Letters to the Editor
Uncle Fester
Published Letters: 1346 Editor's Choice: 12
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@red gti_2000 Expounding further and pontificating at length
[Read the article: Memo to Clinton and Obama: Stop spinning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here are a few choice soundbites from said link.:
1. "While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the topic here tonight. I want to emphasize from the outset, that I believe we have far more critical issues in the 1960 campaign"
Sounds relevant today.
2.So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again: Not what type of church I believe in, for that should be important only to me, but kind of America I believe in.
One of the main slights against JFK was that the pope would pull the strings from the vatican. Protestants today still call the Vatican the Great Whore (see Hagee, McCain endorser). Today I think a subtext of Rev Wright is "what kind of crazy black man will pull the strings on Obama. And I think separating the views of any church from the work of the state is as good today as it was in 1960. If you review the speechs and actions of past political figures, you get a good idea of how far down the rabbit hole we've fallen, when the policies of Nixon would be considered far too liberal. Not your 30 second soundbite, but life is like that.
Link again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Jr03ADQmk
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@gabbyone links?
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton, sniper fire and Sinbad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't mind snippets of quoted text if they are concise, so I can get some flavor, but I would really like to see the link so that it's possible to follow up in more detail.
Thanks!
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@If Dem Primary were General, Clinto is ahead in Electoral votes
[Read the article: Daily Kos writers' "strike" gets ugly]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But it s Not
Seriously dude[tte]. There's lots of reasons to support Hillary. Extrapolating electoral college results from primary outcomes is not one of them.
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PR doesn't want to become a state?
[Read the article: Getting ready for the long, long haul]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with webcelt. Haven't Puerto Ricans voted to remain as is? Are we missing something? Some bonus analysis from Alex would be cool here.
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they deserved it due to America's sins.
[Read the article: Daily Kos writers' "strike" gets ugly]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are confusing reverends, which is understandable. Rev Wright is consequences of foreign policy. The other guys are the righteous wrath of the lord types. Robertson, I think [??].
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@mofongo re: Please Explain
[Read the article: Getting ready for the long, long haul]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good to hear from you
Anyone who follows local [PR] politics will tell you ....
I don't. My explanation is that I'm clueless with respect to P.R. politics.
In addition, the status issue has been central to local politics since the end of the Spanish-American war in 1898, and our three local political parties are organized around divergent philosophies over this single issue. Therefore, it is, again, "only natural" that candidates hoping to win our votes would commit to allowing us to decide this issue for ourselves.
Are Obama and Hillary saying anything that different from what has been said before? Is there a majority viewpoint with respect to statehood, or anything else you find of interest?
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@Reality
[Read the article: Daily Kos writers' "strike" gets ugly]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]any presidential candidate who claimed Pat Robertson as his/her spiritual mentor might have similar problems with New York.
Indeed.
Well, I'd have to listen to Rev Wrights sermon(s) again, to find out the exact words and likely context, but I remember it more as a 'reap what you sow' moment versus devine wrathful intervention. I suppose both involve sin, but I've always had trouble getting a handle on all that stuff.
And if you think about it, we did arm the Muhjadeen starting in the late '70s and encouraged the Saudis and Pakistanis (ISI) to do the same. They along with the USA funnelled billions into the effort. The ISI kept going with what would become the Taliban; a side deal in their own foreign policy interests. The Muhjadeen did get a taste for kicking super power ass. If somebody wants to come along and claim we helped create a Frankenstein, I can see their point. And if the Frankenstein turns on it's creator, well that's in the script. Its what the monsters do.
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@Re-runs?
[Read the article: Daily Kos writers' "strike" gets ugly]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're right, we did have this conversation before. It's been one of the more pleasant and interesting ones of late. And we do disagree on the glee factor. I don't think I would sit in a pew and listen to that for 17 years. I'm not sure I would sit in any pew for 17 years. But I think that there is a larger point here that I find disturbing. Criticizing the US government and it's actions is now unpatriotic and dissent is kooky, scary. I expect to find that sentiment on other sites, but not on Salon. Maybe that's why outrage on FISA is so limited.
I think you have made a case that criticism is fine, but Rev Wright crossed a line. Other posters seem less nuanced. On certain words spoke by Rev Wright I definitely agree with you that they are over the top. But the dude has 1st amendment rights, even if he screwed up on 501(c)(3). And I would really like to see more of the entire body of work of the Rev Wright before judging him. I've sat and read a lot of postings here and I don't think they have changed my core beliefs, so I can imagine Obama in his pew, his principles unwavering while that guy holds forth at large.
I haven't really been following Brzezinski, though I suppose I will have to. Coming up with opinions about Israel and the US is like touching the third rail. I will note that I get the sense that the opinion in Israel about foreign affairs seems more nuanced than portrayed over here. Also nobody talks about the Israeli-Eqyptian peace deal thats around 30 years old now. It's costing us about 3 billion a year, if I'm not mistaken, and so far it's been money well spent.
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@mofongo Puerto Rico Politics
[Read the article: Getting ready for the long, long haul]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the update. Always like to hear the local viewpoint. I would agree that there is probably some long term loss of identity in return for increased integration, economic and otherwise. Having said that, California, Massachusetts and Virginia are still all very different places to live.
Always didn't like the fact that you could be a citizen and still not be entitled to vote for president.