Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 129 Editor's Choice: 11
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Dishonest Apple ads
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've been annoyed at Apple ever since they showed an ad claiming that their machines don't have a "blue screen of death". I was using one at work at the time, and I knew darned well that Apples had their own version of the infamous Windows crash screen.
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Riffing on jared2
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"So I was in bed with this totally hot chick, and she said she wanted me to touch her G-spot. I was like, whoa, G-WHAT? Fortunately, my iPhone was right there on the nightstand..."
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What if Hillary doesn't win?
[Read the article: Kos vs. Rove: Who won the Newsweek primary?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't wait for the GOP "rhymes with swoon" campaign.
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And the worst part is...
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dershowitz is Jewish! A Jewish liberal wants the US to emulate the Nazis. Can the world get any crazier?
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Biden: I am very smart
[Read the article: Biden calls himself "the odd man out" among '08 Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I generally appreciate Biden's insights, but I think he comes across as a pompous windbag here. Consider these statements:
"[O]ne of the things that I find when I talk to my Democratic colleagues is that they view everything in isolation."
"They don't really connect it."
"What I don't get is that [the other Democratic candidates] think like Bush in terms of this linear view."
"Two debates ago when I mentioned Pakistan, there were blank looks on everybody's face."
"When you talk to these people and listen to what they say on Iraq, they miss the entire point."
I didn't even finish the first page, but I'll stop here. Do you notice a pattern? Biden keeps coming up with different ways to say that he is smarter than everyone else. This is not how a good politician talks.
He would probably be a good Cabinet member, but it is no wonder he can't make any headway in the polls.
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How about Robert DeNiro?
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex: Daniel Day-Lewis chooses his roles carefully]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He is the perfect example of a highly talented and acclaimed actor who will take any role for a buck. Godsend, anyone?
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Someone call Lou Dobbs!
[Read the article: A new kind of sex tourism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What about all of the American-born gigolos who are out on the street because of these selfish harlots? This is clearly another example of Americans being robbed of decent work by unfair competition. Tell the horny old women you know to stick with boytoys who have the "Made in the USA" label. Every dollar a sugar mommy lavishes on her corn-fed native-born companion will stay in the economy. Call it "trickle-down economics"... or something like that.
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OSU didn't get a bye
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The argument about teams "getting a bye", "doing nothing", "sitting on the their asses for a week", etc., is bogus. They all played 12 or 13 games; the exact timing shouldn't matter.
Likewise, I don't buy this logic that games should matter more late in the season. In what other sport does that matter?
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Pandering to older dudes?
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That was my first reaction.
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To be fair...
[Read the article: The Headless McCain Smear]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is there any evidence tying the smears to the Bush campaign? It is one thing to say he benefited, another to hold him responsible.
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Kid slightly wrong, lady wacked out
[Read the article: Virginia schools' Web scandalette: "Get over it, kid!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He should not have called the home number, even if it was during normal working hours.
Having said that, the lady clearly has some anger management issues. Remember, those late night calls happened AFTER she flipped out. Don't confuse cause and effect. What we hear on the tape is simply her reaction to being called at home in the middle of the day. She clearly needs some coaching about what it takes to be the wife of a public official. It can't be the first time someone called her at home about a work issue.
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I'm not defending the kid, but...
[Read the article: Virginia schools' Web scandalette: "Get over it, kid!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She blew her top and set herself up for public ridicule. The spouse of a public figure should know better. You can't leave a heated message on someone's voice mail and assume it won't get out.
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"It is what it is"
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Can we have this phrase banned?
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Why bother?
[Read the article: Kansas O'Flaherty ... Secret Agent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If this were a movie, I would keep watching to see if she takes her clothes off. Alas, it's a cartoon...
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And Kurtz was dismissive, to boot
[Read the article: What Howard Kurtz means by "media scrutiny"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When Kurtz quoted people complaining about the Hagee double-standard, he said they should quit their bitchin' because it was in the New York Times. As opposed to the Farrakhan thing, which has been propagated in every medium imaginable...
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Not totally crazy
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They are replacing an unfair contest with a fair, albeit different, contest.
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Speaking of sexism
[Read the article: Hey, Obama boys: Back off already!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard a female Clinton supporter say that other women are obligated to support her. That isn't subtle sexism -- it's blatant.
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Is this the Weekly Standard?
[Read the article: The rubes and the elites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]'Nuff said.
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Obama HAS closed the deal
[Read the article: Obama can't close the deal ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The most important fact here is that Obama has an almost insurmountable lead in the pledged delegates. If you accept that the superdelegates should follow the voters, then he has closed the deal.
It is like we are in the closing minutes of a sporting event, say a basketball game. Team Obama is maintaining a healthy, 10 to 20 point lead. Team Clinton has their moments, and sometimes score a couple of baskets in a row, but the fact remains that they are not going to close the gap before the clock winds down. They are fighting hard, and fouling hard, but the outcome of the game is still essentially foreordained. Team Clinton gets a good shot sometimes but they are still going to lose.
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Usual media BS
[Read the article: Networks call West Virginia for Clinton]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We've all seen this movie before. Actually, we see it on every primary day. The media cooks up some storyline about the how the day's contest is really, really important. Then a week later a different place is even more important. Every state is (way) above average.
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I remember this commercial
[Read the article: Bateman: Ice Cream Jones is in trouble!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Great jingle.
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It's quite simple
[Read the article: David Broder: Embodiment of Beltway values]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Broder is saying that it is OK for presidents to lie as long as the subject matter is important. Only lying about shabby personal behavior is a disgrace.
Let's call it the Broder Principle in his honor.
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To Apple defenders
[Read the article: Again: The new iPhone is not "half the price" of the old one]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Jeez, you guys are really beating Manjoo over the head over this one.
The ad is plainly deceptive. You could argue that other cell phone ads are similarly deceptive, but didn't your mama tell you that two wrongs don't make a right?
You should look at yourselves in the mirror and think about why you are defending a misleading ad. I like my Motorola phone, but I'm not going to spin for them.
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Who needs the FDA, anyway?
[Read the article: Bad news for 27-year-old virgins]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just let the pharma companies sell whatever they want. Surely, they only have the consumer's best interest in mind. ;)