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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Media plays the Whitney Houston fiddle while Athens burns. You'd think something like this would get more coverage -- as a certain song asks: How will I know?


Posted by Will Bunch @ 5:14 PM  Permalink | 50 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:33 PM, 02/12/2012
    This is what happens when you have a population completely and utterly addicted to other people's money. This is what the left wants for us. Their utopia can never possibly work, and Athens is the end result.
    jmc
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:19 AM, 02/13/2012
    Thumbs up.

    Bunch doesn't get it. No Dem does. Bunch sees this and thinks "Look, our country is obsessed with celebrity".

    People that are paying attention and are seriously concerned see this and think "this is what happens when you take away the handouts that people have come to expect and now demand. It's only a matter of time before this happens in the US".
    journalismIsDead
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:37 PM, 02/12/2012
    At this point the Greek people should get what they apparently are demanding. Greece should default and leave the Eurozone. Then maybe they'll comprehend real austerity as they will immediately have to balance the budget while their banking system collapses.
    RG
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:46 PM, 02/12/2012
    The ideal backdrop for Barry's "budget" on Monday. Increased spending, increased taxes, increased debt, increased government. Even Harry Reid won't let it see the light of day.
    Mr. Smith
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:46 PM, 02/12/2012
    The ideal backdrop for Barry's "budget" on Monday. Increased spending, increased taxes, increased debt, increased government. Even Harry Reid won't let it see the light of day.
    Mr. Smith
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:23 PM, 02/12/2012
    This all-day Whitney Houston coverage is unbelievable. She hasn't been relevant in 15 years, and even when she was, she didn't have the influence on music that the sensational coverage of the last 24 hours would lead one to believe she had.
    wokmaster
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:43 PM, 02/12/2012
    I like my coffee like I like my women.
    Mr. Smith
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:01 PM, 02/12/2012
    decaffeinated?
    chris_r
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:02 PM, 02/12/2012
    Why do your editors ignore it Will? Think real hard. Bloated Unions, living wages, Fat pensions for Apparatchiks. Hostile Business Climate. Remind you of anywhere?.
    tr88
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:08 PM, 02/12/2012
    Spend spend spend....collapse
    TKL008
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