I was just thinking !

Mike Barnicle explained the apparent plagiarism in his last

        one liner column as a product of mental laziness and stupidity. I

        just read a New York Times signed editorial-not mentally lazy and

        not stupid - describing this embarrassing incident as " pathological ".

             But perhaps that is precisely why Barnicle should be suspended

        rather than fired. Nothing like this before in 25 years ?

               I was just thinking : Does Mike Barnicle have a drinking

        problem that caught up with him and clouded his judgment ? With

        the pressure of a deadline ?

              Is there anything UNUSUAL about a drunken journalist with

        an Irish background ?

              I don't mean to be rude - I was just thinking !