Oil prices davastating to rogue nations

[Rajoo]

John, end of the day I would rather put my faith and trust in America than in Venezuela (dysfunctional democracy), Iran (theocracy) or Russia (dictatorship).

This from a recent news item (Oct. 2013):

Iranian president pushes to ban the 'Death to America' chant that is shouted after weekly prayers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...y-prayers.html

Dondilion, "...........how much many of us adhere to official
pronouncement." How so.

Snowden is Gen Y and I am not under the illusion that he was interested in informing the American public.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

John, end of the day I would rather put my faith and trust in America than in Venezuela (dysfunctional democracy), Iran (theocracy) or Russia (dictatorship).

That's fine but it doesn't justify your characterization of them as rogue states.

Snowden is Gen Y and I am not under the illusion that he was interested in informing the American public.

Because he's "Gen Y"????

John

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

That's fine but it doesn't justify your characterization of them as rogue states.

Not that it's true one way or the other (it was an opinion piece, after all), rogue behavior was asserted in the OP linked piece. If you have a beef with it, take it up with the Post or Jackson Diehl who entitled the op-ed piece "Rogue States Feel the Pinch."

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Not that it's true one way or the other (it was an opinion piece, after all), rogue behavior was asserted in the OP linked piece. If you have a beef with it, take it up with the Post or Jackson Diehl who entitled the op-ed piece "Rogue States Feel the Pinch."

There is a dearth of quality opinion/analysts.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

There is a dearth of quality opinion/analysts.

Too true. The journalism marketplace doesn't want 'em.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

There is a dearth of quality opinion/analysts.

Jackson Diehl is not part of that dearth. He, along with several others on the WashPost (e.g., Ignatius) are very accomplished, bright fellows.

Jackson Diehl received Inter-American Press Association Award for Interpretive Journalism in 1984 for his coverage of South America, and the Bob Considine Award of the Overseas Press Association in 1990 for his coverage of the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe. He was named a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for his commentary on Egypt, and was again a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013 for editorials about Syria.

In 2014 he was presented with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit by the government of Poland for "outstanding contribution to the support of democratic changes in Poland."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Diehl

He was an early supporter of Dubya's Iraq invasion, however.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Not that it's true one way or the other (it was an opinion piece, after all), rogue behavior was asserted in the OP linked piece. If you have a beef with it, take it up with the Post or Jackson Diehl who entitled the op-ed piece "Rogue States Feel the Pinch."

They must have changed the title, or was the newsprint title different (if you read the hardcopy)?

Title at this moment: "Falling oil prices hit Venezuela, Iran and Russia hard."

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by nailer

They must have changed the title, or was the newsprint title different (if you read the hardcopy)?

Title at this moment: "Falling oil prices hit Venezuela, Iran and Russia hard."

I subscribe to the hard copy and it was as I said. Also, the Post has a habit of changing the title of op-ed pieces and feature articles after the first day, perhaps to get new or different eyeballs on them or to have their webpage always seem fresh. I just noticed that the original title is still being used on the link on the WashPost's homepage and their Opinion page.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

If you have a beef with it, take it up with the Post or Jackson Diehl who entitled the op-ed piece "Rogue States Feel the Pinch."

Before I took exception to BeamOn's use of the term "rogue state", I checked the linked article. I wanted to make sure I beefed at the right person.

Originally Posted by nailer

Title at this moment: "Falling oil prices hit Venezuela, Iran and Russia hard."

And that's the title I found.

John

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by nailer

They must have changed the title, or was the newsprint title different (if you read the hardcopy)?

Title at this moment: "Falling oil prices hit Venezuela, Iran and Russia hard."

They are not doing Canada nor my pension the world of good either.