Letters to the Editor
Cocktailhag
Published Letters: 483
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Late to the Party....
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for giving me a bunch of laughs, y'all, and on my favorite subjects.. Tweezers, icky smells, stupidity of TV, and I wantism. It's Friday cocktail hour at UT.
RMP, Aych, Paul, etc.. In my work I often see people spend absurd amounts of money on their homes, as though that will be the set in which the play of their life turns happy. Ain't the case. A sweet yuppie housewife picked out tile that was so expensive that the shower material cost $20,000. "Have you thought of giving money to the poor?" It slipped out. And went over like a fart in church. After that she shopped without me.
Another guy kept buying places, remodeling them, and then hating them. And kept calling. I think he needed the company. Sad.
I'm learning to play a new Bach piece, Invention #13. Doesn't sound very good yet, but it is cheap. And quite fun.
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The New Harry
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]RMP.... That's remarkable. Harry rewrites history, another thing he got from Bush. I can't believe he thinks anyone, least of all you, would swallow such horse puckey.
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The Savage Beast
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt... Music, of one's own making, does have a lot of power. After childhood failure at piano, and later lackluster trumpet, I took up piano again at 40. Best move I ever made. Are you familiar with Robbie Fulks? V-roys? Both have great banjo stuff. Bring that thing to Austin.
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Old Time Music
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt... Try to find "South Richmond Girl," from Fulks' album, "South Mouth." It's very traditional, and quite mournful.
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Oops. Sort of.
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt.... I just played it, and it's guitar. Oops.
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I've Got Time
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sysprog.... God, will it take that long? I generally crap out after about twelve measures, when it starts to get hard. I always have to start over, so I must drive my neighbors to distraction.
WT.... How cosmic you should use the the term "parlous times." I just recommended a song called "Desperate Times" (Old 97's) to Kitt. It has some good banjo.
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The Whip Just Cracked...
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry, Mr. Mosby, for the rampant frivolity around here.... It is Friday, and the disaster has momentarily been averted. Bebop's back, in fine form, and the tubes are alive with the sound of music. We can at least celebrate fine words from Sen. Dodd, along with some tweezer-prodded backpedaling from the newly heroic Reid, who has suddenly gotten out his high-powered footlight, belatedly, that makes him look big, borrowed from Marvin Martian.
Back to business.
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So Sad...
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was just listening to Youngbloods "Get Together" and Simon and Garfunkel's "Last night I Had The Strangest Dream," and lamenting how far we haven't come, after all these years.
Have a drink, it helps when you're pissing in the wind. Or off the porch, Bop.
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Small Favors
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wow, thanks, sysprog. The NYT came through, and in uncharacteristically strong words. Maybe the got a hold of Harry Reid's footlight. I'll be picking up that thin, relatively unread Saturday edition myself. BTW, I couldn't find that youtube link... Mebbe it's my typing.
Try sending it? cocktailhag@gmail.com
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Before the sordid details slip my mind....
[Read the article: Jay Rockefeller's unintentionally revealing comments]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WT... I never knew Bach wrote lyrics. I confess I'm woefully uneducated. Since I'm liberal, I blame society. Danceable, no.
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Onward, DFH Soldiers
[Read the article: More disruptions to the Cheney/Rockefeller plan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This development is as significant as it is surprising, and in hopeful moments, one may detect the beginning, however small and halting, of a trend. Consider Chris Matthews' grudging apology for his demented and unceasing blather about Hillary Clinton as another example of how the Establishment can be dragged, kicking and screaming, naturally, into the harsh light of reality. Though the sight isn't so appealing, its effects are undeniable; Very Serious People are nervously glancing out into the vastness of the rabble they generally dismiss, and are horrified to find themselves in a hail of rotten vegetables. Better late than never.
Aside from keeping up the pressure on the serial manipulators, who suddenly don't seem quite as "cocky" as they did just a day or two ago, I think it is of equal importance to praise, repeatedly and gratefully, those who stood in their way. Senator Dodd's gracious ackowledgment of the support he received from the netroots should, aside from being receieved as a deserved pat on the back, be seen as an example of what can be achieved through positive reinforcement.
While it ought to be unnecessary to applaud politicians for the simple act of upholding their oaths of office and representing their constituents, just as it should be equally unnecessary to shower praise on journalists for merely doing their jobs thoroughly and with integrity, clearly those who do so are so few in number and are facing such disdain and ridicule for so doing, that all of us owe them a debt of gratitude.
We should all enjoy this rare opportunity to brush up our skills at writing a letter of thanks for a change, even to recent, reluctant converts like Reid and Rockefeller. Maybe even lay to one side, momentarily, our disgust at the hiring of Bill Kristol and thank the NYT for its editorial.
It couldn't hurt.
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Where do I sign up?
[Read the article: More disruptions to the Cheney/Rockefeller plan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Jim, I do think they're funnin' you with that site.... Did you notice that the girl who had taken the chastity pledge was "open to negotiation" about it? How about how the prospects ranged from "platinum" (white) all the way down to "onyx" (black)?
I think they set it up to be found by Fox News and make fools out of them. I can't believe such a thing could be real....
But you never know. All it takes is a VISA card to find out.