The Washington Post - Riddile

[Anonymous]

I was talking about earlier in this thread or another on the subject Antigen calls whatever people are saying to or about this suckass "reporter" a "come down rap". I don't need to "provide proof" of it. Your other comments are non sequiturs.

[Cayo Hueso]

It's all they have is their lies and stupid fallacies and they can't face the unexxagerated truth

THIS is what i want proof of.  You keep spouting off that we're all liars (well, the ones you name), PLEASE, PLEASE OH PLEASE tell me where I've done this.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-- Robert Heinlein

[ This Message was edited by: Cayo Hueso on 2005-11-19 11:18 ]

[PerfectStraightling]

On 2005-11-18 15:56:00, Anonymous wrote:

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On 2005-11-18 15:38:00, Anonymous wrote:

You're right.



The Washington Post is part of the real world. In the real world people who want something done ask nicely or are told to kindly bug off.



We're not in Straight anymore.

Class dismissed."

I wasn't talking about my opinion, but my critique being like a class paper. I was trying to write a logical analysis of his article. I know people are going to see things differently, but anyways, I don't know if anyone is suggesting it's a good idea to come across like crazed ex-druggies in sending Matthews letters. Forget about offending him, we will look like morons. And I don't think anybody has suggested that we be rude to the editors, after all, they didn't write the story, and I would assume if they are even mediocre journalists or have any sense of ethics whatsoever, they would be a thousand times more likely to respond positively to our story. But I think that a certain sense of anger is justified and can add weight to our story. I do think this Matthews guy sounds totally beyond reach, and I strongly feel that no matter what anybody says, he's not going to change his mind about this.

[Antigen]

Ok, here's what I'm trying to say. You want to see the best way to deal w/ the media about a horrible, drug war crazed injustice? Meet Tulia, Texas.
http://www.mapinc.org/tulia.htm

Note especially the Op-Eds and the PUB LTE entries. That is how you do it.


Then check this shit out. Google Betty on Forced Treatment

Wonder what else is there, huh? Think people in Ohio might want to know who's crafting the laws they pay to have enforced against them?

Give em hell!

Just do it effectively.

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics
is often very tolerant and human. But when fanatics are on top,
there is no limit to oppression.

--H.L. Mencken

[Cayo Hueso]

I agree.  Read up o it.  What an utter and complete disgrace!!

http://www.csdp.org/news/news/tulia.htm

http://www.drugpolicy.org/law/police/tulia/index.cfm
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0131,g ... 856,1.html

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.
-- Gary Lloyd

[Antigen]

Sorry, skipped an important connection. The Tulia sting was funded by a Byrne Grant. Since the Tulia story started to break, the Texas legislature has banned Byrne Grant funding w/o strict oversite. Some area taskforces have disbanded, refusing the oversight. Couple of the bad guys are getting a dose of their own medicine and half the country is now aware, on some level, of the problem.

Not bad for a bunch of tie dyed keyboard warriors, eh?

It CAN be done!

Never underestimate the power of the status quo...America's schools are part of government, subject to public whim and will.  By and large, we have the kind of schools that people want. While they acknowledge the need for improvement, in other people's schools, most American are reasonably content with their own.
--Former public school superintendent Ronald J. Perry, 1992.

[Anonymous]

On 2005-11-18 17:08:00, Anonymous wrote:

"Mathews is a little puppy who dribbles piss poor articles on the Post. "

I heard Mel Riddile likes puppies. He likes to give them cookies and scritch them. If you give a puppy cookies and scritches whenever it does something you want it to do, why then, pretty soon you can tell that little puppy what to do and it will bounce right off and do it!

[Anonymous]

what is a scritch?Just wondering...

[Anonymous]

It's a scratch from a bitch.