Letters to the Editor
falgiano
Published Letters: 35
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biased sabres fan here
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but i thought buffalo was the perfect place for the Ice Bowl. the climate is part of how the sport developed. folks here love the sabres. i'm not sure how many other cities (other than the canadian teams) would fill a stadium to freeze their asses off for a game like this. i thought it was totally great. dallas, shmallis. they should do one every new years in a winter climate town.
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i don't fear the military, i fear the mercenaries
[Read the article: In the military we trust]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]epitomized by Blackwater, et al, and running law-free in Iraq and maybe soon our own backyards? when what is spent on military contractors is equal to the conventional military, there is clearly something fishy going on. at least the military operates under a legal framework. would like to hear Mr. Astore's thoughts on the contractors.
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what a betrayal this represents!
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]for any of us who voted democratic in the faith that, once elected, a democratic congress would actively resist the Bush Empire. the democrats are as bad, and maybe WORSE, than the republicans! do Reid and Pelosi have guns to their heads? i'm serious. their actions are inexplicable.
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i thought it was a great performance by DDL
[Read the article: Too great to be good]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]i didn't feel artifice in the performance at all. since the character is all about controlling the image he projects, and so rarely do we see what he's REALLY thinking/feeling, i thought DDL got it right on.
the only part i might concede that gets 'actor-ly' and a bit fake is the very end. i didn't like the kill and wink with the kubrick-ish music. it undercut jonny greenwood's awesome score that did the heavy lifting all the way up til then.
funny enough, i found DDL in 'gangs of ny' to be kind of fake, but not 'blood'. i thought he was amazing.
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from an atheist to a believer
[Read the article: "God talked to me today"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it happened to me. i always dismissed god as a construct for weak minds, and people unable to deal with the harshness of reality.
but in the last 10 years i have felt, more than just occasionally, the presence of something larger than myself that i cannot fully explain.
it most definitely occurs in the spaces where i have surrendered my need to try to control my life or to predict aspects of the future that are unknowable. and the presence i experience is indeed very comforting. i've experienced physical interactions that i cannot explain and so i have to surrender to a greater mystery.
i sincerely believe that there is something that holds the universe together, more than just the answers that science gives. we know gravity exists and works, but we don't know WHY it works. the mystery lead me to something larger.
i also believe that the experience of 'god' or whatever you would like to call it is available to anyone who gives up their need for control. humility, openness, self-reflection without judgment are paths towards god.
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this one is easy...
[Read the article: My boyfriend won't give me his apartment key]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]dump the chump!
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the debate is a reflection of corporate domination of discourse
[Read the article: The harmony between the Right and the media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it was inevitable that once the consolidation of all media reached it's peak that the only media people who would be left in places of influence or power would be complete numbnuts and knobs. look at the disgraceful way ted koppel was pushed down the stairs to leave Nightline. jim lehrer and his show are probably the last decent major media TV show on today. the majority of the public has always been half asleep anyway, so most people don't even notice/care. just give them their football and keep the porn flowing.
thankfully, on the upside, the internet is where the real sparks fly and truths are brought to light. keep at it glenn, there is an audience for real substance, it's just smaller. but it's always been so.
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sadly, these revelations don't surprise me at all...
[Read the article: "Why do these men want to coach little girls?" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]anytime you have the careers of adults dictated by how well they motivate/coerce children into performing in high pressure sports or art forms you will have some of this result.
the follow up article is what happens in the world of ballet, which is very similar. children are 'indoctinated' at an equally vulnerable age.
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thanks stephanie
[Read the article: "Iron Man"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]your review put me over the tipping point. i wasn't sure i wanted to see this but now i do. i'll be back to blame you if it doesn't work out :)
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Bush will go down in history...
[Read the article: Who's the superpower now?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]as possibly the worse President in history. He ran the country just like he ran his oil company, straight off an economic cliff.
All empires eventually crumble under the weight of their own hubris, and lack of humility. Overreaching out of a power-mad desire to control the fates of all people - but it's an impossible task. It leads to ruin.
And just like the empires before ours, we are going to find out the hard way. Our stock portfolios and retirements will shrink, our mortgages will rise, wages will keep falling except for the elite stockpilers at the top.
And we will learn humility the hard way. One loss of opportunity at a time.
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evil chick won
[Read the article: Finale wrap-up: "Survivor: Micronesia"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the finale was the only episode I've seen in years. I watched it at ma's house with dear ole ma.
I thought it was supremely ironic, and possibly a wink from god, that the shallow chick that won is actually named Shallow. Ha! With that weird/devious renee zellweger pout I was hoping she'd get turfed. But no luck.
Ice cream guy nailed it when he said he discovered he wasn't heartless enough (or, sadly, bright enough) to win. That rang true.
Also amanda is a hottie and I would love to give her a backrub.