A Letter To The Editor
Made Me Smile
JoeUser Forums
I'm an avid newspaper reader. First thing every morning I've got to read my paper with my cup of tea. Yes, I know they usually have a liberal slant to them but I can't help myself. Today I was reading about the "anti-abortionists" being upset about the recent murder of the abortion doctor. Why can't they say pro-life? Would it kill them? It makes me mad when I see such a leftist slant like that. I get great satisfaction knowing my son, who is a very conservative editor, changes wording like that in his newspaper to read "pro-life." He's a good son!
But on the other hand I feel like I get a good balance. All my periodicals and newspapers come from liberal sources but I try to listen to talk radio and read Fox News online to get the other side of the story....usually they fill in the blanks and give me the whole story, not just pieces of it.
Anyhow, my favorite part of the newspaper is the letters to the editor. I just get a kick out of reading people's opinions and what not. Sometimes I can't believe what I'm reading, the ignorance displayed, and other times I just get a good chuckle. I've been known to write a few myself.
Recently I got a pretty good chuckle from a letter writer in my local newspaper, so I thought I'd print this letter that made my day.
To the editor:
"These are things we should all ponder.
Smart Cars are in and SUV's are out. Families will squeeze into little cars and little planes. Consumer products will be transported in little trucks and little trains. All because of leaders with little brains.
One should not look to Canada as a confidence builder for Obama Health Care when colonoscopies are so rationed that colon cancer is 25 percent higher than in the U.S.
California should legalize marijuana. It's a guarantee that all liberals will move there. Hence, the remaining 49 states will turn red.
New methods of torture at Gitmo should include twice-a-day TV access to watch "The View" in the afternoon and Keith Olberman in the evening.
Our president and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN, doesn't fall far from the tree.
Torturegate's Nancy Pelosi should undergo a polygraph test. This is one time the tax-payers won't mind covering the cost.
The right has its Rush-his name is Limbaugh. The left has Bobby Rush, Illinois congressman and 1960's Black Panther president.
Al Gore's passion for the toxic spaghetti bulb proves that, in his house, "the lights are on but no one's at home."
Since the president has no problem sharing memos that should remain secret to the entire world and to our enemies, then he should have no problem in producing his birth certificate.
Ten people died last year from snowboarding. No people died from waterboarding.
Did you notice that there were no police dogs and police officers with full riot gear wielding batons and firing tear gas at the Tea Party and Notre Dame protesters? This anomalous behavior is so foreign to their counterparts on the left who usually resort to violence."
Stardock Forums
My point is that, if you're going to change the words used in an article - to be more PC essentially - then you're not reporting the story as it is. Yes, fair and balanced, but still...seriously. People gripe about the news when it is presented not as how it really is (label changes, names, etc.) - but yet there are people, the same ones in some cases, that insist like you insist. That the news change the wording as to not...offend, i guess.