Jerk of the year nominee
This story has been making the rounds on the blogosphere the last 24 hours. A Knight-Ridder reporter, Bobby Calvan, blogs his snit fit in Baghdad, where one of our troops dared to ask him for ID–and, gasp, gasp, the soldier didn’t know what Knight-Ridder was. The nerve!!!
Blogs started mocking the troop-bashing MSM jerk…and now he has yanked his blog post.
Fortunately, a blogger saved the original post.
Once a jerk, forever a jerk, thanks to the Internet.
Knight-Ridder will now live in infamy, thanks to Big Bobby Calvan.
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Maybe he should have started his post with “I was born a poor black child”
Ah right the MSM isnt liberal I keep forgetting that
/sarc
I am retired from the US Army. Security locations require clearance and “need to know”. I have seen Generals that were stopped at the door because they were not on the access roster.
Same goes for check points, stop everyone until positive ID is made, then determine if they need/are authorized access.
To me this is common sense.
That comment section following his blog was truly one of the most entertaining reads I have ever seen. Priceless.
MM did not report the story faithfully.
The reporter had the ID he was supposed to have, the ID that had worked in the past. True, he gave the soldier some attitude. The interesting thing about the blog post is that he does not make himself a sympathetic character (makes himself out to be a jerk). This is truly accuracy in the MSM.
If he didn’t do his job (i.e., checks and balances) they’d complain about that. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
Nothing to lose…what an asshole
#4 BigAnge:
You beat me to It!
Priceless!!! is the word.
What an arrogant little _________.
(Sorry, I just can’t bring myself to write it down.
So the big, important reporter knows how to flash his press pass…like The Stooges did, when flashing their door or faucet (I forget which) handles to gain access to the country club to play golf:
Moe: “Press”
Larry: “Press”
Curly: “Pull” “Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk….”
Peck#rwood is more accurate. The smarta$$ should have been turned back.
“an astonishing encounter” with a US Soldier! Too funny that this guy thought everyone should know who he was. Seriously, the Soldier needed to see his credentials and not just let him go. There is a scene in an old Gregory Peck movie called “12 O’Clock High” where he plays a General and he drives into an air base where the guy at the gate just waved him on in and he stopped and told the guy he could have been a Nazi (it was a WW2 flick). I guess old Bobby never caught this on AMC. Funny that the Soldier kept saying “Knight Rider”. He may have very well have known of old Bob’s outlet and was just being a wiseguy!
I love that when liberals get caught being obnoxious they try and wipe away thier mistakes and cover it up.
Fake but(in their minds)accurate is the MSM
He probably didn’t even have that “testy exchange with an American soldier” that he refers too. There is nothing official on this, and it would require all the readers of that blog entry to take his word that then entire thing even happened.
Just sounds like drummed up anti-war rhetoric to me.
Too funny!
#10: William Amos:
Correct.
Your statement looks to me like it well illustrates the whole point of Michelle’s putting up the Halle Berry (hope I spelled her name right - but don’t care anywhere near enough to go check) post the other day.
Wow!
Erasing history.
Just like “1984″, or “The Commissar Vanishes”
And these people presume to lecture us on rights, and fredom of expression (but never on responsibility[ies])?!
A missed opportunity:
“I’m with Knight-Ridder”
“Um, oh yeah … the talking car! Wait, I know, you must be David Hasselhoff!”
ha this story has legs, gonna be hearing about this on fox soon i hope
this reporter is an arogant little jerk, the soldier was just doing his job.
Gee, I wonder who he will be working for tomorrow?
Don’t Hassle the Hoff!
I liked this comment:
What a dork!!
That’s the wrong way to try and intimidate a soldier–why didn’t he ask for a badge number too and say that he knew someone important.
If this nimrod reported something like this to the military authorities, the soldier would probably get called into an office and given some kudos for being vigilent.
It also makes me wonder how pissed off “Knight Rider” boy gets when he has to take off his shoes at the airport before he gets on the plane!
