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Date Posted: 18:29:41 10/31/09 Sat
Author: Pompous Patroller
Subject: Re: Ron Cook, wordsmith
In reply to: So informative 's message, "Re: Ron Cook, wordsmith" on 08:16:06 10/31/09 Sat

He's a snob, pure and simple. John R. Block thinks this guy gives the PG cred when he does just the opposite.

>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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