Shamelessly cruel and hyocritical attack by Mooney-owned Washington Times
source: http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/02/27/washtimes_on_bethea/index.html?source...
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Friday February 27, 2009 06:11 EST
Criticizing Ty'Sheoma Bethea
I thought it would come from Michelle Malkin or Rush Limbaugh, but Malkin is too busy planning her anti-tax tea parties while Rush gets ready for his close-up at the Conservative Political Action Committee this weekend (which is a collection of nuts so nutty even Sarah Palin stayed away).
No, it was the conservative Washington Times that cast the first stone at Ty'Sheoma Bethea, the Dillon, S.C., teenager who wrote to Congress seeking stimulus funds for her shamefully dilapidated school. Obama used her statement, "We are not quitters," as the coda of his speech Tuesday night, but now the Moon-owned paper tells us what's wrong with Bethea, in an editorial with the condescending headline, 'Yes, Ty'Sheoma, there is a Santa Claus."
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Santa Claus?!? Is that the same Santa who delivered $300,000,000,000.00 to Wall Street?
For a follow-up, including a trailer for a documentary on schools in SC's most economically hurting counties:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/02/26/corridor_of_shame/index.h...
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AveryMoore
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Anybody seen the "Ask Lesko!" commercials?
From book sales (and DVD seminars) Matthew Lesko is making enough money to run TV and radio ads 24/7 all over the Pacific Northwest. He simply reprints freely available government information.
Among other things his web page offers advice on
Government Money Club
Business Grants
Personal Grants
Housing Grants
Grants for Bills
Grant Writing
Quit Your Job
Free Money
Seniors Grants
Copies of Winning Business Plans and ApplicationsLesko states the following “These programs are not widely advertised. In fact, even though 100% of families pay taxes to support these programs, only 8% ever see a dime from any one of them. “
See any grant breaks for schools or the unemployed in there? Look like it might appeal to middle and upper income people? Look as though the government's grant target isn't kids, the poor, the elderly and unemployed?
Had state and federal governments actually done a coherent job of information dissemination, like the one done by Lesko, how could this guy make a living?
That the Washington Times would be outraged by a kid asking help for a crumbling school typifies the Neo-Right mentality and its hypocrisy.
Any bets that if the Washington Times sees a steep drop in revenue next quarter they'll refuse to seek a government bailout?
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AveryMoore
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pjacobs51
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Couldn't help but notice this "ad" sitting next to the Corridor of Shame trailer. Is this irony, or did Joan Walsh do the layout for this page?
Any-hew, that's what our city did after watching most of our property tax go to K.C. and St Louis schools, and all that educational Lottery money disappear into a bureaucratic black hole somewhere in Jefferson City. Seems to work, we got us some pretty nice schools now, that a few years ago were pretty much falling behind and apart.
Maybe Ty'Sheoma Bethea should look into this, since the state doesn't seem to be distributing their taxes evenly throughout all districts (just like in Missouri).
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pjacobs51
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pjacobs51:
Good call. I'm always ... well, confused, by TV ads telling people that "free" federal money is ripe for snagging for people smart enough to reach up and grab it. Cool. What's the problem?
The problem is that the "free" money is being advertised to an audience that says government spending to help Americans earn an education or start a small business is immoral and just plain wrong.
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Scarabus
