Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 1824
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@ greggy44
[Read the article: Gonzales' Fan Club of One]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You are informative, on your game with a wonderful, "I just-call-it-as-I-see-it" virtuosity.
<*Aw shucks*> Thanks. Stick around here. Glenn (and others such as the Pauls, sysprog, JaO, DClaw1, WT, bebob-o, and really so many more I can't remember 'em all in my senescence [please don't be offended if I missed anyone, folks]) all do a wonderful job, each in their own way, and keep the "project" moving forward. Glenn is a virtuoso with words, and far more prolific than I am with original and thoughtful stuff ... and the world is starting to take notice. And Glenn's new book ought to be out in a month or so. Welcome aboard!
Cheers,
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@ Jack
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Second, CK is not on equal footing with Obama....
The "It's OK, I'm an eedjit and a hypocritical hack" excuse. Corollary of "IOKIYAR" (some would say there's a formal identity, but it's never been proven within the system).
Cheers,
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@ Jack
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Arne no doubt was spouting off about this minutes after it happened. No one cares...
... to find out the truth of a matter they assert before ... ummmm ... "spouting off".
Sad to say, some do care ... but some obviously don't.
Cheers,
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@ david sugarman
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]who listens to him? and what difference does he make?
None. Now go away. Nothing happenin' here. <*cluck* *cluck* *bwaaaawk*>
Cheers,
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@ Paul Rosenburg
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Arne: Both Cuba and Venezueala have requested that Posada be turned over for trial there.
Actually not. Cuba knows how a request from them would be spun, so they've bowed out.
Thanks for the correction. I do know that Cuba has publicly referred to him as a terrorist (and with seemingly good reason).
Luis Posada Carriles's return to Miami was, according to the Ess Eff Cronk, "hailed by some in Miami who view him as a freedom fighter".
Cheers,
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@ DClaw1
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What amazes me is that Mr. Samson would record such naked thoughts, in an email no less. Much like there's a difference between expert and hack lawyers, there's a difference between smart and not-so-smart bureaucrats.
Makes me wonder what kind of amazing stuff is in all those "lost" RNC emails.
Indeed. I bet they though those were untouchable. And they have just the hubris (and consequent carelessness) to lay it all out there,
Cheers,
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@ usmlrf
[Read the article: Charles Krauthammer takes rank hypocrisy to new lows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The added value I see in GG's posts is a) eloquently dismantling their arguments, b) figuring out how they think in order to better defeat them on the political playing field.
Glenn actually does a fair bit of this; in particular linking to Altemeyer's research. But understanding that a psychotic is hearing hallucinations doesn't prevent you, in polite company even, from saying that there are none. Expounding on reality (particularly to the passing observers) under such circumstances is never wrong.
I'm not sure that "figuring out how they think" from a quasi-rational standpoint (and how they manage to "rationalise" it) is worth the mental effort though. Understanding why they think what they think may be interesting (as Altemeyer's work is), but as long as there's no cure, not particularly helpful either.
No, as Jack here shows in spades, Haldol may be the only recourse. The purpose of the deconstruction of their "logic", and the ridiculing of their twisted views, is for the benefit of the passers-by, to prevent people from getting suckered in. The poison left by their babble is pernicious if not immediatey and decisively countered and buried; I was told yesterday by my sweetie (who's quite a leftist) that most of the fired USAs were Democratic. Where'd this come from? You folks that have been paying attention know. This is what we're up against, and it's what Glenn keeps hammering on from all directions, as well as he can. If you don't like his approach, I wish you'd offer a new one. We're not trying to "convert" Jack here. He's a goner (and thankfully seems to have slunk off). It's that rest of the folks out there, and we need to use every tool at our disposal to do it (seeing as the MSM is in bed with the Bushies, as Glenn has repeatedly pointed out).
Clear now?
Cheers,