{"id":100,"date":"2008-05-30T14:05:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T19:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatsociety.org\/?p=100"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:49:20","slug":"a-friday-afternoon-attack-on-some-girl-i-dont-know-and-her-bosses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatsociety.org\/?p=100","title":{"rendered":"A Friday Afternoon Attack on Some Girl I Don’t Know (and her bosses)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can be found, quite often, defending DC. <\/span>Born and raised, so you can\u2019t blame me. <\/span>But, sometimes, it can be a little difficult. <\/span>I point a finger now at the Washington City Paper<\/em>, our alleged \u201calternative\u201d weekly written by ultra-snooty white suburbanites who can\u2019t quite spell DC. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, I know, a free paper. <\/span>What do you expect? <\/span>I expect some fucking on the edge shit that either takes into account the problems of poor DC and\/or manages to entertain in some minor way. <\/span><\/p>\n

So when you start off hating something, you should probably never subscribe to their blog. <\/span>Today, this came across the magical face of my Google Reader.<\/a><\/span> In which brain-dead Ruth Samuelson asks if DC has ever hosted a political convention. <\/span>Someone hit her with Wikipedia<\/a> in the comments section right away, so I do have hope in my fellow Washingtonian. <\/span>Because a one second search would have provided these<\/a> here results<\/a>. <\/span>Yee-haw. <\/span><\/p>\n

But the City Paper<\/em> writers don\u2019t have to concern themselves with actually, you know, looking up facts that are readily available to their reading public. <\/span>It\u2019s all the art of pseudo-journalism. <\/span>The question is the hook for that particular drunken blog entry. <\/span>I know what Samuelson\u2019s trying to do. <\/span>It\u2019s a classic example of writing that I haven\u2019t seen since, oh, my high school newspaper. <\/span>Which is about where we\u2019re at with the City Paper<\/em> these days. <\/span>Is there enough parking for seniors? <\/span>No! <\/span>Because\u2026like\u2026totally not.<\/p>\n

By the way, I love this comment of hers:<\/p>\n

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\u2026we already have a massive convention center. And a good transportation system. And plenty of hotels. I think we\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\nMy dear Ruth, we have a shit transportation system that\u2019s so poorly planned I sometimes wonder if I\u2019m responsible. <\/span>Did I actually spearhead the initial Washington Metro designs while travelling through time and drinking absolutely anything anyone handed me for days on end? <\/span>Perhaps topping off the final shot (if you can say such a thing when filtering Sterno through a gym sock) with a little bit of crack. <\/span>Nacho Sasha\u2019s single track plan is a winner! Nacho Sasha\u2019s inability to imagine or plan for a population larger than 400,000 is amazing! <\/span>Nacho Sasha\u2019s idea to dig a massive network of tunnels and not<\/em> motherfucking waterproof them blows my mind! <\/span>Now get back to pumping. <\/span>No, I don\u2019t care if there\u2019s a train engulfed in flames hurtling towards you. <\/span>We only lose a handful of track workers a year, so we\u2019re fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can be found, quite often, defending DC. Born and raised, so you can\u2019t blame me. But, sometimes, it can be a little difficult. I point a finger now at the Washington City Paper, our alleged \u201calternative\u201d weekly written by …<\/p>\n

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