Letters to the Editor
Abagadro
Published Letters: 19 Editor's Choice: 4
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"All-in fests"
[Read the article: Requiem for a poker game]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]TV coverage is not representative of actual tournament poker. They are "all-in fests" because those are the most dramatic hands and are therefore shown as part of television coverage. Showing someone raising three times the big blind and then taking a small pot with a flop bet just isn't compelling television so isn't shown despite being the bread and butter of tournament play. Internet poker and televised tournaments have injected millions of players into the game. It has changed its dynamics, but hardly "destroyed" it.
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Officer Oscar
[Read the article: Hot off "The Wire"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The "was that really him" moment I had in the show was Roscoe Orman (Gordon from Sesame Street) as Officer Oscar (coincidence?), the guy who helps out Freamon and McNulty.
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Courtroom
[Read the article: Hot off "The Wire"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Of course the courtroom scene wasn't "realistic." Writers of television fiction (particularly those unfair crammed into 10 episodes for a season) need to get the essence of reality across in a highly time-compressed fashion. There is no way Clay could go off on his little speech during direct testimony (although you would be surprised how much latitude witnesses are given at times), but you better believe that the central concepts would be interwoven into the context of such a trial and effectively brought together in a closing by a high-priced defense attorney. It was therefore accurate in its impact, if not its presentation.
Crabbing by those who do work in "the world" presented in The Wire has always struck me as silly in the context of a work of fiction and now that it has tread in my particular world it has confirmed to me that complaining about such things completely misses the point of not only the point being driven home but the very nature of televised fiction.
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National Journal
[Read the article: National Journal's ideological ranking of Obama rears its ugly head]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone else think that the National Journal may jigger its methology on these studies just to increase its own profile? It seems somewhat odd that the presumptive nominee seems to alway be "OMG THE MOST LIBERAL" when anyone paying attention to these people's positions know that they fall to the conservative side of several other Senators. I know the "fourth most liberal Senator" (which in the grand scheme of things isn't particularly liberal) doesn't have the same punch so it makes me wonder.
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Ma na ma na
[Read the article: Gary Gygax's final quest]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No H's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lgcQUQZBtE
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Oh, and the original
[Read the article: Gary Gygax's final quest]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYFFEf_ohc&feature=related
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Texas
[Read the article: Poll closing times and delegate counts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"part of the state is in the Central time zone, while another part is in the Pacific time zone"
Unless Texas has significantly expanded, it's western most tip is actually in the Mountain Time Zone.
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Made in America
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw this at Sundance and it is a pretty powerful work (if in need of a few cuts). Seek it out if it manages to get some distribution or shows up on cable.
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90 minutes
[Read the article: TV Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The final ep is actually 90 minutes, not 2 hours.
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Sad as well
[Read the article: Hot off "The Wire"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sad as well that there will be no more The Wire. It was a singular achievement that it will be difficult to equal. The finale was a thing of beauty. So much poignancy and hopeless, futile circularity all rolled into one. Thank you Mr. Simon.
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She forgot to recite the proper question
[Read the article: McCain's "triumph" over a nonexistent heckler]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Mr. McCain, your candidancy has the momentum of a run-away freight train, why are you so popular?"
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Numbers appear to be adjusted
[Read the article: The financial costs of war]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those numbers are already clearly adjusted for inflation. The DoD budget in 1951/52 was 54/57B. If the comparison wasn't inflation-adjusted it wouldn't be a 14% diference, it would be 1000% diference.
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Gore and Hoton
[Read the article: Anti-Obama ad a winner for McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Horton issue in '88 was first brought up by AL GORE in his attempt to win the Democratic nomination. Sleazy politics have no party affiliation
Not exactly:
http://www.slate.com/id/1003919/
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What ever happened to George Miller's career?
[Read the article: Guillermo del Toro to make "Hobbit" films: Bleah!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]He just recently wrote/produced/directed Happy Feet which was quite successful and won him an Oscar.
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Cross-party appeal
[Read the article: Obama declares victory]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seems like not being a complete and utter incompetent would have a certain measure of cross-party appeal. Guess it all depends on what appeals to you. If you want public policies that have shown themselves to be utter failures on every level, I guess you can continue to run with that. Doesn't make much sense to me, but to each his own.
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Give me Five Bees for a Quarter
[Read the article: Another McCain gaffe]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm surprised he doesn't constantly talk about the time he wore an onion on his belt as it was the style at the time.