You gotta love anyone that comes up with OLIMPIAN....

From the News Tribune, Jr. -
The Christmas newsletter composed by the South Sound law firm of Morgan Hill was in poor taste and should have never seen the light of day.
The flier distributed in the Thurston County Courthouse was an attempt at parody that went over the line, too easily interpreted as racial stereotyping.

To their credit, lawyers in the law firm have apologized for their poor judgment. But the criticism that their attempt to be funny was at the expense of the black community can’t be discounted.

Each year around the holidays, the law firm circulates a satirical newsletter under the heading that reads “The Olimpian.” It is filled with mock news stories, altered photographs and fictitious articles that make fun of local attorneys and judges.

This year’s newsletter stepped out of bounds with a story designed to ridicule outgoing Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders, who was reported during the campaign to state that blacks were “overrepresented in the prison population because they commit a disproportionate number of crimes.” He went on to say in the Seattle Times article Oct. 22 that “certain minority groups” are “disproportionately represented in prison because they have a crime problem.”

So the Morgan Hill newsletter played off these racist remarks, showing Sanders standing next to O.J. Simpson and Denzel Washington in front of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

The fictitious article went on to say that while black people are not genetically inclined toward eating fried chicken, they do, in fact, eat a lot of fried chicken.”

The lasting legacy of racism and discrimination in our society is too great to be blind to the fact some people would be offended by this attempt at satire.

Enough said.
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2010/12/15/1474612/local-law-firms-attempt-at-satire.html#ixzz18CQ1r7Pv

All I can say is...go to Morgan Hill's website. http://www.morganhilllawoffice.com/?the-olimpian.html  More than anything, The Olimpian parodies The Olympian and some of real life.  As usual, The Olympian has an agenda but they hide behind faux outrage.

Does anyone remember the "Tammy McGee Death Threat" on ThurstonBlog? 

You'd think that the employees of The News Tribune Jr could find something better to do with their time.....or what is left of their time.