Letters to the Editor
Oh dear...
Published Letters: 11 Editor's Choice: 1
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An important aspect is getting lost in the shuffle here...
[Read the article: Repeal the Second Amendment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The killer was hospitalized twice and discharged because, under our incoherent psychiatric hospital commitment laws (liberalized in 70s to support the rights of the mentally ill), the hospital could not keep him committed involuntarily.
I know. Debating the merits of the Second Amendment is more invigorating and blowhards on all sides are having a merry time. But the truth is, Cho could have accomplished his goal in a variety of ways, none of them involving guns. He could have obtained anthrax, for example.
He should not have been released from the hospital.
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Darfur
[Read the article: Ending "the world's hottest war"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Janaweed are Jihadists. And the supposed "rebels" are the native animists and christians that the Jihadists are murdering--in the name of Allah. What rational approach can there be toward "peace" when no one in the media, no movie star, certainly not Salon, dares to deal with what is actually happening and why, rather than what they "wish" this genocide to be: a misunderstanding that a little love and money will stop. Give me a break.
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Been there
[Read the article: I let my friends stay with me and now they're evicting me!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here in NYC it only takes 3 months for a roommate/whomever to establish a right to remain in a rental apartment, even if they are not the leaseholder. To offset this, before you take on a roommate, write out a roommate agreement that spells out the terms under which they will share your apartment--and have them sign it. I know. It sounds cold. Harsh. Especially when the prospective roommate is a friend. BUT it will help avoid nasty situations like this one, which is rather worse, IMO.
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Gimme a break
[Read the article: The Times on Iowa: Condescend much?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pity the Times' ideology of "tolerance" doesn't include rural Iowans. Then again, perhaps the newspaper was merely parroting a Democratic Party line -- it has become a dogma that runs something like: much as the party would like to, those evil middle Americans won't vote for blacks so we won't even try it because this election is too important...Blah blah blah, been hearing variations on this for decades now. This party is stuck in 1965. Social conditions have changed Black have been elected to various offices for many years now. Oh, and by the way? How is it that the lion's share of Obama's funding comes from individual donations and Hillary's comes from corporations?
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Pot. Kettle (SPOILERS)
[Read the article: "The Golden Compass"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I loved Pullman's trilogy, but have low expectations for the movie. At the moment I'm more interested in this supposed religious controversy. What's amusing is here we have a children's story in which the parents are malignant narcissists, god is on his last legs and there's a gay angel. Turn this into a "childrens movie," release at Christmas (notice the makers chose not to release it around, say, ramadan) and then whine about how intolerant christians are. Idiots.
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There's another issue as well
[Read the article: Why I'm still not for Hillary Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find the blithe attitude that it doesn't matter that an ex-president might be in the "first lady" role disturbing. One benefit of the traditional first lady role--decorous, vapid--is to neutralize the spouse's influence. We elect the president, not the spouse. If Hillary wins, we'll get an ex-president as spouse, AND a vice president, a situation sure to sideline any vice president crazy enough to pair up with her.
This is a stealth, extra-constitutional power grab, and if republicans, or any other party, tried it I can just imagine the outrage that would poured on it from media outlets such as Salon, and justifiably so. However, so powerful is the WISH for the return of the Clinton era, people are pretending this is a trivial concern. It is not, and will set a precedent future generations will come to regret.
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Expenses?
[Read the article: Who cares if Eliot Spitzer hires prostitutes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not much interested in the blah blah about Spitzer's morals, prostitution, etc.-- Huey Long anyone? I AM interested in whether he expensed his parties to the NY State.
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Obama Didn't Call People Names, Pal, YOU Did
[Read the article: The rubes and the elites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama didn't call people rednecks, rubes, etc. Michael Lind did.
Are people "bitter"? Well, let's see: banksters get a free pass while people lose their homes and economy tanks. NAFTA. An unsustainable oil-based economy. People working 2 or 3 jobs, 6 days a week, while the nattering classes call them "lazy." A failed healthcase system. Well, the list goes on and on. Bitter? I know plenty of people who are.
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Will the Real Dodd Please Stand Up?
[Read the article: Chris Dodd's speech and a glimmer of hope for stopping the FISA bill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ok, the good Dodd is fighting FISA. But how does that image square with the blip floating around out there that a provision was inserted into the 630-page housing legislation he's supporting which would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate and report nearly all online transactions to the government? Is this true?
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Advice to Obama: Get a Food Taster
[Read the article: Happy days are here again!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just sayin'.
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Once Upon a Time The Government Bailed Out Chrysler...
[Read the article: Brother, can you spare $50 billion?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...And now all the corporations/banksters are panhandling/shaking down the American taxpayer, you know....for our "protection."