Letters to the Editor
Joel_Grant
Published Letters: 174 Editor's Choice: 13
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On the other hand....
[Read the article: Our favorite murderer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They did emphasize "you never hear the one that is meant for you." Could the blackout at the end indicate Tony was whacked?
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I take it back
[Read the article: Our favorite murderer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've done a 180
SPOILER ALERT
I am now (almost) convinced that what happened is that Tony got shot in the head. He was watching Meadow come into the restaurant and then, from his perspective, the screen suddenly went black.
I can think of no other reasonable explanation for the screen going blank like that.
Can anyone else?
There won't be a movie. It's over. We know what is going to happen to all of the major characters (although Sil might not make it). AJ, Meadow, Carmela, their futures are mapped out. Paulie will be the guy taking Tony's place.
Tony is gone.
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I think I get it
[Read the article: "The Sopranos" goes dark]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think Marklev is in the ballpark.
Tony did not get whacked and Tony did not NOT get whacked. The ending is what it is. It is up to us to write our own ending.
During the final (dual) season, David Chase made it increasingly clear that the show was not just about mob guys in Jersey. It is about us.
For example, it is about how easily we look away from moral horrors, distracted by our bloated, hedonistic lifestyles. Compared to most of the rest of the world we are fat and rich and whiney.
The show has been about us and now the ending is about us. It is up to us to write the ending that we feel is appropriate, all of us and each of us.
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I prefer honest right wingers to incoherent dribblers
[Read the article: Don't run, Al. Don't!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is it for me. No more. Ms. Paglia, whatever value you once had as a commentator has leaked away. Do you not spend much time tapping these things out? Just think it up on the fly and let her rip? Is that it? Is that the problem?
I would rather watch Tony Snow, who is an honest liar (after all, he is paid to lie and everyone knows he is a professional, and proud of his trade) than Ms. Paglia's wacky and incoherent babblings.
So, from now on, when I see her column I will give it the same treatment I give to stories on the former jailbait/now jailbird Ms. Paglia admires above Al Gore.
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Dems are not trapped
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's labor problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I do not feel trapped by Hillary Clinton vs. [insert name of right wing thug]. If she is the nominee I'm voting Green. This is just another reason why we need comprehensive election reform from top to bottom.
Public financing of elections, federal laws prohibiting states from erecting barriers to registration and voting, easier registration, clean elections, and so on.
Without top-to-bottom electoral reform we are more or less fated eternally to suffer from the tidal wave of corporate money that has corrupted the process.
I do not disagree that any Dem would be better than GWB, who, along with his VP and Consigliere are outright fascists. But I nevertheless see no reason to "settle".
If the likes of Hillary Clinton is nominated we need to thumb our collective noses and, for once, show the people who run the Democratic party that they cannot play us for chumps forever.
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Speaking as a Bulls fan...
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's labor problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anonymous whispered:
"I understand your frustration. But your pledge to vote Green if Senator Clinton is nominated, when the need for corrective action is desperately needed, isn't about principle. It reeks of self-indulgence. It's like Scottie Pippen walking off the court in a tight game because the last play of the game was designed for Kukoc. (If you're not a sports fan, ask someone who is.)
When the stakes are this high, you don't throw a vote away. That mindset was decisive in the 2000 election. What did that get us?
Come to your senses. And cast your vote for Senator Clinton, even if you disagree with her. Save the self-satisfying principles for a demonstration. You'll be very sorry if you do not."
I know well what Scottie Pippen did in reaction to Tony Kukoc getting the ball at the end of the game. But your analogy is not well chosen.
If you want a sports analogy - heck, let's stay with the Bulls - I am the fan who finally stops renewing his season tickets at the United Center and picks up tickets for DePaul, in disgust at season after losing season.
I repeat: unless and until we are able to reform our political system in a comprehensive manner, we will be stuck with Hobson's Choices in perpetuity.
Competition is supposed to improve the product and the heart of competition is the threat to change products. If the Democrats keep churning out people like Hillary Clinton, (greedy weasels who lap at the corporate teat) they will continue to lose their base.
For example. When the Dems in congress caved in to Bush by passing the no-strings funding bill their support, as measured by credible public opinion polls, immediately sank.
America is up to here (my hand is reaching over my head as high as it can go) with smarmy politicians who answer primarily to Big Money.
Go ahead and get in bed with Hillary Clinton. But will you respect yourself in the morning?
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attaboy thatboy
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's labor problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Once upon a time, I thought Hillary would be a fine President. After watching her Senate votes, listening to her speeches, and seeing her debate, however, I do not. I disagree with her, don't believe her, and don't feel she represents democratic values or the vast majority of Democratic voters. This latest revelation is just more proof she will abandon core principles to gain and retain power
Exactly.