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Your town flooded? Come to Ocean City!

September 3, 2011 ~ odd man out

Interesting front-page advertorial on behalf of the Ocean City, NJ, tourism industry in Friday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. The reporter maximizes the story’s tackiness by quoting a public relations hack who urges Hurricane Irene victims to to enjoy an expensive weekend of sun and fun in Ocean City…

The repo man is bigger, badder than Irene

August 31, 2011August 31, 2011 ~ odd man out ~ 1 Comment

Was coverage of the hurricane too intense? A better question is why don’t politicians and the media put the same amount of energy into covering the economic disaster still unfolding right under their noses?

It’s the end of the world…! Well, not quite

August 28, 2011 ~ odd man out

Irene wasn’t a complete dud in the Philly area. My basement is a mess. A river runs through it.

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