Poor little Lee Fang. He felt the need to respond to the I Am the 53 stuff and, as he does with pretty much everything he writes, he gets a lot wrong.
The three jobs Erickson wants you to believe he scraps by on include occasional paid opinion blogging at RedState.com, a lucrative television contract with CNN, and a radio gig that paid the previous host $165,183 a year (Herman Cain’s financial disclosures show he was paid this amount before Erickson took over his spot). The house Erickson can’t sell? Bibb County, Georgia records reveal that Erickson just bought a new $374,900 house in February of this year, and owns another that, according to an estimate by the website Zillow, might be worth slightly less than the amount he paid for it in 2001. And its likely that Erickson’s CNN job alone provides him with a personal driver and covered travel expenses when he needs to appear on the show.
Let’s take this piece by piece:
The three jobs Erickson wants you to believe he scraps by on include occasional paid opinion blogging at RedState.com
Actually, it is a full time job, not an occasional paid thing. That’s why they call me “Editor.” By the way, it is “scrapes” not “scraps.” I “scrape by” or “scrape my knee”. Little Lee Fang “gets the scraps from George Soros‘s table.”
a lucrative television contract with CNN
Depends on what you would consider lucrative, though I sure as hell hope it will become very lucrative one day.
a radio gig that paid the previous host $165,183 a year (Herman Cain’s financial disclosures show he was paid this amount before Erickson took over his spot).
Holy cow Herman made that much!?!?! Well, he was Herman Cain, had been there a while, and was a rather prominent guy. I’m just the night time guy and definitely don’t make near that.
Now look at what Little Lee does:
The house Erickson can’t sell? Bibb County, Georgia records reveal that Erickson just bought a new $374,900 house in February of this year, and owns another that, according to an estimate by the website Zillow, might be worth slightly less than the amount he paid for it in 2001.
He wants you to fixate on the new house and ignore the old house. My wife and I bought it for $110,000.00 in March of 2001. It is appraised, for taxes, at $119,000.00. We’re having a tough time selling it. My student loans payments are more each month than the mortgage. But with the new house? It was originally for sale for over $600,000.00 and we benefited from the misery of others in the market downturn. It was tasty misery at that.
And then last?
And its likely that Erickson’s CNN job alone provides him with a personal driver and covered travel expenses when he needs to appear on the show.
Hahahahahahahahaha. No, not in the least. Grow up, Little Lee.
And for those of you who think I’m whining? I’m not whining. I work my butt off with three jobs, have a very nice house, and give to both my church and charity. Maybe instead of playing class warfare, you people should grow up and get a job — or start backing candidates who can get the government out of the way so the private sector can create them.
The “I Am the 53″ has clearly hit a nerve with these people. They want to own the message of “the 99%,” but that would include many of us who look on at these pre-pubescent commies with humor and horror.
I pay taxes. I wish I paid less in taxes. But the reason I pay taxes is because I work pretty damn hard and am blessed with an awesome family and a great life. Maybe if Little Lee Fang got a real job he’d be more able to relate to the real world outside Soros subsidized think tanks.
Jeff Emanuel
Neil Stevens
Amen
perry4prez Tuesday, October 11th at 8:36PM EDT (link)Someone needs to put the OWS kids in their place and this is a very strong answer to them.
That Lee Fang sure is one upset little fella
WarEagle01 (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 8:51PM EDT (link)if he needs to make up this kind of stuff. Must be driving the boy nuts you upstaging Poopstock like that. Now Lee, don’t go doing anything crazy, like pooping on a police car</a or anything.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
Well, I would never have concerned myself.. and you do a fine job..
snowshooze (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 9:03PM EDT (link)And it is none of my business, but I am glad you responded to all that drivel.. for the sake of those who think it was worth something.
His diatribe
DerKrieger (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 9:22PM EDT (link)…says more about him than it does you. It shows his, and the Left’s in general, with OPM and status as if somehow what you’ve earned are I’ll-gotten.
My wife and I both work and under the reign of Obama the Mendicant we would be considered rich. We’re expecting a baby in Feb after which she’ll quit but we’ll still be doing well but will no longer be “rich”. But I dare a pipsqueak like Fang to somehow imply my success wasn’t the result of long hours, setbacks, hard work, and determination.
These people are consumed with envy. They hate a meritocracy because it leaves them at the bottom where they seek to feed off the rest of us.
They don’t envy the wealth and success of others as much as they loathe the lack of what it takes to be successful in themselves. So much of Liberalism is, at its root, self-loathing.
“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690
They remind me
DerKrieger (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 9:28PM EDT (link)…of the kids in high school who hate the star quarterback for no reason other than that the QB is talented and probably popular and gets all the cute cheerleaders. Jealousy.
“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison
Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690
Perry is wrong
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 9:39PM EDT (link)if the feds should not spend our money funding green jobs, why should the states? Just lower taxes and get out of the way.
Molon Labe!
"Rebel Without A Clue"
donnybrooke Tuesday, October 11th at 10:18PM EDT (link)I’m old enough to have seen all this before. The Kids without a purpose or meaning in their life.
I fully expected one of the kids of OWS to reply when asked what their purpose was, to answer “To get high and get laid.”
At least the hippies knew what they were there for.
“Journalists were never intended to be the cheerleaders of a society, the conductors of applause, the sycophants. Tragically, that is their assigned role in authoritarian societies, but not here — not yet.”
– Chet Huntley -
If you did like a liberal would
bk (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 10:53PM EDT (link)You’d rent the old house, pocket the money, pay the property taxes and insurance, blow off the mortgage company, and see if you could stretch out the bank takeover for as many months (or years) as possible. And you’d whine the entire time that you can’t afford it because the evil bank is greedy and/or targeting you for political reasons, so it’s only fair that you give them the middle finger.
$374,900?
Dan McLaughlin (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 11:08PM EDT (link)Dude, you couldn’t get a tar-paper shanty for that in NYC.
“No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong.” – Winston Churchill
the fact that he could get that first house for $110 blows me away
sbm1 Wednesday, October 12th at 5:10AM EDT (link)wow georgia!
Erick, you fail to mention that your CNN contract guarantees you free manicures while getting your camera makeup done….
Lee Fang is a little liar
Adjoran (Diary) Wednesday, October 12th at 2:03AM EDT (link)Every notable article he’s ever written is riddled with factual errors, in particular those dealing with the Koch brothers and Darrell Issa. It’s like he doesn’t do any research at all, he just imagines what his leftist pals would like to read and writes it.
A miserable lying little worm.
No, he's not a liar.
mbecker908 (Diary) Wednesday, October 12th at 2:21AM EDT (link)He’s plain stupid.
Who?
rickey5825 Wednesday, October 12th at 12:20PM EDT (link)Who is Little Lee Fang? A clown?Juggler?Midget wrestler?