Thursday, September 30, 2010

I should really know better than to read the comments section on the TU's political stories. It is no way a representative sample of the population. It's people who are politically engaged, and I suspect, people who are affiliated with the campaigns but who do not identify themselves as such.

Anyway. Since I already made the mistake of reading this one, I'll also comment on it.

Fred Dicker is not the issue. I don't care who he is biased for or biased against. Frankly, I don't pay any attention to the guy. It seems unlikely that Dicker himself had anything to do with any supposed out-of-line photographers, but I'll certainly reconsider it if turns out that he did.

The issue is, every one of us needs to think of a situation in which we might have a disagreement with a Governor Paladino. It shouldn't be that hard to come up with something, even if you support the guy. And in that scenario, this is what you can expect. Heated threats. A fat slab of a guy getting in your face and making you the issue, instead of whatever the original disagreement was.

If that's your idea of a functioning governor's office, then I'm not sure what is left to discuss. We're going to discuss issues after that? Almost seems irrelevant.

http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/32350/the-manhandling-in-bolton-landing/

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Dear TU,

Your coverage of this gentleman's protest is very exciting. It really opens the door for coverage of anyone who pulls some kind of public stunt. Why, think of the copy you would get if a local person decided to burn a Quran! That would be very exciting!

Also, too, I really can't think of a more valid, important subject for a protest than whether or not a public figure appears on a media figure's radio program. It's a cause I think we should all reflect on, at least for as long as it takes to finish this sentence.