Not only is this guy arrogant and obnoxious he is obviously totally deluded as to his own importance to the Iraq situation … his “danger” level is no where near that of the troops protecting his worthless butt …
he is also quite dumb because:
1. The show was “Knight Rider” not “night rider” …
2. Most likely the US military guard simply mispronounced it since he was probably was not even alive when that program was on the air …
3. His statements to his bodyguard about doing whatever he needed to do would have made certain he didn’t get in if I had been that guard …
4. He must be a Dem because his first instincts are that someone is going to “attack the messenger” …
And the news media wonder why they are held in such low esteem by most of the American people and the military … Get a clue you jerk …
A hearty “Well Done” to that guard who was vigilant and doing his duty …
He would have been better off letting the car do the talking for him.
First, there is no such thing as the Knight Ridder Company and they were bought out by The McClatchy Company back in June 27, 2006. He states in the article:
How old is his press badge, because I am guessing it is over a year old if he still has Knight Ridder listed on it and he definitely needs to get an updated badge. I would have hoped the soldiers realized this and confiscated his badge, because there should not be badges this old for companies that do not exist still being used as authorized credentials.
Now the Sacbee editor just resigned last week because of “differences of opinions” on the direction the paper was taking. One issue that cause the loss of a lot of readers was when they decided to take Political Correctness to the extreme by not publishing the race of criminals any more. The comments sections get flooded each time calling them idiots for this and the fact they are not reporting the news.
Also at the end of almost all Sacbee articles he does he list his contact information. If you decide to contact him on this story please keep it civil.
The Bee’s Bobby Caina Calvan can be reached at bcalvan@sacbee.com or (916) 321-1067.
Also here is the contact page for the Editor and others at the paper if you would like to let them know what you think about their reporting.
http://guide.sacbee.com/100/story/4.html
What would they do to the soldier anyway…send him to a war zone?
Crapweasel of the day.
When I go to the airport to put my young son on flight across country. I just hate it when I want to go with him to the gate, they make me go through security. The nerve! Don’t they know I’m a dad and I wouldn’t want anything to happen to my son’s flight! And they still want to check my I.D. and wand me! I say the nerve!!
So, by his own admission, he “bullied” the soldiers to get his way. Bullying troops that have had no sleep, are under constant threat of attack, and are making about one fourth of what this bozo makes to write about things he does not know.
The incident points out that this reporter, and probably many others like him, have no clue what a war zone is like. Nor what the protocol at a checkpoint requires - it does not matter who you are, if you do not have the proper permission to pass (via the proper ID), you are not going anywhere). And they are covering a war. Amazing.
If he would have had no trouble getting through, he probably would have written a story about how lax security was in the Green Zone and how sloppy our troops were about security.
Jotting down his name… lolz.
“Please do, sir. Inform them that I am doing exactly my duty. Now please leave or I will have you escorted away.”
It really just a matter of time before “Knight Rider” boy steps on a mine.
Thank God for Michael Yon, at least he understands the nature of the beast. Get a clue, Bobby boy…
I guess he means they are not so likable and easy-going (undisciplined) like those wonderful Peruvian soldiers. From the tone of this comment it sounds like he views them as soldiers of a foreign nation. He must consider himself a “World-Citizen”
Another confirmation of my decision to NEVER purchase another newspaper.
I am so smart!!!
I love the arrogance of members of the MSM towards the Military. I work on an Air Force Base and have to show my ID when I enter the base every morning. I’m usually there way before the morning rush and all the sentries working for the contractor know me. Many have recently retired from active duty and a few months earlier we were working together on Wing projects. This ass is very lucky he wasn’t in a controlled area like the flight line he would have been communing with the tarmac with an M-16 barrel in the base of his neck until escorted out of the area (standard procedure). Sounds to me like the sentry was a very forgiving individual of this person’s arrogance and lack of concern for his own personal safety.
Oh God, where to begin! This guy definitely has all the earmarks of being the next big MSM News anchor. Arrogrance, disdain for the military, and a belief that he is the center of the world and all should bow before him.
A few of my more favorite statements that he made:
Right. I’m sure no one told him what was needed at the checkpoint. They must have just made up that second ID rule just for him.
Blame it all on security, of course, then take a shortcut.
Poor guy was hot and couldn’t use his cell phone! He might have had to walk all the way to the razor wire! The Horror!
