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# Figuratively speaking
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/figuratively-speaking-editor/
- Published: 2008-07-29T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:23:15.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Weldon Berger Santa Monica*

Steve Breen’s (”Going Postal”) sustained parody of a thesaurus-happy and ineluctably oleaginous right-wing lunatic is masterful. Keep those columns coming!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 29, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072908.pdf?ref=smdp.com)