USA Today notes that welfare expenditures are rising steeply: More than 50 million Americans are on Medicaid, the federal-state program aimed principally at the poor, a survey of state data by USA TODAY shows. That’s up at least 17% since the recession began in December 2007… More than 40 million people get food stamps, an increase of nearly 50% during the economic downturn, according to government data through May. The [...]
Photo by Michael Yon. Yon’s Caption: I photographed men and women, both Christians and Muslims, placing a cross atop the St. John’s Church in Baghdad. They had taken the cross from storage and a man washed it before carrying it up to the dome. I say: This is what victory in Iraq looks like, the elevation of a powerless minority to a place of prominence guarded by mutual respect. It’s [...]John on March 17, 2006 at 7:18 am
Michelle Malkin has news that Moody’s is considering downgrading the Times, noting:
[G]rowing concerns about The New York Times’ high financial leverage, deteriorating operating margins and weak free cash flow available for debt reduction, combined with concerns over intensifying cross media competition, including the internet…
In other words, THE BLOGS ARE KILLING US!
All I can say is, it’s about time.
Category: MSM & Bias |
I dig the artwork! What do you think the “S.S.” stands for in the “S.S. Grey Lady”…Sinking Swiftly? Sucks Severely?
But if The NY Times and papers like it (L.A. Times, Chicago Sun Times, etc) go out of business, what will people use to train their puppies on, line their bird cages with, etc?
Think of the poor animals! : – (
March 17, 2006 @ 2:19 pm