Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 182 Editor's Choice: 17
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Being More Insistent
[Read the article: Women's heart-risky habits?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Its the 21st century, but still most female medical complaints are attributed to either our psyches or our gynecological health. I am sure many of these women go in with chest pain and are told it is "stress" or menopause.
I know several women who never see a G.P., only a gyn. They think they are being proactive about their health, but they are neglecting the other 90% of their bodies.
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Of course, the problem is...
[Read the article: Football fans: How to return a lost digital camera]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like the Craig Shergold thing, we're going to see this chain letter in various mutated forms, even with a snopes.com article and threats from IT to decaptiate anyone who contines to forward it.
"If you don't return this camera, I'll shoot this dog!"
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Yet Another Cost
[Read the article: Sex and the presidency]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh dear. It looks like I'm going to have to subscribe to full cable again.
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Grab them by the balls
[Read the article: Alicia Silverstone's naked PETA ad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and their hearts and minds will follow.
Getting a message across is not the work of just one organization. Peta is one of many organizations trying to reduce environmental damage, promote humane treatment of animals, and benefit our health. They are just one of many. They get a lot of publicity because they do act up. In a way, they clear the path for more moderate organizations. Once they have your attention, you might, indeed actually think a little about the message.
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Fear and Stupidity
[Read the article: Is Star Simpson's "fake bomb" just an art jacket?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]FDR said we have nothing to fear but fear itself.
He was spot on.
Bush has us all het up about the "terists". He's blowing smoke up our asses so he can keep sending people to steal land for his friends to have access to middle eastern oil pipelines.
Since we're all het up about "terists", the law enforcement types are told to shoot on sight.
Since we know the law enforcement types have been told to shoot to kill, we obligingly take our shoes off and stip for the law enforcement types. Then, the baggage handlers steal stuff from our checked in baggage and the TSA people steal stuff from our hand held baggage.
Kids who do pranks will be shot on sight.
Kids who dress funny will be shot on sight.
My European friends will not visit the United States anymore, because they don't want to have to consent to being fisted by TSA agents every time they travel. They want to keep their luggage, too. Its a shame, because they can get so much for their Euros in the United States.
Simpson wasn't stupid, the American public was. We're going along with this silly shit and precious little good has come from it.
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Amateur Investors
[Read the article: New home sales: The downward spiral continues]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The middle class economy reads like an old episode of "The Honeymooners". Ralph sees a hot stock, buys it because some other guy made a lot of money, and gets creamed. Hope springs eternal, and Ralph starts flipping houses.
The housing market was pumped not only by low interest rates, but by speculators who were flipping houses. People were buying multiple houses. Forests, meadows and woodlands were bulldozed for these spare houses. Flippity flip. Wildlife loses habitat because Ralph got out of the stock market in 2000 and thought he'd hit the big time with tract houses.
Other people decided it was time to have a McMansion with a 3500 square foot house for two yuppies and an infant, when 1300 square feet would do. Norton decided to buy outside his means because of a no-down mortgage. To the moon!
My only hope is that the developers stop bulldozing and this trend toward McMansions goes the way of the habitat that they destroyed.
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I dislike kids, but the definition of "family" includes them
[Read the article: I want a perfect wedding, but my in-laws are trashy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm from a "mixed" family - blue collar, professional, and crazy. When there's a wedding, everyone comes. This includes kids. If there's a concern about tots and infants, the people putting on the shindig should hire a baby minder to just hang out and offer to help. That is assuming there aren't some plump and maternal women just itching to smell fresh baby breath.
Its pointless to get embarassed at the drunken uncle who falls over, the kid saying something silly, or folks wearing the wrong clothes. Weddings are not only about family, but they are also about gossip and juicy stories that can be told for years to come. ("Her belly button ring fell INTO THE PUNCHBOWL!")
Do us all a favor and don't mash the cake into each others' faces, m'kay?
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Your Bitchy Friend
[Read the article: How can I ditch my bitchy friend now that she has cancer?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fortunately, this is not like the guy who thought there was a marriage forthcoming. You met walking dogs. You had a dinner group. She's annoying. She also won't be around for much longer. Visit her every so often, bring flowers, put up with her crap. Don't bother processing your feelings. It won't do anyone any good. This is where being a grownup is hard. You have to edit your feelings.
However, if you visit with less frequency and make your visits shorter, she might not notice as the people closer to her rally to her.
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Quite Honestly
[Read the article: The Breakfast Liberation Front]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'd rather people enjoy their cereal than kill pigs for breakfast. The decline of bacon for breakfast every day is, no doubt, a relief for our porcine friends.
As for the health issues, I think the cereals are lower in fat and cholesterol than bacon and eggs.
Breakfast for me is a cup of coffee, so I don't have a horse in this race or on my plate.
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I'm Offended At Being Offended About Everything
[Read the article: Eek, it's Sexy Anna Rexia! ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We're primates. We like fart jokes. We like poop jokes. We like sex jokes. We like to make fun of people who are different from us for whatever reason. But mostly, we like sex jokes.
No one likes being in the group being made fun of. I can get that.
However, I am sick and tired of people rising to umbrage on behalf of everyone else. I am also sick and tired of people who make a big show of being enlightened and all 21st century who get offended like some prim Victorian matron over sexual content because it somehow oppresses someone who doesn't feel particularly oppressed by the joke.
Forget the tut tutting and bring on the tarts and vicars!