Letters to the Editor
RDisdier
Published Letters: 165 Editor's Choice: 11
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Abbott and Costello? Laurel and Hardy?
[Read the article: The "people responsible" for port deal? Bush, Rumsfeld say: Not us!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is just another example of how incredibly inept this administration is. . .and at the same time, how corrupt.
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Moslem
[Read the article: Abramoff's offer to Sudan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Back in the "old days," Moslem was the correct term. If I remember correctly, it wasn't until the 70s, when Black Muslims made the news, that the term slowly changed from Moslem to Muslim. (And I often have to catch myself, because I still sometimes say Moslem.)
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Chris Matthews
[Read the article: Chris Matthews hearts Tom DeLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank God I don't get cable.
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Sharansky's "simple test"
[Read the article: Cheney, Cohen and Colbert: The rhetoric and the reality of free speech]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm?"
U.S.A. no longer is able to pass this test. Remember protesters during the campaign being moved to the "free speech zone" which was three miles away from W's motorcade and fenced-in? That's not exactly the town square.
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Pull Halliburton
[Read the article: Home from Iraq? 2039 or bust]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe if we get a Democratic-controlled Congress in the next election, we can "pull" Halliburton's no-bid contract. Then we'll see how quickly the Repugs work to get our troops home.
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Barndog: Ignore the fact
[Read the article: The subject is Iraq, but it's all about 9/11 again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ignore the fact that almost as many American soldiers have been killed in Iraq as were killed by the terrorists of 9/11. . .and ignore the fact that the world, and yes, the U.S., is MUCH MUCH worse off since 9/11 and this administration's assinine response to it.
Repugs are busy crowing, "But we haven't been attacked since 9/11" like that's some kind of a big accomplishment. Honey, this administration's actions have bred uncountable numbers of future terrorists. U.S., beware.
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Ebonius:
[Read the article: "Mission Accomplished" in a business suit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You've hit the nail on the head, once again.
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Don't ignore her
[Read the article: Is this the end for Ann Coulter?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with many of the letters here. Don't ignore her -- instead, make her poster child for the Republican Party.
I also have a suggestion for those who find her views repugnant. Do what I do: I now call her "nuclear waste dump." All the hateful thoughts and ideas of the world gather in her mind and are spit out of her mouth and pen. That's a lot of toxic waste. It won't go away; we can't just ignore it. Lots of people agree with her. So just always remember: She's not Ann Coulter, she's the world's nuclear waste dump.
It worked for Santorum!
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Democrats, please
[Read the article: Democrats debate when to leave Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Every time you mention the war, here's what you have tell the American public:
"You want statements like 'cut and run' or 'stay the course'? Those are the kind of statements that got us into this war in the first place. Bush actually believed he could stop terrorism by invading a Middle Eastern country. 'Shock and awe' indeed. You love those kinds of statements? Well, they bring you 2500+ American soldiers dead, uncounted civilians dead, and more terrorists than ever before.
This Iraq war was a HUGE miscalculation on Bush's part, and it is now a HUGE mess. We Democrats want to debate about a solution to get us out of this mess. There aren't going to be any catchy phrases. Catchy phrases are for the Republicans, who talk big and yet have turned out to be totally incompetent.
So, Americans, let's debate on how we can clean up the mess the Republicans have made for all of us. Let's talk about how to salvage Iraq and its citizens without causing yet more harm to them and to our soldiers. Withdraw the troops by 2007? 2008? We need to talk about it and create a plan. No catchy phrases from us."
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And for those smarty-pants who will immediately say, "You Democrats voted for the war, too." Here's the response:
"We voted to give Bush more powers. We trusted that he would use them wisely. He didn't. By God, he didn't. And no, we did not have the same intelligence info the White House had. We had the wonderful 'selective' intelligence which proved so wrong. Of course, that's par for the course for this White House."
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Rush. . .Viagra
[Read the article: Rush Limbaugh and the little blue pill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Viagra. . .Rush
Ewwwwwwwww.
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Star Jones
[Read the article: The Fix]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Star Jones has a career? I thought she just mooched off of people.
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Below sea level
[Read the article: Flooded and forgotten]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, with climate change we need to deliberate where to build and where not to. However, New Orleans is an EXISTING city with a rich history. You want us to just discard it?
A huge portion of The Netherlands is below sea level. Granted, they don't get hurricanes, but the North Sea is a bitch. With climate change, if The Netherlands start to get hurricane-type storms, do you think for one minute the Dutch will throw away the land they've taken from the sea? The answer is a resounding NO. We have the technology to build certain protections against the weather, and you better believe that the Dutch would not hesitate to move quickly to put up a higher, more powerful dike, or do WHATEVER IT TAKES.
But that takes the will of the people, the will of the government, and MONEY. Heaven forbid we raise taxes in this country in order to save people, or a wonderful old city.
Cause that's not what our current government is about, is it?
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Just goes to show
[Read the article: Ken Lay, lynching victim?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just goes to show you shouldn't trust preachers.
On another note, my boyfriend's convinced that Ken Lay is alive and well and living somewhere in South America. The timing of his death was a little too convenient. Also, note that this was a memorial service, not a funeral. The body was cremated. Yes, verrrrry convenient.
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Joe speaks
[Read the article: Couric to Bush: "I'm really grateful. Thank you. Thank you"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"After we win in 2008, we'll be welcoming you to a nice detention area for traitors somewhere in Arizona."
At last, Joe speaks the truth! Thanks, Joe. Great country you Repugs have given us!
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Joe? Joe?
[Read the article: Progress in Iraq? They're building more morgues]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where are you, Joe?
I need a right-wing translation of this article, please. Like, "The Liberal media are at it again. Yes, there are new morgues. But under Saddam, there were NO morgues; he just buried the bodies in a pit. See how much better off the Iraquis are now??"
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Gerechtigskeitsfreude
[Read the article: Reynolds' chief of staff resigns, blames Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And if we're going to go German, then (1) add the "s" to Gerechtigkeit and (2) always capitalize it (all nouns are capitalized in German).
--Old German girl