I wouldn't wipe my butt hole with the Chicago Sun-Times

[Ellen Forradalom]

Two things in today's issue.

A quote from the column of one Neil Steinberg on the front page: (The relatives of 911 victims have) "in two short years, have gone from being objects of sympathy to a sort of permanent Greek chorus, hooting at any step away from the tragedy and toward regular life. " (This is in regards to 911 families objection to the proposed memorial.) Easy for him to say! He didn't have a 105-story building drop on his loved ones, and he isn't stymied for answers and a voice in the process. Stupid f*cker is saying "911 families? They're SO FIVE MINUTES AGO!"
http://www.suntimes.com/output/steinberg/cst-nws-stein14.html

And one aspiring mediawhore named Cindy Richards starts her column, "That G.W. has left me giddy as a schoolgirl. No, there's nothing weird going on between President George W. Bush and me. It's just that his promise to send us to Mars has me over the moon." What, there's nothing going on between you and Bush? What's stopping you? Claw your way to the front of the line and drop to your knees and BLOW HIM! http://www.suntimes.com/output/richards/cst-edt-cindy14.html

[Mikimouse]

1. All of the shrieking heads have been denigrating...

the 911 survivors too. This is an interesting phenomenon, as it indicates that once they served their purpose, they weren't even needed any more. Now that Mariani is pushing her case, expect it to just get worse. As far as the other mediawhore goes, she sounds like the average, American bowhead; "shun her, for she is a fool"

"Elefant! csak nyald ki a segit, majd nem bant!"

[BootinUp]

2. Pretty disgusting

the articles I mean :)

[lovedems]

3. That surprises me, as an Illinoisian, I always thought of Chigago

as carrying the state for the democratic party. Our local paper, which was traditionally a conservative run paper (central Il.) seems to be slowly moving to the center, maybe even a little bit left of center.

Of course, we have the Ryan scandal. That is one full blown republican crook.

[alcuno]

5. Not our media.

You'd think that in Chicago, one of the great American Democratic strongholds, we wouldn't have the same right-wing media found elsewhere. You'd think wrong.

[tritsofme]

6. I live in the NW burbs,

and it is horribly conservative around here.

Our rep Phil Crane is the biggest embarrassment in the entire Congress, and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong.

[lovedems]

11. On our local news, which I refuse to watch, we are subject to a guy

named Mary Hyman (we call him buster in our family). He spews hate speech in the form of "commentary" telling the city to send the democrats packing in November. He is vile. I refuse to watch as long as I am subjected to his nonsense. I have sent a letter telling our newstation that the country is divided and if they are going to engage in that kind of outlandish rhetoric, they are alienating and pissing off close to or over half of their viewing audience. They don't care, his hate speech seems to have gotten worse.

[JailForBush]

4. If you need toilet paper, just give me your address.

I'll send you some copies of the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, The Stranger and Eat The State.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Seattle Times is hysterically funny.

They have Doonesbury on the editorial page. I am from Chicago and at least the reich-wing Tribune has Doonesbury (and Boondocks) on the comics page.

[Dimsdale]

7. Chicago, Philadelphia...

major city print media don't appear to be inclined to stray too far from the Chimp Lovefest. Word comes down from upper management on what to write and to keep their jobs these media types just have to do what they're told. There's so much of this shit about it simply can't be possible that all of these people actually hold the opinions they put in print. It's Whoring for an irresponsible media for sure.

[ozymandius]

8. common knowledge: Cindy Richards is mezmerized by shiny objects. nt

[ariellyn]

10. Funny how 9/11 is trotted out every five minutes by BushCo to

instill fear so they can do their evil deeds but it's "so five minutes ago" when the actual victims ask valid questions about it.

RepubliCONs...thy name is hypocrisy.

[lovedems]

12. It won't be so "five minutes ago" when they are doing their convention

IN SEPTEMBER, at the WTC site. Talk about politicizing 9/11.

BTW, I am correct, that is where they are holding their RNC convention, right?

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