Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 39 Editor's Choice: 1
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Technically, New Hampshire Turnout
[Read the article: Florida election mayhem for 2008]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Was the highest in 2004. It was also a very high record turnout in the state.
Second, even in primary states, the range of turnout - as a percentage of adults, varies widely, from highs of 22.8% in New Hampshire and 21.1% in Wisconsin to the low single digits, even in blue states like New York (5.8%), Rhode Island (4.8%) and New Jersey (3.8%).
http://www.pollster.com/blogs/primary_polling_primer_i_turno.php
By Party or Affiliation, it was 79.0% of Democrats casting votes and 41.6% of Independents.
http://www.leinsdorf.com/NewHampshirePrimary2004.htm'
However, I would add that many people in New Hampshire, despite what many out-of-staters might think, are not pleased at all that the process disenfrachises so many of their fellow voters. I personally think the (whole) process stinks, and that we need rotating or national primaries, somethng to stop the coronations and disenfranchisement.
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Nope, EMStoveken, Forget It;
[Read the article: So what does that rug say now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush is completely hopeless, a prissy, ill-spoken nobody indeed, without a shred whatsoever of dignity.
These kinds of things, obviously, as with Bush's boast about reading Shakespeare, is all horseshit to make him seem not nearly as stupid as he actually is. I actually doubt he can even read.
So he can remember people's names. Big fucking deal.
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Thanks, chickadee, For the Information.
[Read the article: Hip, hip, CAFE!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've made up my mind that I just can't justify continuing to drive my 25 mpg Saab 95, as beautiful of a car as it is. (The gasoline ethanol reformulations have actually cost me 3 mpg in mileage, where I used to get 28 mpg.) So it looks like a Prius is in store for me.
Priuses, BTW, are emerging everywhere, here. I think demand may have been hurt substantially by the perceived backlog.
I'm not sure I even care that Toyota underwrote their development. They can afford it, and Priuses are damn good cars. Roomy and very comfortable.
And, Detriot always bitches and moans about what they could have done with just a bit of effort, long ago. The SUV has always been nothing but a scam, and one subsidized by our tax dollars, at that. They are also generally terrible vehicles. Why more people don't realize that has always been somewhat of a mystery to me.
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Iraq War Vote.
[Read the article: The Hillary and Bill show]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This voter can't get over the Iraq War vote. How did Russ Feingold know more than Hillary Clinton?
Lies upon lies upon lies, cold, cold calculation, and hundreds of thousands of dead and mutilated men, women, and children later...
That being said, I have to admit that I have somewhat changed my mind to suppose if she is the nominee, which I think is very unlikely and not particularly a good idea, I will likely vote for her, having no other choice; the other side of the aisle is nothing short of absolutely horrendous. Rudy Guiliani? Give me a fucking break.
Gore/Obama '08!
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Explain to Me,
[Read the article: Bush's worst day ever?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush supporters, why you (still) consider this man to be qualified to be President. Answer the question, "Name one thing that Bush has done that has been good for the United States of America. One thing."
Oh, yeah, sorry, he protected some land near Hawaii. Yay fucking hoo.
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Oops...Water.
[Read the article: Bush's worst day ever?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mea maxima culpa.
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Anonymouse is Exactly Correct.
[Read the article: Ready or not, here she comes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Impeachment is actually required by the oath to the Constitution that our representatives have taken. There is no choice in the matter, else you are violating that oath.
Sheehan is neither here nor there, in the end. She can do what she wants. And her overall goals are simple, and long overdue: end this clusterfucking war that we will never win, and get this complete idiot out of office before he kills us all.
Congressional Democrats, I live in a very progressive community in a once-conservative state that has turned very blue because of the corruptness of your opponents. And, I can tell you with great certainty, every sincle Democrat and Independent I know holds you in utter contempt at this point. Look up the definition of "coward" in the dictionary. What you read is you. If you're not going to do your job, go the hell away.
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MAV and stevio:
[Read the article: Even more Americans now mistrust Bush's Iraq policy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Iraqi and American governments actually stopped counting car bomb murders in the deaths some time ago. There is no official component to the figure.
Thanks for the thoughts, though, too.
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Good Point, grubert.
[Read the article: Bush's incompetence gives al-Qaida new life]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The whole GWOT is actually rather silly. Its contrivance is exhibited precisely by this "Administration" vastly, and falsely, overstating the threat and using it for political purposes.
And dirty bombs are actually not even scientifically possible, according, actually, to the Pentagon.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Blade Runner
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National Security Letters.
[Read the article: They've got your number]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The use has been abusive, harmful, and never should have been allowed to happen. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave, the United States of America.
Or, it used to be.
The Justice Department's inspector general revealed on March 9 that the FBI has been systematically abusing one of the most controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act: the expanded power to issue "national security letters." It no doubt surprised most Americans to learn that between 2003 and 2005 the FBI issued more than 140,000 specific demands under this provision -- demands issued without a showing of probable cause or prior judicial approval -- to obtain potentially sensitive information about U.S. citizens and residents. It did not, however, come as any surprise to me.
Three years ago, I received a national security letter (NSL) in my capacity as the president of a small Internet access and consulting business. The letter ordered me to provide sensitive information about one of my clients. There was no indication that a judge had reviewed or approved the letter, and it turned out that none had. The letter came with a gag provision that prohibited me from telling anyone, including my client, that the FBI was seeking this information. Based on the context of the demand -- a context that the FBI still won't let me discuss publicly -- I suspected that the FBI was abusing its power and that the letter sought information to which the FBI was not entitled.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032201882.html