~~ We were only too happy to forward The Blower’s criticism of all that Maupin Mania Hype to our friends. Once again, only the Whistleblower had the courage to say what needed to be said. —Whistleblower Readers

~~ That’s why we chose Neil Bogart’s “If you hype something and it succeeds, you're a genius - it wasn't hype. If you hype it and it fails, then it was just hype.” —Your Quote for Today Committee

~~ Why did The Fishwrap get sucked into all that Maupin Mania Hype? Stupidity, lack of imagination, lack of perspective, pack journalism, our inability to find anything else to wrap around the diminishing ad base, along with ignoring what our readers need and want. It’s the same old, same old. We take the obvious and beat the hell out of it, or just plain lie when Skaggie Maggie tells us to. —Metro Mole

~~ Don’t forget last week when we sold a front-page ad for Webb-Noonan’s Veterans Funeral Care right under our daily Maupin Mania story. —Fishwrap Ad Salesmen

~~ We handled the Maupin funeral exactly the same as we would’ve handled ceremonies for any other soldier. — US Army Spokesperson, Coordinating the Spin

~~ Saturday morning, the number of people trying to get on TV with lit candles and fake, fuzzy beards lining the Yellow Ribbon Procession Route in the Rain was somewhat less that the 4 million I had originally predicted. —Maupin County Commissioner Bob “Flag Tie” Proud

~~ As soon as everybody saw Saturday morning’s Fizzle in the Drizzle, we knew there was no way Maupin Maniacs would ever fill all 41,941 seats at GABP, so we started hyping the free parking at downtown garages. —WLW Hype Radio

~~ Did you notice that we NEVER showed a full picture of the stadium, just the immediate area where the only 3,502 mourners were seated? —Local News Photographers

~~ Do you think we can get that many people to show up at our candidate’s next visit to Cincinnati in late June? —McCain for President Campaign

~~ Do you think all that free bus service we provided was really necessary?—Queen City Metro

~~ Did anybody wonder where the rest of our 30,000 motorcycles were that the news media promised? —Patriot Guards

~~ Does TV 5 win a News Hype Award for our live aerial coverage of the Fizzle in the Drizzle on Saturday? And don’t forget our insightful commentary with our two military analysts on Sunday too. —Sandra and Sheree

~~ With all that hype, all of us in Washington were surprised we didn’t see Maupin Mania on the network news. —DC Newsbreaker

~~ Many political insiders in Columbus were surprised Disingenuous DemocRAT Gayvenor Strickland was allowed to speak at a soldier’s funeral at Grave American Ball Park , considering his record of not voting to support the troops. —Buckeye Bureau Chief Gerry Manders

~~ And I didn’t even get to lead the Lord’s Prayer or the Pledge of Allegiance? —TLPMOT&SRB Mean Jean Schmidt

~~ Why wasn’t GABP full as the Reds promised? Maybe all those people were home not watching three stations on TV. —Skeptics in the Suburb

~~ It’s been two days since the historic Maupin Mania event, and not a single person in the mendacious news media has asked about the cost of all that Hype and who’s footing the bill. —Whistleblower Truth Squad

~~ While Matt as getting buried, please don’t forget the 84,000 Americans who have been missing in action, some for as long as 40 years. —Families of MIAs

~~ If news media spent half as much effort reporting the truth as they spent hyping Maupin Mania, what a wonderful world it would be. —Dumbed-down, Self-absorbed, Media-influenced, Celebrity-obsessed, Politically-correct, Uninformed Voters, trying to understand the world around them

~~ What’s up with all those Yellow Ribbons? —TV 19 News