Letters to the Editor
ForestStone
Published Letters: 24 Editor's Choice: 1
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About that clean hit record
[Read the article: "Sopranos" wrap-up: "Is this all there is?"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Did anyone notice that as Bobby walked away from shooting the young man in Canada, he dropped the pistol from his bare hand onto the floor of the hallway?
My thought was, "That's a man that wants to get caught."
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I'm curious
[Read the article: My husband has Chinese ancestry but his son wants to keep it secret]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just based on the common thread of about a gajillion drama's which revolve around tragedies caused by "family secrets," does any good ever come from them? Ever?
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The troops don't have to be "Pollyannaish"
[Read the article: "More troops, more targets"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They've got Lieberman!
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I have a T-shirt
[Read the article: Her sexy T-shirt says "Kitty Not Happy" -- is that OK at work?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have a t-shirt that says "Math is Hard." I mostly bought it because my last name is Mathews. However, most of the people that have commented on it just say "Yeah, math is hard!"
Hey, I'm just practicing my art.
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Just for laughs
[Read the article: The lies go on and on]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My whole view of Ann Coulter has shifted based on comments I've heard (attributed) to her twice on the Edwards issue: "It was a joke." My new pardigm? Ann Coulter is a comedian.
To me it explains everything. I'm not saying I think she's funny. But the Right does. I mean, they keep inviting her to those roasts at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Clearly they think she's hilarious. Her whole schtick is making outrageous statements. She's like the Don Rickles of the Republican party...except without a heart.
We, on the other hand, take everything she says completely seriously and it drives us absolutely crazy. But now that I see Ann in this whole new light, I can't help but be reminded of Andy Kaufman. Remember when he was wrestling women? He was totally pulling the chain of feminists, and he pulled it off with such a straight face. When Andy pranked us, it was great fun to watch peoples reactions. But I distinctly remember that most people didn't "get it." He was sooo good, and when Andy announced that he was dying of cancer...well, we didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
So from now on, when Ms. Coulter makes another outrageous statement, I'm just going to remember that she's just trying to get her audience to laugh.
But is she funny? Meh, not so much.
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Like Clark Kent...
[Read the article: Vitter: "I believe I received forgiveness from God"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was musing on Vitter's wife's comment: "I'm walking away with one thing, and it's not alimony, trust me."
And I'm wondering: has anyone seen Congressman Vitter and his penis together? Anyone? Anyone?
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If you thought that was bad
[Read the article: P.S., Mr. President: "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S."]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wait 'till the President of the United States get's back to Washington and one of the members of the Press Corps notices that he has no clothes.
Hey, it could happen.
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Ironic, isn't it?
[Read the article: The waning power of the War Myth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The thing about the Vietnam War that troubles me as I look back was it was a political war. We had politicians making military decisions, and it is lessons that any president must learn, and that is to set the goal and the objective and allow the military to come up with the plans to achieve that objective. And those are essential lessons to be learned from the Vietnam War."--GWB
We watched Rumsfield, Cheney, Bush utterly and completely mismanage post-war planning. And then there's been the hugely unsuccessful "stay the course" strategy. Obviously the lessons of Vietnam weren't learned--and God knows that senior military leadership (Franks, and others) should have known better.
If it wasn't all so tragic, it would be a comedy.
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I don't hate gays
[Read the article: Why bathroom sex is hot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Salon community, with their comments of "gross," "disgusting," "makes me puke," etc., remind me of a standard episode of the Rush Limbaugh show: "I don't hate gays, I hate the homosexual lifestyle." (Sorry if I've incorrectly paraphrased Rush's position).
Apparently, it's OK to be gay, as long as you don't offend peoples sensibilities. Or as a friend of mine puts it: "I have no problem with gays, as long as they're attractive lesbians."
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I think the cops were wrong.
[Read the article: Know your rights: The Kerry Taser incident]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hopefully the kid isn't injured. And maybe it's a useful, if painful, life lesson that "acting-up" can have unintended consequences.
That being said, I was pretty sure that if I did a little internet research on police "use of force" policies, I'd find that using a Taser would be considered just one step below using a gun.
Unfortunately, I'm apparently wrong about that. This is from the UCLA Use of Force policy, which allows a taser to be used whenever someone is physically resisting arrest or:
When a skirmish line is deployed and/or for pain compliance against passive resistors as allowed in UCLA Police Policy ยง 301.24 (Pain Compliance Techniques).
It's pretty incredible to me, that using potentially deadly force can be used as a "pain compliance technique."
And to think I started out today feeling so optimistic...
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They are really really nice people
[Read the article: The Mormons are coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know and have affection for Mormons in my community. They're quirky, but they are good people. Still, I think that this point bears examining:
While there is little or no historical, linguistic, genetic or archaeological evidence to support the Book of Mormon, neither the stories it spins nor the story of its discovery can be disproven at this point.
Proof is pretty important stuff, for a "religion" that, like Scientology, bears every indication of having been manufactured out of whole cloth. While the exact origins of Judaism, Christianity or even Mohammedism have perhaps disappeared in the sands of time, the origins of Mormonism are still close at hand.
The fact that Mormon scientists & scholars can't find (any) archeological proof of the events in the Book of Mormon make its every claim to legitimacy questionable. Including the fact that its author(?) allegedly discovered secret vanishing gold plates and "let me say this one more time -- translated it with his face inside his hat."
Possibly, 180 years is not quite enough time to move Mormonism from "cult" to "major world faith."