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Date Posted: 08:16:06 10/31/09 Sat
Author: So informative
Subject: Re: Ron Cook, wordsmith
In reply to: Green Manalishi 's message, "Re: Ron Cook, wordsmith" on 15:53:06 10/30/09 Fri

Gee, Mr. Beltway, I'm so glad you told me what books they're reading in Washington D.C.
Since I live, oh, maybe 300 or so miles away, you think you could tell me what books Pittsburghers are reading these days?
Yeah, you know, Pittsburgh? The region your newspaper covers?
I know, I know, this is obviously not where you want to be, Mr. Beltway.
But get it through your skull...WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH ALL THINGS WASHINGTON.
Seriously, I don't expect this man to turn into a yinzer. But geez, can we get at least ONE column once in a while that actually pertains to something local?

>Maybe they should send Ron to hang with Beltway so he
>can improve and be able to pen vital, visceral prose
>like the first graf of this masterpiece:
>
> >href="http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004359-372.
>stm">http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004359-372.s
>tm

>
>Where I come from, we call that a "run-on sentence."
>
>
>
>
>
>>Got to love a well-crafted lead like this:
>>
>>"It's easy to say Kansas City Chiefs running back
>>Larry Johnson is a jerk, has been a jerk since he left
>>Penn State and always will be a jerk. Who will argue
>>with that?"
>>
>>Graceful!

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