Bribed journalism at its worse

n bold print a courageous Boston Herald columnist, Thomas M. Keane Jr.,

    puts in a kind word for the despicable class of greedy slumlords- who

    have made homelessness a plague : " Rent control feels good... because

    its only foes, property owners, are few in number and easily demonized "

       ( Nov.13 column : " It's just low rent political posturing "  )

          I guess this was also true of Southern slave owners before

    the Civil War. They were few in number compared to the their black

    slaves. Moralizing bullies from the North shamelessly DEMONIZED

    them. But this OPPRESSED minority knew how to put the fear of God

    into the slave class. If they did not like slavery, they could just

    find another master, move to a different plantation. Oh the sting

    of ingratitude !

            As for the poor and the working class - " low rent " types -

    they should praise the Lord -or the LAND-LORD - for housing them.

              Nothing deplorable about handing dee Lord the bulk of

    your monthly income. Dee Lord is always there for the rent but

    always out of town when dee damn toilet don't flush  !

               Just a daydream : " Praise dee Lord and pass the munition ! "

          When " property owners... are few in number ", there is something

    wrong with DEMOCRATIC capitalism.

           And demons are easily demonized, to be sure !