The Detroit News' semi-retired crank of a columnist, Jerry Green, is in a contemplative mood today over over something I wrote 6 weeks ago. He vents his aged, liver spotted spleen over yours truly in today's edition. (A tip o' the cap goes to Billfer, who let me know I was in Green's shaky cross hairs.)He doesn't reference me by name, but calls me an "anonymous blogger," and "a wanna-be journalist" in response to what was literally a throwaway line in one of my ""Above the Fold" link dumps...While wandering through the Internet a week or so ago, I happened upon a blog by a wanna-be journalist that caught my attention. Or kicked me where it hurt.The Web site has vaporized in my computer, but the essence of the guy's opinionated statement is imperishable."Jerry Green is The News' curmudgeon. He writes only about dead people."My initial reaction was that the blogger was another of those anonymous fools without sufficient gumption to identify himself and take the heat. Then I realized that
Artista: grupo femenino británico de pop Spice Girl formado en London, 1996. Conformado por Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm y Geri HalliwellCanción: primer single “Wannabe” lanzado el 8 de julio de 1996 en su país de origen. Escrita por Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe y Spice Girls. Producida por Richard Stannard y Matt Rowe.Álbum: primer álbum “Spice” lanzado en 1996.Billboard Hot 100: se ubicó en el número 1 a partir del 22 de febrero hasta el 15 de marzo de 1997.
CD Review: Artist: The Wannabe HasbeensTitle: Former Trans Future Vol. 1Website: http://www.wannabehasbeens.comMySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wannabehasbeensStyle: Power Pop/ RockLabel: C*Motion Music/ BMIRating: 8.1 out of 10By Senior Writer C.W. Ross Former Trans Future Vol. 1 is the debut EP from the Minneapolis band The Wannabe Hasbeens. The band tries to avoid categorizing their music saying, "Dumb rock for smart people, that's usually descriptive enough." Their sound can be compared to band's like, Jimmy Eat World, Foo Fighters, and Fountain of Wayne. The band's lineup is, Gary Spencer (drums), Derek Ritchison (bass), Christopher Heille (lead vocals, guitars), and Mo (guitars). The band spent nearly 18 months playing live shows in their hometown area before recording the songs found on this 6 track EP. The band uses lyrics that mix both humor and bittersweet emotions set against a musical background of rock mixed with pop hooks
It was over a week ago that we ran a piece on how that piece of crap newspaper in Scran'en was ignoring the DeNaples stories.In one of the pretend newspaper's articles, the paper mentioned a defamation award against the Citizen's Voice "and its parent company", which is that Scran'en paper.We noted that, in keeping with the parent company's apparent policy of deception, the article failed to advise the readers of the Scran'en rag that they were reading the "parent company".Being an inquiring sort, we penned a quick note to the reporter, so-called, and asked why he chose not to tell the readers that the CV parent was none other than the Scran'en Times. Dave Janoski's response after the jump.Janoski's revealing reply, in full:" "
Sigh! Wow. I can't believe that this idiot said this. By extension, I guess if someone bombed the Vatican, that we would know that they were serious and would comply, right? And last I checked the 2 sites Tancredo mentioned are in Saudi Arabia, which is a US ally.
What a neanderthal!
Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo’s campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good “deterrent” to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.
“This shows that we mean business,” said Bay Buchanan, a senior Tancredo adviser. “There’s no more effective deterrent than that. But he is open-minded and willing to embrace other options. This is just a means to deter them from attacking us.”
On Tuesday, Tancredo warned a group of Iowans that another terrorist attack would “cause a worldwide economic collapse.”
It wouldn’t matter if I had three chins, a paper bag over my head, or be a Cyclops, he’ll still talk a mile a minute, try to find a spare moment to practice his pick-up skills or try to apply the skills he’s observed on his European holiday to humble Old Sydney Town. It’s not about me, per se, it’s about honing his skills – much to my irritation.
I sat at the usual seat, planted my butt so the radiant heat from the outdoor gas heater came my way, took my pen out and started jotting whatever I could. I had less than an hour as I was on my lunch break, and damn I can’t stand being disturbed by wet behind the ear wannabe pick up artists. On the days I lunch with a gf, he’ll cop hairy eyeballs each time he prances by, telling her to ‘smile’ or asking ‘waz up?’ with a cocky leer. She'll then give him a hairy eyeball, he'll frown and slink away like a sullen kindergarten lad (he's in his mid to late twenties).
So he kind of, well he did, crash into my private
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