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Quite impressive article. Unfortunately I couldn't
read all of it. It got so dumb so fast.
Guess what makes us bitter ? The corruption and
lawlessness in the U.S. government. No accountability.
The rich and connected having a different set of laws
than the rest of us. The Anti-democracy party.
Yes, when the stupid and connected take away our future,
we resent that.
Dear Glenn,
considering that the duplicity of leading Democrats is the
key problem, and that the general public probably doesn't
know about the extent of this corruption, do you think it
would be a good idea to post full page ads, similar to the
ones you put together just before the July 9 FISA vote ?
By making such adds which are seen by many people, we
would start to undermine the approved story line of the
torture and spy loving democrats. Naming specific players
is important. Obviously I will contribute to such an add.
If the heart of the problem is that we have House & Senate
leadership helping to cover up criminal acts, isn't it time we named and shamed these people ? The democrats should
feel pressure from their constituents to throw out their
leadership.
Dear Glenn,
thanks as always for your excellent work.
What can I do to bring the people who invaded these homes to justice ?
We fought a war of independence partly because of armed men invading
our homes. I want the names of the armed uniformed men who assaulted
these citizens, and I want them to be criminally charged. How do we do this ?
Of course I will continue to support the ACLU to defend the victims.
But what do we do about pursuing the criminals ? I don't simply want
the politicians to be embarrassed. People should know that if they invade
americans' homes and point semi-automatic weapons in our faces, they
will have to go to jail. This is the only deterrent. There is a whole police/ political
class that has never seen any democratic feedback. So they are in effect
not part of the democracy.
These people have brought Iraq back to america, into our homes.
I cannot accept this.
best,
Joseph Walsh, previous Minneapolis resident
p.s. They were wearing masks, so they were aware of their culpability.
assuaging his own conscience.
If Rove can convince himself that "everyone does it", then he does not have to feel bad about himself. It doesn't matter how poor the examples he gives appear to us. They need only assuage his guilt in his own mind.
Karl Rove appears to be engaged in some sort of public self-help exercise. Unfortunately there may be many steps yet to go before he is laid to rest.