Once again the "Very Serious David Brooks" tries to blame the financial crisis on ACORN

Who Is James Johnson?
By DAVID BROOKS
Published: June 16, 2011


Most political scandals involve people who are not really enmeshed in the Washington establishment — people like Representative Anthony Weiner or Representative William Jefferson. Most scandals involve spectacularly bad behavior — like posting pictures of your private parts on the Web or hiding $90,000 in cash in your freezer.

But the most devastating scandal in recent history involved dozens of the most respected members of the Washington establishment. Their behavior was not out of the ordinary by any means.

For that reason, the Fannie Mae scandal is the most important political scandal since Watergate. It helped sink the American economy. It has cost taxpayers about $153 billion, so far. It indicts patterns of behavior that are considered normal and respectable in Washington.

more tripe
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/opinion/17brooks.html?hp

Unfortunately, Krugman is on vacation. It will be interesting to see how he responds to this....

The guy's also a Moonie.

5 pounds of manure in a 1 pound sack. Gads I hate this smug, pompous turd. If he were one tenth as smart as he thinks he is, he'd have a room temperature IQ.

nt