Letters to the Editor
Seamonkey
Published Letters: 47 Editor's Choice: 3
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Schoolyard names...
[Read the article: Petraeus' Pentagon skeptics]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I also cringe at the "Betray us" thing... really... is that the best Moveon.org can do?
But then I thought about it... Can't we use the opportunity to make a truce with them? When they stop calling Obama "Osama" or emphasizing his middle name, we'll stop as well.
It's tough having wars of words with an opponent who has so little ammunition.
Stephen
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maybe.. but...
[Read the article: Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fine... Gore has been aware of the idea of Global Warming since the 70's and has been very high profile the past few years, but if global warming has always been his focus, as many who are pushing him for the nobel prize would have us believe, what was he doing about it for the EIGHT years he was the vice-President of the United States? We didn't even ratify the Kyoto agreement under the Clinton administration, much less get started on the massive science and research agenda is needed to make real progress (and which Carter started, and Reagan ended.)
Don't get me wrong... I think Gore is a decent guy as politicians go, and the world would be a hell of a lot better place if he'd managed to pull out the election he won in 2000, but I remember that election, and Global Warming was barely mentioned. There are people who have been working full time on this issue since the 70's, but while Gore has done a lot to raise it's profile since he lost the 2000 election, he spent eight years in the same room with the most powerful person in the world, and pretty much wasted that time.
Give the Peace Prize to someone who deserves it... not a failed politician who found something better to do after he let an ignorant Republican take away the Presidency and fuck up the world in a big way.
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Yes, yes...
[Read the article: Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Of course I know that it was congress that had to ratify Kyoto, but the fact is, while the Clinton administration trumpeted Kyoto when it was signed, they gave up on it incredibly quickly in the midst of a Republican congress and an impeachment and everything else. I was pissed off then that they were not going to fight for it, and I still think it was a big mistake on their part. It was also their mistake not to bring out any kind of funding initiatives for renewable energies, but hey, gas was cheap and if it only costs you $20 to fill up your tank, no one worries about global warming.
Kyoto wasn't perfect, but my larger point is that I want to live in a country that's leading the effort to keep the world from becoming a noxious overheated garbage pit. Instead, thanks to the "other priorities" of the last four presidents over the last 27 years, I live in a country that's being dragged kicking and screaming by all the civilized countries. Using the VP office, Gore could have done much more than he did to change that, if it had been a true priority for him.
Congratulations to him and the scientists, but I wish he'd done more to deserve it.
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Advertising good Christian status
[Read the article: Barack Obama: "Committed Christian -- Called to Bring Change"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a rabid Agnostic, I hate to see this kind of thing, but the fact of the matter is, if you want to win in South Carolina, it's probably necessary. If you're the first legitimate black politician with a chance at winning the Liberal party's nomination in a Red-as-they-come state, where the ability to fly a Confederate flag is still a subject of heavy debate, and where your opponents are spreading rumors that you're a koran carrying muslim who turns his back on the flag during the pledge of allegiance, well then, I'd say that advertising the fact that you've attended church for the past 20 years is probably one of the few strategies available to you.
I'm looking forward to the day when going to church isn't a prerequisite to lead this country, but I'm not holding my breath for it to happen anytime soon.
Stephen Pruitt
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congratulations Alex
[Read the article: A programming note]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hi Alex,
Yes, I am sad to hear that Tim is moving on, though I would like to think that with him moving over to Politico, Glenn Greenwald can now spend less energy talking about how lame their coverage is and move his attentions to where they are needed.
But I'd like to let you know that, while it might not sound like a compliment to tell a writer that he has blended in seamlessly, you have, and I was actually under the impression that the blog had been under the dual authorship of yourself and Tim for a while... I've enjoyed the War Room coverage no less under your byline than Tim's, which given how I've felt about most changes at Salon in the past year, is comforting.
You've done a great job so far, and congratulations on taking the lead as the campaign moves into even more interesting territory...
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Keep up with the girls Farhad!
[Read the article: Britney Spears is stimulating the economy (for real)]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For someone who is supposed to be on the cutting edge, you're kind of behind the times, even just within the Salon.com world.
Broadsheet mentioned this over a week ago. I found it mildly amusing then... less so the second time around. Sorry.
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/22/britney_economy/