Comments on: ‘Post’ Slam Means Edwize Doing Good http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: eumenides http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-274 eumenides Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:44:07 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-274 TGO The use of "good" in the headline is a colloquialism, as in "lookin' good." As such it is proper usage. Changing that to "looking well" distorts the meaning. Also, saying Edwize is "doing good," esp. after a slam from the Post, means it's doing god's work. As you know from reading the business pages, doing "good" and doing "well" are two different things. Both are grammatical. -E- TGO

The use of “good” in the headline is a colloquialism, as in “lookin’ good.” As such it is proper usage. Changing that to “looking well” distorts the meaning. Also, saying Edwize is “doing good,” esp. after a slam from the Post, means it’s doing god’s work. As you know from reading the business pages, doing “good” and doing “well” are two different things. Both are grammatical.
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]]> By: Cassandra http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-271 Cassandra Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:15:36 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-271 The New York Post is to journalism as a streetwalker is to romance. The New York Post is to journalism as a streetwalker is to romance.

]]> By: TGO http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-266 TGO Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:53:48 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-266 Not one teacher/union official has to yet to point out the grammatical mistake in this post's headline! If you can not catch a mistake after one week, how can you teach grammar to the children? This is an FYI for all the teachers who fail to see the grammar error. It should say, "'Post' Slam Means Edwize Doing Well." Not one teacher/union official has to yet to point out the grammatical mistake in this post’s headline!

If you can not catch a mistake after one week, how can you teach grammar to the children?

This is an FYI for all the teachers who fail to see the grammar error. It should say, “‘Post’ Slam Means Edwize Doing Well.”

]]> By: eumenides http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-159 eumenides Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:18:27 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-159 You may be right that the writers on this new blog err on the side of the frisky, though given other blogs I've visited this bunch seem restrained. And the Post editorial did distort the blog posting; no one called Wal-Mart's managers war criminals. But if even putting the words "Wal-Mart" and "war criminal" in the same sentence is too close for comfort, how would you characterize the employment practices of Wal-Mart? To me, they look like the nasty machinations of the bad guy that Lionel Barrymore played in the old Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie, at least. Didn't you cheer when the greedy banker lost? Shouldn't we be booing Wal-Mart now? You may be right that the writers on this new blog err on the side of the frisky, though given other blogs I’ve visited this bunch seem restrained. And the Post editorial did distort the blog posting; no one called Wal-Mart’s managers war criminals. But if even putting the words “Wal-Mart” and “war criminal” in the same sentence is too close for comfort, how would you characterize the employment practices of Wal-Mart? To me, they look like the nasty machinations of the bad guy that Lionel Barrymore played in the old Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie, at least. Didn’t you cheer when the greedy banker lost? Shouldn’t we be booing Wal-Mart now?

]]> By: curious2 http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-158 curious2 Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:31:31 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-158 I agree that the Post's objection to the disclaimer on this site seems silly. With respect to the war criminals reference, I do think the author of the posting in question was guilty of an excessively sensational comparison. It seems to me sometimes that the writers on this blog write with a tone of extreme anger that weakens their message. I agree that the Post’s objection to the disclaimer on this site seems silly.

With respect to the war criminals reference, I do think the author of the posting in question was guilty of an excessively sensational comparison. It seems to me sometimes that the writers on this blog write with a tone of extreme anger that weakens their message.

]]> By: redhog http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-156 redhog Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:09:24 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-156 The New York Post is not a good-faith adversary. It is a knee-jerk antagonist of unions, particularly of teachers. Except to get rhetorical practice, there's nothing to be gained by debating the Post on the merits of issues. They will never print any op-ed piece that references unions in even a neutral way. Nor will they do that even in a "straight" news story. Most alarming is how they will outright lie, or else wilfully tell only a portion of the total truth so that the effect is the same as a lie anyway.Terrifying is the implications for all persons in a free society, of a press controlled by the government,or the de facto government of corporate cronies and masters. The New York Post is not a good-faith adversary. It is a knee-jerk antagonist of unions, particularly of teachers. Except to get rhetorical practice, there’s nothing to be gained by debating the Post on the merits of issues. They will never print any op-ed piece that references unions in even a neutral way. Nor will they do that even in a “straight” news story.
Most alarming is how they will outright lie, or else wilfully tell only a portion of the total truth so that the effect is the same as a lie anyway.Terrifying is the implications for all persons in a free society, of a press controlled by the government,or the de facto government of corporate cronies and masters.

]]> By: InstitutionalMemory http://www.edwize.org/post-slam-means-edwize-doing-good/comment-page-1#comment-155 InstitutionalMemory Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:02:58 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=39#comment-155 Being trashed by the Post is like making Nixon's "enemies list." Congratulations are in order! Being trashed by the Post is like making Nixon’s “enemies list.” Congratulations are in order!

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