By Tracy Dingmann Sometimes you write a blog post just for the headline. This isn’t necessarily one of those times. A few weeks ago I wrote about the baffling failure of Mayor Marty Chavez’s administration to respond to a public information request from a local resident about what exactly happened to some $750,000 apparently raised [...]
Entries from October 30th, 2009
The Journal Gets the Memo on Teabagging – Literally
October 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann Is there anybody out there who DOESN’T know what teabagging means? Early on, the term was heartily adopted by some in the so-called “tea party” movement of tax protesters that sprung up earlier this year. But the term was quickly dropped by nearly all in the movement after they learned it described [...]
When a column warrants a warning label
October 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier To piggyback on Tracy’s latest post just before this one: This morning’s Mountain View Telegraph (sister paper to the Journal) carries yet another Marita Noon column, this one entitled “Climate Change Is Obama’s Iraq.” The Telegraph is running her column with eyes wide open. In other words, it is well aware of the [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Farmington Daily Times·Marita K. Noon·Mountain View Telegraph·oil and gas
Journal Reader: Noon's Energy Claim "Doesn't Add Up"
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann This letter to the editor that appeared in Wednesday’s Albuquerque Journal is so interesting, I’m just going to reproduce it in full here. The letter, from Journal reader Terry Goldman of Los Alamos, ran under the headline “Energy Claim Doesn’t Add Up:” Marita K. Noon either made a serious writing error in [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Marita K. Noon·oil and gas
His Obit Should Say “Bad Ass”
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
(Warning: This post contains nothing about the Albuquerque Journal. But read it anyway…it’s a about a guy who practiced journalism like it should be done!) By Tracy Dingmann The list of accomplishments in Jack Nelson’s obit is long, but it left out one thing: Bad Ass. Because Nelson, who died today at the age of [...]
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Separating Turkey Talk From Truth
October 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier Earlier this month, an UpFront column in the Albuquerque Journal got me so teed off I ended up spreading the gist of it in conversations with friends and family. I wanted to make sure they were aware, too, of what I perceived as an injustice and new level of ludicrousness on the [...]
Tags:Albuquerque Journal·Embudo Valley Organics·Food Safety and Inspection Service·Los Poblanos Organics·turkey farm·UpFront
Journal Ignores Education Poll
October 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · polling
By Tracy Dingmann Whether or not to cut education to help the state make up a $650 million shortfall is a key question in the debate going on at the Capitol today. Educators implored legislators to refrain from cutting the state’s already underfunded educational system during a press conference yesterday at the Roundhouse. The press [...]
Tags:AFT-NM·NEA-NM·New Mexico State Legislature·Research & Polling Inc.·taxes
The Journal Strikes Again: Noon Whistle
October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
By Denise Tessier The Journal’s done it again. The Albuquerque Journal ran on today’s Op-Ed page a column by discredited columnist Marita K. Noon. This one’s entitled, “Target Redundant Costs First To Trim State Budget (subscription required).” If you’re not familiar with Noon, you won’t get much help from the Journal in learning more about [...]
Tags:Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy·Marita K. Noon·oil and gas
Parenting the John Rosemond Way
October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
By Tracy Dingmann So I see that Albuquerque Journal parenting columnist John Rosemond is coming to Albuquerque for a talk on Nov. 14. I don’t think I’ll be standing in line for that appearance. Rosemond, if you aren’t familiar, is known for his for his no-nonsense, traditional, Biblically-based parenting philosophy and approach to parenting (his [...]
