Letters to the Editor
Portlander
Published Letters: 309 Editor's Choice: 13
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@Electro
[Read the article: Blacklisted by the Bush government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There is no evidence of fundraising for terrorists in this case. Indeed, there appears to no evidence of anything. All there is is BS and innuendo - something with which you are quite familiar. But, let's turn it around shall we. based on your total body of written 'work' here on Salon, I think that a pretty good prima facie case can be made that you are a supporter of Kahane Chai. Maybe we should freeze your assets and give you a little GPS ankle bracelet to wear until you can prove your are not.
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@Electro
[Read the article: Blacklisted by the Bush government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When you were posting under RealName, you told me that you didn't want to engage at all. I should have listened. Obviously, I don't want to have you experience what many Muslims have experienced in the U.S.. I don't want anyone to lose their rights based on BS and inuendo.
Others see you as just a troll. I do not. I think there is something there worth addressing, but I'll stop right now. Since I lost everyone but my immediate family on my mother's side, you call me David Irving again, and I'll find you and burn your house. Otherwise, I'll ignore you. I wish it could be otherwise, but I give up.
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@Kufir77
[Read the article: No date, no prom for you!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, there was gratuitous Catholic bashing here, but there is is no such thing as blasphemy. That's just your Christian persecution syndrome (CPS) showing. I am an atheist American citizen. I will say what I wish when I wish, same as you. Your superstitious claptrap is not off limits.
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@Electro
[Read the article: Blacklisted by the Bush government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yeah, yeah. Res ipsa loquitur
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@Electro
[Read the article: Blacklisted by the Bush government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]OK. You baffle me, Dude, you really do. I know that you don't care either way. That's the point. I wish you did. I really wish you did.
Weepy? Yeah, big time. Since my beloeved wife of 30 years died in December, 2007, I haven't been myself. In her will, my wife asked me to 'embrace those who anger you'. That's what I'm trying to do. Failing, clearly, but trying.
But, rage? No, Electro, no rage. I may be the only person at Salon who believes that you may have redeeming social value. I don't dislike you at all. I'm struggling to find reasons to avoid not liking you.
I will almost certainly pay for this, but call me. Give it a shot. 503-234-4087
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@Kufir77
[Read the article: No date, no prom for you!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Nope, not an anarchist nor an anachist sympathizer. The black shirt assholes of Eugene (not Portland) interest me not at all, although I have thrown a couple off the Hawthorne bridge when they interfere with our anti-war protests. I am a libertarian-socialist. Yes, I know that that is an oxymoron, but there it is.
I have great respect for people whether or not they disagree with me. I do not respect their beliefs however. I don't expect them to have respect for my beliefs either, just me.
Two years ago, my neighbor's wife was dying of cancer. Even though my wife was extremely sick with ovarian cancer, I was there for him. He is a right wing, ultra-conservative catholic, but I held him in my arms as his wife died. He did the same for me two years later when my wife died in December, 2007. He and I agree on nothing, nothing at all, but he is my friend. Do you understand?
My friend and I agree on nothing, but we get together every Thursday. We drink too much brandy, we smoke too much pot, we argue about everything, but, every time, at the end of the evening, we hug and we we agree to do it again next week. Do you understand?
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What?
[Read the article: Killing the wolves again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dona15 and Xychro:
What pathetic drivel. Ranchers have no right to be free of predators. Guard your herd or flock of whatever like it was done for 6000 years. Your livestock do not get to wander around unprotected as a rationalization for slaughtering some of the most extraordinary animals on the planet. I will take wolves over rancher scum any day.
Anyone who hunts wolves or mountain lions are the scum of the planet.
Dona15: There is no evidence of any wolf attack on a human in the continental U.S. in history. All you have is the endless lies of the environmental rapists who created this problem. That would be you.
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Please
[Read the article: Why gas is so expensive]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Stop with the mindless anti-SUV crap. What matters is consumption not the instrument of consumption. I have an SUV - hybrid but still SUV - and I get 28 mpg. Try taking four Siberian huskies and a dog sled up to 7000 feet in heavy snow in anything else. But, I only drive 4000 miles per year. My total gasoline consumption is 161 gallons. One of my neighbors hassles me regularly because of the SUV thing, but he has a 45 mpg vehicle but drives 30,000 miles per year. He uses 667 gallons per year. Who's the problem? Well, it sure isn't me, the SUV driver.