Rising Inflation Creates Unease in Middle East
New York TimesWhat, so ordinary people are not usually poor? Seriously, what idiot wrote this incredibly stupid sentence? So ordinary people are not normally poor. Ordinary people are middle class or upper class. So, I guess that makes poor people not ordinary. Maybe they are just lucky ducks.
The inflation has many causes, from rising global demand for commodities to the monetary constraints of currencies pegged to the weakening American dollar. But one cause is the skyrocketing price of oil itself, which has quadrupled since 2002. It is helping push many ordinary people toward poverty even as it stimulates a new surge of economic growth in the gulf.[highlighted by Rook]
If ever there was an example of a Freudian slip, this is it.
Arrogance, thy name is New York Times.
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I saw that article, and that same sentence pushed all my hopping mad button! Glad you blogged it, there's a limit to how much I can manage. (snicker)
But to return to the purpose of this visit -- I'm asking for a link on your blogroll and plan to add you to mine. Oh, and your post on Blogroll Amnesty Day that Jon Swift's blog linked to is gone! funtoosh! You should probly let him know so he can fix his linky.
I blog at La Casa de Los Gatos and CultureVultures as ThePoliticalCat. Thanks!