tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post1526721316551760454..comments2023-05-30T05:16:03.894-04:00Comments on The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, proprietor: Craig the villain, not copDennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-15493921663697926052007-09-10T14:17:00.000-04:002007-09-10T14:17:00.000-04:00What this incident really highlights is the need f...What this incident really highlights is the need for cops to carry recording equipment. One digital photo of Craig's hand under the stall wall would have been the end of the matter. As it is, we have Craig found guilty on the word of a policeman that he stared too long into the stall, tapped his foot, and stuck his hand under the door -- if someone said that about you Dennis how would you disprove them? Especially if it happened somewhere far from home. And unlike Craig and you, a lot of people can't afford a criminal defense (let alone the return plane trip/hotel for the court dates).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-4832896722310857222007-09-10T11:35:00.001-04:002007-09-10T11:35:00.001-04:00For once in my life I find myself agreeing with yo...For once in my life I find myself agreeing with you, except for one major point -- Ben Stein is no progressive, no matter how hard you try to paint him as one. He is in fact a Nixon apologist, someone who started his political career as a speechwriter for both Nixon and Ford, and who has written extensively for conservative magazines and newspapers.<BR/><BR/>This reminds me of FOX News' slimy attempts to mislabel disgraced Republicans as Democrats. Your use of this tactic discredits what would otherwise be a compelling argument.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537802088081996428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-72350915702922538822007-09-10T11:35:00.000-04:002007-09-10T11:35:00.000-04:00I read this monumentally misleading "opinion piece...I read this monumentally misleading "opinion piece" this morning on the way to work, and could scarcely believe my eyes!<BR/><BR/>To wail against "the consequence of today's <EM>progressive</EM> canons" and then use Ben Stein (<EM>Ben Stein?</EM>) as an example, proves that you are utterly incapable of distinguishing your right from your left.<BR/><BR/>More accurately, you seem to consider yourself so "far right" that you view everyone else in America as some kind of "lefty."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" REL="nofollow">Ben Stein?</A><BR/><BR/>He's over on <EM> your side</EM> Mr. Byrne. He's <EM>one of you</EM>.<BR/><BR/>By trying to conflate <EM>Ben Stein</EM> and progressives, you're being quite dishonest with your readers, are you not?<BR/><BR/>When "journalists" and "opinion writers" lie to their readers, don't that sacrifice whatever credibility they profess to have?<BR/><BR/>For the record, it is not "progressives" telling the police to mind their business" in this case, it is your fellow ultra-"conservatives" like Ben Stein.<BR/><BR/>For my part, as a progressive, I see the Larry Craig case as an "Ick" case, but I hope he stays in Congress, so we can all see what kind of utter hypocrites populate the GOP that you continue to defend. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, who is defending Cragi now? Is it progressives, or GOP Senators? Apparently no ick-factor affects the GOP Senators.<BR/><BR/><EM>"Stein and others were pouring it on the Police Department..."</EM><BR/><BR/>And this is a progressive issue? <EM>Ben Freakin' Stein</EM> as a <EM>progressive</EM>?<BR/><BR/>What a laugh.Midwestern Progressivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191280443683589023noreply@blogger.com