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| Hot Type, for the week of July 29, 2005 -- continued
A Moratorium Columnist Dennis Byrne wrote in the Chicago Tribune on July 4: "Among those who would pull us back to that sorry time is Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), with his clumsy, irresponsible and inaccurate attempt to equate the Iraq war with the Vietnam War." Striving to achieve vivid yet no-nonsense invective, our pundits draw time and again from a shallow well. "The Republican majorities . . . cobbled together a budget that was so woefully irresponsible . . . that the easiest -- and, we would still argue, wisest -- response to the document was a full veto by Gov. Jim Doyle." -- editorial, Capital Times, July 22. "State workers may deserve a 6 percent raise, but legislators will be acting irresponsibly if they give them one." -- editorial, Mobile Register, July 23. "Since 1990, however, the Legislature has siphoned off funds and managed it irresponsibly." -- editorial, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 20. "It would be irresponsible not to give voters a say." -- columnist Jim Wooten, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 19. "Maybe Rove could join Tom Cruise in his irresponsible views of psychiatry." -- editorial, Weymouth News, July 9. "With the heavy financial burdens the majority of Americans already carry, it is irresponsible for the federal government to expect us to bear this one as well." -- guest editorial by Judge Greg Mathis, Chicago Defender, July 8. "There was no misunderstanding, Senator. Your irresponsible diatribe referencing an e-mail from an unnamed FBI agent was crystal clear." -- editorial, Amarillo Globe-News, June 22. "The budget plan . . . is radically irresponsible." -- editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, June 22. Pundits, stop. Don't exhaust the language of bombast. Think of the next generation. Team Reporting Stella Foster: "Singer R. Kelly and private eye Ernie Rizzo at Tavern on Rush . . ." -- Sun-Times, July 5. "R. Kelly ('Trapped in the Closet') and music mainstay George Daniels chillin' at the Tavern on Rush . . ." -- Sun-Times, July 12. "Singer R. Kelly parked his mucho expensive Maybach in front of Tavern on Rush, where he had dinner." -- Sun-Times, July 19. Abdon Pallasch: "The girl in the alleged R. Kelly sex video was only 14 years old when it was made, the girl's best friend testified Wednesday." -- Sun-Times, July 21. Send tips, tirades, and comments to hottype@chicagoreader.com |
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