The Winnipeg Free Press - Editorial Enlightenment?

There are times I read my local paper and just feel sorry for the collective "We". A shadow of its historic self, the pus that now pollutes the pages of the Winnipeg Free Press must have J.W. Dafoe spinning in his grave.

Nowhere is this truer than in the dim droppings routinely passed off as 'editorial comment'. In this sphere, the Winnipeg Free Press is doing the "we" a great disservice. I mean, is it not enough that the reporting is substandard? That much of the the coverage is biased? That the words are simple? I mean, come on, must the ideas of shopworn wisdom peddled on the Op-Ed page also be bereft of substance?

Yesterday's turd-nuggets?

Well, the first comes in the form of: "it would seem that even calling for Canada to proportionately match the U.S. stimulus would be an unhelpful overreaction." - Okay. Don't believe any serious economist or politician has called for this? And if they have - cite them in your piece.

The second, the closing line, is a real keeper. It reads: "The consequences of doing too little or too much are great. These are times that require courage -- often defined as grace under pressure." WHAT? What does that mean? There are "consequences" to Ottawa making the wrong decisions vis-a-vis the stimulus package? Aw shucks! And here I thought there would be no downside to "doing too little or too much". As for the "These are times that require courage..." pablum - give us a break. If this is the best the editorial board has to offer they might as well close up shop now. Presumably we Winnipeger's are not all retarded - - some of us know an empty Gipper-ism when we read it. Shame on the Free Press for passing off such tripe.