tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post6318379148290608692..comments2024-03-18T21:53:54.073-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: LEPOCO Tries, And Fails, To Be RelevantBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-78515246667417628842007-04-20T06:40:00.000-04:002007-04-20T06:40:00.000-04:00to borrow a line from Cartman on South Park: "God ...to borrow a line from Cartman on South Park: "God damn hippies!"LVDemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359661408192860813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-41375943335437958452007-04-20T01:46:00.000-04:002007-04-20T01:46:00.000-04:00Well, we who believe in "rights" for the 'least of...Well, we who believe in "rights" for the 'least of these," non-human animals, have tried everything anyone can imagine.<BR/>All for naught. Snotty Lepoco should not be mocked for their tactics. The mocker don't look good. <BR/><BR/>Personally, am opposed to Iraqnam and believe heads should roll (of, course, they won't).<BR/><BR/>The elitism of Lepoco stands as the polar opposite to the Stasi-ism<BR/>of the Bill 'Twinklecake' Bennett types but what are ya' gonna do?<BR/><BR/>it's the 'ole like it or lump it' routine. <BR/>Don't Bogart that suicide sausce..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31329009194412921822007-04-19T18:02:00.000-04:002007-04-19T18:02:00.000-04:00RadCenter, I'd love to see another paper, but star...RadCenter, <BR/><BR/>I'd love to see another paper, but start up costs are prohibitive. Blogs have plenty of defects - they are Internet dependent and are usually the work of just one person. I don't think you can view them as anything much more than a complement to the mainstream. <BR/><BR/>Now, I do try to get my facts right and provide plenty of links. And I scour posts for spelling and grammar. But let's face it. It's just one person's work. I often wish someone could edit me, if only for spelling. <BR/><BR/>But what gives us an edge is we are independent, and are often way out in front of the mainstream bc we're not hamstrung by all the impediments faced by real reporters and editors. I can just let something fly. It's very spontaneous. On a local level, we can cover some issues than the papers don't because their audience is larger and they have to appeal to that larger group.<BR/><BR/>But I pretty much agree with everything you said.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-63423934918328268652007-04-19T16:22:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:22:00.000-04:00I see Billy Givens forgot what planet he is inhabi...I see Billy Givens forgot what planet he is inhabiting again. (Billy, don't forget to take your meds!)<BR/><BR/>LEPOCO's web site is just as lost as Billy Givens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-1124210046448990792007-04-19T16:08:00.000-04:002007-04-19T16:08:00.000-04:00Bernie, I agree with you about Lepoco being trappe...Bernie, I agree with you about Lepoco being trapped in the '60s (witness the fact that they used the word <I>press</I> in the name of their <I>online</I> newsletter). I also agree that they ignore local issues (casino? what casino?). I brought this up to them on several occasions when I used to be a member and was called during their phonathon. Eventually, I just gave up and accepted them for what they are: a social club whose members like to paint themselves as morally superior to others—to quote <I>Macbeth,</I> "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."<BR/><BR/>Some Lepoco members are active in other local groups, which <I>are</I> accomplishing things. These groups—the Alliance for Sustainable Communities, the Small Business Network, the Coalition for Alternative Transportation—deserve our support.<BR/><BR/>If I were rich, I'd start a real independent newspaper—the printed kind—targeted at everyone, not just the "right" demographic to support big-name advertisers. I believe blogs have their place, but poor folks don't have Internet access, except at public libraries. Plus, I'm kind of old-fashioned in that I like my news fact-checked and grammatically correct (not that your blog isn't). Also, having to wade through armchair politicians' random and irrelevant responses is a waste of precious time.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work (even though I disagree heartily with you on illegal immigration)!RadCenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982735191802825457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-72308199705065059582007-04-19T15:29:00.000-04:002007-04-19T15:29:00.000-04:00Exactly what does the preceding comment have to do...Exactly what does the preceding comment have to do with Lepoco?RadCenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12982735191802825457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-36268173356343266502007-04-19T03:41:00.000-04:002007-04-19T03:41:00.000-04:00Charlie Dent was in the Amen corner of Lafayette C...Charlie Dent was in the Amen corner of Lafayette College's Colton Chapel, cheering Rick Santorum, standing at the podium and hawking Resident George W. Bush's Social Security privatization scam.<BR/><BR/>And when Lafayette's Security Chief Hugh Harris and his lieutenant were hustling young Randy Kim out of the chapel for his comments hurled at the Senator - and I leapt from my aisle seat as the trio passed me on their way to the exit, grabbed Kim around the waist and tried to pull him back into the Chapel - I heard Dent, in the company of Marta Boulous Gabriel, mutter, "They should arrest them."<BR/><BR/>Dent is also sponsoring a bill to deny the Delaware Native Americans of Oklahoma the 315 acres in Forks Township that William Penn's rascally son Thomas stole from their ancestors through the infamous Walking Purchase fraud of 1737.<BR/><BR/>Dent, as a member of the House's Homeland Security Committee, is the tool of HSD Secretary Michael Chertoff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com