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Sunday, September 30, 2007

The Virginian Pilot, Paul Krugman and Blackwater

The Virginian Pilot has always had a soft spot in it's heart for Leftist columnist for the NY Times Paul Krugman. The views of Krugman and the Pilot's editors seem to coincide.

That's why I was struck today by Krugman's full throated attack on Blackwater as an illegal, murderous and unnecessary group of killer thugs and the Pilot's front page story on Blackwater. The link I provided is to a website called "Economist's View" since the Pilot does not have Krugman's rant on it's online website.

What was ironic is that earlier today I found an article that went into great detail about the NY Times' hired goons in Iraq terrorizing an Iraqi citizen , beating him and threatening him with death. The man is unfortunate enough to own a building next to the Times HQ in Baghdad.

I wonder if Krugman will comment on "his" thugs in next week's column.

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