Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Chron Makes Up Its Own Alternate Reality.
Carolyn Lochhead, propagandist for the GOP:
Facing a conservative primary challenge, moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching to the Democratic Party.
If Al Franken wins the Minnesota seat, that gives Democrats a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate majority and President Obama an LBJ-style shot at history.
If? You mean, if he had received more votes on election day? You mean, if a court had rebuked the appeal of his opponent?
It's hypothetical, in Lochhead's view, that Franken won, because elections don't matter for GOP hacks like her.
Facing a conservative primary challenge, moderate Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is switching to the Democratic Party.
If Al Franken wins the Minnesota seat, that gives Democrats a 60-vote filibuster-proof Senate majority and President Obama an LBJ-style shot at history.
If? You mean, if he had received more votes on election day? You mean, if a court had rebuked the appeal of his opponent?
It's hypothetical, in Lochhead's view, that Franken won, because elections don't matter for GOP hacks like her.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Chron Turns 144.
We were listening to NPR this morning, turns out the Chron has started a series of 144 days of surprise. We guess it started in January, so we're late on this one.
But we could not help wondering, why celebrate the 144th birthday? Why is 144 a milestone by any yardstick? Of course, it's also the 100th birthday in you write it in a dodecadecimal system, but hey, it's the Chron, they're so mathematically challenged, they would hardly be able to write 144 in a decimal system.
The reason we see is: even they don't see themselves making it to 150. They see themselves as a chicken with its head chopped off: they'll run for a little while more, but they're already dead. And they are willing to admit it.
But we could not help wondering, why celebrate the 144th birthday? Why is 144 a milestone by any yardstick? Of course, it's also the 100th birthday in you write it in a dodecadecimal system, but hey, it's the Chron, they're so mathematically challenged, they would hardly be able to write 144 in a decimal system.
The reason we see is: even they don't see themselves making it to 150. They see themselves as a chicken with its head chopped off: they'll run for a little while more, but they're already dead. And they are willing to admit it.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Chron Lasers In on What's Important
Ok, it's not the Chron, it's the AP. As it should be, it's national politics, not SF local. But it's at SFGate. What is it?
Coleman attorney: Appeal next week in Senate fight
Yeah, you see, Al Franken has won the election in Minnesota. His opponent, Norm Coleman, had a suit to overthrow the result, and lost. The decision was announced today. The NYTimes goes: Franken Had Most Votes, Court Says.
The Chron, well, if you search the website, you get 3 results, the one I quote above, a one-sentence APNewsAlert, and something about a close election in NY state.
Franken wins the court decision, and the Chron runs the one piece that vows: Coleman will appeal!
Coleman attorney: Appeal next week in Senate fight
Yeah, you see, Al Franken has won the election in Minnesota. His opponent, Norm Coleman, had a suit to overthrow the result, and lost. The decision was announced today. The NYTimes goes: Franken Had Most Votes, Court Says.
The Chron, well, if you search the website, you get 3 results, the one I quote above, a one-sentence APNewsAlert, and something about a close election in NY state.
Franken wins the court decision, and the Chron runs the one piece that vows: Coleman will appeal!
Sunshine State Warriors.
We've been slacking on our coverage of the Chron. The fault is ours, the Chron is still as sucky as ever. We had to chuckle with the picture below, from the end finale of the lackluster Golden State Warriors season. They played the San Antonio Spurs, and what best to illustrate a match-up between our Oakland boys and the Texas kids, than a totally unrelated picture of .... Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade.
As much as the Chron is an organizational failure, it is topped, hands down, by the Golden State Warriors. After an exciting 2 year run, the Warriors lost B-Diddy to the Clippers (where he ended up stinking up the joint big time) and in exchange, their big acquisitions were Corey Maggette and Jamal Crawford, both decent players who just disappeared in the Warriors karmic vortex. They were mostly "injured" until a trade will rescue them and restore their health. Chris Mullin's track record as a GM is atrocious (Maggette, Crawford, overpaying for Murphy, Dunleavy, or Richardson, the Richardson trade fornothing Brandan Wright). We'll end this rant here.
update: plus, we're behind the curve anyway, Mullin is already fired.
As much as the Chron is an organizational failure, it is topped, hands down, by the Golden State Warriors. After an exciting 2 year run, the Warriors lost B-Diddy to the Clippers (where he ended up stinking up the joint big time) and in exchange, their big acquisitions were Corey Maggette and Jamal Crawford, both decent players who just disappeared in the Warriors karmic vortex. They were mostly "injured" until a trade will rescue them and restore their health. Chris Mullin's track record as a GM is atrocious (Maggette, Crawford, overpaying for Murphy, Dunleavy, or Richardson, the Richardson trade for
update: plus, we're behind the curve anyway, Mullin is already fired.