I’m SURE the Marine was really worried about the wimpy reporter vs. the homicidal terrorists he usually has to worry about.
Meaning idiot military guys who, I’m sure, he thinks are all high school dropouts.
Vs. protecting America and it’s citizens from Islamic Radicals.
I hope this guy is fired…but he’ll more likely be promoted.
That is classic. You couldn’t make that stuff up. I read through a good number of the comments…priceless. Not one person that didn’t think he was a little [expletive deleted] for his childish temper tantrum.
I admit that I too am ignorant of this Knight Ridder. Is it something that people should know?
As part of his assignment there, shouldn’t this “journalist” know the checkpoint ID requirements?
Never heard of this blog, but I like its readers.
This reminds me of the old Bloom County strip. Opus was heading to Antarctica to find his mother and got caught up in the middle of the Falkland Islands war. He encounters a reporter when the following exchange takes place:
* (off-panel voice) Halt! Friend or foe!
* Press!
* BANG! (reporter diving for cover)
Uh, yeah she did.
She said a soldier asked him for ID. The guy himself says that happened. Furthermore, she posts a link to the guy’s own story.
Nice try, lgm, complete miss.
Funny how he derides the American by saying that he must have been a fan of “Night Rider.”
The show was called “Knight Rider,” dummy. Hasselhoff’s character’s name was Michael Knight. Knight-Ridder must be really pleased with the thoroughness with which he does his job. I’m betting the intellectually inferior soldier could have proofread his story and pointed out the mistake to him.
Maybe idiot of the year would be better. I am still casting my vote for Gerald-who for jerk of the year!
lgm -
Are you just loathe to participate in any thread if you can’t question MMs credibility and go against the majority here? I agree with Yashmak… I can’t see where “MM did not report the story faithfully.”
PS. I was six back then, and it seemed cool at the time. Please don’t crucify me.
jw2, yashmak, dont feed the liberal
turdtroll please.This one’s for feebz:
Taze him bro!
The taze me bro was a wussy.
Sorry aj. Sometimes I forget that you can’t ask serious questions and expect rational responses out of lgm.
On a side note, I am waiting for watershed to jump in and turn this to a discussion of MM’s reporting.
As Mark Twain said “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.…”
However, people like Bobby insist on removing that doubt daily, in addition to removing any doubt regarding their bias and self-imposed ignorance to reality…
Looking for a silver lining from their debacles, perhaps we should be thankful that they have a propensity to do this - I mean where else can you find comedy of this magnitude?
Seems so is this “Jerk of the year nominee”. Compare what he did to what Michelle did on her trip. I am sure Michelle would have (and did) comply with every request without acting self important.
This guy could have been helped with a shock back into reality! IMHO
no need to apologize jw it’s actually none of my business.
He sounds like some rich brat trying to intimidate one of his teachers.
At the
first check pointbeginning of class,a pair of Ugandan soldiersthe assistant teacher asked foridentificationour homework. We showed ourmilitary-issued badgesbook report. Unbeknownst to us, we were supposed tobe carrying an additional form of IDturn in our essays too.He asked for a
passportmy homework. I told him I didn’t have it on me. (The advice is tolock up your passportput your homework in your locker once inBaghdadschool and never take it out until departing.) He asked foranother form of IDa note from my folks, and I replied that I didn’t have anything else.The
American soldier assigned by the U.S. military to oversee this particular checkpointteacher came over to investigate the problem.He asked if I had
a driver’s licensethe rough draft on me. I told him I didn’t have one. He looked incredulous. Why would I need adriver’s licenserough draft inBaghdadclass; I wouldn’t bedrivingwriting, I told him.He took offense at my response.
