Letters to the Editor
AnaHadWolves
Published Letters: 477 Editor's Choice: 26
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Bush's Legacy
[Read the article: Five years of Iraq lies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Much as Lyndon Johnson will forever be remembered for his tragic mistake in beginning the Viet Nam "war" and Richard Nixon forever remembered for secret incursions into Laos and Cambodia during that "war", George W. Bush's legacy will inevitably be the total sham that was the rush to war in Iraq. Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin "incident" was a lie designed solely to whip up war fever against Viet Nam, Richard Nixon's "secret plan for Viet Nam victory" was another lie designed to win re-election in 1972 just as those phantom WMD's were the core of Bush's lies on the road to avoidable bellicosity in Iraq.
This time, though, the American people, having been lied to repeatedly by Johnson and Nixon on Viet Nam, were naturally skeptical on Iraq. Only by the Bushites waving the flag furiously, demeaning anyone who had doubts about the wisdom of invading Iraq as non-patriotic/anti-American plus trotting out the formerly-respectable General Colin Powell to present faux facts at the UN were they able to launch this disaster.
The legacy of George W. Bush is and will be one of mistakes, failures, lunacy and missed opportunities. The closest Dubya will ever come to being on Mt. Rushmore will be when he is working as a ticket-taker at the visitor's center there.
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Living With Cats
[Read the article: The cat whisperer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My three cats range from a 14-year-old British Blue "grande dame" who deigns to be petted but cries if she's ignored, a 6-year-old boy the color of summer sunshine who greets me at the door when I come home with meows, purrs and head-butts and a 2-year-old buff and white little boy who can leap nearly seven feet straight up, from the floor to the top of the TV credenza, but prefers sitting in my lap as I watch TV.
They are also little four-legged, fur-faced terrorists who will use my leg for a scratching post, will open every door and drawer in the kitchen when bored, will dunk a paw in my coffee when my back is turned and then lick that paw, will kill for a bite of whatever I am eating..whatEVER I'm eating, will sleep on the pillow next to my head all night long, purring furiously, have dozens of cat-toys but prefer a grocery-store paper bag or one of my socks and who alternately kiss each other on the tops of their heads and wrestle each other with assorted wild growls and hearty hisses.
They say that God gave cats to man so he could caress the tiger. I couldn't argue with that at all.
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A Warmup For The Real Fight
[Read the article: The GOP attack plan for Barack Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Forgive me, but, the Obamaton whining about "attacks" from the Clinton supporters wears a bit thin...especially given the twenty-megaton attacks to come from the Rovian Republicans in the fall.
If anything, Mister Obama should consider the entire give-and-take with a fellow Democrat as a warmup for the main event; if he and his minions think that Hillary is giving him Hell, just wait till Satan, in the guise of a Republican "truth ad", actually does so.
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Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
[Read the article: Writing through the rubble]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear Salon staph:
Your hypothesis that "America bungled the war" is incorrect; the military performed their part well, but, should never have been in Iraq in the first place. The only "bungling" came from our lunatic President and his minions who foisted this clusterfuck on us and then mismanaged the affair completely by virtue of arrogance, ineptitude, hubris and jingoism.
If you love "bungling", though, be prepared for Dubya bungling us into another war prior to his eagerly-anticipated departure...this time with Iran. What will your staph then conclude when oil becomes $200 a barrel following war with Iran? "Mismanagement"? "Oopsies"? "My bad-ism"?
No, the proximate cause of all our difficulties at home and abroad is simple...as simple as the man himself: George W. Bush.
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Tallying The Endorsements...
[Read the article: Report: Richardson to endorse Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's see:
Barack Obama endorsed by Bill Richardson: loser. Barack Obama endorsed by John Kerry: loser.
John McCain endorsed by Joe Lieberman: loser. John McCain endorsed by Mike Huckabee: loser.
I've set the snooze alarm for November, 7th; someone please wake me if I sleep through it.
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Headline Writers On Strike?
[Read the article: Real men eat asparagus]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your sub-header reads "Real mean eat asparagus". Really? I feel real good when I eat my veggies. Perhaps you meant "real MEN".
Who is proofing your material...George W. Bush?
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Peripherally...
[Read the article: Obama passport file breached]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...they also parsed John Mccain's passport data, as well. They discovered that he's so old (wait for it) his passport application was written on papyrus.
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How About...
[Read the article: The Democrats' anti-momentum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) all Democratic primaries being held on a single day across the country? Sunday would be perfect, as in many European countries, so most voters could participate.
2) making the primaries winner-take-all with no delegate-splitting? No need to drag this thing out ad infinitum.
3) eliminating "super delegates"? To paraphrase Shakespeare, "a delegate is a delegate is a delegate."
4) eliminating endorsements of one candidate or another by elected Democratic officials such as Governors, Senators and/or Representatives? Having one of them support one Democratic candidate over another Democratic candidate seems, to me, to be divisive. Granted, this one is a pet peeve, but, still...
5) setting a ceiling on how much each candidate can spend on the entire primary process? Obviously, the general election against the Republican/Independent candidate(s) would be an entirely different matter in funding.
Anyone like to weigh in with their thoughts? Thanks...
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It's All About...
[Read the article: My boyfriend won't give me his apartment key]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]C-O-N-T-R-O-L! If you think he's controlling now...just wait till you marry this creep.
You'll have a tracking chip implanted in your behind, have to make hourly calls to "check in" and have your entire group of friends...male and female...vetted and checked by him.
Run, do not walk, to the exit here: you...have...been...warned!