Man, it’s getting tough to get to this, but I’ve done it again…
- BP starts testing on leaky well cap (WashPost) — Is it just me, or are these oil spill stories starting to sound like deja vu all over again?
- US soldiers die in Afghanistan as Nato toll soars (BBC) — Our side has lost 12 in 24 hours.
- Afghans to Form Local Forces to Fight Taliban (NYT) — To be perfectly honest with you, I put this on my front because it’s written by my old friend Alissa Rubin, with whom I worked in Wichita back in the mid80s. Aside from that, the plan is interesting. One U.S. official calls it “a community watch on steroids.”
- Farmers market delays could affect business (thestate.com) — This story didn’t blow me away (sorry, Jeff), but it’s something local.
- FDA Panel Backs Keeping Avandia on the Market (WSJ) — And this one’s on here because there are loads of people in this country with diabetes.
- Tea Party: It’s Not Just Taxes, It’s The Constitution (NPR) — National Public Radio is obviously making an effort to understand what the movement is about, so give ’em props for that. Apparently, the Constitution is in grave danger. Who knew?
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The Farmers’ Market story bothered me because it seems as though the new Farmers Market got railroaded in courtesy of some back room dealings, and they have left some of the actual farmers out to scramble and find somewhere—very poor planning. Those who can, the article points out, are finding better accommodations in GA and NC. Same song, second verse..
The Afghan story is really sickening. Bush blew it by not finishing the job while we had total international support, even from Iran. Time for Obama to pull the plug.
Somewhat off subject but something caught my attention in yesterday’s State on page 1 Metro. They had a nice local interest story about a large clock that was installed in Forest Acres. Perfectly appropriate and interesting story for a relatively slow news day. No criticism there.
But what caught my attention was the caption underneath the photo. It said the clock was being installed at the intersection of Trenholm Road and Forest STREET. Ok. Is there a Forest Street that I’m unaware of? Nope, it was exactly where I thought it would be, the intersection of Trenholm and Forest DRIVE. Anyone who is remotely familiar with Columbia should have gotten this right. I’m afraid the accuracy standards for the state’s largest newspaper are slipping rather badly.
Continuing in bud’s good news vein, there’s a nice news item from today’s paper about how SCANA stepped to the plate right away to clean up the coal tar in the Congaree and said if others turned out to be liable, SCANA’d just sort that out later. Nice monopolistic corporation behavior! Really–I’m sincere.
Captions and headlines seem to be a problem at The State these days. The current heading for the article on the bishop’s suspension of Dean Philip Linder at Trinity reads that the bishop was suspended. Duh.
Speaking of the Tea Party, has anyone seen the billboard erected by the Northern Iowa branch of that orginazation that depicts 3 photographs of famous socialists. On the left we had Adolf Hitler with the caption: “National Socialist”. On the right there was Vladimir Lenin with the caption: “Marxist Socialist”. And between these 2 was a photo of our President with the caption: “Democrat Socialist”.
I’m not sure what’s more annoying, the crass billboard with our elected president shown along with 2 of the most notorious men in history or the intentionally grating misuse of the term “Democrat”.
Of course it is not Front Page stuff but there was an interesting article on Page 2 of Life and Style in The State with the headline “Anyway you tie it, bow ties are back”.
I missed that, E.G., but a lady in an elevator downtown mentioned it to me yesterday. Why she would bring that up to me, a perfect stranger, I don’t know. Perhaps it was because I was wearing a seersucker suit with my rather bright bowtie with the fish and lily pads on it…
Funny thing about bowties. That lady said that all the men in her office wear them (a law firm, I’m thinking), and yet she still noticed mine. As common as they are, people still remark upon them. They grab attention in the way the other kind don’t.
And Bud — now that a whole generation of Republicans have been brought up hearing that horribly wrong construction (“Democrat” when they obviously mean “Democratic”), I think a huge percentage of them don’t even know it’s wrong.