The NY Times is Pathetic

From yesterday:

Gasoline is cheaper than it was before Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans. Consumer confidence jumped last month and new- home sales hit a record. The stock market has been rising. Even the nation's beleaguered factories seem headed for a happy holiday season.

By most measures, the economy appears to be doing fine. No, scratch that, it appears to be booming.

But as always with the United States economy, it is not quite that simple.

Uh, no, it is that simple. At a time when the Pentagon is being criticized for "planting" accurate, but pro-American, stories in the Iraqi press, this garbage is being published by the paper of record. Hysterical.

I think maybe they just forgot to include the rest of that last sentence: But as always with the United States economy, it is not quite that simple when a Republican is in the White House.