July 23, 2004

The Professor v. New York Times Editorial

The Professor copied me on a missive he sent to the New York Times. I don't have a link to the original op-ed piece, but it must have been one of these pieces bemoaning the horrible crushing of dissent when a famous person (in this case, Ms. Linda Ronstadt) spews political pabulum and the public responds with a bib and and a 30 grit Wet Wipe.

I wish I wrote this response:

Cathy, I sent the following to the New York Times editorial letters' page:

The writer of your recent editorial about Ms. Ronstadt’s being booed off the stage and kicked out of Aladdin must have been driving a Yugo over washboard gravel recently, because his or her common sense seems to have shaken loose.

Of course, the singer has a right to express a political opinion, and even from the stage. However, nowhere is it written that customers who take offense must sit still and swallow her political cod liver oil, in lieu of the cotton-candy entertainment for which they paid, or thought they did. Hey, it's Vegas, not the Cooper Union Forum!

Ms. Ronstadt should have promoted her performance as a combination of politics and song. But, oh my, that kind of truth in advertising might have hurt ticket sales.

Sincerely,

Well done, Dad!

Posted by Cathy at July 23, 2004 12:20 PM
Comments

My congratulations to The Professor. Succinct and to the point.

Posted by: aelfheld at July 23, 2004 01:53 PM

You know what they say, "Succinct or s..s..swim!"

Posted by: The Professor at July 23, 2004 02:32 PM

G - R - O - A - N !!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Cathy at July 23, 2004 03:11 PM

Oh, ick. Spam comments.

Ditto on the G - R - O - A - N !!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: aelfheld at July 24, 2004 09:15 AM

Fortunately, I can delete spam comments...now if I could only do something about my father's puns.

Posted by: Cathy at July 24, 2004 02:25 PM

Dads know best.

Posted by: Chris Muir at July 24, 2004 02:45 PM

If you don't like my humor, you could petition the archbishop to take your case to the punfifical college in Rome.

Posted by: The Professor at July 24, 2004 04:39 PM

I think you have an incorrigible paronomasiac on your hands.

Posted by: aelfheld at July 24, 2004 06:23 PM

I think it's great that Dad reads and comments on your site, (puns and all.) Go Dad!

Posted by: DC at July 26, 2004 03:44 PM