Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 23 Editor's Choice: 3
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"What did I have to drink?!"
[Read the article: The real war on Christmas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just wonder what it's going to be like when we wake up from this, collectively speaking. I suspect "Oh, yea, I heard about those talk radio guys, but I never listened to them" will be as common in a few years as "Oh, yea, Titanic? Pfft, I never saw it!" was among people who'd seen it three times when it wasn't "cool" anymore.
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Gah, pushed send too soon. It happened to my dad, too, though it was long ago.
[Read the article: The real war on Christmas]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For mine, it wasn't the politics so much as it was the guns. Something about Clinton and the 2nd Amendment scared the bejesus out of him. He went from a guy who owned a few rifles (we're talking classic shotguns, lever action rifles, not anything the FBI would be interested in) to constantly indulging in the right-wing fear about conspiracies and jack-booted thugs coming to kick down his door and take his guns, despite the fact that he owned about 3 and FBI agents would've been bored out of their mind digging through his file. Of course, he began to tune out the Liberal Media Conspiracy and has gradually grown into a hardcore right-winger as he's barraged with "Red alert! Real Americans Under Attack!" It's just really disconcerting to see someone genuinely paranoid and on edge because "the ATF might be coming" for grand-dad's old hunting rifles.
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Wow, that was painful.
[Read the article: My lunch with an antifeminist pundit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I may not agree with O'Beirne, but considering the way she steamrolled a sputtering Rebecca Traister, I think she wins. I think this illustrates precisely the problem with modern liberalism: so busy trying to be nuanced and understanding that they just get Killdozered by the Right. It happened to John Kerry, too. My kingdom for a liberal writer with some cojones!
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The only surprising thing...
[Read the article: Republicans gone wild]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The only surprising thing about this is that people are still surprised by it. Politicians with so-close-you'd-be-arrested-in-public-for-indecency-close ties to business are corrupt in some fashion? I know I'm shocked. I just hope Abramoff rolls them all and I get to see Congressmen marched out of the Capitol in handcuffs. It's amazing. The public spent 8 years being SO VERY ANGRY about Clinton and then a party comes in, openly buys and sells votes, and it's "Eh..."
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I really thought this couldn't happen here...
[Read the article: Homeless again in New Orleans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seriously. What happened to the country I grew up in? It may not have ever existed, but I used to be convinced that if something terrible, like this, happened to me, I'd at least get a hand up to help me get onto my feet. These poor people in New Orleans are getting a shove out the door. And I use "poor" as in "poor" and as in "Haven't got any money." What the hell happened?
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Refreshing
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That was actually quite a refreshing column about something I myself have noticed, but have never quite been able to put into words. What I don't understand is why Fox puts such utter crap on its (presumably) flagship, mainstream network, and leaves the good stuff to F/X. I wish more people could see The Shield and Thief looks like it's going to be awesome. The irony is, even when Fox inadvertantly gets good shows that people actually like, they immediately begin yanking it all over the schedule, FOXing it into oblivion.
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Frankly, newspapers suck
[Read the article: All the news stuff that's fit to print]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I lived in Atlanta for a long while. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was written on a 6th grade level and not even a good 6th grade level, no, a mediocre 6th grade level. By contrast, I can (and do) read MSNBC, CNN, Salon, the BBC, the Observer, etc. on a daily basis. Why would I want to read a terribly written local paper when I could read something fairly well-written that I don't have to pay for? The only time I buy a newspaper is when I need packing material for moving.
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THANK you!
[Read the article: How to run good]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]God, I agree. Last election, I wanted to shake the Democratic Party like a British nanny and shout "Stand for something! ANYTHING!" Instead it's all fuzzy feelings and focus groups and won't tread on anyone's toes and, quite frankly, people *hate* that. The reason Bush captures his voters is he, at least, seems to stand for something (whether we think it's right or not) whereas Dems are so busy explaining and nuancing and "I voted for it before I voted against it"ing that everyone changes the channel.
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Sorry, guys...
[Read the article: McCain in 2008?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But if the Democrats are insane enough to run Hillary Clinton against John McCain, there's no sense in even getting our hopes up. I'm quasi-socialist, and I'd still vote for McCain over her. Now, get me someone I can get excited about, like Edwards, Obama, heck, even Dean, then I might be a little more hopeful. But we seem to be slip-sliding to a "Her last name is Clinton HOW CAN SHE LOSE?" early defeat. Nothing would make me happier than being wrong on this.
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G at Dulles? I'll second!
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Someone mentioned Concourse G at Dulles. Oh, yes, worst concourse I've ever been in. It's got all the ambience of a high school gym, is packed full of people like a high school gym, and then you have to walk through a very long hallway that's not even fully enclosed, getting hit with dust and gravel from the turboprops warming up outside. And to get out to it, you don't get the big cool things, no, you get a bus with few seats. The driver for mine wandered off for about 15 minutes, leaving us smelling diesel or whatever fumes and jet fuel.