Nitwit Tidbits

According to Philip R. Klein and the SET Political Review:

Bellow Tapes - Overwhelmed with downloads. Shut the site down twice.

Philip must have the budget hosting package if only 222 page views can shut this site down twice.

Cha Cha Changes - At the Beaumont Enterprise.

Philip printed a purported email message, of which I found this most interesting:

We are also in the process of hiring several more reporters for news and features.

On January 15, 2009, Philip claimed the Beaumont Enterprise would close its doors:

As we see it...[The Beaumont Enterprise] will end up closing shop or selling off. Backroom sources say that Hearst will try to sell off the paper within the next year after getting their numbers stabilized and at least hitting bottom on the decrease of subscribers. In the wings are the owners of the "Examiner" we are told.

Over a year later, the Beaumont Enterprise is still in operation, hasn't been sold, and is expanding its workforce. In a competitive response, Philip has made some changes at the SET Political Review:

FROM: Philip R. Klein, Editor
TO: Philip R. Klein, Editor
DATE: March 5, 2010
RE: Newsroom announcements

Philip R. Klein has been promoted to Spellcheck Supervisor. Philip, who has been a great contributor to our daily news operation, will now oversee our spelling operations to ensure that we meet our daily quota of misspelled words and mangled grammar.

Philip R. Klein has assumed new duties as Research Editor, shifting his primary focus from finding unsubstantiated rumors to manufacturing our own content on a regular basis.

Philip R. Klein has joined our editorial staff as Assistant Editor of Editorials, where he will strengthen our efforts at providing fresh gibberish and nonsense under the guise of our biweekly "edtitorials."

We are also in the processing of hiring a new reporter. Our leading candidate is Philip R. Klein, who has extensive experience operating Dairy Queens in Nederland and has coordinated an international search for Patrick McDermott.

From the editorial staff of Operation Kleinwatch, good luck on those changes, Philip et. al.

Domingue - Shows class. Sources say he called Weaver and was very very nice and said he would help in the transition. Class.

Let's revisit Klein's original prediction about this race:

The GOP has a fresh face waiting in the wings to run Domingue. The Review has been asked not to leak the name.

I'm surprised that Klein never claimed that Weaver switched parties. Despite totally missing the race for County Clerk,  Klein continues his attack on Rhonda Dugas:

Dugas - Back into her hole. Nothing - nothing on thank you or nothing on why she lost. Maybe because?

Philip never produced any documents as evidence of his wingnut theory concerning a purported conspiracy between Judge Ron Walker and Rhonda Dugas.

We here at the Review will file our complaint post checking the status of her campaign contribution report (s) at 5 p.m. And we will post it.

I wonder how that complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission coming is along.

Port Arthur News - New look - looks good.

I bet Klein would become a fan of the Beaumont Enterprise if they would only put his picture on the front page:

Lesson learned: never get between Philip and a camera or open microphone.

Had Enough - No more this week. That is all. That is it. Too tired.

Or too drunk? Here's an interesting story from the past:

The Week of October 10, 1999

Examiner Loses Another Reporter : "Things Are Bad"

First it was Jerry Jordan, now it is Jason Trahan that has jumped ship from the Examiner. Two huge loses in just under two months.

Jordan, now a Reporter for the Lufkin Daily Newspaper and Trahan, now a Reporter for the Arlington Daily News, were the back bone to the writing staff at the paper. As much as many want to say they were unfair, our sources tell us that they were "just following orders" in the way stories were written from Editor Peter Lee.

In our opinion, Jordan and Trahan are good writers. You have to be to show the kind of stomach that it would take to be the "mouthpiece" for one the most powerful lawyers in the Country. We say that only because our sources at the Examiner have told us that "it is hard to write a fair story about an issue that is going to be litigated that week in the Court House. Like it is just a coincidence that the topic we talk about on the front page is being litigated that week, and 200 copies are delivered to the Court House? Come on!"

Another source told us "we know that we have a credibility issue, and it weighs on us, but we get paid, and we know who signs the checks. Besides, we are becoming really popular with the Dead Heads of the West End of Beaumont. They just love to see their picture and name in the paper."

Okay?

Okay!