Letters to the Editor
cwnidog
Published Letters: 398 Editor's Choice: 48
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Uh John ...
[Read the article: House Republicans stage protest walkout]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The majority says we've got space on the floor of the House to do some political stunt, but we don't have space to do what's in our nation's best interest, and that's to protect the American people."
I believe that they are protecting the American people from a very great threat - a President who feels that he, and everyone who works for him, are above the law and answerable only to themselves.
I'll admit that I expect all this to end in the famous "strongly worded letter", but it's nice to see congressional Dems get up on their back legs every once in awhile. Who knows, it may become a habit.
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@ Rich
[Read the article: Fidel Castro steps down]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You know, without the Castro brothers, I'm not entirely sure that the US gov't would have a Cuba policy. As long as I can remember (I have vague memories of the Pay of Pigs invasion happening when I was a little kid), our Cuba policy, regardless of party in charge, has been based on pleasing a few thousand old exiles in Miami.
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OOOPS!!!
[Read the article: Fidel Castro steps down]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That should, of course be "Bay of Pigs". See what happens when you rely on a spell-checker?
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More f a Threat Than You Might Think
[Read the article: Would the Democratic candidates make your food safer?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The USDA can withdraw its inspectors in order to pressure the company, but not much more, and those inspectors aren't really so useful in the first place.
Considering that companies that do not have inspectors are not allowed to sell meat in the US, this amounts to a shutdown. So the threat actually has a fair amount of clout.
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This e-mail has been inspected and found to be free of snark relating either Sens. Clinton or Obama and listing their names in that order implies no preference, it's just alphabetical. And so as not to be accused of plagiarism, I will attribute the above factoid to some nameless voice I hear on NPR yesterday.
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Most Liberal Compared to What ???
[Read the article: National Journal's ideological ranking of Obama rears its ugly head]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Being the most liberal member of an august body like the US Senate hardly qualifies one as a hard-core leftist. But then, you know I think that the people who worry about this aren't particularly likely to vote for the Dem anyway.
But it does make me wonder, did Russ and Bernie miss some key votes?
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Not Exactly a Fit Judge
[Read the article: Bush chides Clinton, Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The idea of just unilaterally withdrawing from a trade treaty because of trying to score political points is not good policy. It's not good policy on the merits, and it's not good policy as a message to send to our -- people who have, in good faith, signed a treaty and worked with us on a treaty."
My confidence in Junior's ability to recognize "good policy" is comment dit-on non-existent? And don't get me started on Bush and "good faith". This is an administration that judged policy by one metric only: did it help them retain power by helping the "haves and have-mores" have still more.
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@FreeProton
[Read the article: A solution to McCain's Panama problem, with Obama's support]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think that the Irish (Kennedy) and Scots-Irish (Jackson and Buchanan amongst others) might take issue with being lumped in with the Anglo-Saxons.
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@Melthough
[Read the article: Obama wins Vermont]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gee, my grandmother in W. Dummerston always gave us pancakes with syrup that my grandfather made and (unfortunately) over-hard eggs. I did get to sit in my grandfather's chair though - that was cool. Oh - and it was a dairy farm, so there was lots of real butter (no margarine). I wish I could go back to then.
Note that there was no snark, no nastiness, or threats to take my vote and go home, or to the Greens, if my preferred candidate doesn't get the nomination. OK, maybe the over-hard egg faction might take offense.
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Coals to Newcastle
[Read the article: Who would the GOP rather face?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The RNC, meanwhile, will handle the nastier end of things -- making sure that voters have at least some negative associations in their minds with whoever emerges with the Democratic nomination, whenever the race ends.
They won't have to. I'm pretty sure that no matter who wins, there'll be plenty of negative associations no matter what the Republicans do. Just look at the last few weeks of commenst in the War Room section if you doubt me.
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Small Crowd Tonight, People
[Read the article: Who cares if Eliot Spitzer hires prostitutes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As Glenn said:
But that dirty, filthy Eliot Spitzer. Let us all, the pure ones, gather and stone him for his "morally reprehensible" crimes.
If they had to be certified pure (by me of course), it'd be a long wait. Just the fact that they'd want to be involved in a stoning would disqualify them.
That said, what an unbelievably stupid thing to do. The rest of us would worry about getting caught, but I think that there's something about a politician's ego that tells them they never will be and has a loosening effect on the zipper.
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@Mizmoon
[Read the article: Who cares if Eliot Spitzer hires prostitutes?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I'm looking in the mirror and smiling - damn, I'm hot!
Glad to hear it - and that you apparently have a sense of humor, as well.
But of course you realize that many people find blasphemy immoral and it used to be a capital offense. Slavery used to be completely legal and large-scale slave owners lauded as pillars of society. But times (happily) change. The behavior that we so easily indulge in or condemn today could find it's position reversed tomorrow.
As long as it's between consenting adults, who sucks who's dick, how, and how well, are none of my business - or yours. Yes Spitzer needs to deal with the legal (and domestic) consequences of his apparent idiocy, but let's spare each other the moral outrage.
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It's a Matter of Privelege
[Read the article: Adm. Fallon, top U.S. commander in Middle East, retiring early]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Admiral knew that his career was over the minute that article hit print. Top military do not get to disagree, however mildly, with the civilian leadership in public. That privilege is reserved for enlisted people.
That said, I wish Commander Codpiece would listen to his admirals as well as his generals, especially in this case. And anyone who thinks that Kyl-Lieberman won't be used to take George and Dick's Totally Bogus Adventure on the road to Iran is either willfully negligent or criminally stupid.