Letters to the Editor
ABQguy
Published Letters: 15
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Stan Lee
[Read the article: "Spider-Man 3"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Stan Lee had cameos in the first two movies, but no lines. He saved people on the street from falling debris.
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Really...
[Read the article: Judge dismisses Valerie Plame's lawsuit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is anyone surprised at this? When I saw the breaking news flash on my email, I said 'I'll bet the judge was appointed by the President.'
When we have a group of people who subvert the system to this level, it doesn't even make me mad anymore, just more depressed and ashamed of what we as a country have become.
But I guess that's what they want. To beat us down to the point where they can do whatever they want without fear of accountability.
I think I need to get off the Salon, dKos, Crooks and Liars daily cycle for a while.
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Ankiel in Triple A: An opposing fan's view
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) He led the PCL in homers for the first half of the season and yet wasn't on the all-star team? I guess not all bad all star decisions happen in the Majors.
2) He KILLED the Isotopes during a four game series here in ABQ earlier this year. We got that uneasy feeling every time he came to bat knowing he was going to do some damage. It was clear he was going to be called up eventually.
3) Good for him for getting back to the bigs.
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Michael Kay
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Worst. Yankee. Announcer. EVER!
Couldn't stand listening to him on WABC-AM, describing both teams uniforms every game leading up to the the inevitable description of Yankee uniforms: '...no name on the back... (indeterminable pause)... of course.' But if I couldn't watch WPIX, Kay and Sterling were all I had.
Speaking of 'PIX, whenever I have the misfortune of hearing Kay, I am reminded of how much I miss the Scooter.
Now that I live 1700 miles away, I check out games on-line (I have yet to pony up for the mlb.com radio package) but whenever I'm back in NYC, I love watching the Yanks on the YES network, with the sound muted, and the radio on.
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Tony Gwynn
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Other than Roberto Duran, can anyone remember a retired athlete who has let himself go more than Gwynn? He's HUGE!
I remember he wasn't the most svelte guy while playing, but when they took the three-shot in the booth during game three I had one of those 'Oh my GOD, what happened to him?' moments.
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Planted Questions
[Read the article: What you missed while watching "Project Runway"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Did anyone else notice that the 'questions' by the audience members were obviously (painfully)scripted, including one poor woman who stopped in the middle of her question to whisper something akin to 'I can't...' before finishing?
And then Suzanne Malveaux on two occasions completely changing the context of the question before throwing it to the candidates?
Why didn't Sen. Clinton answer the question about the payroll tax? And then say firefighters and other public safety workers make $97,500 a year, and they would be hurt by the tax? Wait, what? Where do I sign up for the fire academy to make that much a year?
The funniest line of the night was Governor Richardson telling Rep. Kucinich to stop lumping him in with the other members of congress on various votes they made.
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TV Mantra which applies here:
[Read the article: Laughing along with Fox Business News]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
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As the kids are saying nowadays...
[Read the article: What's Webster's word of the year? W00t!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone see the AP story about this?
The Associated Press story I read about this last night claimed that the word had been used by Julia Roberts in the movie Pretty Woman. Wow. If the writer of that story can't tell the difference between "w00t" and "woof" (the latter mimicking the then-popular Arsenio Hall Show's audience), she either needs a hearing test or shouldn't be permitted to continue working as a journalist.
...or maybe she could go write for Fox News.
This!
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I wonder if they're all laughing now...
[Read the article: Ben Bernanke's Goldman-Sachs secret]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]that the market lost another 300 points, and average Americans are having a more difficult time making ends meet.
High Comedy!
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I guess Missouri and New Mexico don't count...
[Read the article: Super Tuesday showdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And based on US Census information, 29% of Arizona is Latino, while 44% of New Mexico is Latino. But between this article and Farood's posting this afternoon, I guess NM doesn't count.
I hope that means my vote this afternoon isn't going to be wasted.
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Farhad
[Read the article: Super Tuesday showdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry for butchering your name, I get really frustrated when NM gets the shaft in Salon.
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Thornburg Mortgage Inc. too...
[Read the article: Twilight of the hedge funds]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here in Albuquerque, the top story on the ABQ Journal website is Thornburg is on the verge of bankruptcy because of margin calls.
This isn't a fly-by-night company, and of course, the other MSM isn't covering it.
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CBART!
[Read the article: Sexism in the pool]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I'm not a strong swimmer. I don't...I don't swim."
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Age Limit
[Read the article: O.J. Mayo and the ripe system]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]King,
I know scouts are looking at kids in elementary school, but isn't the NBA age limit 20 years old, not 2?
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@mjwalker
[Read the article: Report: "Obama's baby mama" producer out at Fox]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please forgive me if you were being facetious:
A chyron is a generic TV news industry term for the graphics on the screen, also known as a 'lower third' (because it covers the lower third of the screen) or 'font'. Chyron, in fact, is a company out of Long Island I believe, which produces such graphics packages, but in the industry, the word is used no matter who produces the graphics.
For example, when you see the identification of a person flash on the screen while they're talking i.e. Joe Q. Public/Eyewitness during a newscast report, that's a chyron.
Hope this helps.
FWIW, I freelanced at FNC for a year during the late 90's, and producers were always being pushed hard to punch up their writing to a more edgy style. However, I don't believe that's an excuse in this case.