Post by The Big Dog on May 22, 2009 11:45:18 GMT -5
The Sacramento Bee got caught with it's rhetorical fly open in the hours after Tuesday's vote. Granted that it has been nothing more than a house organ for the California Democrat Central Committee, and by derivation the elistist progressive asshats who dominate the Legislature, for many, many years.
It is quite satisfying to see them hoist upon their own rhetorical petard.
It is quite satisfying to see them hoist upon their own rhetorical petard.
Last Laugh
Cold Fury blog
Why are newspapers dying? Because they damned well deserve to:
<< Good morning, California voters. Do you feel better, now that you’ve gotten that out of your system?
You wanted to show the state’s politicians just how mad you are at them. And you did. Boy, did you ever.
Proposition 1A with its taxes and its spending limit? Too much of one and not enough of the other, you said (or was it the other way around), and voted it down. Never mind that the taxes go into efffect anyway. You showed ‘em.
So, now that you’ve put those irksome politicians in their place, maybe it’s time to think about this: Since you’re in charge, exactly what do you intend to do about that pesky $25 billion hole in the budget? >>
Snide, sanctimonious, arrogant, elitist — all the things we’ve come to love from our journalistic betters. Ah, but (incredibly) it gets better: those acclaimed layers of editors quickly sprang into action, not just by tossing the offensive article down one of their famous memory holes — employed whenever the self-righteous cocksuckers get caught with their feet in their fat yaps — they replaced the whole thing, with an entirely different, more moderate-sounding editorial:
Cold Fury blog
Why are newspapers dying? Because they damned well deserve to:
<< Good morning, California voters. Do you feel better, now that you’ve gotten that out of your system?
You wanted to show the state’s politicians just how mad you are at them. And you did. Boy, did you ever.
Proposition 1A with its taxes and its spending limit? Too much of one and not enough of the other, you said (or was it the other way around), and voted it down. Never mind that the taxes go into efffect anyway. You showed ‘em.
So, now that you’ve put those irksome politicians in their place, maybe it’s time to think about this: Since you’re in charge, exactly what do you intend to do about that pesky $25 billion hole in the budget? >>
Snide, sanctimonious, arrogant, elitist — all the things we’ve come to love from our journalistic betters. Ah, but (incredibly) it gets better: those acclaimed layers of editors quickly sprang into action, not just by tossing the offensive article down one of their famous memory holes — employed whenever the self-righteous cocksuckers get caught with their feet in their fat yaps — they replaced the whole thing, with an entirely different, more moderate-sounding editorial:
