It's sure a good thing that we have the Chad Klingers of the world to keep the balance.
If we didn't have such champion spit-wad hurlers, who can get their point across loud and clear in a social forum, we would be stuck forever with the opposite end of the spectrum of respected opinion columnists.
Like Mary Boland.
Chad Klinger, Carbondale:
"Come on, Ms. Boland, if there's a rigged game in this country, it currently favors the left. So, until America turns into Greece, why doesn't Ms. Boland relax and enjoy the fruits of her labors?"
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
Showing posts with label tabloid style opinion columnists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tabloid style opinion columnists. Show all posts
February 20, 2012
December 10, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times "It takes all types"
Nope. Colson just isn't looking like he's going to find that slow boat, is he?
Maybe we'll all be fortunate and the Aspen Times will do a clean sweep of opinion columnists that need to be replaced with 'fresh' voices of insight.
"Dear Editor:
I came across John Colson's column for the first time in a while and realized he has yet to find his way aboard a slow boat to another, more fair, land. A magical place where there is no capitalism or opportunity to build upon one's success.
As my eyes meandered down the first nine or 10 lines, I became increasingly impressed with the clarity and creativity in which he describes our country's current challenges and the fact that “we are in a pickle.” His successful beginning quickly turns to frivolous descriptions of the sacrifices of the soldiers, American patriots of the Revolutionary War, whose bravery and hard work (yes, hard work!) gifted us with freedom.
His sadness that there are no true communist countries left in the world to which he can escape has left him content to stay right here in America, where he can continue to practice his right of free speech. Is this the only pillar of our great nation that he is truly fond of? Do you think our Founding Fathers would tip their “charming tri-cornered hats” to Mr. Colson's pickled words?
What about the free speech that the tea baggers are entitled to? Can't Donald Trump wear his hair any way he chooses? It's the differences in all of us that are the beauty of the human race. You can't ever eliminate the interests of the left, or the right...."
(Margaret Wilson Reckling Aspen)
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Maybe we'll all be fortunate and the Aspen Times will do a clean sweep of opinion columnists that need to be replaced with 'fresh' voices of insight.
"Dear Editor:
I came across John Colson's column for the first time in a while and realized he has yet to find his way aboard a slow boat to another, more fair, land. A magical place where there is no capitalism or opportunity to build upon one's success.
As my eyes meandered down the first nine or 10 lines, I became increasingly impressed with the clarity and creativity in which he describes our country's current challenges and the fact that “we are in a pickle.” His successful beginning quickly turns to frivolous descriptions of the sacrifices of the soldiers, American patriots of the Revolutionary War, whose bravery and hard work (yes, hard work!) gifted us with freedom.
His sadness that there are no true communist countries left in the world to which he can escape has left him content to stay right here in America, where he can continue to practice his right of free speech. Is this the only pillar of our great nation that he is truly fond of? Do you think our Founding Fathers would tip their “charming tri-cornered hats” to Mr. Colson's pickled words?
What about the free speech that the tea baggers are entitled to? Can't Donald Trump wear his hair any way he chooses? It's the differences in all of us that are the beauty of the human race. You can't ever eliminate the interests of the left, or the right...."
(Margaret Wilson Reckling Aspen)
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October 18, 2011
SandBox Comments: Aspen Times/Letter to the Editor "Voters like Su Lum are the problem"
"Dear Editor:
After reading Su Lum's column in Wednesday's paper, I have to wonder why she is given space in your newspaper (“There's an election in progress, sort of,” Oct. 12, 2011, The Aspen Times.)..."
(James F. Dowley, Aspen Colorado)
Another 'well spotted' letter from a local. This one up on The Aspen Times.
There are positive signs that Swift Communications is trying and in many areas succeeding, to clean up their publication and turn both The AspenTimes and Glenwood Springs Post Independent into publications we may someday be proud of again. Especially The Times. Who we must add, is almost there.
Better yet, the most positive change is out here in readers of these publications. Have you noticed the major shift in power?
Folks pushed back the bully(s) and are now seeming to want the cleaner house to stay that way.
Where do readers go when the problem isn't bias, censorship, gonzo journalism, yellow ink and the love of just simply writing deceptive flamers? Where do they go when the problem is the quality of the content?
Such as the opinion column of Su Lum.
Maybe they speak up. If they care about the publication's business success.
If they don't care, they simply do their subscribing with The Aspen Daily and take advantage of the free copy of The Times and PI. Figuring that sooner or later, the problem will resolve itself through the course of a natural business death.
(Learn more? Click title and comment to start discussion)
After reading Su Lum's column in Wednesday's paper, I have to wonder why she is given space in your newspaper (“There's an election in progress, sort of,” Oct. 12, 2011, The Aspen Times.)..."
(James F. Dowley, Aspen Colorado)
Another 'well spotted' letter from a local. This one up on The Aspen Times.
There are positive signs that Swift Communications is trying and in many areas succeeding, to clean up their publication and turn both The AspenTimes and Glenwood Springs Post Independent into publications we may someday be proud of again. Especially The Times. Who we must add, is almost there.
Better yet, the most positive change is out here in readers of these publications. Have you noticed the major shift in power?
Folks pushed back the bully(s) and are now seeming to want the cleaner house to stay that way.
Where do readers go when the problem isn't bias, censorship, gonzo journalism, yellow ink and the love of just simply writing deceptive flamers? Where do they go when the problem is the quality of the content?
Such as the opinion column of Su Lum.
Maybe they speak up. If they care about the publication's business success.
If they don't care, they simply do their subscribing with The Aspen Daily and take advantage of the free copy of The Times and PI. Figuring that sooner or later, the problem will resolve itself through the course of a natural business death.
(Learn more? Click title and comment to start discussion)
"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."
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