Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 113 Editor's Choice: 6
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Who Are You?
[Read the article: No one could have predicted it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've just read "No one could have predicted it." You hit the mark! Where did you come from? Your writing is cogent and not too, considering the latest subject matter, cynical.
Keep up the very good work.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. But...
[Read the article: Once more unto the breach]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]JustaGuy has it about right, almost. Taking pot shots at Mr. Bush is fun (who can resist?), but meanwhile the problems continue without solution.
If New Orleans is going to be "saved," it must be done with some planning. The current solutions being offered are insufficient, but progressives should spend more time offering suggestions which are well thought out than so much time and energy (and it's easy time and energy) finding fault with this President. I mean, where's the challenge?
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Yes. Yes. Yes. But...
[Read the article: Iraq: The big lie]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not only might one ask, "Where are the Democrats?" How about "Where is Colin Powell?"
Without his presentation at the United Nations, this adventure would not have gone forward quite so easily as it did.
Isn't it time he came forward and offered either continued support for the invasion or...or...or?
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Whoa, Tim!
[Read the article: What war can do]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The quote, "imagine an enemy that says: 'We will kill innocent people because we're trying to encourage people to be free" is obviously an indication of the problems faced by our president who suffers from syntax deficiency.
The first "We" refers, obviously, to the "enemy." The second "we" of "we're" refers, less obviously, but clearly, upon a moment's reflection, to the U.S.
Mr. Bush deserves very little support for his policies, but to spin like this borders on something his lackeys would do. You're better than they. Much better.
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What's the Protocol Here?
[Read the article: Bush meets with reporters -- but it's a secret, OK?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is it possible to use the "F" word? I ask because if the president doesn't begin his "very thoughtful and frank" private news conferences with "Fellas, we f***ed up," there isn't much frankness at all, and there's not much use leaving a comment.
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A "receptive partner" in "anal sex?"
[Read the article: Sinners in the hands of an angry GOP]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where do you suppose LaBarbera got his info about anal sex--his wife?
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A Prayer
[Read the article: Jon Stewart, John McCain and "Bullshit Town"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The Straight Talk Express has been rerouted through Bullshit Town -- but from the sound of it, it's only a temporary detour."
From your lips to some powerful ears!
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Instantaneous Isn't Wise
[Read the article: A tale of unsavory Justice]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The electronic ability to get fast down-loads leads to irritability when the wait is long. Switch your phone to "pulse" for example, and you might well be amazed at how long it takes to make a connection...and you listen to all those clicks.
13 year old boys, in my long ago experience as a 13 year old, aren't as easily manipulated into doing something they don't want to do as some might have us believe. Or as some choose not to remember themselves.
Mr. Berry's experience needs some investigation before anyone should consider taking steps to correct whatever problem is identified.
Rush to judgement is not now nor has ever been wise.
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Um...
[Read the article: The slow-motion trap]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) As presented, the "haiku" doesn't quite make sense. If Libby wrote it, what is his purpose to talk about himself in the 3rd person?
2) The difference between "lying" and "dissembling" needs to be studied, then opponents of Mr. Bush (I include myself) need to be judicious about which word to use.
3) Good ed.
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Blown Cover?
[Read the article: The Fool and the Knave]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Convoluted, but...
Maybe the MSM responded to Mr. Colbert in the way they did because he exposed the fact that there is no MSM.
If MSM is the undercover name for "sleeper cell" press agents who have been planted by the neo-cons, Colbert blew their cover.
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Ah, Nirvana
[Read the article: Finale wrap-up: "Scrubs"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]An eternity of excellent scripts from the writers of "Scrubs" and "Arrested Development." Or would that cloy in a few eons?
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Poor Tony
[Read the article: Gay marriage, civil rights and the Rose Garden event that wasn't]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not yet a month into his new job and already he's tap dancing. Can't you see him debating with his mirror every morning? "What have I done???"
If he's honest, he won't last long. But then, he did work for Fox.
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Snicker
[Read the article: But what if pride goeth before a fall?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]These guys are such fun. It's almost shameful to take advantage of their duplicity.
Almost.
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Whoa Up!
[Read the article: It's like "Survivor," only Rumsfeld gets all the votes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is virtually suicidal to continue to "filter" news from Guantanamo or anywhere else through a Western/christian bias. Islamist-facist footsoldiers have been "programmed" differently from your average Judeo/Christian reporter/reader.
We're still learning how to understand those people. We need to learn how to deal with them in a manner consistent with our values, but that's obviously a lesson which cannot be learned overnight.
We need to cut those who have to do the grunt work some slack. Turning the other cheek does not include handing them a stiletto.
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Totalitarianism Rising
[Read the article: A kinder, gentler war on terror]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's the religion, stupid!
Judeo-Christian based totalitarianism is equally unwanted with Islamo totalitarianism.
Theocracy, under any name, is bad.
Religious teachings are metaphors. We have to remind ourselves of that one verifiable fact about scriptures. Only when we have de-fanged the metaphor will we be safe from the rising totalitarianism of religion.
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Pardon? OK, but from whom?
[Read the article: It's a girl!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Anglican Communion, the Vatican, virtually every Baptist theologian, the Orthodox Jewish Rabbis, countless Imams, and unspecified John Does all owe gay and lesbian people world-wide an apology. These "spiritual leaders" are people who have perverted ancient writings and lore for their own political purposes.
The Episcopalians owe no one an apology. They deserve the highest praise for their courage and their commitment to truth.
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Fellatio Degrading?
[Read the article: Blow-job blowhards]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Only if it's a one-way street--physicaly or psychologically. If you allow someone to treat you with less respect than you give yourself, you have a problem, and fellatio then is a symptom, not the "dis-ease" (as Mary Daly would say).
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Bearding the lion
[Read the article: The only thing we did was right was the day we started to fight]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For Springsteen to say, "...present company included, the idiots rambling on on cable..." was wonderful. If more people took on-air 'journalists' to task, those talking heads might pay closer attention to the demands of their jobs.
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Diane, Diane, Diane
[Read the article: The flag-burning vote: Republicans exploit, Democrats enable]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What got into you? Shame on you.
Actually, a very strong case can be made for the patriotism of someone who burns the flag.
The flag is a symbol; the Constitution is a fact. If someone in power is misusing the Constitution (viz., LBJ with his Gulf of Tonkin fib), the act of burning a symbol becomes an act of protest against that misuse...well, you get my point.
Diane has a safe seat; at least until this week.