Backwards That Say You Can?

Who or what is Dooh Nibor and why are references to him/her/it suddenly showing up in BlogPulse? Seems that New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman's June 1 piece about Bush's economic and tax policies is being passed around and linked liberally among bloggers (2nd on the bursty people list, 4th on the bursty phrase list). "Dooh Nibor" is Robin Hood spelled backwards, and it's Krugman's way of describing the Bush Administration's tax and spending policies that, in his opinion, represent "a large-scale transfer of income from the middle class to the very affluent." You know, steal from the rich, give to the poor...only backwards.


Also getting some play is a movement called Spirit of America, which is the top BlogPulse link for June 1. It's an organization promoting and organizing "informal humanitarian activities" by Americans for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. These are good-hearted folks teaching Afghan children how to play baseball, collecting plumbing and electrical supplies for Iraqi contractors, rounding up sporting goods and academic supplies for schools and orphanages...and open to any ideas from the general public. If you're asking yourself, "But what can I do about these foreign conflicts?"...Spirit of America has some ideas.

On the media front, which news outlets are linked to most often in the blogosphere? June 1 tallies show the Washington Post with six of the Top 40 Links, with NewsMax.com, Time.com, the Baltimore Sun, Public Broadcasting System, San Jose Mercury News, New York Daily News and CNN.com in the media mix.