The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
At times like these, this newspaper, the sole outlet in Tucson, drives me nuts.The far left learning newsprint in town is the only daily left in the liberal establishment berg of the former cowboy berg of southeast Arizona.
Defying it's cowboy, cattle, cavalry, outlaw, gun-totin' Mexican bandido tradition, the "Star" prefers to radiate a burned out, late sixties, pot smoking, hippies hang-out for avante garde writers, ex-Hollywood writers, Foothills Big-wigs and retired Ex-CIA types.
Star City Desk writers constantly push stories about gun control, freeze stories about the economy that would reflect well on growth and business outlook good for the town. In short, doom and gloom springs forth in newsprint, gun control, Birkenstock and weed in stores are the order of the editorial staff.
Business Section focuses on the Street Fair, Pot Stores sales, bicycle shops, and vendor store growth and the University food ball games. "Hard" stores about ball bearing plants? (You're kidding).
Recent editorials offered a scathing look at guns in schools, a state house issue just past green light one hand-gun in each school, hotly excoriated by the Star. The paper flamed the idea for no less than 137 reasons, then bailed out.
Oh, BTW, offered zero counterbalancing arguments themselves. No plan, no positive ideas of their own, no suggestions, no better ideas, just " LET'S JUST SHOOT THIS ONE DOWN, TOO.
Just like all the others. Again. Too.
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Defying it's cowboy, cattle, cavalry, outlaw, gun-totin' Mexican bandido tradition, the "Star" prefers to radiate a burned out, late sixties, pot smoking, hippies hang-out for avante garde writers, ex-Hollywood writers, Foothills Big-wigs and retired Ex-CIA types.
Star City Desk writers constantly push stories about gun control, freeze stories about the economy that would reflect well on growth and business outlook good for the town. In short, doom and gloom springs forth in newsprint, gun control, Birkenstock and weed in stores are the order of the editorial staff.
Business Section focuses on the Street Fair, Pot Stores sales, bicycle shops, and vendor store growth and the University food ball games. "Hard" stores about ball bearing plants? (You're kidding).
Recent editorials offered a scathing look at guns in schools, a state house issue just past green light one hand-gun in each school, hotly excoriated by the Star. The paper flamed the idea for no less than 137 reasons, then bailed out.
Oh, BTW, offered zero counterbalancing arguments themselves. No plan, no positive ideas of their own, no suggestions, no better ideas, just " LET'S JUST SHOOT THIS ONE DOWN, TOO.
Just like all the others. Again. Too.
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