Letters to the Editor
Northwestwoods
Published Letters: 491 Editor's Choice: 1
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That was then and this is now.
[Read the article: Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public]
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-I suppose the measure of someone's character is the list of things they're willing to tolerate, both good and bad. But I can't honestly imagine any President going to Church every Sunday and listening to someone rail about the "US of KKK-A". Perhaps you can but I think this shows either a political stupidity or moral blindness and indifference to all Americans. You can't very well claim an inclusion that's supposed to heal all wounds and then turn around and silently tolerate someone condemning 80% of Americans who aren't black. We get it, really. Malcolm-X, revolution, de-stroy white boy. We get it. It's not even particularly new or interesting. But it makes for bad Presidential theater.-
I grew up in family that attended an Anglican church at least once a week, sang in the choir for four years, an alter boy for four more, sunday school, summer day camp, etc., etc. So what?
Today I am an atheist. How does the contents of my (former) church's minister's sermons, whether on tape or not, speak of who I am or what I do or do not believe today?
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Just one more thought
[Read the article: Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...before I hit the road for work.
I agree with several posters that there was some AIPAC pandering deftly slipped into Obama's speech.
Let's face it, in US politics you are dead in the water if you don't pander to what is arguably the most powerful political lobby in the country, at least on the stump and probably to some extent or other while in office if you plan on serving a second term.
He's not Jesus, he's a Presidential contender.
Overall a great speech and terrific coverage by Mr. Greenwald as always.
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odoggy
[Read the article: Obama's faith in the reasoning abilities of the American public]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]OK, and I know I am speaking for everyone here.....You are so right. What an epiphany we have all experienced today. We cannot thank you enough for your profound insight.
We will all be voting for Bomb McCain now.
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Cranial gas
[Read the article: McCain's repeated "slips of the tongue" on Iran and al-Qaida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]McCain must see the error of his ways and remain 'silent but deadly' for a spell on this subject if he wishes his sad sack campaign to achieve the historic levels of success of The Surge(tm)...
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@ Amerigo
[Read the article: McCain's repeated "slips of the tongue" on Iran and al-Qaida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-Clearly the best tactic for Democrats is to try to engage McCain in highly detailed policy debates at all times so as to try to flush out what is really going on.-
On as broad a range of policy discussion as time permits.
It's McCain's biggest weakness. He is not really well-informed about anything in particular. Stay tuned.
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@ Paul Dirks
[Read the article: McCain's repeated "slips of the tongue" on Iran and al-Qaida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-In other words, we have a battle force of 150,000 troops in order to counter the threat represented by less than 3000 enemy.-
Not to mention up to 160,000 contractors (who are getting up to five times or more the financial compensation of the regular troops) of which a significant percentage are para-military. The coalition forces must actually outnumber the enemy by *at least* 100 to 1 in combat, logistical and command personnel.
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@ jpincus
[Read the article: McCain's repeated "slips of the tongue" on Iran and al-Qaida]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]jpincus says:
-First of all, the 9/11 Commission report, had Mr. Greenwald bothered to read it, compiled strong evidence that Iran was suspected of training and supporting elements from Al Quaida in areas where both groups had common grievance. -
'First of all' the 9/11 Commission report was seriously compromised by partisan interference, something that is well reported should you wish to Google it, thanks to the appointment of Philip Zelikow whose phone logs prove that he kept a line open to Karl Rove during his tenure as executive director. Golf buddies probably. Nothing to see here, folks.
"The commission members were appointed by George W. Bush as well as (Republican controlled) Congress, which led to the criticism that it was not a commission truly independent from the U.S. government whose actions it was supposed to review. The commission stated in its report that [their] aim has not been to assign individual blame," a judgment which some critics believed would obscure the facts of the matter in a nod to consensus politics. In addition, commissioners believed that key agencies of the U.S. government, including the Pentagon, the FAA and NORAD were deliberately deceiving them,[7] and that the CIA was deliberately impeding the work of the commission.[8] On the whole, the chairmen of the commission believed the commission was set up to fail".
http://tiny.cc/whitewash
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@ondellette
[Read the article: The media's special relationship with John McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-Now we have candidate who seems to lose emotional control and has a very bad problem with misspeaking, and not a small problem with remembering things. He's of an age when we would be within our rights to ask if he is just sloppy or has a fundamental problem with memory. The behavior of the press is inexcusable. In fact, given that he is considered a hero because of enduring torture, it is within our rights to have a serious debate about the long term psychological effects of torture, in general, and whether Mr. McCain has resolved all of them, in particular. Torture causes deep underlying clinical depression with an overlay of any combination of the 16 different PTSD manifestations. He may well be quite over any after effects. But the ghost of Paul Tsongas might want to know for sure.-
Oh, AND Sen. McCain is a cancer survivor.
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Clinton's files violated as well
[Read the article: War advocates like Anne-Marie Slaughter demand that you forget the past]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This breaking on CNN minutes ago. Not yet posted on their website.
The State Dept. is reported to notifying the Clinton campaign that Hillary's passport files have also been breached at least once.
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The lies that led to the war
[Read the article: War advocates like Anne-Marie Slaughter demand that you forget the past]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw a rerun of this tonight on CBC and thought it would be of interest to most here.
A neighboring ally's objective public television documentary perspective of the post 9/11 era and the US' propaganda campaign to sell the war to the world.
It seemed timely. Even the trolls would enjoy this documentary. It has explosions.
CBC's the Fifth Estate
The Lies That Led to the War: The political, diplomatic and media spin that convinced Americans to invade Iraq.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NH_YOhG1qpY