Edward Fertik | Chronogram Magazine

Member since Jan 3, 2013

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  • Posted by:
    Edward Fertik on 01/03/2013 at 4:53 PM
    Re: “'Tis a New Year
    I was expecting the resident left wing radical of Chronogram, Larry Beinhart, to open the new year with something typical of his intolerant, rude, condescending, hate filled and factually incorrect style of writing and I wasn't disappointed at all. In the January issue Beinhardt used poetry to describe the philosophy of the 50% of Americans he hates.

    If you have a Glock, rack it.
    If you're living on shale, frack it.
    If theres a union, crack it.
    If a program works, attack it.
    Faced with science, go quack it.

    Ok. This is the way Chronogram discusses politics. A lot like Congress huh? But I feel compelled to offer my own poem to describe Marxists like Beinhardt.

    If you have a fetus, crack it.
    If a program fails, expand it.
    If you see an entrepreneur, attack it.
    If you see a worker, tax it.
    If science doesn't satisfy you, falsify it.

    Beinhardt does however contribute something. He makes us aware that our legislators, when all is said and done, are just people with flaws. Painfully one sided individuals like Beinhardt do make their way to Congress. Chronogram readers should demand a more balanced approach by the magazine which currently puts all it's eggs in one political basket case.