Then he looked at the second ID of my companion. It was a badge issued by our newspaper.I told him who my dad was. He said it wouldn’t do. Besides, he asked, who isKnight Ridder[insert rich guy's name here]?“I never heard of
ithim,” he said. He probably would have never heard of McClatchy, either.(We use Knight Ridder because it already had a bureau in Baghdad before the chain was bought by the McClatchy Co.)I use my “real” dad’s name (at least I think he’s my real dad) because he was a sentator once. But my mom got married again. The guy she married has more money than daddy but no one has ever heard of him.I explained that
it’s one of the largest newspaper companieshe’s one of the most powerful men in the United States.ItHe ownsthe Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, the Kansas City Star[insert appropriate businesses/acting awards here].…
“You never heard of
Knight Riddermy daddy?”He didn’t want to be embarrassed. He already looked irritated. He asked me if I knew the number of
the military’s media officedaddy’s cell phone.“I would if you’d let me switch on my phone,” I snapped. … Why don’t you call? That’s your job, isn’t it?” I made it known that I was jotting down his name.
My
security manbuddy was struggling with a smirk on his face. He knew my plan. I was going to bully my way back intothe Green Zoneclass.The
man with the gunteacher glowered as I continued my barrage of protests. TheUgandan soldiers wereassistant teacher was oblivious to the commotion, despite the growing line behind me.the American soldierMy teacher calledanother soldier on his radiothe principal to ask if he had ever heard of “Knight Ridderdaddy.”To my relief, the voice said that, yes,
Knight Ridderdaddy isone of the country’s biggest newspaper companies, that it owned many of the country’s largest newspapersrich and powerful and more important than this little pissant.…
The
voice on the other sideprincipal suggested that we be letthroughinto class, …When you’ve got nothing to lose, I told my
security officerbuddy, you do what it takes. He nodded in agreement.#46 Monkeymom9901:
“As Mark Twain said ‘It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.…’”
I thought Abe Lincoln said that.
Regardless, good post.
#49 - Ha! I got a kick out of that.
#50- thanks
I will verify that, but I hope I credited the correct person- it is one of my favorite quotes and I always attribute it to Mark Twain…
#52 -
Please let us know what you find. I always thought it was Twain, but I’ve also heard it attributed to Lincoln, Einstein, and even Groucho Marx.
heres a link
twain
At least Little Bobby doesn’t have to worry about putting his foot in his mouth anymore … all he has to do from here on out is open his mouth and change feet …
#45 JW2 - I’ve given up trying to predict what our liberal commenters will come up with as their point of minutia to focus upon.
51 and 52
Apparently no one knows for sure who said it.
I always liked the old proverb “A closed mouth gathers no foot”…
Actually, she did. I actually read the blog last night before the edits and prior to the comments being locked.
#49 29Victor:
Outstanding!!!
Bobby must have attended Cynthia Mac’s symposium on professional ethics…How to Treat Those Beneath You…otherwise known as the “Outta ‘da Way, Fool! lecture.
heh? honestly, never heard of him. good nomination Michelle. A title well earned!
#57 swj719AWG:
“Apparently no one knows for sure who said it.”
Hmmm…Can I claim it, then?!
guys - I heard the quote should be correctly attributed to Gore. I mean you only use the internet to look it up. Man it’s getting hot in here.
#45 JW2:
“On a side note, I am waiting for ——— to jump in and turn this to a discussion of MM’s reporting.”
The same thought occurred to me here and at another couple of threads.
Superb #63!
The “Jerk of the year” nominees keep growing, how about this a-hole.
http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2007/10/ted-rall-death-.html
#63 conservativesRus:
“guys - I heard the quote should be correctly attributed to Gore.”
Of course!
What casme over me?
Thanks for the heads-up.
Charles at LGF has two awesome updates to this story here and here
Say, perhaps the “Jerk of the Year” award could take its palce next to Monty Python’s “Upper Class Twit of the Year” award.
(Front Page Mag already beat me to that bon mot.)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LbJDP0kzhtg
place, rather.
I type too fast.
I type too fast.
I type too fast….
Oops, had to correct the URL Link.
Charles at LGF has two awesome updates to this story here and here
“Jerk of the Year Award” … how about instead we resurrect Laugh-In’s …
“Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award” …
or the directions: “open mouth…insert foot”
yea, where is waterhead anyway? lgm…go wake waterhead up off the couch…the day’s-a-waistin’!
I was just absolutely AMAZED by the comments on his blog! EVERYBODY, as one body of censure. Way to go fellow Americans!
granite
#59 thanks
#64 don’t tempt the fates
right_on #60
LOL!!
