The Sunpapers, behind Baltimore's ignorance

The local fishwrap

We learn from The Politico that Harry Reid has loosed  the Four Asshats of the Apocalypse - Senate, House, Media and Blog Zombies - with orders to  ride the  hustings and trash George Bush for all they're worth.  Here's the paragraph that caught my eye.  I'll tell you why in a minute. “ (UPDATE - MoveOn.org Political Action says in a news release this morning: “Members of MoveOn will hold more than 130 ‘counter-filibusters’ Tuesday evening in cities and districts across the country … . MoveOn members will read letters from Iraq war veterans and their families that call on Congress to bring the troops home soon.”) ” I earlier had my hair cut, which means I read the Baltimore Sun.  Only time I do. Grabbed the particularly small sports section, about 8 pages.  The front page was nearly taken up by a story of two former area high school football players.  They enlisted in the Marines together, and died within a few months of each other in Iraq.  It was a touching story, but I noticed it happened about two years ago.  I didn't find the springboard.  I turned the page and wham.  The entire section was  devoted to former area athletes, in lacrosse, track, etc., who also sacrificed their their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan.  That was the spring.  The sports department is riding with Filthy Harry. The Sun is a notoriously leftwing rag,  but sports?   The only use they have for any of these kids is  for their  PR value in the war against Bush. That was my take, anyway.  I might be terminally cynical.