So, last weekend I called up Goldy to ask how the new job was going. I was, shall I say, a bit underwhelmed by the volume of Goldy bylines on Slog.
“Look…”, I said, “Paul Constant, the freaking book editor, is kicking your ass in number of posts.”
“Yeah…well there was a lot of paperwork on Wednesday…”
Then Goldy intimated that he hardly had time to post because he was working on some “longer pieces.” It sounded plausible, but I had some lingering doubts.
Perhaps getting up in the morning, getting dressed up for work (you know, putting on a pinstripe navy blue blazer and chaps), and heading to the office was really hard for Goldy—it messed up his head for writing. Or maybe he was rendered dysfunctional all afternoon because he couldn’t take his mid-day nap. Who knows.
Well my doubts have been allayed for the time being. Today’s edition of The Stranger contain a news piece by Goldy entitled “The Welfare State”:
When our state’s rural Republicans toss around pejoratives like “socialism,” “redistribution of wealth,” and “welfare state,” they’re usually hurling them at the People’s Republic of Seattle and the Democratic legislators we send to Olympia. As a commenter on the Spokane Spokesman-Review’s website recently carped: “Eastern Washington… has always been shorted/slighted where state expenditures are concerned! Nearly to the point that we don’t exist!”
[…]However, the money is not exactly moving in the direction most Eastern Washingtonians suspect.
Goldy pulls together some pieces he has blogged on over the past weeks to nail an important and under-appreciated point:
The irony here is not that those who benefit most from state spending are paying the least; that’s kinda the way these things are supposed to work. No, the irony is that those rural communities that are most dependent on the state—whose roads and schools and other essential public services couldn’t possibly be maintained without generous state subsidies—are also those least likely to vote for the tax dollars necessary to sustain these services.
So…with a 1 kiloword news piece in the print edition, I guess Goldy has done alright for week one. I’ll be generous and give him a B+.
But, geez, Goldy, for week two? At least try to keep up with the book guy.
Keep it short and sweet Goldy. Too many words — I don’t like it! Just like that jobkilling O’Bama care bill.
Too many words.
Yay, Goldy.
The thought of Goldy in a blazer and chaps is…unlikely. Especially at The Stranger.
On the other hand, at least we know that Goldy can write when he’s not in his underwear. We have his teenaged daughter to thank for that…
but…but…but…goldy told us that print media is dead!
OH WAIT….that was before he actually had to get a job.
funny how that shit works…………..too damn funny in fact.
@1 “jobkilling O’Bama care”
Bullshit. I’ll tell you what kills jobs. Unaffordable health care.
And Republican economic policies. That’s the WMD of job destruction.
chaps? I know they’re a bit kinky at the Stranger, but wtf?
Poor Goldstein, can’t handle the workload and has no time-management skills.
Anyone taking bets on how long it is before Goldy is shit-canned once again? Giving lousy head to Dan Savage can cause such a prediciment. LOL. Or perhaps he’ll just quit, and revert back to begging for handouts under the bullshit guise of a “fund drive.” Anyone with a brain knows he can’t handle a job out in the real world for long.
On a side note:And before Roger Wabbit starts mouth queefing; he was called out a few threads ago, asking him to prove that he was in fact a Judge as he likes to pretend in fantasy and senility land. Until that happens, (which it won’t as he cannot prove it), he will remain a mindless shit-flinger with an inflated & grossly bloated resume. (Much like the twice beaten Darcy Burnout.)
Hardy-har-har.
# 8: Of course, TJ just wants RR’s name and details so he can harrass him outside of H.A. He’s smarter than that.
Hey, I’ve got an idea. How about TJ tries to prove that he actually has a brain. Size or functionability, it doesn’t matter, just mere existence will suffice. If he doesn’t submit a doctor’s report which we can verify with the doctor, we can safely assume that he has no brain.
(As if he hadn’t already demonstrated as much in his postings here).
“he was called out a few threads ago, asking him to prove that he was in fact a Judge as he likes to pretend in fantasy and senility land”
Yeah, he was a judge. I can attest to that. You, on the other hand, need to prove to us that you don’t fuck goats.
“How about TJ tries to prove that he actually has a brain.”
First things first. TJ needs to prove to us that he doesn’t fuck goats.
It’s obvious to me that TJ fucks goats. Maybe he can prove otherwise, but I seriously doubt it.
does a traffic court judge count?