Surveyor said:
“open mouth…insert foot”
you missed the most important part of the instructions …
“chew vigorously” …
just thought I would help you out there …
Okay, pardon my cluelesness, everybody, but:
Who or What the $#%& is Knight Ridder?
When I first saw the title,
I thought this was some blogger
who couldn’t get the KnightRider handle
because it was already taken.
(just like TimTheEnchanter is usually taken)
#78 TimDenchanter:
“There are some that call me…Tim.”
LOL!
Knight Ridder is, I believe, a press conglomerate, in the way Hearst Publications, or Newsweek/Washington Post (do I have that right?), is.
Thanks DL!
I can’t top the 197 people who commented on Calvan’s blog post, I can only agree with them.
It’s people like him that make me skeptical and somewhat contemptuous of the MSM.
Today’s class is going to be about Irony:
Irony is when you criticize what someone else has written because it criticizes someone else’s writing.
Thanks for the excellent example in #75 jbirish. If you would like to do some extra credit you could read #46 quietly to yourself.
granite and TimDenchanter
Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. It was bought by The McClatchy Company on June 27, 2006. At that time it was the second-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspapers.
It was noted in someone’s post that if this guy still is using Knight Ridder press credentials he should have been turned away because they are bogus since the company no longer exists.
This is pretty similar to what my sergeant told me when I started working for the local police dept when I was in high school. He always said, “If I don’t get complaints about you, you’re not doing your job.”
You are absolutely right. The guard did not check the General’s AGO card and got lambasted for it. My father flew B-17s with “The Mighty Eighth” and security was very stringent. You couldn’t even mention the airbase name. The personnel just used the name of the station stop for the local train. “Loose lips sink ships” and all. In this case, one B-17 bomber gets shot down and 10 men die.
This moron from the media doesn’t understand security. He just thinks the public has the right to know everything. No, we don’t. Not at the expense of wasting the lives of already-endangered soldiers. Mr. “More Equal Than You” Reporter needs to get a clue.
After extensive research, #63 is correct- it was Al Gore who spoke these famous words initially, however he quickly reneged his claim for making such statement after several aides and family members brought to his attention that the statement is indeed applicable to Al, and that most people feel he is referring to himself with said statement.
(for watershed and the ilk, this preceding is called sarcasm- however IF I carried a press card for one of the MSM outlets, THEN it would be true of course…)
Otherwise, my apologies to all, including, Twain and Lincoln…I am finding that it is attributable to both gentlemen…and if I research long enough probably Gore too
#78, same here.
Bobby boy has a chip on his shoulder. He forgot where he was and who he was speaking to. And in the momentary lapse, he treated a Marine like he would have treated a waiter at a restaurant.
He is a pretentious prick, who I wish had his clock cleaned by the very Marine he disrespected.
But the beauty of it is, the Marine didn’t even bother to waist his precious energy. Instead the whole exchange turned into comic relief for the soldier…that’s priceless.
I wouldn’t put it past Bobby boy to have wanted the soldier to “straigthen him out.” So, he could play the victim and paint our troops in a bad light.
On a more positive note … just shows how well the efforts of our brave military members is going in Iraq … the MSM reporters are so bored that they have to try to manufacture this kind of crap-ola just to have anything to submit as a story … after all … we can’t have these fools reporting anything positive is going on … can we? …
As has been said before, elsewhere:
Deaths in Iraq way down = no news.
(A paraphrase, to be sure)
(Sigh….)
30 pcs of silver
Exactly… That’s how I can find humor in stories like this. I can imagine what was going through the Marine’s mind while all of this was going on. But he was disciplined enough not to act on his impulses.
And the writer is too dense to realize when he’s in the presence of his betters. He mouths off to a Marine who is doing his job protecting his and everyone else’s safety, and then is such a pretentious moron that he goes and writes about the incident in such a way that he earns the scorn of thousands.
Which one is honorable, courageous and disciplined?
Which one is whiney, pushy and just plain stupid?
I would like to read an article written by the Marine about lefty reporters who are unable to follow simple instructions and ask stupid, stupid questions like “Why would I need a driver’s license in Baghdad?”
Of course my story would end with a butt stroke to the head.
