She Who Will Be Obeyed!: That Joel Stein Thing

January 27, 2006

That Joel Stein Thing

I know I'm late to talk about this, and with everyone else putting in thier opinion, I was tempted to just forget about it, since I probably don't have a whole helluva lot to add to the commentary.

But then, I went back and read his stupid article again.

The guy admits he is a rich kid who 'did well in school'. Is that an indication that he thinks people in the military did *not* do well in school? Or is he just bragging that he lives the American Dream and doesn't owe the country anything for it? Heck, he even brags that he has never had jury duty.

I dunno. The guy is a jerk - I read some of his past columns, and he appears to be terribly wrapped up in the superficial silliness of so many Southern Californians. He wants to be popular with the "stars", I suspect.

He is right, though, he does not care about or support the troops. He cares about himself. He insults all of us who have ever served in the US Military.

Perhaps it is the attitude of columnists like Joel that have caused the LA Times to lose money and circulation.

Posted by Beth at January 27, 2006 7:56 AM

Comments

Hey, hey, hey! No slagging Californians over Stein. He's an imported/faux Californian, just like most of the Hollywood limo liberals set (look at his bio). And Lex and Da Goddess are So Cal people too(not to mention the twit writting this comment), not all of us are complete d!@&s(NorCal people on the other hand, well, they just might be).

My take is that the left wanted their own Jonah and this Stein character is the best they could come up with. I wouldn't be surprised if he came up with an animal and a talking piece of furniture too.

Posted by: ry at January 27, 2006 8:13 AM

What better path to fame and notoriety than to offend most of America??
He sounds too young to remember his Vietnam references and is so overly concerned with car magnets that I just can't take him seriously. Blech.

Did you read the Hewitt/Stein transcript? I almost felt sorry for the little pisher after that... ;)

Posted by: pam at January 27, 2006 8:15 AM

Pam - I listened to the Hewitt/Stein interview. Don't feel sorry for him - he is just ignorant, and apparently proud of it. I hope that the (already falling) circulation of the Left Angeles Times falls off immediately, so that the editors will see the connection in their top line. Then again, maybe the editors of LAT are so arrogant in their ignorance that they won't get it either.

Posted by: Barb at January 27, 2006 1:37 PM