Well, I was deeply shocked when I received this mere moments ago:
Members of the elite media establishment –
Next Wednesday, April 18, marks a big milestone for Pub Politics – Episode 100.
What started as just me, Phil, a few beers and a camera, has turned into a weekly must-attend event viewed by thousands online.
We’re going to throw down and we want you to be there to cover our big day.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 18, 6:00 pm
WHERE: Jake’s in 5 Points, Columbia, SC
WHO: Attorney General Alan Wilson with more guests to be named later this week. ‘The Project,’ a band led by State Representative James Smith, will perform.
I would really appreciate you coming out to celebrate with us.
Sincerely,
Wesley Donehue
Can you imagine it? They’re having their big 100-show bash, and they haven’t asked me, their one-and-only seven-timer, to be a featured guest! Would they have come this far without me? Where would “Laugh-In” have been without Tiny Tim, or Charo? That’s what I’m on about. (“Help! Help! I’m being repressed!”)
Sure, they called me a member of the elite media establishment, but that’s old hat to me. I want to be treated like the star that I am.
Be sure to write to the network (after all, it worked so well in saving “Firefly”), or whomever, and express your shock and outrage.
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They think you’re a sellout for shilling for Coble. 😉
Now if they can convince people to actually tune in they might have something. Right now you might as well be talking into a dead microphone.
I think you are correct, hire a trial lawyer and sue! I can see your pain and suffering from this political snub. How dare they. I bet if AG Wilson bales at the 11th hour they will call you. Just say NO!
I’m betting Brad’s the one who gave Coble my email address…
Yo, Schlomo! No getting cute with avatars — especially mine.
We have enough trouble with people not fully identifying themselves without that.
Say hey to Moishe and Herschel for me…
Y’know–for some reason I’m really creeped out that you know who Silence is and I don’t. I dismiss “Steven Davis” somehow, and the other commenters are either fully identified or not snarky. It’s the asymmetry of information, maybe….
I put myself out there. Others should be required to, or show very good cause why not.
Well, Silence isn’t the only one. Over the years I’ve learned who a number of our anonymous contributors are. KP, Bart, J…
I don’t like anonymity, but I made the decision long ago not to limit the discussion by barring such folks — unless they got out of line.
We can always have another discussion of it, if you’d like.
It’s not “settled law.” Of course, neither is anything else, in a vibrant democracy…
I’d be fine for regular commenters to know who I am — I’m just not comfortable with being so public.
I’m not really me, these days.
I think that folks who make themselves known have a right to know everything Brad knows. This isn’t your standard political blog where people post snark under aliases.
or is it?
@ SusanG – I’m OK with the regulars knowing my secret identity too, or at least the ones I feel like I can trust.
@Brad – Who got cute with the avatars on this thread?
I reluctantly “came out” a couple years back and nothing terrible happened, yet. If I can just get past December 21st.
“I put myself out there. Others should be required to, or show very good cause why not.”
Because this is the United States of America and not the United States of Kathryn.
You volunteered your information, it’s not required. Aren’t you a lawyer? You of all people should know this stuff.
“snark”… I don’t think I’ve heard that word or “snarky” used more than I have in this place. It’s kind of a dorky word… “snarky”.
Sure, I volunteered, but I’m sure Brad would rather have people like me who post under their full actual name than a blog full of nom de blog trolls…..
It’s the United States of Brad. It’s his call. I can go along with it or walk, but I am certainly entitled to lobby for my point of view.
@Kathryn – I’ve spent a lot of time on here building up my “Silence” persona. It would be a shame to have to switch now. Oh, and also the dying thing, once Mrs. Silence found out that I was posting under my real name and killed me.
I tried to find an email addy for you, either to send you my real identity or possibly a red herring, but the mindspring one posted online bounced.
How do we know you are real, and not just a fictional creation drummed up by Brad to make liberal blog comments? Even if we were to meet, you might just be an actress that he’d hired to play the part.
Brad’s got the contacts and the means to do it… He’s like the CIA, NSA, KGB, MI5, EG&G and Mike Miller all rolled into one.
@Kathryn – “I can go along with it or walk, but I am certainly entitled to lobby for my point of view.”
As are the rest of us whether you want us here or not.
“Sure, I volunteered, but I’m sure Brad would rather have people like me who post under their full actual name than a blog full of nom de blog trolls…..”
Objection… speculation.
BTW – You’re losing this argument.
“Brad’s got the contacts and the means to do it… He’s like the CIA, NSA, KGB, MI5, EG&G and Mike Miller all rolled into one.”
I hear he’s also associated with the Hell’s Angels and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.
@ SDII – Don’t forget Rotary International, and possibly the Kiwanis.
To refer back to Kathryn’s “United States of Brad”…
It’s good to be the king.
Silence, you did it! You left a comment that was not allowed! Congratulations.
It was disallowed on the grounds of language. Even though I recognized the reference.
See how arbitrary an absolute monarch can be?
@Brad – You should have simply followed up with the next line after my line…
I will try again (G-Rated TV Edit):
Count Demonet (Count Silence): Your Majesty, you look like the “urine”-boy!
King Louis XVI (King Brad I): And you look like a bucket of “excrement”!
– History of the World: Part I
[radio silence]
@Kathryn – Is this a Jeopardy game? Okay I’ll play.
Question – What is the one thing you’ll never hear in the Fenner household as long as Kathryn is home?
Too easy. “What is silence?”
“Who!” “Who is Silence?” not “What”…