Letters to the Editor
FredRated
Published Letters: 238 Editor's Choice: 8
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Curious
[Read the article: Don't run, Al. Don't!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]She starts out "numerous polls claiming that registered Democrats like myself are happy with their current field of presidential contenders"
and immediately follows with "only a Pollyanna on helium would believe that any of the top-tier Democrats will definitely be able to defeat a leading Republican"
So the question that asks itself is, why are you happy with the Democratic contenders if they are doomed to loose? Because you are secretly a Republican?
Note to Camille: helium gives you a squeaky voice but does not get you high.
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Remember 'Man in the Iron Mask'?
[Read the article: The al-Marri decision]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That was the power of the kings of France, and that is what these people that hate Americas' freedom want: a king, not a president.
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WTF?
[Read the article: Impressions of Paris' last night in jail]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why does Salon keep giving space to this trash?
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'more careful'
[Read the article: That's How You Got Killed Before]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is that anything like 'more truthful'? Probably not.
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From the CBS News link several posts above:
[Read the article: The NYT's growing pro-war fan club]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"What they want is a new government run by ministers who are appointed for their expertise, not their party loyalty."
What's the matter, doesn't the George Bush model of staffing work in Iraq either?
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nabalzbbfr
[Read the article: The NYT's growing pro-war fan club]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for the belly laugh, but you should have included the 'sarcasm' tag.
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"I would applaud the execution...in the field ... of any and all committers of atrocities"
[Read the article: If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In other words, unlike the vast majority of Americans, you must have applauded when the Vietnamese plain cloths policeman put a pistol to the head of the VC and shot him in cold blood on national television.
How low we have fallen, mostly because of our fear-mongering leaders.
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Let me fix it for you
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"That's neoconservative pseudo-intellectual Michael Ledeen"
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Who in their right mind
[Read the article: Hyping the intelligence again?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]believes the endless parade of lies spewed out by this administration? Whatever happened to 'fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me'?
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Get over it
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Methane is a green-house gas of importance, and methane is also carbon-based, so it makes sense to call it a carbon problem.
Here is my ignorance-based pet peeve, I will post it here instead of write a letter:
"Steep learning curve"
A learning curve is not something you climb. It is an X-Y relationship between time spent learning and the amount learned in that time. A steep learning curve means you lear a lot in a short amount of time. Guess what: this is desirable, it is good if you can learn a lot in a short amount of time! A steep learning curve is good! It is not something you climb!
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carlrennie
[Read the article: I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The first sentence from the article you linked to: "The learning curve refers to a relationship between the duration of learning or experience and the resulting progress."
This is exactly what I said: duration refers to time ("the length of time something continues or exists"(dictionary.com)) and is always the X, or independent, axis. The Y, or dependent, axis is the amount learned. The 'rate' of learning is the first derivative of this curve, the curve itself is not a rate.
The second definition, the only one you refer to, is the bastardized version that ignorance has created.
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Read your link shooter
[Read the article: The National Review mind]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]and there was nothing in it to imply liberal cruises are worse. You have an over-active imagination.
This was the worst there: "And no, I didn't hear stuff about 'reverse-discrimination' on my cruise, but I did hear-- over and over again, ad nauseam-- people yelling 'Bush is an idiot! Bush is just an idiot!' Seriously, that seemed to be the extent of their political knowledge"
This is what you consider worse than things like " Of course, we need to execute some of these people"
figures.
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It is no wonder that modern man
[Read the article: Amma's cosmic squeeze]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is boosted by things like this. After all, we evolved in small communities where we had much more intimate, regular contact with the others of our community, whose lives we depended upon and whom depended upon us. That all went away with agriculture and cities, but I am sure we all crave it, it is in our genes. That is, programmed DNA-wise.
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These people are trash
[Read the article: Shot across the bow]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the democrats gain the White House in 2009 the first order of business must be to flush all the Bush appointed trash out of the government. The second order of business will be to flush all the Bush enablers into the sewer where they belong, this garbage included
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The obvious answer is
[Read the article: A little bit more about "anonymous"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]each of our personalities should have its own screen name.
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robert lewis
[Read the article: The Dick and Larry Show]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]there's going to be a long line, I hope you can hold it.
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Elephantman
[Read the article: The Dick and Larry Show]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the meds strong enough to cure what you've got haven't been invented yet.
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Huh?
[Read the article: Incorrigible]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it's estimated that the aftershocks of that could have cost up to $1 trillion.
Estimated by who? Source please, Mr. Snowjob?
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I also feel there is little difference
[Read the article: Cheerful boos for Hillary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]between the democrats and republicans.
Am I the only one that was disturbed when a couple of days ago the democrats miss-counted the votes on an immigration bill to wrongly give themselves a win, then refused to change the tally when pointed out it was wrong? Then Pelosi just says "We are moving on". How do you move on after destroying the foundation of your power? That is like the captain of the Titanic saying "So we hit an iceburg, get over it, we are moving on." If democrats can miss-count a vote and then just 'move on', their grab for power is no different from the republicans, and they ara just as much to be feared.
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The complications of Iraq,
[Read the article: "The complications of Iraq"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a direct result Roves efforts, are themselves 'Rove's victories', his legacy, all he will be remembered for; they are in reality all rove has to show for his work.
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and what a
[Read the article: "The complications of Iraq"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]vicious, vile, execrable little man he is. Good riddance. Oh, and he left to be with his family? He has a family? What is it, the Addams family? History will piss on everything he has ‘achieved’, if the actions of this monster can be called ‘achievements’.
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I'll drink beer with my friends?
[Read the article: "Look! A shiny object!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Huh? Guess I'm too thick to figure that one out, and it's the winner?
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Thank you Buzzing Lightly
[Read the article: The waning power of the War Myth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You make me even more proud of the anti-war movement.