50 ways to hate your paper

I don't usually detail every single thing that annoys me about the Amarillo Globe-Republican. That would be far too time-intensive and I have a Masters thesis to write. But, today, I thought it might be fun to briefly itemize all my beefs with today's local paper, both the political and the simply irritating.

Page 1A: The University of Texas tower was not "forever stigmatized" by the 1966 sniper. The observation deck of the tower was closed for a number of years, and the community has never forgotten. But when U.T. wins a national championship, the tower still gets lit up burnt orange. But Charles Whitman didn't stigmatize the tower forever anymore than he stigmatized Eagle Scouts and Marines, both of which he was.

8A: Tom Tomorrow says all that needs to be said about columns like the Ghostly Voice's^TM "Are Democrats poised to make costly error?"

9A: Steve Holland describes liberals as "[c]asually accusing rivals and opponents of misconduct with literally no evidence." That phrase also describes Steve Holland's entire column.

9A: "Patriotism is the religion of Hell" is an interesting quotation. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the letter to the editor about drug policy that it is positioned directly beneath, or, in fact, with anything else on the editorial page. (print edition only)

2B: Does anyone read the bridge column? (print edition only)

1C: The word "disco" has a different meaning in Spanish than in English. The Dos De Oros Disco should have been described as a "bar" or a "dance club." People may dance there, but probably not to the Bee Gees.

1D: Sportswriter Lance Lahnert reminds me of Tony, a guy in high school who thought he was a jock because he was a trainer for the football team. Oddly, the Emperor W also recently reminded me of Tony when he offered an unsolicited massage to the German Chancellor. Tony used to do that, too, and the girls reacted in much the same way.

Not today, but real annoying: A letter several days ago falsely claimed that WMDs were found in Iraq a month ago and went unreported by the media. Why does the Globe-Republican allow letter writers to blatantly lie?

What annoys you about the Globe-Republican?

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