Reason #46 To Love Philadelphia: The ‘Daily News’ No Longer Runs Michelle Malkin’s Columns

Every once in a while I like to peruse the conservative blogosphere — and dammit, do I hate that word (”blogosphere,” not “conservative”) — to try and learn something. Unfortunately, the popular conservative blogs tend to be run by, shall we say, idiots, and I don’t really learn anything. (We’ll leave the liberal blogs alone for now.)

One popular conservative blogger is Michelle Malkin, whose syndicated column used to run in the Daily News. It doesn’t anymore, and that’s probably the best decision the Daily News has made in the past 15 years. Need an example? Sure.

Malkin recently wrote about some anti-war protester who spit at the feet of a soldier doing a counter protest. Here is how she feels about the protester:

Shame on the spitter. May you rot in hell.

It’s amazing that people like this exist, really. I wonder what it’s like to damn people to eternal suffering because you disagree with their world view. It must really be depressing. But thank God the Daily News stopped running her column so we don’t have to read her pointless drivel. Seriously. Compared to Michelle Malkin, I love Christine Flowers.

Spitting at a war hero [Michelle Malkin]
Image Credit: Wonkette

Leftovers: If You Don’t Read Michelle Malkin, The Terrorists Have Won

• There has been a brouhaha apparently going on about everyone’s favorite internment camp defender, Michelle Malkin, on the letters pages of the Camden Courier Post for a while now. Today, a Malkin defender writes: “They don’t want people to just stop reading a column. They want to keep others from reading an opinion which differs from theirs. It is similar to the extremist terrorists who feel that, if you don’t follow their teachings, you should be made to pay with your life. How dare someone not agree with them.” Wow. I didn’t know Malkin’s detractors wanted her and her readers dead. Hmm. The more you know. [Courier Post]

• Oh, it is Tuesday afternoon, and that means it is the start of the T.O.-returns-to-Philly circus! Be prepared for almost a whole week of rehashing last season, Super Bowl 39 highlights and speculations about T.O.’s possible suicide attempt. By Thursday, you won’t be able to keep your lunch down, no sir. [Inquirer]

• Here are Mark Foley’s IMs to a congressional page. Foley messages: “did you spank it this weekend yourself?” Hot, hot, hot. Er, wait. [ABC News]

• The Phillies “good” bullpen might not have been so “good” after all. Who’d a-thunk it? [Beerleaguer]

Malkin Says: Speak Asshole

Since the report in Tuesday’s Inquirer about Geno’s owner Joe Vento and his English-speakin’, immigrant-hating ways, there’s been a lot of people saying that, well, Joe Vento is a jerk/racist/bigot/asshole (that was yours truly’s term)/etc.

And some people have said “I’ll never eat at Geno’s again,” making a statement with the wallet, etc.

One woman, however, has said she’s taking a stand for Geno’s. Are you really surprised that woman is Michelle Malkin? Malkin, who’s also in favor of internment camps and puppy-kicking for fun and profit — one of those is real, guess which one! — writes in favor of Geno’s “only order in English” policy:

If you know Philadelphia, you know Geno’s. Best cheesesteaks in the world. Reader Willie S. sends word via the Philly Inquirer that Joey Vento, the grandson of Italian-born immigrants who owns Geno’s, is taking a stand for assimilation and against illegal immigration. The Inquirer does its best to knock down Vento, but his blunt Philly style overrides the paper’s wishy-washy open-borders slant [...] Oh, man, I have half a mind to drive up for a “cheesesteak with” at Geno’s right now.

Ahh, yes, giving a man the forum to promote his Mexican hatred on the front page really is knocking him down. And, please, Vento isn’t practiving blunt Philly style. True Philadelphians hate everyone, not just a certain race or group or whatever.

And, babe, ordering a “cheesesteak with” is not only a half-order — what kind of cheese, hmm? — but why the hell did you ad an extra letter onto the end of wit’?

GENO’S SAYS: SPEAK ENGLISH (The all caps is for extra fun!) [MichelleMalkin.com]
Tuesday: Press 1 For Asshole

Quickies: Dog Gone

• A woman and her one-month old baby in Upper Moreland were attacked by two dogs, but their dog jumped in and fought the dogs, dying in the process. Yes, it’s sad, but be sure to watch the video, where CBS 3 goes through the events like it was the Kennedy Assassination. [CBS 3]

• A woman was killed by her boyfriend for refusing to cook in Western Pa. I’m kind of surprised the boyfriend didn’t die, too, since his BAC was .338, which is like if you just had Everclear injected directly into your veins, I think. [AP/6 ABC]

• A teenager who wrote bomb threats on the walls of her high school in Bucks County has to pay $4,500 for the costs of bomb-sniffing dogs. She also has to write her number on every bathroom wall in the high school with the message “For a good time call…” [AP/CBS 3]

• To be honest, when I started this thing I meant to do more Michelle Malkin bashing. But then the Daily News dropped her as a syndicated columnist, and I lost interest. My apologies, folks. Keith Olbermann did a nice job recently doing what I should be doing more of, though. [Crooks & Liars via Atrios]

Your fired Delaware blogger update

Yesterday, the news broke that a reporter from the Dover Post was fired for his blog postings. And, well, he’s updated his blog with what happened in this week’s edition of the paper:

In a truly spineless move, the newspaper I was fired from erased my byline from all of my stories in today’s edition, even deleting my photo credits. They also completely pulled my fluffy yet gonzo Super Bowl etiquette story, likely because it was obvious who wrote it. More people than ever will be reading that rag this week, so I was a little surprised at their strategy.

Whoo! Now, a little bit of searching led me to a few other places that mentioned the story. And, as usual, they’re amazing. So I’m going to play Michelle Malkin and just cut and paste and cut and paste and cut and paste until I have a full semblance of a post! You ready? I’ll let you do all the jokes yourself, since, really, it’s pretty easy. All of it is after the jump.

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