Letters to the Editor
mark stratton
Published Letters: 27
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moms and husbands, little boys, sad journalists
[Read the article: God save the queen!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It would be very difficult for a President of the United States to call a press conference and say, "I'm sorry but I can't go on pretending that I can do this job. It was forced upon me in many ways and I've tried my best to meet the expectations of those who wield the power to have put me here, but I have had enough. I want to go back to Texas and take a look around for a self. Maybe I have one and it is there somewhere on a baseball diamond or on a mountain bike trail. It was my white tie event for the Queen that put it all into perspective for me. She was born into queenness and can never escape it. It's sad to look at her and to see her struggling inwardly against those royal chains. I'm an American and I think I have the right to escape this Presidency if it is making me feel bad about myself. So, so long, Dick is taking over as of today. And by the way (a wink here)it's true about Condi and me and those rumours about me and Joan Walsh, yeah, true too.
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Congrats on your scoop
[Read the article: The Matt Drudge primary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I never would have guessed that the press would stoop to profiting from the publishing of lies. Where's the beef? What needs to be done? Who can really do it? Get busy.
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to read often
[Read the article: Anywhere that's wild]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"the winds go to every tree, fingering every leaf and branch and furrowed bole; not one is forgotten; the Mountain Pine towering with outstretched arms on the rugged buttresses of the icy peaks, the lowliest and most retiring tenant of the dells; they seek and find them all, caressing them tenderly, bending them in lusty exercise, stimulating their growth, plucking off a leaf or limb as required, or removing an entire tree or grove, now whispering and cooing through the branches like a sleepy child, now roaring like the ocean; the winds blessing the forests, the forests the winds, with ineffable beauty and harmony as the sure result."
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funny
[Read the article: Anywhere that's wild]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Would we really make progress Tiberius by throwing you over the cliff?
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So what - I guess
[Read the article: The secret Iraq documents my 8-year-old found]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This kind of weak reporting, especially when it is posted for a time as Salon's headline, is a detriment. Dig deeper.
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mine deeper
[Read the article: The views of Iraq you weren't supposed to see]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm tired of these tepid reports. Look into the transcripts of your wife's dinners with her friends and you're likely to come across the word "dickless". Maybe she, or they, were talking about you, but I assuredly am. If you have press credentials and contacts deep enough to get you published on Salon, put those assets to work and give us something important to read about.
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the constitution will prevail
[Read the article: Why Bush hasn't been impeached]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How many of those who are polled actually vote? What is Bush's approval rating amongst those who actually wait in line for hours at the polls to pull the lever? Lower than 28 or 51? I don't know, but I want to believe that a very large majority of Americans revere the Constitution. The lunatic gun fringe waves the Constitution in the air after every mass murder. Any minority worker who wonders where their career isn't going can take the Constitution to court and get paid, big. If I'm climbing your back fence to steal your road bike and it gives way causing some physical damage to my person I could probably find someone who spent too much on law school to help me take away your BMW. But I can say what I want and I have the right to due process and if I can find the time on election day I can vote and really do something about the yes's and the no's I give to the pollers. And the Constitution, it has term limits. I think we should impeach Cheney and then Bush. Impeachment would renew our credibility with the rest of the world and maybe drum up some help for us from the international community in figuring out Iraq. Here at home though, we're tired. Consecutive presidents facing impeachment would make the Constitution seem too old, too fragile, too much like the Gregg Williams defense, too much like the Clemon's splitter, too much like Mickelson at the Open.
Good bye and good cups.
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you're falling for it
[Read the article: Right-wing blogger geniuses expose another journalistic fraud!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where's the information? Where's the analysis of that information? Who cares about these bloggers?
I want to read some real journalism from a press that will look at every issue from every angle and put forth a relevant basis for debate. Reporting so emotionally on this meaningless idiocy is just falling into the black scrum of today's trivial politics. Get up and dust yourself off. You've just been decked by a Rovian sucker punch. Do some reporting. Present some ideas. Give us something to really think about.
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presidential cigar
[Read the article: Fred Thompson, "tough guy" and "folksy cultural conservative"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You'd think that Fred Thompson, after having seen Bill Clinton finally define a role for the cigar in presidential politics, would keep his in his suit coat pocket. But could Fred and his handlers have noticed that Americans, however shocked by the images of their president finding time for toys, seemed to find some relief in the idea that a president could, and did, have a penis. Look into our mirror, the TV, and you will see us as we really are, naked, lustful, and lascivious. I would suggest that Hillary, in an attempt to prove herself an equal to Fred, Rudy, Gnut, and her darling Bill, throw her panties onto the stage at a Chippendales show. It's the Presidency at stake, we need to find someone with "values" who can really perform when its showtime. What's that little short, wimpy guys name? Dennis something from Ohio. He's got some great ideas and a consistent record. But we all know what he really needs. Some one out there with the wherewithall should give him one.
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youth - a line - age
[Read the article: I'm younger than that now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just stop blogging your head against the wall, get some modern tech to work on your knees, and spend some more time hiking with your Mom. I'd bet she could explain it all to you.
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your job?
[Read the article: We'll always hate Paris]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]spoiled media whore - nappy headed ho
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Gary
[Read the article: Our favorite murderer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How do you find time to watch television?