I saw that column too. Out of curiosity I spoke to Ellen because I was unclear about something.
When the writer says she is "dedicating this column" to refuting what I say, did she mean "this column" as in this week, or "this column" as in always, every week? Ellen thought she might be intending to write about me every week, about what I said the week before. Since you brought it up Mario, I'm curious as to what folks think of that, from a newspaper point of view. Papers know it is hard enough to get people interested in what writers have to say. Is anyone really going to be interested in what someone has to say about what I have to say? Michael Liberatore used to do a column from the left when I was with triCity. We never mentioned one another. On a big news week we might end up writing about the same subject, but we never spoke of the other columnist. Our fear was that it would look like an Internet Chat Room fight in print. Also we weren't the story - the story is the story. It might be somewhat palatable if she wanted to respond to the issues, but she personalized the whole column and made it about me. I think that is very appropriate for a letter to the editor by a member of the public, but it doesn't seem professional for another columnist to do it. I don't write about me, so for her to write about me seems strange, journalistically. I respect a lot of opinions on this board. What say you - will that be good or bad for The Coaster? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Only 50 cents! And trust me, it's worth it. > > In the latest edition of The Coaster, pp. 11 and 38, see Kim Sullivan's new > column: > > "I'm dedicating this column to responding to 'Always Right' by Tommy De > Seno. After all, someone has to! Again , we the people need a voice of reason > and common sense in the wake of all this nonsense." > > Just 4 bits, and worth much more than a "shave and a haircut." ;-) > > Better yet, subscribe to show support to Kim for taking on such a Herculean > task. One of Hercules' tasks was cleaning the Augean Stables: > > "He cleaned in one day the ox dung of King Augeas, Jove helping him for the > most part. By letting in a river he washed away all the dung." > > "For the fifth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clean up King Augeas' > stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly, but > sometimes even a hero has to do these things. Then Eurystheus made Hercules' task > even harder: he had to clean up after the cattle of Augeas in a single day." > > > > > By Jove! http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/stables.html > > > ;-) > > > > > > **************Play online games for FREE at Games.com! All of your favorites, > no registration required and great graphics â" check it out! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1211202682x1200689022/aol? redir= > http://www.games.com?ncid=emlcntusgame00000001) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
