 2010 by oddmanout215

An old friend sent me a holiday e-card — an animated cartoon, actually, with an angel and the baby Jesus in a Christmas tree, and a bit of text at the end. Enjoy the beauty of Christmas, and so on. … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Great Recession, mainstream media, mid-term elections, Politics, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged Chico Marx, Christmas, David Brooks, Dick Cheney, Great Recession, Michael Moore, sanity clause, Santa Claus, WikiLeaks | Leave a comment

NYT to 99ers: Chances for new benefits ‘slim to none’

Posted on August 6, 2010 by oddmanout215

Senate Democrats, on six-week vacation, seem to agree Reporter Michael Luo came through this week with a story on the long-term unemployed, which was more or less a case study of how dangerous it is to lose your job in … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, mainstream media, mid-term elections, New York Times, Obama, Politics | Tagged 99ers, David Brooks, FDR, Luo, New York Times, Paul Krugman, Rochester Unemployment Examiner, Senate Dems, Stabenow | Leave a comment

Brooks appalled by Gibson, but not by Bush

Posted on July 20, 2010 by oddmanout215

In the Weekly Standard, back in 2003, David Brooks bemoaned the fact that “Many Democrats feel that George Bush is just running loose, transforming the national landscape and ruining the nation, and there is nothing they can do to stop … Continue reading →

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