Letters to the Editor
AJB
Published Letters: 96 Editor's Choice: 7
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Training?
[Read the article: Gonzales in training]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe if he just told the truth, he wouldn't have to train so hard. How hard is it to remember "I can't remember?"
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He Heard the Call
[Read the article: "The president heard the call"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"...then in the fall of 2006, the president heard the call of the American people who wanted to see a change in Iraq..." and did the opposite of what the people said they wanted done.
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This is News
[Read the article: Tenet: Bush, Cheney went to war with no "serious debate"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Tenet admits to saying the "slam-dunk" business." This may the first time someone in the Bush administration has admitted to actually remembering anything.
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Success?
[Read the article: "Either we'll succeed, or we won't succeed"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Success is not no violence... But success is a level of violence where the people feel comfortable about living their daily lives. And that's what we're trying to achieve."
Sounds like we had success before he carried out his his wacky plan to bring failure to Iraq.
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Political Theater
[Read the article: Can Dems spin Iraq war cave-in as a victory?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Democrats knew all along they didn't have the votes to override a veto, so to cave in now makes the whole previous spectacle just a waste of time, unless they all plan to vote against the bill itself. It's like the "victory" the Democrats were claiming during the Supreme Court nominations when they saved the ability to filibuster by agreeing to not filibuster.
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September
[Read the article: Bush pulls the Petraeus card, again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gee, I wonder what it's going to say?
"We're making progress. The next six months will be crucial. Another blank check, please."
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Labels
[Read the article: Not exactly what we were thinking]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anybody got better suggestions? Oh, and labels beginning with "neo-" are just as meaningless.
I'm sure there are better labels out there, but instead of liberals and conservatives, wimps and asses are what I see...
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A moronic question
[Read the article: "A null set"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...in that only morons seem unable to answer it.
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Failure is Success
[Read the article: Quote of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...seems to be the George W. Bush family motto.
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Comedy Central
[Read the article: GOP 2 MSM: TTYL]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wasn't that "Half-Hour News Hour" thing supposed to prove that Republicans aren't just doodieheads but are really funny doodieheads?
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The Final Surge
[Read the article: Reporting for duty, sir]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the critical phase of the Surge involves Bush reporting for duty on the front lines to provide the quality of leadership that only he can bring, I'd change my mind and be all for it.
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Mac or Epson?
[Read the article: The truthiness of inkjet printers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It couldn't be the Mac. As everyone who has used one knows, they never have problems, never have bugs, and are so smart and capable that they can usually finish a task before you start it. If Apple made a printer, it would either never run out of ink or automatically refill or replace the cartridge in the background while you are busy downloading iTunes and iMovies to your iPod and iPhone.
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Unbiased nominees
[Read the article: Why they fight]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If Brownback or any other Republican gets to nominate another Supreme Court justice, during the senate hearings it will undoubtedly be revealed that that person will never have even considered abortion or its legal issues; in fact, they probably won't even be able to remember hearing about it in the past or have any idea what they would do if they had to decide a case dealing with it. And then, their spouse will start to cry...
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What we believe
[Read the article: "Is our children learning?"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and 20% think Christianity is an older religion than Judaism?
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Maybe there's hope?
[Read the article: Ann Coulter gets what she deserves]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not until Coulter and her peers are no longer given media time to voice their inflammatory rhetoric. If that's all Matthews has to offer, I won't even bother starting to watch him.
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Commanders on the Ground
[Read the article: "Duh"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush and his crew need to stop blaming this mess on the Commanders on the Ground. Unless Commanders on the Ground is a subidiary of Halliburton.
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spoxwyfe
[Read the article: The power of O]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you understood "The Secret", you could have positive climate change, a new car, and be rich enough to enjoy "O" magazine.
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"Clinton did it too"
[Read the article: Did Clinton really do it too?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...is not a valid legal defense. Are we really becoming that collectively immature?
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The God who just keeps on forgiving
[Read the article: Vitter: "I believe I received forgiveness from God"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]David Vitter would claim that his God is bigger than yours, Peter Maranci.
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al-Qa'ida in Iraq
[Read the article: Straight up]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The group that didn't exist until Bush conveniently provided a place for them to flourish.
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell
[Read the article: Gonzales on the hot seat]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush isn't claiming any new powers, just extending this policy from the military to the entire executive branch (with a possible extension--Don't Remember).
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less Fox?
[Read the article: A surge of phony spin on Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I seem to remember that Fox News was planning on reducing their coverage of Iraq, claiming a lack of news, which may account for some of the 10% rise in the perception of the surge working.
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Useless
[Read the article: Leahy to Rove: It's not over]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Leahy should lighten up on the guy. Rove is probably only resigning because he realizes his memory is probably not as good as it once was and that most of his actions are taking place under his authority but not under his ability to remember anything.
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Commanders on the Ground
[Read the article: Yes, but will Michael Gerson take the credit?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Knowing that this report by Commanders on the Ground, LLC, will validate his tactics in Iraq must be one reason that Bush claims to sleep well every night. They're probably already working on the next Friedman unit's report as well.
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Makin' Progress
[Read the article: Three for 18]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When Congress first established the benchmarks, we were 0 for 18. The GAO says 3 for 18, and now MSNBC says 5 for 18. We must be makin' progress.
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What an Idiot?
[Read the article: The straw man lives]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I would agree with assessment; however, the fact that this man became president (twice) doesn't say much for us as a nation, either.
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That Does It...
[Read the article: Apple plays hardball, pulls NBC shows ASAP]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was all set to buy an iPod so I could watch episodes of "Dateline--To Catch a Predator" on a 2.5" screen at $1.99 a shot, but at $4.99 I'll just have to suffer watching it on my 47" LCD for free.
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Kicking Ass
[Read the article: Bush on Iraq: "We're kicking ass"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe he means he's keeping Congress' ass or the media's ass. He might be right.
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It's the Oil
[Read the article: Jones report: Reduced U.S. "footprint," reconciliation are key]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush isn't going anywhere until the Iraq oil deal passes, and the oil companies control the Iraqi oil fields. It's the only benchmark that matters to him.
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It won't matter
[Read the article: The case of the disappearing benchmarks]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Psychics routinely make predictions around New Years for the upcoming year; when these predictions are verified for accuracy, they never have more than a few fuzzy hits (a hurricane will strike Florida) and a huge number of misses (Englebert Humperdinck will win a Nobel prize). It never seems to hurt their marketability to the media that they are almost always wrong.
The media here won't even bother, at least not on a major scale, to verify the justifications for the surge against what "facts" Bush will feed them next week. They haven't done so for the war itself, so why start now? Congress, unfortunately, will also play it safe and roll over.
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Clinton
[Read the article: Clinton and the general]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]shows what pessimists Democrats are. She sees the glass 5/6 empty, unlike the optimistic President and Commanders on the Ground, who see it as 1/6 full.