Letters to the Editor
Northwestwoods
Published Letters: 401 Editor's Choice: 1
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@ Jill
[Read the article: Journalists, McCain and the false Iran/al-Qaida link]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-And, I would suggest that his recent slips have caused even the media to question how severely he is out of touch and the potential that they could cover for him for the next four years, were he elected. I would suggest the few mentions, by the media, of his slips might even be trial balloons, because I’m not sure, at this point, they even know what to do.-
On that point, I too see McCain's composure unraveling in the very near future. With the Democratic primaries unresolved he is more or less on vacation at this time compared to what he will be facing in the presidential debates.
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That's it, fuck it. I'm out
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]3rd generation Canadian, straight but proud.
Happy election season, eh.
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For the Canadians on this thread
[Read the article: The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I know there are several, of which i am one myself.
The current episode of K Chronicles should be of interest =>
http://www.salon.com/comics/knig/2008/03/26/knig/
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Some have been acutely observant of media propaganda for many decades
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From Frank Zappa's 1973 Overnight Sensation
'I'm The Slime'
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little had changed
I am the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't got for help...no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That's right, folks..
Don't touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin'room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
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@ Big Tuna
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-My country is better than yours-
My God is better than your god.
God cannot be wrong. Ever.
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Glenn
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This has been one of your finest posts in the past couple of years, IMO.
Thanks for giving this the coverage it deserves.
It is rather amazing to me that Peter Jennings got a paycheque for about $25,000 for that day's work. It's also somewhat astonishing that he actually appears to believe his own words. Perhaps he watched too much network TV.
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@ generalDisdain
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-Finally, I found this example of how Canadian citizens support their fallen soldiers, and was struck by the contrast.-
It was not always that way. Prime Minister Harper initially attempted to ban reporters from filming caskets but the families of the fallen protested loudly on the grounds that their loved ones went overseas to serve their country and died in the process and they'd be damned if they were going to do so in anonymity, after which Harper backed down.
As for Bush, I seem to recall that they banned the broadcasting of pictures and video of US casualties and caskets at the outset of the war. I am correct?
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@ The Notorious W.E.S.
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-...Is going to be the TV conversation when Obama or Hillary can't pull the troops out.-
They can. But in what time-frame? 16 months is an exaggeration that I do not buy. It will take 2-3 years at least, I figure, making this virtually a ten-year war which is what many expected at a minimum from the outset.
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@ Thelma Ritter
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-But rarely voiced was the opinion that it is simply wrong to invade, destabilize, and occupy a country that has not aggressed against you or your allies (at least, not since the gulf war).-
I am not one of those that forgive the so-called Gulf War as though it were justified, nor do I consider the Afghanistan war an exception to the rule.
Whether Saddam or the Kuwaitis were the 'good guys' is subject to opinion. Remember the Bush crime family is/was involved and 41 is every bit the mobster his bastard son is and committed and was involved in many crimes such as the illegal invasion of Panama and kidnapping of a sovereign leader (Noriega) in his home country causing many civilian casualties in the process. Also, its said the VP Bush, the former spook, oversaw the secret and illegal Iran-Contra program for Saint Reagan. Not to mention all the dirty wars in the western hemisphere the Repugs had been financing and fighting by proxy in the 20th century and even today.
There have been no 'just and righteous' wars in recent memory, if ever.
The Afghanistan invasion was not for the ostensible noble reasons that were put forth and it was planned before 9/11. I believe that it can be found in the PNAC manifesto.
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@ HRH
[Read the article: The John McCain "centrism" fallacy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-...if you compare them to the politicians in the rest of the Western world, Clinton and Obama both are pretty far to the right.-
What you said.
With a few exceptions, such as the Prime Minister presently in power in Canada (Stephen Harper)...who is a loyal Bushie in leading a party of war-promoting religious zealots.
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@ _zack_
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-These tactics have been so successful that, rather than challenging them, the Democrats are attempting to emulate them. Obama supporters, for example, were referred to by Clinton supporter Tom Buffenbarger as, “latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust-fund babies.”-
I would personally feel somewhat conflicted describing Clinton supporters as 'liberals'.
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NotOrbitBoy
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-I personally think your anti-FISA arguments have been over the top-
And comparing Glenn to a hate-mongering racist like Ann Coulter is not 'over the top'?.
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bshock
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]-How can they continue to ignore McCain's symptoms?-
CNN has been doing the odd segment on this in the latest news cycle. It's not focused on his brain, though. They are discussing his melanoma and the release of the medical records. Better than nothing and a perhaps starting point.
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Klooster
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Barack is an empty suit and the Maverick is not, what then would McCain's suit be full of?
Please start with the pants.