Letters to the Editor
aeschylus
Published Letters: 281 Editor's Choice: 4
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My dad was in the corporate world for decades...
[Read the article: I stood on principle and was harshly reprimanded]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and he told me that there are two immutable truths in that world:
1. Being right is *never* a good defense when you cross a higher-up.
2. No outside consultant has ever left a company in better shape than it was when he arrived. (Off topic, but it gave me a chuckle.)
It sucks that being right isn't enough. It *really* sucks. But there you have it.
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25% of the Santa Barbara spill...
[Read the article: Slick John McCain and the offshore oil ruse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is "within shouting distance"? Doing a little exaggerating yourself, I see.
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Giberson's myth/history dichotomy...
[Read the article: Can't Darwin and God get along?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is a bad one where ancient Near Eastern cultures are concerned. Sure, you and I can look at the _Enuma Elish_ and say, "Someone made this stuff up." But the ancient Sumerians et al. did not see it that way. To wave away any part of the Bible that raises uncomfortable questions about God as mere mythology is to conspicuously duck the issue.
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Another perspective...
[Read the article: I survived -- now how do I survive my survival?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Brain cancer killed my father.
Maybe your glass is half full.
I'd say live your life like you beat the cancer until you find out otherwise. If you want a different job go for it -- but keep your job in the meantime (or get COBRA coverage).
Good luck.
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This happened to a professor of mine...
[Read the article: I was masturbating in my office to kinky Internet porn when another mom walked in]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]on a Friday. By Monday, he rearranged his office so that his monitor faced *away* from the door.
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@Jugs
[Read the article: Religion is poetry]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I believe you're making an oblique reference to the story that a Muslim torched the Library at Alexandria because "texts that contradict the Koran are heretical, and texts that corroborate the Koran are redundant."
FWIW, that story is almost certainly apocryphal.
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Christ, at least...
[Read the article: Forging the missing case for war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]put a question mark at the end of the title. The accusation may be true in your wettest dreams (it does smell of truthiness), but -- as you note -- conclusive proof just isn't there.
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@Scorpio
[Read the article: Forging the missing case for war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the info. Looks fine to me, but wouldn't this be considered hearsay? I don't know why these sources would lie, but who knows?
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P.S. this has always bothered me:
[Read the article: Forging the missing case for war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the White House wasn't simply dead wrong on the WMD question (albeit, interpreting evidence to fit their already formed conclusions), if the White House instead lied about the existence of WMD's, don't you think it would have occurred to *someone* that maybe they should plant some?
I mean, they're going to all this trouble to forge memos, etc., but *no one* thought maybe they should make sure that we found some "hidden" stockpiles once American boots were on the ground? How does that pass the smell test?
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Re: hearsay
[Read the article: Forging the missing case for war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's what I thought too, Scorpio, but then I looked it up on Wikpedia (don't laugh -- it's not all crapola).
FWIW
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Or you could just bash the President.
[Read the article: Wanna write a bestseller? Just bash Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those books sell pretty well, too.
Oh, wait. Every bad thing written about the President is true, and every bad thing written about Sen. Obama is false. The bad guys exclusively play for the other team.
Too bad you can't fit that on a bumper sticker.
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I'm not an operative.
[Read the article: Forging the missing case for war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Impeach the president. I don't care. Really, truly, couldn't care less. Actually, I was hoping for Bush and Cheney's removal about two years ago. That would've given Pelosi a significant amount of flight time as president by the time the primaries rolled around. Would Hillary have run? Or Obama? That would have been fun to watch.
I wasn't for the war (right idea at the wrong time). But treating Suskind's allegations as facts is careless journalism. As I said, they sound plausible enough for the court of public opinion, but that's it.
As for the retort that the White House didn't plant WMD's because they didn't think anybody would notice or care after an easy victory: render unto me a fucking break. Get back to me when you come up with a plausible theory. WMD's don't necessarily = nukes. I'm not CIA or Special Forces, but I'm sure they could be planted.
I'm not defending the administration. But this site's tendency to ascribe evil intentions to evil single thing they do is crazy. Even Hitler built the Autobahn.
Hey, look at that! I'm a Republican, and I compared Bush to Hitler!
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Chirst, if you wanted to get laid...
[Read the article: I told my girlfriend a harmless lie ... and now she's sure to find out ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a nice dinner and a bottle of wine probably would have done the trick. Good luck explaining your way out of this one, secret agent man.
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Wait. Why should *Bill* speak that the convention?
[Read the article: Whew!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Hillary isn't given a slot, then that would be a snub. Or is it customary for the party's last elected President to speak at the convention?
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What horseshit.
[Read the article: Edwards finance chair paid Hunter expenses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The reason Edwards denied it for so long is that he thought he could get away with it. This whole "I was 99% honest" stuff is embarrassing third-grader stuff.
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@Hepola: cancer and an "unconventional sexual arrangement"?
[Read the article: What to make of the Edwards fiasco?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And what part of *that* do you not find creepy? She's terminal, for crying out loud. "I'm going to miss you, darling. But in the meantime, I've got needs. So what do you say we start seeing other people? You, in between chemo sessions and me, out on the road, running for office and banging the occassional IHOP waitress."