In a comment string beneath a Badger Blogger post about the murder of Pam Roberts and the decision by the owner of Coop's Tiny Tap to close the bar, Glenn Frankovis offers the pithy opinions that demonstrate why many on the right believe he should be Milwaukee's police chief.
His first one:
Glenn D. Frankovis Says:
We (the City of Milwaukee) do have an endless supply of incompetent people either in public office or aspiring for public office. To ask a Mr. Rogers type question, “Can you say Detroit, Washington D.C., and New Orleans boys and girls?”
Followed by this intriguing counterfactual:
Glenn D. Frankovis Says:
I’m convinced if Jim Jones or David Koresh were alive and ran for public office in some parts of Milwaukee (including the east side), they’d win.
But he's got nothing on a sagacious Scott who posits:
Slowly, incrimentally the Liberals are destroying Milwaukee with their cowardice, and hate of capitalism. What was once the exception has now become the rule. Shame on us for allowing them to steal the pride, and order that prosperity brings to a community, and replace it with chaos, and destitution. We are giving up too much control of our lives to those who don’t know how to manage their own affairs.
He's figured it out!
Update: Scott quote fixed (the "He's figured it out" originally appeared as part of the quote). Also bumped up font size of a line...which was curiously small when originally posted. Thanks to Bruce in comments.
And the "point," Bruce, is I'm a nice guy. And I wanted to make sure my three readers were hip to the powerful insights of Glenn Frankovis and the well-reasoned opinions of Scott.
And what, precisely, is your point?
Generally, when other bloggers reprint comments offered in response to one of our posts, yet not necessarily referencing any content within the original post itself, they try to have a point.
Other than your small-font sarcasm (which only you are likely to see humor in) what is your point, exactly?
Posted by: Bruce | February 28, 2008 at 08:42 PM
Frankovis is the Prince Phillip of Milwaukee. If 8 other guys had passed on taking the Chief's job then Glen would have had his shot at it.
Bruce's posts are generally worth reading and Patrick is usually thoughtful enough, but the comment threads over there make the Lord Of The Flies look like drawing room humor.
Posted by: grumps | February 29, 2008 at 03:22 AM
If Bruce has to ask what the point of the post is after reading their profound words, I suspect he is blind to the powerful force that is sarcasm, and he should remove the towel wrapped around his head.
Three readers? Switch to baseball blogging. :)
Posted by: Tim | February 29, 2008 at 05:31 AM
"The towel wrapped around my head?"
Seriously, WTF are you talking about? Pull your head out of your arse.
Posted by: Bruce | February 29, 2008 at 06:36 PM
Blind ... towel covering eyes. Bruce can't see, and doesn't understand sarcasm, so he resorts to being crude. Yeah, pretty worthwhile reading.
Posted by: Tim | March 01, 2008 at 08:29 AM