What's The Problem With Conservative Columnists?

[laststeamtrain]

What's The Problem With Conservative Columnists?

"Many of them lie in print," says New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal, speaking to the Guardian about U2 frontman Bono joining the Times' op-ed page.

Hey, Andrew? Isn't it your job to make sure the columnists you publish don't "lie in print"? Or do you just believe that the facts have a liberal bias and allowing conservative columnists to lie is your misguided attempt at "balance"?

In not-unrelated news, Bill Kristol will be on the Daily Show Thursday night...http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/10/10533_conservative_columnists_lie_in_print.html

[Warpy]

1. Since when has it been necessary to print lies and libel

to balance truth?

This country has gone insane and no one is more in need of antipsychotics than the average newspaper editor.

[Winterblues]

2. Once bill Kristol said on the Daily show

"I am not in Washington now so I can tell the truth"
I found that one sentence to be quite profound in it's simplicity and it's truthfulness.

[Turbineguy]

3. They are 40 years behind the times

they would have been working for the USSR then.

[Two Americas]

4. great statement

"The facts have a liberal bias and allowing conservative columnists to lie is your misguided attempt at 'balance?'"

Well said, thanks.

I actually saw the "last steam train" it so happens. Curious about your user name.

[laststeamtrain]

5. When I chose the name I was thinking of Ray Davies (Kinks) song...

Last of the Steam-Powered Trains.

I feel a little back-dated sometimes & this song has always resonated with me. A sentimental favorite.

:hi:

[Two Americas]

7. here you go

"Steam locomotives resisted the onset of dieseldom a bit longer in Canada than on most railroads south of the border, and this was also true for Canadian National Railways' operating unit in the Great Lakes states, the Grand Trunk Western. Until the mid-1950s the GTW's passenger service was still entirely steam-operated, with 4-8-4s, 4-8-2s and 4-6-2s and even a 2-8-0 in mixed train service on the Greenville branch."

"The GTW's class U-3-b 4-8-4s were built by American Locomotive Company in 1942-1943 for both freight and passenger service, and capably handled such trains as the Maple Leaf, the Inter-City Limited, and the International Limited in addition to main line freights. I photographed No. 6323 at Durand, Michigan, in May, 1954, while it was temporarily separated from the Maple Leaf so a diesel switcher (visible behind 6323's tender) could switch a car for the Detroit connection. With a locomotive weight of 403,000 pounds and a combined engine-and-tender length of 96 feet, this class was still one of the smaller types of 4-8-4s used on the North American railway system. These engines had 73-inch drivers, 26x30-inch cylinders, and a boiler pressure of 250 pounds per square inch, producing a tractive effort of 59,034 pounds. They ended their days in Detroit suburban passenger service, and can be seen in this role on the Herron video/DVD Glory Machines of the Grand Trunk Western. No. 6323 is said to be that last steam locomotive used in main line passenger service in the U.S., and made her last run under GTW ownership on September 20, 1961."

And here she is...

[Swamp Rat]

6. They aren't human