Letters to the Editor
Mauimom
Published Letters: 99 Editor's Choice: 8
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"without fully investigating . . ."
[Read the article: What did Bob Woodward know and when did he know it?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's laughable (and criminal) that Libby et al. attempt to require that Fitzgerald be expected to "fully investigate," when they themselves were lying or withholding evidence such that he COULDN'T do so.
It's time for folks to point out that the core of Fitz's case against Libby was the obstruction of justice caused by his lying and withholding. Perhaps the same shoe fits Woodward.
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Crying Wolf
[Read the article: Donald Rumsfeld's retraction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Um, since Rummy's lied to us on everything before, we're supposed to believe he's stopped lying NOW???
Y'see, this is the kind of hole you dig for yourself . . . .
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Perhaps
[Read the article: The sixth-year swoon]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Perhaps the George Bush brain-addled Americans find so "likeable" is the one who hates his job and really would like to be home slumped in front of the tv. [Of course Bush gets to live out this scenario -- replace tv with bike -- so maybe that's another element of his "likeablity."]
It seems REALLY clear to me that Bush has grown tired of "this Presidential thing," particularly now that the responsibility chickens are coming home to roost.
George likes the pomp, circumstance and ordering everybody around. He hates having to read, think or understand. ["This WILL be on the test."]
For a long time he's been the willing "hood ornament:" happy to be out there looking pretty while able to leave anything more strenuous than bike-riding to the all-too-willing Cheney, Rove, Rice et al.
The college analogies of previous writers are apt. I'd like to add one: the rich, stupid legacy who pays others to take exams and write "his" papers. Only now has he figured there's an oral [sorry] exam in which he might have to face questioners without "help."
Look also at the language of his speeches and interviews. He talks ONLY in cliches and repeats certain words over and over [freedom, strong; Cheney gave a "strong" explanation of the shooting -- what's THAT???] as though he's hanging on to them desperately until help frees him from the situation.
I despise the guy and fear for everything he's done to this country. The hell he feels he's in trapped in his job is nothing to compared to what we'll have to endure for generations.
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While we're waiting . .
[Read the article: For folly, billions; for survival, pennies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]While we're waiting for the Cowardly Congress to warm to the idea of censure, perhaps we could pick up a new war cry: repeal the Bush tax cuts.
Every story about a segment of the US that's going to hell because of inadequate funds should include a segment on what could be done with funds recaptured by repealing the Bush tax cuts. We need to link this idea again and again to the disaster that's become of our country under Republican rule.
We might even create a catchy new slogan: "if they like this war so much, let 'em pay for it." Lord knows, the majority of the American public DOESN't like this war, yet we're being forced to pay for it.
Let's make a deal: repeal the tax cuts, use that money for Iraq, and redirect everything in the current budget going to Iraq [oh, wait, I forgot, they're not including Iraq in the budget -- but you get the idea] to domestic needs.
Instead of raising the debt ceiling, repeal the tax cuts.
Remind the public again and again who benefited from the tax cuts. Point out the growing disparity in income. Put a number on the "recapture" funds.
Folks are hurting. They know things are going from bad to worse. This is a way for Democrats to identify a step in the right direction, and expose Republicans as the selfish, pander-to-the-rich nobobs they are.
BTW: excellent column as usual, Joe.
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I Don't Agree
[Read the article: Jon Stewart, John McCain and "Bullshit Town"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't agree!
First, I'm not enamoured with McCain. [I'm particularly troubled by his anti-abortion stand.]
Second, I thought Jon Stewart was entirely too EASY on McCain: it was like a 10 minute "free add" or love note that McCain got to send out to all Daily Show viewers.
Please Jon, no more!!!
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Was this NIE one of ten, of 20, of 100
[Read the article: The deception Bush can't spin]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Let's "assume" that there was one NIE "friendly" to the Administration's Iraq position and 10, 20, 100 totally refuting their POV. So Bush gets to "declassify" and disseminate the one that supports him while prosecuting anyone who dares to "leak" the other, acccurate ones?
This sounds like a perfect formula for "gin me up an NIE for my position, guys. The hell with the other ones."
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On second thought
[Read the article: The truthiness hurts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've been riding a rollercoaster of emotions over the Colbert speech: first, exhilarated over his performance, excited over the prospect that it would be discussed and celebrated in the "media," then totally bummed at the crickets Sunday morning.
But now, after reading the many blogs dissecting the MSM's ignoring of Saturday night's "main event," I'm starting to feel some joy: Colbert has given us a "two-fer", a spot-on roast of King George AND a wholly accurate picture of the sycophantic media. The WaPo, NYT, Tweety et al. have all painted their own portraits via their silence on this important news event.
Actions speak louder than words, and those folks are producing a real shout-out.
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Just in time for commencement
[Read the article: Maverick -- or panderer?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Liberty University, the Virginia higher education institution"
There should be quotes around "higher education." Can you imagine what the "graduates" of this place offer to a prospective employer?
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Speculation
[Read the article: Death of a useful demon]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hmmmm, let's see now: native Iraqi insurgents didn't like Zarqawi; his location was "given up" by someone in Iraq.
Wouldn't it be ironic if Iraqi insurgents step forward to claim the $25 million price on Zarqawi's head -- and then use the funds to buy more IEDs, etc.?
Yeah, tinfoil hat I know, but did they put a "morals clause" in that reward offer? And given the admin's long list of prior incompetencies, you've gotta admit it's not THAT far-fetched.
<<snark>>.