Letters to the Editor
red_gti2000
Published Letters: 368
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@HP
[Read the article: Obama can't close the deal ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I live in downtown Philly, and it is a major concern of black voters, they are waiting to get screwed."
If it makes you feel better, be assured that the great majority of Americans feel that they are also being "screwed" -- although in different ways.
This is a critical election for the Dems -- which is why I'm really so pissed off at the Hard Left. The real question here should be "Can The Democrats Seal The Deal?". It looks more and more like they cannot.
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@david s
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton's bionic quest continues]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"but Pennsylvania was too Catholic, too low class, too bigoted, to stupid and too old-womanish to vote to escape the pig-sty they are used to"
As they say in spanish: El pez muere por la boca.
"A fish dies by its mouth."
Good luck with that in the general. The GOP should look to your post and use it in an ad about the "Elitist Liberals" of the Democratic Party. I certainly would, lol.
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Five Stages of Grief
[Read the article: What should Obama do about Rev. Jeremiah Wright?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
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Meh
[Read the article: How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know one thing for sure. How AA's have been voting during this primary and what they've been posting on the forums has definitely made them more suspect in my eyes. Let's just say that civility will remain, but the chances of anything beyond that are greatly diminished. It would be better if we just agreed to keep our personal spaces separate -- and leave it at that.
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@AJCalhoun
[Read the article: How Hillary Clinton botched the black vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]With pleasure.
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Heh, it's obvious who doesn't like the idea of a gas holiday
[Read the article: Obama is wrong about the gas tax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1) Economists (well-paid, no doubt) hate it. But they aren't directly affected like truckers are.
2) Liberal Elites -- who get their ideas from (1). And they can easily afford higher prices anyway.
3) Pro-Obama Blacks. But they're mostly urban dwellers who take public transport, so they aren't directly affected either and can take their cues from (1) and (2).
Economists hate it because "it sends the wrong message". They say that we should have higher taxes to encourage energy conservation. They conveniently do not mention that the whole US economy has evolved for decades around cheap energy. Raise the price of energy high enough, fast enough, and you do not give the economy time to adapt. You kill it.
This is something the people who are directly affected understand. They want more energy-efficient vehicles -- they just can't buy them now. They want to move closer to their workplace or to areas that offer public transportation -- they just can't move now. They need time to adapt. That's why it's called a tax holiday. Not a repeal of the gas tax.
But the (1) and (2) -- in their great wisdom -- believe that the "rabble" is stupid and will never change unless they are forced to change. And so we must make them pay more and feel the pain. Only then will they do what they should be doing. Talk about Liberal Fascism...
Obamabots are so enlightened.
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@Fester
[Read the article: Obama is wrong about the gas tax]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The market is signaling a rise in commodity prices in general, with energy products being hammered on because they are the easiest to manipulate. These are futures markets, remember? The long-term trend in commodities is definitely upwards because of the increasing wealth of Chinese, Indian, Russian, Brazilian consumers, etc., which leads to greater demand for more upscale goods and food. Commodities in the world market are still priced in US dollars, so the weakness of our currency compounds the problem.
The US -- as a whole -- has no choice but to move towards drastically improved energy efficiency to survive in the new globalized economy. This is a given. How we move towards that goal is the question. I believe that it will take a major restructuring of the whole productive system -- as well as a major change in our cultural mindset -- to even just take the first step towards that goal.
But these changes cannot be implemented by government planners for one simple reason: the environment is constantly changing. By the time the planners have completed the details of their plan it will have become obsolete. The government has to trust the individual to do the right thing. And for this to happen the government has to stop manipulating the environment in which the individual is making his choices.
An example of this manipulation is the government subsidy for hybrid cars. At first glance it is a great idea, but it is inherently unfair for the rural population because hybrid cars are only more efficient than pure gasoline cars during stop-and-go traffic. On a long highway drive at steady speed the pure gasoline car is actually more energy efficient than the hybrid. So, in essence, the (poor) highway-driving rural population is subsidizing the purchase of hybrids for the (rich) stop-and-go driving urban population.
The main point of my argument is there are innumerable facets towards actually fixing this system. And a great many "progressives" will find, to their dismay, that if it is actually fixed they may not like what they see.
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@Shapiro
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Oblivion"?
Really?
I would wait until after the general in November before making any predictions of HRC drifting off to "oblivion".
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@sugarman
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ahh, in response to your last reply to me (in another thread), in which you stated that "that's the problem with illegal immigrants -- they become legal and get to vote".
Here is my measured reply:
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So much for "bringing together the Democratic Party".
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lol, that didn't come out right
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just for you, then, sugarman:
http://www.textfiles.com/art/afinger.txt
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@grape
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Definitely!!!
That should be worth around 20 pcs of silver...
lol. couldn't resist. :P
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@sugarman
[Read the article: Night lands Clinton closer to oblivion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good reply. I see that lately X. Hutman & Co. are in "reunification mode" -- now that Obama's won. lol. Pretty slick.
Not changing my mind, though. Will not reward bad behavior.