Comments on: Local Government and Ridicule http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/24/local-government-and-ridicule/ Pull it. You know you want to. Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:19:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: The Tarquin http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/24/local-government-and-ridicule/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 The Tarquin Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:03:14 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=391#comment-3301 Also a very good point. Maybe, too, it shows that, when it comes to politics, principles and courage may be a disadvantage? A sad state of affairs, to be sure. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Also a very good point. Maybe, too, it shows that, when it comes to politics, principles and courage may be a disadvantage? A sad state of affairs, to be sure.

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]]> By: John Willson http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/2010/01/24/local-government-and-ridicule/comment-page-1/#comment-3300 John Willson Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:21:45 +0000 http://thetarquin.com/BlagSwitch/?p=391#comment-3300 I might a fifth point. A reporter from a major big city newspaper who covered the story in question (and flat-out lied about the meeting and the issues in his stories) decided that my "antics" indicated that I was probably complicit in local scandals. Why else would I impede the march of democracy? So he hounded me for months. What's the lesson here? Maybe it's "No good deed goes unpunished." I might a fifth point. A reporter from a major big city newspaper who covered the story in question (and flat-out lied about the meeting and the issues in his stories) decided that my “antics” indicated that I was probably complicit in local scandals. Why else would I impede the march of democracy? So he hounded me for months. What’s the lesson here? Maybe it’s “No good deed goes unpunished.”

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