“History’s smallest monster”, to use James Taranto’s formulation, doubles down on his odious 9/11 remarks, but wants to make sure you know how personally proud he is of you:
Now, I should have said that the American people behaved remarkably well in the weeks and months after 9/11: There was very little panic, and much more tolerance than one might have feared. Muslims weren’t lynched, and neither were dissenters, and that was something of which we can all be proud.
“Much more tolerance than one might have feared.” And this guy gets to write in nation’s flagship newspaper.
But hey, ‘Murica: At least you didn’t go around lynching Muslims and dissenters. Because that was a real concern there in flyover country, for a while.
What an idiot.
I think they call that “projection.”
A really good companion read on the psychology of it all (since you’re channeling “Dr. Sanity” these days sarge
Too bad she’s on hiatus these days..) is a piece by Daniel Greenfield “Sultan Kinish” in today’s Canada Free Press entitled: “The Wages of Terror.” @
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40277
A shack–REALLY hits the nail on the head.! GREAT read–but a sadly disquieting one for what it says about the current American state of Dihimmitude.. The grabber pull-quote? “The Obama Administration has eliminated the Park Services ‘Save America’s Treasures’ program, but there is always money for Islam…the new NPS gives money to the Medina of Tunis, an adjacent Islamic school, and a Muslim pilgrimage site in Turkmenistan.”
VX, thanks for the link! I was “reassured” that I’m not the only one who sees things this way.
Why the eff is the government spending our “save muriccan heritage” dollars OCONUS on Muslim boondoggles?
Oh, wait …
Every time I think I can’t hate the SCOAMF more, he proves me wrong.
I wonder what his 10 year post “economy-saving alien attack” editorial would read like?
This person just can’t respect the dead, can he. He has to beat and flog his horse to justify his existence. He probably took a tremendous amount of abuse for his 9/11 post and now he’s backtracking in his own ineffectual way.
Tool. I’d say more but I do try to be a lady sometimes.
I dunno; Krugman ought to be thankful for the fact that idiot columnists for the New York Times weren’t lynched by a righteously angry mob on 9-11-2011. I think he feared tar and feathers since he said there’d be no comments allowed on his pathetic little screed.
NYC eats your brain. It’s a fact.
I don’t think it’s NYC because I haven’t been affected. It’s the foie gras and endive they serve at all the “right” proper dinner parties.
Powerful stuff! Reaches all the way down to Princeton.
Mr. K is almost the archetype of the elitist leftist – totally out of touch with everything except is white liberal guilt and self hatred. But, since he himself is such a superior and enlightened type, he must be above being an object of hate, so it must be the great unwashed who are to be to targets of his self-hate.
And, of course, once again, comments are blocked.
Wholeheartedly agree with Kris in NE. Krugman is an unbelievable tool. What’s more I highly recommend checking out the link VX provided above. If we’re not careful, the left will be the death of us all.
Men and women at the tip of the spear from the CINC on down to the E-2 kicking doors in Fallujah had to make decisions that have real consequences in real time with only the information at hand at the time.
Egomaniacs like Krugman can sit back and throw mindless, unsubstantiated charges at those actually expected to produce only because nothing of significance is expected of of him. He is not worthy to polish the boots of the aforementioned E-2. His efforts do not keep one person safe at night, nor is it required of him. We expect nothing of him, and frankly, he disappoints even in that.
Nothing would be quite an improvement.
The typical small town American is as foreign to Krugman and his like as the typical Muslim. Possibly moreso.
Oh, I’m definitely puttin’ my sawbuck on “moreso,” Flatlander. Good point, thanks for the tip–I’ll split my winnings with you–it’s a lock!
You know, that guy sure has a pedo beard going on. I could totally see him in the back of a van parked down the street from an elementary school offering candy to kids.
Which, morally speaking, probably wouldn’t be that different than writing for the New York Times.
Oh, this is great! What an extraordinary gift he has given to us! Already easy to hate because of his physical features, lefty politics, socialist economics, and treasonous employer, Krugman has now really outdone himself. His egregious timing on 9-11 and his over the top statements just made him the ‘worst’ person in the history of America! What wonderful fodder for the conservative blogeshpere and fish wraps. Where is the tree and who has a rope?
Although a Liberal, I am not a great fan of Krugman either. I am even less so after this faux pas. However I am not caught up in the frenzied indignation that feeds upon itself, becoming ever more and more exaggerated, than what Krugman said originally.
It was the wrong time to say what he did. Some of his comments (“irrevocably poisoned”) are bordering on the absurd. Nevertheless there is something of value to be mined here. Some of what he said is unfortunately true. Too many people and factions have tried to capitalize on the national tragedy of 9-11 for base, personal reasons. For 10 years running, I always have to laugh sadly at Giuliani and his repetitive, “Noun, Verb, 9-11″ to suit whatever purpose of his at the time.
