Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 1824
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@ Elephantman
[Read the article: Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Amongst the dross and effluvium, we have this:
If Glenn Greenwald had an ounce of journalistc integrity, he'd deal squarely with the fabulous, textbook reporting done by the WSJ editorial writers on the Wolfowitz story.
The WSJ editorial staff are "reporters"?!?!? More like paid shills for the Republicans.....
Elephantman seems to overlook the acknowledged fact that Wolfowitz was up to his eyeballs in cronyism (and that various hangers-on are jumping ship for "new opportunities" like rats from a sinking ship).
Cheers,
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@ jhillr64
[Read the article: Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"My country right or wrong", would be also illustrative of the a priori defense of the collective.
My prior comments on this:
Many a time have I heard quoted to me Stephen Decatur's famous words:
"Our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be right; but our country, right or wrong."
I tend to favor the lesser known quote that one person, who would serve as one of our U.S. Presidents, gave in response when he had heard of the one that Decatur gave:
"I can never join with my voice in the toast which I see in the papers attributed to one of our gallant heroes. I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong. Fiat Justitia, pereat coelum [let justice be done though heaven should fall]. My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right."
-- John Quincy Adams, Letter to John Adams, August 1, 1816.
Cheers,
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@ RealName
[Read the article: Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In either case, I entreat you to go live in a place ruled by a guy like that, literally.
Look, I've been to Venezuela a couple of times. Yes, it's not Menlo Park. Yes, there's barrios clinging to the hillside on the highway into Caracas. But it's no worse than any other place in Latin America, and in many respects a whole lot better (try Sao Paulo, ferinstance, Honduras, etc.)
I'm tired of your unsupported sh*te about Chavez and Venezuela. Chavez has won far more elections than Dubya. He's ridden out a coup attempt possibly engineered and most probably encouraged by the U.S. Casting him as undemocratic and authoritarian in the face of the Dubya regime is just plain iggnerrent (and/or partisan). Casting him as wasteful in the face of the Dubya financial fiasco is just plain suicidally stoopid.
Am I making myself plain?
Cheers,
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@ shooter242
[Read the article: Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There is nothing to deflect. The facts are correct and we don't care. One guy has pleaded guilty to doing something Pat Leahy did, and providing classified information was also applauded by the left in the NSA leaks to the NY Times. IOKIYAD? The other was found guilty of perjury, to which the JURORS thought he should be pardoned. The rest is speculation and innuendo. That's the evidence of neo-con evil, yes? Big Whoop. I'll stack that up against Feinstein, Reid and Cool Cash Jefferson D-La any old time.
The Verizon story however is interesting. Commentary here will hopefully be illuminating. It seems to me that Verizon is claiming ownership of said information? What if users of cell phones have to sign EULAs for a service or be denied? The airwaves may be public but are useless without phones. Insulating one's self with agreements against this kind of suit would seem to be the next step. For that matter EULAs might be required for all sorts of things.
Whatever comes out of this move could be fun. God knows you people need to get over yourselves and do something constructive.
F*ck your tu quoque logical fallacies. F*ck your continued smears and sliming of good people (rest assured that if any Democrat even hinted at actual crimes, the Dubya maladministration's perverted DoJ woudl be all over them like flies on sh*te). "[S]peculation and innuendo"? Physician, heal thyself. You got a problem with Verizon, go write about it on your own f*cking blog and explain your position. Oh, no one would read such a bile of stinking manure? Well, that tells you something.
Most of all go f*ck yourself and your pathetic attempts to sidetrack serious discussion.
That's all I have to say, Shitter, except you'd better hope you never meet me in person.
Now do the world a favour and go FOAD (or at least get three limbs blwn off so you can vainly hope to develop at least some appreciation for what it means to be human). That's the most "constructive" you could ever hope to be.
Cheers,
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Clue-less-ness: (n). Continuing a sad song after everyone has left the building....
[Read the article: Neocons' rejection of the rule of law extends to the personal level]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... and "damning with faint praise":
[L.W.M.]: And some say Glenn Greenwald's trolls are the classiest on the internet.
[shooter042]: I had no idea we were the subject of discussion elsewhere in the blogosphere, but I for one will accept the compliment.
I'd note also the classic snip out of context. "Shooter" hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Which accounts for his other post on how rosy everything is. Damn fool doesn't even know he is singing a sad song.
Cheers,