Farewell. The Flying Pig Has Left The Building.

Steve Hynd, August 16, 2012

After four years on the Typepad site, eight years total blogging, Newshoggers is closing it's doors today. We've been coasting the last year or so, with many of us moving on to bigger projects (Hey, Eric!) or simply running out of blogging enthusiasm, and it's time to give the old flying pig a rest.

We've done okay over those eight years, although never being quite PC enough to gain wider acceptance from the partisan "party right or wrong" crowds. We like to think we moved political conversations a little, on the ever-present wish to rush to war with Iran, on the need for a real Left that isn't licking corporatist Dem boots every cycle, on America's foreign misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq. We like to think we made a small difference while writing under that flying pig banner. We did pretty good for a bunch with no ties to big-party apparatuses or think tanks.

Those eight years of blogging will still exist. Because we're ending this typepad account, we've been archiving the typepad blog here. And the original blogger archive is still here. There will still be new content from the old 'hoggers crew too. Ron writes for The Moderate Voice, I post at The Agonist and Eric Martin's lucid foreign policy thoughts can be read at Democracy Arsenal.

I'd like to thank all our regular commenters, readers and the other bloggers who regularly linked to our posts over the years to agree or disagree. You all made writing for 'hoggers an amazingly fun and stimulating experience.

Thank you very much.

Note: This is an archive copy of Newshoggers. Most of the pictures are gone but the words are all here. There may be some occasional new content, John may do some posts and Ron will cross post some of his contributions to The Moderate Voice so check back.


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Monday, June 16, 2008

More Bush Legacy

By Cernig



Many thanks to our tireless researcher Kat for pointing this out to me - Dubya just managed to be edged by Pakistan's Musharraf and Iran's Ahmadinejad as the world's three most unpopular leaders as judged by their popularity outside their own nation, according to a new survey by WorldPublicOpinion.org. Iran's president managed a glorious 18%, but Mushie and Bush were almost a dead heat at 22% and 23% respectively. That's how low Bush has brought foreign perception's of America's presidency - markedly less popular than the Chinese, Russian or even UN leaders.



Meanwhile, Ali Eteraz brought to my attention George's claim that there could still be another Bush in the White House - his brother Jeb. However, the consensus of opinion is that George has burned Jeb's chances - that there will be another Bush presidency shortly after hell freezes over. Indeed, it might well be that America has had enough of political dynasties of all stripes.



Heckuva legacy, Georgie!



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  1. JollyRogerJune 16, 2008 at 5:03 PM

    As the most hated man on the face of the Earth since Hitler, Chimpy's act will be a tough one to follow for even the most depraved dictator.
    Who else could have had the Shi'ites longing for the good old days of Saddam?

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  2. khrJune 16, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    "markedly less popular than the Chinese, Russian or even UN leaders."
    Why that 'even' ?
    Outside some neocon US circles, I don't think the UN are truly unpopular world wide. Certainly they don't have the human rights and foreign policy issues of China or Russia.
    Ban Ki-Moon has, so far, been rather invisible, but Kofi Annan did, overall, a good job and was fairly well known.

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  3. Jack TannerJune 17, 2008 at 1:00 AM

    but Kofi Annan did, overall, a good job
    Except for being on Saddam's payroll and overseeing the UN's total loss of any credibility he did a pisser job!

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  4. JollyRogerJune 17, 2008 at 3:34 AM

    Step away from the vat, Jack, and turn Hannity off. Your schtick is about as accepted in society these days as NAMBLA is. You know who NAMBLA is, right? I'm sure Mark Foley can explain it to you if you don't.

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