Posted on 04/02/2009 6:28:11 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
... and the problem is they don't know any of it.
The story in the L. A. Times was supposed to be a story of lighter fare, a less hectic sort of human interest story that is supposed to be interesting, but not earth shacking. It's all about the trials and tribulations of the folks that re-create the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the dusty streets of Tombstone, Arizona.
Apparently a brash new sheriff is in town (really, I do mean the real local lawman) who has decided that the actors and reenactors that portray the original gunfight participants have gotten out of hand and need to be regulated out of existence, or at least scaled back.
The L.A. Times tale is supposed to be about the back and forth between the new laws written to quash their performances and the actors and reenactors involved. It should be a pretty simple set up, present a few paragraphs to set up the history involved and move into today's conflagration.
And right off the bat, the L.A. Times can't get history right...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
http://publiusforum.blogtownhall.com/
I couldn't get the other link to work.
They won’t rest until there’s a black and an Oriental in the re-enactment.
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