I don’t get that many email comments about my blog posts so I do value my Buddy’s retorts even though he frequently beats me up.
I was taken to task over my comments relating to police relations with the black community in “Driving While Black.”
In addition to the crapweasel comments impugning 99% of all politicians he sent me a couple on the distressing execution of a Chicago teenager. This one came today as a simple link to the New York Times editorial on the subject. The events put Chicago’s “men in blue” in a very bad light which is a little surprising when it comes to my buddy. I sort of think he wanted me to see how President Obama’s old Chief of Staff, now Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has so shamefully conducted himself in this matter. If so, then the Men in Blue are only collateral damage. Its just one more way my Buddy can remind me that Democrats are not necessarily all angels.
My Buddy sent me this response to my Crapweasle post:
Of what relevance was the source “conservative”or “liberal” from which Michelle Malkin’s comment was pulled? Isn’t a (more or less) valid observation, a more or less valid observation? Further, are there more “conservative”pundits than “liberal”pundits, which justified your reference to the genesis of her comment as having been from a “legion”of “conservative”pundits?
You didn’t know that numerous Democrats apparently voted “to turn their backs on the Syrians during the Christmas Season? See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-democrats-refugee-bill_564e5101e4b0258edb30ca4e.As for lawyer jokes, what do lawyers use for birth control? Their personalities.
[your Buddy]
My eight loyal readers who may often wonder what motivates me might find my reply to my Buddy informative. This is it:
Great joke.
As for the political orientation of Malkin it was not critical to her argument but it was a convenient data point for me to mention for my political ends. I suspect that I am distrusted, in particular, by local DFL activists. I enjoy confounding them with potshots directed against folks in the other party they consider villainous. I like the thought that they end up agreeing with me no matter how grudgingly. It’s even worth all the potshots I get from you about my not being even handed.
I am keen to telegraph my constant irritation with the GOP to this crowd because they pay a lot of attention to the public schools. They had a huge turnout in this last election and they are ardently anti- Art Johnston especially in my back yard.
Ironically, I don’t think my GOP bashing hurts me with Republicans because I don’t think they tend to read my blog but they give me some credit for being a skeptic about spending and taxation.
My suspicions may be way off and I don’t conduct polling to know the effect of my blog on readers. I write a little intuitively.
I don’t think I have ever put that motivation into words before but it has been a long standing goal of mine to keep the XXX XXXXXX crowd at bay. XX has a passel of pals that detest me and they always put up my foe’s lawnsigns. There is a line in the New Testament about showing kindness to your enemies to drive them nuts and set their hair on fire. I like that.
Harry
Note: My paraphrase of Romans 12:20 is a little off. Hair isn’t mentioned.