Bobby = ZERO class
Our troops = Nothing but class
I have to wonder, just how much of a “momentary lapse” that behavior is for Mr. Calvan.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Diagnostic Criteria:
Translation: They treat other people like dirt.
Well said 29 Victor, well said.
LarryD, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt as I hoped he wouldn’t be stupid enough to bring that false “bravado” to a place where true bravery reigns…
I agree, he is a narcissistic pig.
monkeymom theres a link to one site that twain said it at comment #54.
The comment section of his post was a work of art. Some of the comments had me laughing so loudly that my co-workers were asking questions. I shall have to finish reading them tonight at home. My cat likes it when I laugh.
Calvan was hoisted by his own petard.
At the very least, he sure acted petarded…
AJ- thanks- I did check that site and several others- statistically, more sites give credit to Twain than they do Lincoln…we could wait to see how Al Gore weighs in (no pun intended- heh heh) on the issue…or we can run with Twain, as I have always attributed
maybe geraldo and olberman can adopt him.
“Don’t you know who I am”
“Yes, you’re the God-Damned Batman. Now show me some ID”
ROFL swj….hahahhahaahahahhaha
#97 Monkeymom9901:
Thanks for the tip, folks.
still laughing.
#98– Yeah, but we have already done the three stooges…
but not the three crapweasels…
aj- I see the potential for a new reality show…kind of MSM meets Jackass…
Monkeymom9901
sorry … that reality show would never work … you wouldn’t be able to tell the players apart even with a program …
DesertLover- you are sooooo correct- maybe more like an updated version of Jackass?
The Marine was probably thinking the same thing Condi Rice was probably thinking yesterday, “Can I just taz this moron and be done with it?”
Nope. I have never heard of Night Ridder either. I guess I had better pass this along to my son so that he doesn’t offend any pretentious and pompous media staff!
ArmywifeArmymom
too late … they no longer are in business … if he encounters them I hope he takes them in custody …
check my post # 83
Was he doing his best John Kerry imitation of “You don’t know who I am?”
Wanted to update the quote we keep knocking around today …
I think he was doing his best Cynthia Mckinney imitation with a little zza gabor mixed in just short of the mandatory two slaps of a policeman.
GSP
Somewhat off topic, but a little related because of their both “Jerks”.
The cops that tazed the guy at UF have been cleared and Bro has been charged with Disorderly Conduct and Resisting Arrest.
that’s good news tim …
Nice!
Now how about those smearing “satirists” at the university who spread those fake IFAW posters?
I’ve heard the Clintons believe it was Al Gore who said that although it depends on what the meaning of better is.
Thanks to doc weasel for pointing out one more example of “they just don’t get it”.In their e-mails,Calvan acknowledges that posting the story was stupid,but doesn’t get that posting it doesn’t make him an asshole-his actions and attitude make him an asshole.The Liberal mindset doesn’t allow for anything resembling common sense or common courtesy.
29Victor–”butt stroke to the head”–my thoughts exactly.
This clown must be related to Olbermann.
He suffers from a chronic case of cranial/anal inversion.
Isn’t Calvan one of the Chipmunks?
That was the most amusing blog i have read in ages, Thanks Bob!
True life is deffo stranger than fiction.
sarc> Ehim a reporter don’t you know! /sarc>
blog Calvan, blog!
Calvan has reposted the original post (with the comments, but has locked it (perhaps for the best).
He’s also posted an appology. I have a comment awaiting moderation that I hope everyone would take the time to read and honestly consider.
And prove “Been There” wrong, and give him a second chance.
It was a pretty good appology, it was a lot more than most people do (hint…hint…Fauxchamp), but it kind of reminded me of The Simpsons episode 919 where Homer discovers that he can be forgiven for pretty much anything if he just says “it’s my first day.”
Anybody care to drop a line to this kid’s bureau chief in bagdad ?
http://washingtonbureau.typepad.com/baghdad/
He’s also a staff writer for a california newspaper(what a surprise)
the managing editor’s E-mail;
jterhaar@sacbee.com jterhaar@sacbee.com
Or you can contact him directly;
bcalvan@sacbee.com
Who’s Knight Ridder?