Letters to the Editor
FMHilton
Published Letters: 195 Editor's Choice: 18
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Why are we even listening to this person?
[Read the article: If only Newt Gingrich were president]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That Newt Gingrich is even talking about what "he" would do in a crisis like the past one is rather dumb.
It was Britain's crisis, not ours. For us to pass judgement on what "we" would do is presumptous, given the fact that we're in a "crisis" of our own.
The British may have been perceived as weak, but at least they resolved it without bloodshed.
Too bad we can't learn from this.
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Remember the "Runaway Bride?"
[Read the article: I'm a small-town girl dreaming of the big-city lights]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Does anyone remember the woman who was reported as missing, possibly kidnapped by thugs, only to be found later in another state, having concocted the "kidnapping" herself?
She was from Georgia, getting married in a small town to the "locally prominent" guy of the town. She was running away from the stress of the wedding. She got arrested and charged with making a false statement (among other things). I think she wanted out, too-but made the wrong choice to do so in the way she did it.
The LW should look at that and decide if she really wants to stay in the situation-or have to put up with it. I'd say get the hell out of town, cut your losses and do it. You're young only once. Life awaits! Go!
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Just walking in place
[Read the article: I still have a job, but I've completely stopped working!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For the LW, it seems that they're bored right out of their minds-start looking for another job-friends at work sometimes don't really stay friends after you've quit.
Start by going through "similar" job listings-anything to get out of the rut you're in-because someday, someone will question your being on the payroll for any reason. Then you'll get fired, and that's not fun, either. Corporations do tend to downsize periodically.
Just because the CEO can get a paycheck for not working does not mean you can do the same forever. They get wise to this kind of stuff, eventually. (God forbid they look on the Internet for unhappy employees posting letters to Salon advice columists!)
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Imus has always been this way
[Read the article: Imus offends]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've listened to Imus once in a while, and though the comments he made about the Rutgers' team were inexcusable, he's made more then a few "objectionable" remarks about other people at times that should have been outed at that time.
That it has taken so long for his mouth to get him into real trouble is surprising-it was eventual, though. He's too full of himself to not think he could get away with it forever. Maybe he'll learn the lesson this time: Don't denigrate other people for the sake of a very cheap and tasteless (not to mention stupid) joke.
BTW, how come his producer isn't listed as part of the problem? He was responsible for the start of the "dialogue" with his "nappy headed" comment.
There could be a fine, though, from the FCC for this "joke"...perhaps he should talk to Howard Stern about that problem.
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Smart? Are you kidding?
[Read the article: To the attorney general's knowledge]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In reference to Ondelette's remark-the people who are supposedly running this country (into the ground) are not smart, nor are they the "smartest people" available to run this country.
They are mediocre minds (at best) beset with personal agendas obsessed with power, money and influence.
Not one of them, I do believe, has graduated from the top ivy league colleges with a 4.0 or better average grade, except Rice. That is what I'd call smart...and the lack of smarts is definitely on display when the AG says he can't remember what he did in the past, even though there are emails proving that he did it.
The lack of brain power in Washington is destroying this country and until we smarten up about it, it will worsen.
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Ok, let's repeal something else, as well
[Read the article: Repeal the Second Amendment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's just trash the whole stinking Constitution, and start over again.
That way everyone would get a shot at amending everything at once-but nobody would be happy.
The Second Amendment does not say "except for those nuts who think they own the right to take out everyone in sight that happens to look bad at them.", which perhaps the Founders did overlook.
That's what the problem is-the nuts behind the guns, not the weapons themselves.
Until you can repeal mental illness, we will have this problem. The nuts will use other weapons, such as steak knives, baseball bats, hammers, etc. Outlaw those, too. Might be a lower death rate, but still people will die.
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The buck stops here
[Read the article: A Gonzales resignation is not enough]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes-Congress should not only demand a special prosecutor, but appoint one anyway, given that the president and his entire administration will do anything in their to block any effective prosecution or investigation.
The Senate Judiciary committee has the power to subpoena everyone and everything connected to this scandal-now, damn it all, go out and use it! The American people demand and deserve no less after all this incompetence and outright lying from everyone in this administration.
Fire Gonzalez, posthaste. Appoint Fitzgerald to the AG, and let heads roll!
Take back the power we so willingly gave up for a little security.
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The parallels are rather significant to Watergate (another non-scandal)
[Read the article: The attorney general's "tremendous credibility problem"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To refresh my memory (which isn't as bad as AG's) I just read a few synopses of the Watergate scandal-and the parallels to this are just so similar it is amazing.
True, there are no "actual" crimes being committed, but in other aspects this whole administration is covering up a "bugging" of the Justice Department on a wide scale.
Instead of break-ins, they replaced US Attorneys to stop investigations of law-breaking Republicans. The President has not refused to turn over requested documents yet, but he refuses to let senior WH aides tesify. Nixon did that..and lost the battle badly.
Those missing e-mails could be the 18 minutes of tape that were lost, and the operatives in the WH who were using the RNC email accounts were breaking the law.
There are a lot of questions Gonzales refused to answer because he couldn't remember the time or place of what he did. What a fool!
Covering up for the boss is one thing-lying to protect him is worse. The last time, most of the perpetrators landed up in prison.
This is better than Watergate, and more serious.