Letters to the Editor
Bartolo
Published Letters: 87
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The Bushies
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To paraphrase Jessie Jackson: "Stay out 'the Bushies!"
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Covering up Incompetence
[Read the article: Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Bush administration has long since given up covering up its errors in Iraq; but if, say, WMDs have been moved to Syria we should welcome a fact-finding trip there by the Cheney family.
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Mosque Counting
[Read the article: Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For a project to count mosques, I recommend Fred Malek!
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Winning and Loosing
[Read the article: Have Bill Frist and right-wing bloggers plagiarized their new Iraq plan?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The we win you loose folks forgot to point out that the terrorists will follow us back here if we remove our troops from Iraq.
It is common knowledge that each C130 has a secret compartment that the evil doers are waiting to hide in on returning flights.
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WJLA
[Read the article: Who funds and runs the Politico?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Another connection: Chris Matthews' wife used to be an anchor on WJLA.
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Why Legal?
[Read the article: Comey's testimony raises new and vital questions about the NSA scandal]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn asks: "But the question still remains: what changes were made that convinced Comey and Ashcroft that the program was legal?"
I thought they arranged for some tame judge or other to oversee the program in total secrecy to give it the flavor of having passed a judicial test. It could even have been one of the Supremes.
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On the Run
[Read the article: Improvement in Iraq: Trust Joe Klein and his secret sources]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Al-Queda on the run, eh? If we do get them out of Iraq we'll be back where we started four years ago; no al-Queda and only civil war, a feckless government, and sectarian violence to worry about.
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Truth Teller?
[Read the article: Mike Allen, consummate Beltway "journalist"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Most outrageous is the "truth teller" handle. The very role of this toad was to lie to the public; that was his job description. Did telling the truth within the White House involve telling aWol that invading Iraq would be a disaster? If not, he served us not.
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Cheney as Caudillo
[Read the article: Tucker, Jonah, Elizabeth and Jillian]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We can thank our lucky stars that Cheney is too old and weakened to ride a horse. Otherwise, he would be the caudillo that these poor fellows crave.
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Iran Activity in Iraq
[Read the article: Michael Gordon trains his stenographer weapons on Iran]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Imagine if another world power, say China or Russia, had invaded and overthrown the government of Canada or Mexico.
Are these generals and the administration suggesting that the United States would stand idly by while one of its neighbors was turned upside down without, at a minimum, suppling arms and assistance to the invaded country?
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Condemn the sin; not the Sinner
[Read the article: Sen. David Vitter, a leading Christian social conservative]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Unless Vitter likes men, this will pass. A proper apology with the wife at his side will do. All this lot wants is tax cuts and war. Vitter does both.
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Unending War
[Read the article: Carl Levin reveals the Democrats' Iraq "strategy"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Very depressing. The only saving grace is that the military will be unable to continue without a draft and so we can hope it will end.
It's a damn shame that the Democrats will have this evil war to contend with in 2009. They need for us to be in the streets before then.
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Freedom Eroding
[Read the article: Mike McConnell's clear explanation of FISA]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Never has the death of three thousand innocents caused so much erosion of civil liberties; those supposedly hated freedoms of ours that we are taking away from ourselves.
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Wrong = Human
[Read the article: A one-day guide to war supporters and their enablers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So, to err is to be human. Who will send us an inhuman solution to aWol's war?
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Wars for Oil, or for Israel?
[Read the article: Giuliani's proposal for endless Middle East wars on behalf of Israel ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In order to end being intangled in the Middle East, some have suggested that we spend more effort and money to eliminate our dependence on oil. A sensible idea, but where would that leave Israel if we were able to give less attention to that part of the world? Our eventual independence from oil would finally bring about renewed calls to move the Jewish state to a more forgiving environment.
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Shoe on Other Foot
[Read the article: Columbia to be punished for hosting the new Hitler enemy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If, say, France were to invade and occupy Quebec and cause the beginnings of a French-speaking/English-speaking civil war, can we honesty say that the United States would play no role in that fight?
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Certain Reporters
[Read the article: David Brooks and the deceitful tactics of the Beltway pundit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your description of Brooks' tactics reminds me of a quote from "The Quiet American" concerning Pyle's mentor:
"He's a superior sort of journalist - they call them diplomatic correspondents. He gets hold of an idea and then alters every situation to fit the idea."
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The Ebbing of Freedom
[Read the article: The Beltway Establishment's contempt for the rule of law]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Does this administration not see the irony in taking away our rights and freedoms, for example those of the 4th Amendment, in order to fight those who "hate our freedoms"?
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Mr Congenial
[Read the article: I can't believe it's not torture, continued]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Based on seeing him at the hearings, one can conclude that the gentleman is in no danger of being found congenial.
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Hey Big Spender!
[Read the article: Self-satire scales new heights]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Take almost any yardstick and Bush generally exceeds the spending of his predecessors."
All this will no doubt cause the next administration into a recession unless they keep up with the red ink. Bush has poisoned the military with his bogus war and the rest of the Government with his deficits. Guess who will be blamed for this later?
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Sources
[Read the article: Time magazine's FISA fiasco shows how Beltway reporters mislead the country]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn, you accuse Klein of getting his information from GOP operatives and Rush Limbaugh. More likely he got it from a serious reporter such as Gloria Borger.
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Ashley Banfield
[Read the article: Bad stenographers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm pretty sure I saw Ashley B. on MSNBC daytime last week. What I always wondered was what ever happened to Aaron Brown after he was dumped for low ratings? Right after 9/11 he was a calm voice; was he too calm?
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Edwards Question
[Read the article: Media hostility toward anti-establishment candidates]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn wrote: "Is Edwards right that corporations and lobbyists dictate legislation in Washington and that this state of affairs is profoundly anti-democratic and corrupt?"
And nowhere was this more in evidence than when the Senate leadership caved on the idea of taxing the hedge fund income as it should be taxed.
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Reid
[Read the article: Harry Reid's pro-life stance vs. Ron Paul's ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't recall any controversy over Harry Reid being elected leader of the Senate. However, that body works in mysterious ways. It is becoming fashionable to belittle the man; an already smallish fellow who gives little indication of being a fighter. We are told he used to box. Well, he gave that up long ago.
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Where's Sally?
[Read the article: Peggy Noonan is a serious "grown-up"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Based on Bush's record in the Texas Air National Guard, I would expect him more likely to offer: "Let me hold your jacket while you find Sally".
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Dissent of Empire
[Read the article: The bipartisan consensus on U.S. military spending]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]'Those who try to are quickly and widely dismissed as fringe, insane, angry, deranged "crazies."'
For example, Chalmers Johnson.
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Iran's Speed Boats
[Read the article: The U.S. military inflicts more damage on its own credibility]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those speed boats look a lot like a smaller version of the "cigarette" boats favored by Bush 41 at Kennebunkport.
As for the white boxes dumped in the sea; they were probably the remnants of an hearty Asian carry-out meal.
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Iraqi Casualties
[Read the article: The grave Iranian threat to world peace]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't forget the results of our years of sanctions against Iraq; the denial of medicine, the poisoning of the drinking water, etc.