Letters to the Editor
GeeJay
Published Letters: 117 Editor's Choice: 19
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Dare to dare
[Read the article: Being a rebel is so 19th century]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Perhaps Thoreau missed out on the pleasure of being in tempo, but that pleasure would have been overwhelmed by his miasma of subjugation.
Kisses to all who dare to stray. The American denominator is staked out and defended by virgin intellects. It is swelling with the comatose who chose a slow annihilation rather than seek The Great Escape. Their one passion; to suck all others to their whirlpool.
The possibilities are free, yet a drone I be. What would one think, ‘twas I out of step with thee?
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Isn't Rove looking old and haggard?
[Read the article: Karl Rove's big election-fraud hoax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Statistical analysis of the 2004 federal election results unmistakably shows vote count manipulation. This is easily seen when tracking the vote counts throughout the day and comparing those counts to their origin.
A second note, the Republicans, being ruthless but not too smart, better be careful. Two can play at the same game.
Thirdly, voting officials should be required to test voters for the presence of a conscience. In this manner, most of the Bush sycophants will be forwarded to the unplugged electronic voting machine.
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The deadly sin of pride
[Read the article: "All roads lead to the White House"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This Gonzales incident is a beauty to watch. What we are seeing is the stubbornness and stupidity of the White House on display. Their simpleton belief in using brute force as a solution to all problems, is leading them to their ruin.
A smart politico would have asked Gonzales to resign many months ago, using some excuse such as he wanted to spend more time with his family, which he could not do because he was an innocent man hounded by the press. This could have left the Attorney General with a modicum of respectability and a still rosy, but faded, future.
Instead, the will of the president arches over the case. So now Congress is digging further into the case, exposing more of the idiocy that trickles from the White House. This trickle could have been turned off a long time ago, but these plumbers certainly don’t have their union cards.
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The horror of reality tv
[Read the article: What you missed while watching "Dancing With the Stars"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It was interesting to see the crème de la crème of the Republican Party. It is encouraging to see that diversity has finally infiltrated its top levels, with much girlishness on display. The graphic I liked best was the one stating the combined IQ of the ten Republican candidates matches the combined IQ of the two leading Democratic candidates, though I don’t think this is to the Republican’s advantage.
One historical note to keep in mind when watching these debates: Eight years ago I watched in dismay as one political hopeful’s outwardly sophomoric, ignorant, condescending, idiotic, smirking, donkey-laughing, and non-replies to questions propelled him to the Party’s candidacy.
The gay bashing gayish Sean Hannity brought his flatulent weight to the affair, illuminating the grandeur that is the Republican culture.
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Pomp and no circumstance
[Read the article: Don Imus is vulgar. So what?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This was an interesting thought projection by an apparently angry privileged white man.
Out of curiosity, I listened to part of Imus’s radio show several years ago. His base humor caused such a reaction that I never spent another second of my life listening to him. The freedom of market pressures, bless its heart, removed him from his job. I find nothing censorial about that. He was a relic overstaying his welcome. As stated in the article, if I want to listen to such bigoted prose, I can visit my local watering hole and sponge up the liquor and vitriol, which, because of GK’s familiarity, GK is apparently apt to do, as I am not.
Imus did not have to sit in sackcloth and ashes and apologize. He chose to do such so he could continue to live within a privileged angry white man’s luxury. His use of the under-represented and the under-privileged to stuff his pockets had run its course. He can retire and rant till his feeble mind utters one last criticism, one last bigotry, until his heart wears out. Bless his heart.
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Lawlessness in Washington D.C.
[Read the article: All hail the king]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Within a society, no one is free unless there is rule of law.
The actions of the Bush administration and the Department of Justice have suppressed our freedoms by treating law as arbitrary prose. Granted the Bush loyalists cannot phantom the power of such basic philosophy, nor would they care if it was explained to them, but the majority of elected, appointed, and bureaucratic personnel within the Beltway do.
It is the time for a little Frank Capra induced patriotism.
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Liked review
[Read the article: The invisible AIDS cure]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Consider two major parts of the AIDS epidemic; the treatment of AIDS and the prevention of AIDS.
The treatment of AIDS has had some success if the inflicted have access to modern medical facilities. Life is prolonged, though complicated.
A vaccine will most likely not be found for AIDS. This is acknowledged because of the proclivity of the various AIDS viruses to mutate. Without a vaccine, cultural mores and practices must change if AIDS is to be defeated. In simplistic terms, the spread of AIDS can be halted by the cessation of sexual intercourse with an AIDS infected partner. But this is not an option for so many braggadocios who defy the disease before being infected, and decry their fate once infected.
The spread of AIDS is a social reflection of the primacy of sexual intercourse for 21st Century human beings. For good or bad.
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Public Embarrassment
[Read the article: What you missed while watching "Deal or No Deal"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Small minded people with small minded political staffers. Perhaps one of these ten will be the Republican candidate, but their staffers should not consider that as a victory paced by a good organization. Someone has to come out on top.
There were no solutions offered for complicated problems. When mature personages are needed to lead, there is name calling. It was a narcissistic show by intellectual and emotional cowards. There was no effort to advance any cause of import. They just want a gold star stuck to their forehead.
I don’t think the old saying, a child will lead them, meant an adult acting like a child.