Letters to the Editor
Flatblonde
Published Letters: 141 Editor's Choice: 8
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sorry, guys: Doyle's a Democrat
[Read the article: The DHS's Brian Doyle: Not just perverted. Stupid, too]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hate the Republicans as much as the next Salon-reader, but Doyle is a long-time, loyal Democrat. He's a civil servant at Homeland Security, not a political appointee. Call him dumb, call him pervy, but don't call him a Republican!
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Blame Bush for what Bush has done, not Doyle.
[Read the article: The DHS's Brian Doyle: Not just perverted. Stupid, too]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sadly, Fizzy is right...at least about Mr. Doyle not being a Republican stooge. It is unclear whether Mr.. Doyle is a formal "democrat." However, it is certain that he is not a political appointee. He worked at Time for most of his career (over 20 years). He took a early retirement from Time, and was hired as a senior civil servant by the TSA in 2001 (transfering to DHS at a later date) -- unclear if he was Senior Executive Service (SES)or a high GS15. As such, officially at least, he was a-political. He was well-known and well-thought of in professional journalism circles in Washington.
I'd love this to be a scandal about Republican hypocrisy, but the known facts don't bare this out. Whatever sick issues Mr.. Doyle has, they would seem to be completely on him, not the Bush Administration. Besides, there is enough strategic, tactical, ideological and moral incompetence already to be found in the Administration, some sad, perverted loner doesn't need to be added into the mix (without any proof) for this Administration to be seen as the complete disaster that it is.
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Bush is to Lincoln as....
[Read the article: You, sir, are no Abe Lincoln]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Another significant difference between Bush and Lincoln is that Lincoln was an experimenter. Yes, he was stead-fast to the cause of Union (though what was success in that cause evolved over time), but in fighting the battle he was totally flexible. Unlike this Commander in Chief who can't seem to get rid of anyone regardless of the quality of performance, Lincoln fired many people before placing Grant at the helm of the Union Army. Lincoln would try anything, re-evaluate his plans, re-evaluate the men who worked for him. Bush, on the other hand sees inflexibility as the hallmark of his leadership...which explains why we have fewer and fewer options in Iraq and elsewhere.
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young mom, old dad - who's the dummy?
[Read the article: Old moms on trial]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree completely that old men should not become fathers. By the same token, what the heck is going on in the minds of the young women who go through with it?? SHouldn't they bear some of the blame too? Presumably they chose these older men to father their children knowing Dad was going to bow out of the picture prematurely.
My complaint about older moms is about what they are putting their bodies through, and whom they are enriching to do it. The fertility industry would not exist were it not for women who buy into the idea that "better late than never" applies to motherhood, and then pay handsomely to get knocked up. What are the long-term consequences for them? We won't know for a long time. For men - old or young - to make a baby, the procedure is pretty quick, very low-risk (at least to their bodies) and minimally demanding of their future, however much of it remains. They are not the ones keeping the fertility industry booming -- women are, especially older ones, and I can't help thinking that is sad and wrong. An old dad and a young mom at least gives the kids some shot at having one parent. An old mom and a test-tube - not so much.
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Rep. Sheehan.
[Read the article: Rep. Sheehan?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yawn. If Cindy Sheehan has any real courage of conviction, she'd go out and run in a red district against someone who has supported, praised and continues to stand by George Bush. She'd spend her time trying to convince the die-hard Bushies of the error of their man and his regime. This is now completely a stunt...unworthy of her and the sacrifice her son and she has already made.
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Also in Nam
[Read the article: The Weekly Standard's "9/11 Generation"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Without reading all the other comments...beyond McCain, Webb, Kerry et al...I don't know if anyone else noted but Mr. Greenwald forgot to mention Al Gore, who also served in VietNam as a draftee. Yes, it wasn't particulary dangerous service or for a great lenght of time ( I think he was there for six months or so but it was a hell of a lot closer to the battle than the History program at University of Wisconsion, or a Republican Senate race in Alabama.
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Maybe she is Bush/Cheney lite....
[Read the article: Ginning up a fight between Clinton and Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sorry Joe -- Hillary may in fact be Bush/Cheney lite. She didn't read the intelligence report and proudly voted for the war. Now she's against it...but one can't help feeling that it is because the polls are there, rather than because she's had some supreme revelation about how baddly things have gone, or is at all repentent for having given the Bushies a pass at the beginning. The MO reminds me of the way this Administration operates. Now, she sets her attack dog (Wolfie) on Obama -- smooth though he is, and he makes good points -- it is the smugness of the "She's the most experienced..." argument that bothers. Can't you just see him/her accusing someone who disagrees with her on foriegn policy or healthcare as somehow caring less about America?
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Departing Justice
[Read the article: Another departure from Justice]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]See...all of these people leaving means that Ali G. has finally figured out how to manage Justice. He told Congress he would stick around and manage it right...and by Dick Cheney he has. Suck on that all of you doubters!