“Diane Roberts, an eighth-generation Floridian, is author of “Dream State,” literature professor at Florida State University and Solares Hill capital bureau chief.”
The more I read the more I realized it had to be coming from one of our super-educated idiots in academia.
I just had to write a letter to the editor of the Key West Citizen this morning after reading this drivel:
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Dear ummmmmmmmmmmmm…..errrrrrr..ahhhhh…..Sir;
It’s 9am on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008. My usual morning routine is to read your…ummmmmmmm….errrrrrr….ahhhhhhhhh……newspaper with my morning coffee at 5:30 or 6:00 in the AM. This morning as I opened the online version of your…ummm…….errrrr……uhhhhhhhh…..rag, I noticed under “Florida Keys Headlines”, what I assumed to be a “Letter to the Editor”. Obviously my assumption was wrong, to my amazement, you as Online Editor, Mr. Tuell, thought that the “Letter from Tallahassee………….” was “News”.
I am a 33 year resident of the Florida Keys, a local business owner and on numerous occasions, an advertiser in your…uhhhhhhhhh…….errrrrrr….ridiculous waste of paper and ink. I’m almost embarrassed to admit that in the past, I spent money to purchase your…..ummmmmmmmmmmm….errrrrrr…..product. Suffice it to say, this will no longer be the case, nor will any of my advertising budget be directed towards your….uhhhhhhhhhhhh…..business. I’m pleased to say, I shall no longer even view your “free” online………ahhhhhhhhhhhh…..kitty litter liner. Because, you see, some things that are deemed to be free, have a cost. In the case of your product……….the cost is the removal of muck and slime.
Have a wonderful day, I’ll be busy forwarding this to your advertisers, some of whom, one can only hope, will become former advertisers.
Adios, I feel much better now.