Letters to the Editor
winstunsmith
Published Letters: 10 Editor's Choice: 2
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Win/Lose?
[Read the article: The Iraq war is lost]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Until we begin to realize that the present situation in Iraq and the Middle East is exactly what Big Brother wants, we shall continue to think, erroneously, in terms of winning and losing wars.
"War is Peace." -- Only through the constant waging of war can we continue the West's unsustainable lifestyle, made possible by the military/security industry, that wreaks ruin on the planet.
"Freedom is Slavery." -- Our seeming freedom is bought at the price of working in a capitalistic system that has most Americans in chains of debt and shackles of comfort in order that the elite can be secure in their continued rule.
"Ignorance is Strength." -- Our Party leaders keep us in the dark by refusing to turn over government documents that should be, by the Right of the People, revealed to ensure accountability.
Think: "End War."
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"but I'm only a senator"
[Read the article: Joe Lieberman, from his indie perch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When the Senator from the great state of Connecticut makes the statement in passing that he is "only a senator," he immediately, and perhaps unwittingly, aligns himself with the Bush/Cheney effort to imbue the executive branch with unprecedented powers. It's one thing when a few good ol' boys down at the coffee shop put their unthinking faith and trust in one person to lead this nation, but when a UNITED STATES Senator subverts his political power, vested in him by the voters of his own state's towns and neighborhoods, one must ask, Who do you serve, Senator? "But I'm only a senator" sounds dangerously similar to "But I'm only a Duke."
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I love the profiles created by surveys!
[Read the article: Bringin' home the bacon, but no boyfriend]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I had to laugh when I read that, ". . . young professionally oriented women have no problem dating down if the man is secure, motivated in his own field and emotionally supportive." I am a single father who has raised three children, who teaches full-time, who is emotionally secure and supportive, and who would love to meet one of these women. I suspect, however, that SHE only exists as a demographic profile in some psychometrician's spreadsheet.
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Old technology
[Read the article: Kitchen gadgets: Put away those onion goggles, please]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know nothing of the chemistry at work here, but if you light a candle a few minutes prior to chopping/slicing, the smoke from the candle neutralizes the onion's eye-watering agent. Never fails in my kitchen.
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Underfunded Edwards: New Hampshire, Beware a Pig in a Poke
[Read the article: A Democratic donnybrook]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I do not think I have ever been so disappointed in a publication that I once championed as being truly progressive. Why is no one writing about the lack of funding for John Edwards' campaign? Why is no one looking at what is an obvious reason for this lack of funding? Where have Clinton and Obama managed to find so much fatback for their larders? Could Edwards be underfunded because of his withering and accurate critique of the corporate choke-hold on this country? Why does the BIG MONEY go to Clinton and Obama? Could Salon be complicit in this anti-democratic, pro-capitalist effort to suffocate the life out of Edwards' campaign? Come on New Hampshire people -- follow the money and then see for whom and for what you are truly voting.
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WWOD?
[Read the article: Bill Clinton attacks Obama "fairy tale"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]AncientAssyrian writes, "we readers at least demanded some semblance of coverage for the other candidates" in his support of Obama. Will someone at Salon please provide an outline of just what Obama will do if he gets elected President? This reader would find that most helpful. I have listened to Obama several times, and I have yet to hear anything more than promises of unity and change. Are we about to ordain another Emperor without any clothes?
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Hallelujah!
[Read the article: "Because I love America ... I have to now stand aside"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In celebration of this auspicious day, I am watching three websites dedicated to pornography, reading my favorite fantasy (King James version), and liberally using every so-called obscenity that comes to mind while I seek to find a lovely woman who would like to join me in further carnal expressions of this glorious day! Amen!
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College Presidents/Overseers
[Read the article: Young ballers: See the world]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hope this turns into an Underground Railroad to Europe for potential professional basketball players and that the University Overseers are losing sleep over the prospect. Do professional actors have to go to college for a year before making their first big payday in the movies? No, because the college playhouse is not a cash cow for the University system, recruiting thousands of future, non-athlete undergrads. I don't know how good Jennings' game is, but I applaud what some would call his mercenary approach. Why should the Overseers be the only ones to make millions off of the Great American Dream Machine? Death to false amateurism once and for all.
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Invented?
[Read the article: Jesus died for somebody's sins ... but not hers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To Trillian4 -- every word is an "invented word."
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Paglia Losing Her Critical Chops?
[Read the article: Fresh blood for the vampire]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hope everyone will also read this article by Cintra Wilson on Salon:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/10/palin_feminism/
Her arguments against the "feminism" of Palin are far more convincing.