I did get a laugh about Rumsfeld canceling his NYT subscription. Ya, that’ll show ‘em. But my question is, why was he a subscriber in the first place? Especially after years of accusing the Gray Lady of “treason?”
A bit of satire by John Stewart 09/13/01: Remembering the Day We Forgot the Lessons of the Day We Had Sworn We Would Always Remember” adds some needed balance to this story, and some painful perspective.
Although it is not pretty, watch it! Compare its statements to Krugman’s. Then may we please forget about this tempest in a teapot? Remember not only those who were lost, their families, and our troops, but also how we may have changed as a nation, for better and/or worse. And forget about Krugman, please.
It would be nice if Krugman made it easier to forget him.
Frankly, if I were a lib, I’d be mighty ashamed of Krugman. He’s not just an economic ignoramus, he also hates the country that has made his standard of life possible. To say he’s a pathetic little man does not do justice to him.
Actually, QM, if you WERE a lib, you’d write a half-dozen ranty paragraphs in a futile effort to left-handed apologize for Krugman whilst simultaneously attempting the ‘nothing to see here’ defense.
Libs aren’t ashamed or embarrassed by the gauche behaviors of other libs… they agree with them.
It’s because you aren’t, that you don’t.
Just proves I ain’t one. I am ashamed for the man. A man with his attainments should be better. But then, if he had any real attainments he wouldn’t be what he is.
See Flit at 10:07 a.m.
Not the worst person in the history of America. Certainly not – he doesn’t deserve that much credit.
No muslims weren’t lynched. And dissenters, even those in the US Army who thought it was unjust to expect Muslim soldiers to want to fight against terrorism performed under the name of their religion, were allowed to do as they pleased to our detriment. But as for being proud, who could be proud watching a 6 yr old girl crying as she is groped by a TSA agent for the benefit of our multi-cultural sensibilities.
Yep, we didn’t give into our hate, as they (and they know who they are) did on Sept. 11th in 2001 and in 2011. However, we did give in a bit too much and are paying the price in lost liberties and freedoms. If only we asked “who hates us” rather then “why they hate us”, I think we might have done better. Some asked the right question, and they should be proud.
Something about the passing of a man the total opposite of Mr. K.
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18880546
Knud Dyby of Novato, who helped spare the lives of thousands of Danish Jews during the Holocaust in a historic coup against the Nazis, died Sept. 8. He was 96.
During World War II when he was in his 20s, Mr. Dyby participated in an underground mobilization in 1943 that smuggled virtually all of the 8,000 Jews living in Denmark across the narrow body of water between Denmark and Sweden within a matter of weeks, keeping them out of the hands of the Nazis who were occupying Denmark at the time.
Mr. Dyby, who was born in Randers, Denmark in 1915, emigrated to the United States after World War II, settling in Novato.
Nearly 40 years passed before Mr. Dyby received much recognition for his valor. In the 1980s, when many Holocaust survivors finally began speaking out about their experiences, Mr. Dyby started talking to groups about his story.
“It was never about promoting himself. He was very humble in that regard,” said Lynne Wasley, co-founder of United for Safe Schools Novato. “It was about the message.”
Wasley met Mr. Dyby in 2004 when he was participating in an educational program for children called No More Scapegoats. The program used the life and times of Anne Frank to illustrate the need to confront racism and intolerance today.
Wasley said Mr. Dyby warned his audiences that the Holocaust is an example of what can happen when good people fail to stand up to hate.
Joe:
More people the total opposite of Paul Krugman.
Yep. And stuff like that is why I hate the term “first responders” which all too often is taken to mean only uniformed professionals.
Those people were the first responders. The fire, Police and EMS types are almost never “first responders.” The people that call them are the first responders.
Those people put capitol letters on CITIZENS.
Well done.
Krugman is proof of the old adage that some people are alive simply because it is illegal to kill them.
in other societies and times, slander such as his would have had fatal consequences. he besmirches the honorable, safe in the knowledge that their values protect his lack thereof.
I put a sign that said that on the wall above my desk while I was an Engineer at OHDOT. I wanted to see how long it took before some one told me to take it down. Took almost a year.
Which is to say what, that we’re normally a crowd that goes about lynching folks we blame for the bad stuff that happens? Gee, that’s damned American of you, Mr. Krugman.
Mongo, that was his liberal projection talking. He would gladly lynch people with whom he disagrees and assumes that everyone else, especially the great unwashed, suffer from similar lack of self control.
Every lib I have talked with about firearms, if they don’t just call me a wannabe murderer and storm off after a few minutes, end up the discussion with a phrase along the lines of “Well, I know that if I had a gun right now I’d shoot you!” But, since he is one of the elitist elect, and fully above any reproach, he must project his own failings on everyone he considers beneath him.