tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post2897862614197779810..comments2012-09-13T12:22:29.965-07:00Comments on In the Mailbox: AN OPEN LETTER TO RANDY TURNERMoJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00001388489622344248noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-19008894060377315862008-03-12T12:31:00.000-07:002008-03-12T12:31:00.000-07:00This is the funniest thing I've read on a blog in ...This is the funniest thing I've read on a blog in loonnngg time! I can't stop laughing! Turner is a complete joke and his blog will get noticed by the police sooner than he thinks if he doesn't tone it down.<BR/><BR/>He's old enough to be the American Idol girl's father for crying out loud!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-47777925341264193172008-03-02T17:58:00.000-08:002008-03-02T17:58:00.000-08:00Oh very.Oh very.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-4082486172834193972008-03-01T20:46:00.000-08:002008-03-01T20:46:00.000-08:00Is Hacker still alive?Is Hacker still alive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-87100867000751277922008-02-29T23:11:00.000-08:002008-02-29T23:11:00.000-08:00Randy: Even in satire, I oughtta get it right. I t...Randy: Even in satire, I oughtta get it right. I thought she was a former student; sorry about that. It's fixed.<BR/><BR/>But I was serious about the "girl, please" thing. I dare ya to do it just once. In a post about John Hacker. That would be hilarious.<BR/>~joeMoJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001388489622344248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-21399557956990398422008-02-29T18:09:00.000-08:002008-02-29T18:09:00.000-08:00Joe,I never have a problem with criticism, primari...Joe,<BR/><BR/>I never have a problem with criticism, primarily because it means someone is reading the blog. You are on-the-money about the run-on sentence. I segued from live blogging to stream of consciousness, with no editing thrown in to balance things out.<BR/><BR/>Asia'h Epperson left South Middle School three months before I began teaching there. I latched onto this because it is a great story.<BR/><BR/>It is just one of my many obsessions, according to Turner Report readers, following in the grand tradition of Gary Nodler, the Rowan Ford case, lobbyists, vouchers, Steve Hunter, GateHouse Media, the local television stations, the Micronesian murders, the Memorial Middle School shooter,Roy Blunt, Matt Blunt, and lately, the presidential election.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate the criticism. I do intend to continue the coverage until this plays out and probably with just as many posts, though hopefully better written than the one you mention above.<BR/><BR/>When I was at The Carthage Press (another phrase I have run into the ground), some of my reporters will recall that my motto was "Nothing succeeds like excess." I believe in taking a story, any story, and providing readers with as much information as I possibly can, whether it be about Asia'h Epperson or the influence of lobbyists on our state legislature. By using this tactic, I have been able to make many stories, even some that I didn't break in the first place, my own. American Idol will pass and I will latch onto something else.<BR/><BR/>I enjoy your blog and your coverage of Joplin and area education in the Globe.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-74975691565684622222008-02-29T12:18:00.000-08:002008-02-29T12:18:00.000-08:00It's the guy's blog. If he wants to do it, who ar...It's the guy's blog. If he wants to do it, who are we to tell him not to do it?<BR/><BR/>I don't care for it but I just move to the next entry. <BR/><BR/>If we were paying for his blog that would be one thing but I don't feel like we have the right to demand he do or stop doing anything.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00511449647063775820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-64906006018238483312008-02-29T10:17:00.000-08:002008-02-29T10:17:00.000-08:00Pure genius Mr. Hadsall. I was observing the e-obs...Pure genius Mr. Hadsall. I was observing the e-obsession Randy has with Ms. Epperson just a few days ago and you couldn't be more correct. <BR/>Thankfully, someone called him out on this annoying charade that, frankly, causes a frisson of nausea every time one opens the T-Report. <BR/><BR/>It's stuff like this that bastardizes the value of his news coverage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550865.post-10423323919674015982008-02-28T23:16:00.000-08:002008-02-28T23:16:00.000-08:00Cacophonic? That's a great word! ;)Ya know what el...<I>Cacophonic</I>? That's a great word! ;)<BR/><BR/>Ya know what else is creepy? Grown men who do this ";)" in their comments on other blogs.Secret Drinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072751328853102939noreply@blogger.com