The War on Housing Crisis, DIY Commandos to the Rescue.
The New York Times has got to be kidding, right? After last night’s debate, ABC’s agenda became blatantly clear to anyone paying attention. Distract, distort, discredit, destroy. In a word, disgusting. So what do I wake up to in this morning’s online NY Times center cover story “Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Solvent” by Joyce Wadler.
IN these times of mortgage crisis and credit card debt, of people living over their heads and losing their homes, it may be instructive to visit David and Gina Giffels, proud owners of an exquisitely renovated 1913 Tudor house, with six fireplaces, a solarium and a billiards room, which is well within their means, in part because they paid $65,000.
more dog whistles
I’d mentioned in an earlier post how the right wing uses “dog whistle” politics to communicate to certain groups within the electorate. Karl Rove’s depiction of Obama playing “pick-up” basketball was an early example of how the Republicans would frame Obama. Here’s a clip, via Media Matter of the always obnoxious Bill O’Riely. MM was highlighting his outright attack on Liberal institutions. However, his guest Laura Ingraham manages a dog whistle.