Bent Corner

Blogging from Williamsport, Maryland

Thanks to Senator Mikulski, buy a Hummer, get a tax credit

United States Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md) spoke with Heather Keels from the Herald-Mail in a video interview. Senator Mikulski bragged about an amendment to the stimulus bill she proposed along with Republican Senators that allows people to deduct state sales tax and the interest on auto loans for new “cars” purchased from November 12, [...]

This is a top job?

Hagerstown’s local newspaper, The Herald-Mail, has a section on their website entitled “Top Jobs“. I think they simply republish on their website the jobs printed in the paper version of the newspaper, but I’m not sure.
While looking over the website this morning, one of the ads caught my attention.  It’s for “exotic” dancers at [...]

Affirmative action goes both ways

The following letter appeared in the Sunday edition of the Herald-Mail:
To the editor:
I just feel like I got punched in the stomach over Sen. John McCain’s loss. It’s no secret that the economy was the most important issue in this election, and despite this setback, I still feel that Barack Obama’s solutions are not solutions [...]

I don’t remember seeing anyone with the name Bible on the ballot

The local newspaper has a photo slideshow on their website that featured various photos taken in Washington County on Election Day.  The local newspaper being what it is, failed to put the photos into any sort of context.  They didn’t identify anyone in the photos.  They offered no explanation as to what the photos were [...]

The First Amendment works both ways

Today’s Herald-Mail had a semi-interesting Mail Call entry. It’s from a person who claims they were “verbally assaulted” on election day:
I am writing this to the gentleman and his wife who verbally assaulted me on Election Day as I stood outside E. Russell Hicks Middle School. I would like to remind these fine U.S. [...]

Readers of the ‘Herald-Mail’ respond to Obama’s big win

Hagerstown’s newspaper of record, the Herald-Mail, allows readers to go to its website and respond to the many articles it publishes.  Yesterday’s article chronicling President-elect Barack Obama’s historic win really brought the whack jobs out.
Here is just one example:
What is wrong with the people in this country? Don’t they realize that they just put the [...]

Herald-Mail continues to smear Kelly Cromer

If the Herald-Mail newspaper is going to continue smearing the reputation of Hagerstown City Councilperson Kelly S. Cromer, I guess I will continue to blog about it.  Being that the Washington County Ethics Commission cleared Cromer of acting unethical the day she was pulled over by a Hagerstown police officer for speeding, I thought the [...]

My letter to the Herald-Mail over their editorial concerning Kelly Cromer

I blogged a while back about the local newspaper’s war against one of Hagerstown’s city elected councilmembers, Kelly Cromer. I read an editorial that was even more of a hack job then normal. I decided to temporarily lift my self-imposed ban on writing more letters to the newspaper. I originally blogged that [...]

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