Letters to the Editor
Philly Peef
Published Letters: 92 Editor's Choice: 7
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First!
[Read the article: No, Hillary Clinton shouldn't be winning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Reasoned, balanced, cautious and logical--all the things that the Wilentz article was not. Thank you for writing this, Mr. DeLong and thank you Salon for posting it.
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Re: wallman
[Read the article: Spare votes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Actually Obama is picking up mad points in PA and quickly. I direct you to this site, which aggregates polls:
http://www.pollster.com/08-PA-Dem-Pres-Primary.php
That orange line shooting up like a rocketchip? That's Obama. Can it get any clearer?
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That's not all
[Read the article: Antiwar site lets you spend $3 trillion your way]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Greenwald also came out with an excellent video and website about the Condi Rice scandal. For those who haven't heard, she directly authorized the torture of detainees. Check it out at:
www.condimustgo.com
Say, why isn't Salon covering the scandal?
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This needed to happen
[Read the article: California Supreme Court legalizes gay marriage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And while 2009 would have been more strategic than 2008, it is essential that we continue the battle against segregation in this country. Besides, this election cycle the real war and the economy trump culture war issues.
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A Veep that comes with a huge Bill
[Read the article: Leader of Florida delegate challenge endorses Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If today's Gina Gershon flap demonstrates anything, it is that the Clintons never encountered a scandal, real or imagined, that they couldn't fan into an all out media firestorm. True or not true, I really have no interest in strapping myself in for four more years of media coverage revolving around the sad sexual exploits of an increasingly elderly man.
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Good Start
[Read the article: Obama camp releases first general election ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's a nice looking ad and hits all the right notes for a general election--reassuring biography, committed patriotism, midwest values. He comes across as someone who worked his way up--a nice deflection against the Right Wing elitist smears and madrassa nonsense. Technically some of the editing is a bit odd and the use of photographs less than perfect. What is that image of him with an older man--is that his dad? It is on the screen too briefly and is at odds with the voiceover narration. Overall, a good ad that could have been a great ad with a better Executive Producer.
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Looking Forward to the Debates
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama didn't just smackdown the McCain camp on this one, he smacked them down, kneeled on their chest and spit in their howling mouth to prove his dominance. Keep pressing the 9/11 button, McCain. By overusing it for the last seven years to justify everything from torture to drilling in Alaska, the Right Wing has ensured that America's knees don't jerk like they once did. The Left is now on the right side of history AND logic on this one. Thank god we finally have a candidate willing to call them on it.
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I'm sorry, but I must...
[Read the article: On McCain's push for offshore drilling]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What is the deal with vloggers whereby they feel the need to make their talking head shots look bad? Is it conscious or is it that nobody has ever shown you how to compose a shot? Just look at any reasonably well done documentary for wisdom on how to make a shot look better:
1. don't put yourself in the middle of the frame, put yourself off center--so that your shoulder touches the frame on either side.
2. mind the headroom at the top
3. mind the background. In this case the background was distracting because of the movement, blown out because of the difference in intensity, and the color temperature was off because the indoor and outdoor lighting were two different types. That is why everything on the outside had a pronounced blue hue.
Talk to a documentary producer for two minutes and you can make these things look a thousand times better. If you like I can recommend some people in the Bay Area.
The content was fine, though!
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As Col. Kilgore might say...
[Read the article: A lesson in how not to pick your co-sponsors]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning. Smells like...failed legislation.
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New Wave's other virtue
[Read the article: My coming-out mix tape]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For those of us straight kids who were part of that counterculture, bands like The Smiths helped to break down the heteronormativity we learned from our parents and laid the foundation for solidarity with our queer brothers and sisters. So thank you, Morrissey, for teaching us acceptance. You were our first (recognizably) gay friend.