In Brief: Milwauke Mag. Responds in Flynn/McBride Affair, Eight Years of Blogging, Summerfest Finally Here!
2009 June 22
Believe it or not, after the summer solstice yesterday, the days start getting shorter again. It seems like summer just got here and it’s already heading out the door? Happy Summerfest week!
- Milwaukee Magazine has published their “side“, if you can call it that, of the story regarding the time line of the Flynn/McBride affair. Attention will now move off the people involved as the skirmish between two rival publications heats up.
- This week marks the eighth year that I’ve been blogging. The first 14 months or so were (un?)fortunately lost when a database crashed back in 2002, which isn’t a real loss since, as was typical back then, I was saying a whole lot about nothing in particular and the focus of what I was writing about was personal in nature. People change over time, and nothing is a better reminder of that than going back and reading some of the things I blogged about when I was 25.
- With Summerfest starting up this Thursday, it’s officially un-official vacation season. I’m looking forward to taking some time off over the next few weeks to enjoy time with friends and family. Oh. And to paint our house. Should be a blast.
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Congratulations on your blogging longevity!
Why would you say “if they can call it that”? Looks like the only issue here is when the affair started (before or after the story) and it was clearly well after… no contrary evidence has come to light. Looks like Bruce Murphy put it all out there for you to see. Other than hatred by liberals for all things conservative, and a desire to see harm done to anyone who bears the scarlet “C”, what is the point of all this? I mean really… is the Journal now going to report on the sex lives of all local government official? Or maybe just the conservative ones.
I don’t think it’s fair to characterize this as a liberal vs. conservative thing, or that liberals “hate” all things conservative.
Just this morning you made a comment about how it wasn’t right to pigeon-hole people, didn’t you?
Very true. You’ve got the drop on me Tex. It is wrong to say that ALL liberals hate ALL things conservative… special apology to all 7 blue dog Democrats out there… a tough club to be in.
I do, however, maintain that this IS a liberal/conservative issue. My reasoning is that this juicy tabloid article would have remained buried in the “ignore” box if Jessica was a liberal activist, or the Chief of Police had been Art Jones. Even had there been abuse of power, the Journal would have kept a lid on it, likely till it slipped out elsewhere. That has been the history of our local paper.
Hey Dan!
Dropkick Murphy’s on Friday. I am pretty excited about Summerfest this year. Good lineup.
-jef-