Thursday, June 30, 2005

The Big Lie

The biggest lies in The State are casually asserted as statements of fact in a run-up to some other opinion that they have to offer. Read their laughably implausible explanation for Superintendent Dennis McMahon's firing from Lexington School District 5:

Dr. McMahon may have too often told some board members and District 5 residents what they didn’t want to hear — that their district was growing, and changing, and the best way to deal with that was to build new schools and launch new initiatives to help all students. It seemed as though Dr. McMahon represented the change that many in the community neither sought nor wished to accept.

The truth is that Dennis McMahon was an openly partisan Democrat who used public office to advance the agenda of his political masters while only intermittently focusing on education. His departure is a victory for open government, accountable to all. But you'll never learn the truth about McMahon's ethically dodgy—if not outright illegal—practices by reading The State.

Posted by Bill Smith at 1:25 PM | 9 comments

Comments:

OhhhNooo, Mr. Bill

You are really at home in the midlands and Lexington School District 5.

We checked our phone book and now must assume Mr. Bill is really The George Summers of Chapin. Hmmm?

Ole’ George recently had a Letter to the Editor published by The State.

Our friends tell us it was balderdash.

But, The State printed it.
What a hypocrite!

Here are Hoss’s latest weak slurs:

“…biggest lies…”
“…laughably implausible…”
“…openly partisan…”
“…intermittently focusing on education.”

More of his balderdash:

“…His departure is a victory for open government…”
“…ethically dodgy…”
“…outright illegal…”

Hmmm. Let us think. We have been reading The State.

The Superintendent of a growing school community suggested new schools.

What a shock!

Anyone who says that area's not growing by leaps and bounds is full of sleet.

The Superintendent also recognized a growing student population experiencing changes in diversity (that means more black kids and more kids getting free and reduced meals).

Hoss, all kids deserve a great education; even black kids and kids from subsidized housing. Grow up.

Then the Superintendent gets fired for trying to meet the needs of the entire community while at the same time keeping the District’s schools at the very top.

Hmmm. Must be something else going on here. Maybe he just crossed swords with some republi’c’rats (small “r”).

Sounds like the man has more integrity that all of the skunky republi’c’rats who attacked him.

So, you fired him. Paid him how much? What a waste of money.

Wonder what he is doing while drawing a couple of hundred g’s from the school district?

Tennis? Ping pong? Golf?

Maybe he will run for the Legislature: as a Republican. We need Republicans.

We do not need republi'c'rats.

The great news for that community is that the small number of republi’c’rats behind this farce will not be around forever.

Kids are young. Most republi’c’rats ain’t. Got Metamucil?

Your friend,
Clark Kent, Mild Mannered Reporter
The Daily Planet
Gotham City, U.S.A.

P.S. You suggested something "outright illegal." Evidence, please. If not we only have one question: Got Lawyer?

# posted by Anonymous : 7/01/2005 03:05:00 AM

The previous post will probably be removed by the Blog dictator and his Axis of Evil.

# posted by Anonymous : 7/01/2005 04:14:00 AM

The State gets it right every time!

# posted by Anonymous : 7/01/2005 04:15:00 AM

"Hoss, all kids deserve a great education; even black kids and kids from subsidized housing. Grow up."

ridiculous.

# posted by No One : 7/01/2005 08:27:00 AM

No One said...
"Hoss, all kids deserve a great education; even black kids and kids from subsidized housing. Grow up."
ridiculous.

No one is a racist pervert.
Amen.

# posted by Anonymous : 7/01/2005 03:07:00 PM

We love Republicans. But, we are infested with republi'c'rats. There is a big, big difference. Bubba Alert. Bubba Alert.

# posted by Anonymous : 7/02/2005 12:30:00 PM

Anonymous is so right!

McMahon For D5 School Board!
Sure Winner!

Get Inez to move to D5 after her next term. Dream team building!

The republi'c'rats know they have messed up and will politically suffer. They deserve it.

# posted by Anonymous : 7/03/2005 02:53:00 AM

Bill,
Thank you for your brief analysis. You are SO right that McMahon's departure is a victory for open government. Don't listen to the hog-wash from the previous posters. Keep up the good work!

# posted by Anonymous : 7/05/2005 10:35:00 PM

Thank you for the comment from Mr. Bill's alter ego, MiniMe.

Only MiniMe could find kind of logic in Mr. Bill's "brief."

The fact MiniMe finds any logic at all in Hoss' "briefs" is very disturbing.

If MiniMe likes Hoss' briefs it is only logical he would like his analalisis.

# posted by Anonymous : 7/06/2005 12:13:00 AM

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