I was very pleased to see Tom Brokaw back on the television last night and there was a round of applause here after his statements to Chris Mathews. We don't even bother with CNN anymore - at least NBC has Keith Olbermann and Brian Williams, who try very hard it seems to me to be real journalists and ask the critical questions. I'd like to see our other real journalists back even if we have to drag some out of retirement and convince them to take on apprentices. Surely their are some younger journalists out there who want to be real journalists instead of 'celebrities'?

tyvm - no worries :)

Di

Anonymity to protect someone who is helpless or who has an expectation of serious threat to their well-being is something I do agree with and help to facilitate. Anonymity to protect yourself so you can hide behind your computer and attack other people without them being able to defend themselves is not. Posting your pseudonymous identity all over the Web is not protecting your anonymity - everyone leaves a trail on the Web.

I don't choose to be anonymous because, I'm not afraid of you or of anyone else's reaction to what I have to say. If you were proud of your work, what you have to say and you were not afraid you'd not be anonymous would you?

If we were face to face I'd say the same things I say online. I'd react with my opinion of your opinion and facts that confirm or contradict the opinions you claim as fact. This is called debate. Would you dare to be sexist, agist, and racist to my face in person? How about if I was standing in front of you with my husband, friends, and neighbors next to me? Please note that my personal courage is based in my network of real-life persons and not on a mistaken belief that I can hide behind my computer and shoot and dodge.

I am a librarian - I researched the facts from reliable sources and reported them so people can make good decisions. In much the same way I just finished emailing a group of friends debunking an attack on Senator Obama that is anonymously touring the Web right now. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp One of my friends was gullible enough to swallow whole tripe offered by someone 'anonymously' protecting the nation by lying and trying to damage innocent people. The facts - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punahou_School http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_obama or alternatively http://www.barackobama.com/learn/meet_barack.php

I will decline to continue this discussion because I do fear that I fed into your ego by bringing attention to you. That, I admit, was a mistake I will learn from.

Enjoy yourself really :) I tried really hard to find nude photos of myself online - oh they do exist somewhere I'm sure since I was an Art Model 25 years ago... let me know if you actually find me. It might give you a good use of your time.

Spaghetti-Monster look out for you. I've avoided work long enough today.

http://www.kovacs.com

Please feel free. I'm proud of my Internet trail. I do not hide behind pseudonyms or 'anonymous'. Enjoy yourselves.

Googled this person - come to your own conclusions - brightstar65@yahoo.com

Let us in future make note to ignore brightstar65. I cannot believe this thread was taken over by this very odd person. I clicked on it thinking about menopause planning and instead I'm getting what? Enough already.

I'm baffled that some of you just sit there behind your computers waiting to savage Hillary Clinton no matter what she says or does. I don't know how any of the Democratic candidates make it through the day given the shear unfair sliminess of the opposition. Spaghetti-Monster help us if these letters are from our co-party members.

Think job interview ... what will these candidates do for us in the critical position we are hiring them for. We've had enough of frat-boy hiring practices haven't we?

I like that the pharmaceutical industry does view women's sexuality as important enough to make money from... I think. I agree with several of the other letter writers in the following:

1. Some women would like some help in addition to that provided by their loving significant others in attaining satisfactory orgasm (I know personally two women for whom this salve would be an added happiness).

2. Not all women's sexual dissatisfaction is caused by their hormones or lack thereof - but as I get older I hear more about this as an issue for those of us approaching or past menopause and in happy committed relationships regardless.

3. Working it out with a lover is ideal when possible. The salve idea might help lovers in this.

I'm very sorry for people like brightstar who are so bitter about themselves. If it helps, brightstar, I know many intelligent men in very successful relationships with intelligent women. It requires work and committement from both parties to similar goals vis-a-vis money, kids, sex, lifestyle, etc. Hard work. Submission is consensual only and can work both ways but it must be negotiated not demanded.