Powell, Pesci Substack The Journal Inquirer (JI), one of the last independent newspapers in Connecticut, is now a part of the Hearst Media chain. Hearst has been growing by leaps and bounds in the state during the last decade. At the same time, many newspapers in Connecticut have shrunk in size, the result, some people seem to think, of ad revenue smaller newspapers have lost to internet sites and a declining newspaper reading public. Surviving papers are now seeking to recover the lost revenue by erecting “pay walls.” Like most besieged businesses, newspapers also are attempting to recoup lost revenue through staff reductions, reductions in the size of the product – both candy bars and newspapers are much smaller than they had been in the past – and sell-offs to larger chains that operate according to the social Darwinian principles of monopolistic “red in tooth and claw” giant corporations. The first principle of the successful mega-firm is: Buy out your predator before he swallows
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History is great, but it doesn't mean Russia is going to invade Poland. On such topics, I'm with Pat Buchanan, not Bush Jr. I think we ought to be disengaging with the world (cause we're going to have to, as our money loses value). Defending the Czechs from the Russians--when in fact no one's threatening anyone--seems like a low priority.
No, it will not do to thumb your nose at the truth. The defense system was there to protect the Baltic States and Poland from post-Soviet Russian aggression.
In the new world that dances in the imagination of Obama, perhaps we no longer need such friends as Poland.
My reaction to this is perhaps colored by Nixon’s betrayal of Cardinal Mindszenty, who sought refuge in the American Embassy when Brezhnev wanted him deported to Rome. Nixon told him he would have to bow to his fate.
And Poland? It has been betrayed in history so many times that perhaps it has gotten used to it.
Myself… I come from a different time. I’m fully aware that my time has passed. It was, though, an age of heroes: http://donpesci.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-praise-of-famous-men.html
I miss it.