The Not-So-Strange Bedfellows of USA NEXT
A quick survey of the News & Information page at USA Next, the organization responsible for this ad campaign, features editorial and advertorial pieces that carry the byline of the following authors:
- Peter Ferrara, National Review
- Christopher J. Conover, Duke University & Cato Institute
- Duane Freese, a columnist at TechCentralStation
- James K. Glassman, identified as a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and "host" of TechCentralStation
- Joseph A. D'Agostino, an associate editor at Human Events
- Jonathan Pond, Emmy-award winner
- Steve Forbes
There's also a Mel Gibson interview on the Passion of the Christ.
To be fair, not all of the aforementioned folks may be aware that USA Next is posting stories with their bylines. But, I wonder how some might react once they see these sophomoric ads.
wow. check out the Publisher's Notes on that piece by the guy from Duke:
Publisher’s Note: There is a Hidden Hand involved in the crushing health cost problems uncovered here by Christopher J. Conover: the AARP. Strumpetting about in an ill-fitted Paul Revere suit to create the image of hero, AARP is actually a nagging scold that helped create the very problems they now want to "solve" with more of the same bad ideas. They are a key player in the Iron Triangle, which combines lobbyists of the Left with unelected regulators and Congress. AARP was one of the inventors of the "health emergency." We can’t afford their "solutions."
Posted by: cleek | 22 February 2005 at 13:37
Cleek:
That was one of my favs, but I wanted to leave y'all with some "discovery" fun.
Posted by: Roxanne | 22 February 2005 at 13:39
Darn those old people, why do they hate America? Why, I bet on 9/11 they were out on the streets cheering and waving their canes in the air and running people over with their Rascal scooters, and I bet they kick puppy dogs too, uh huhn!
- Badtux the Snarky Penguin
Posted by: BadTux | 23 February 2005 at 01:22