Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 1824
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@ andyonions
[Read the article: Michelle Malkin's hate sites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seems like it's you that need the remedial course in practical logic:
You [Glenn] posited the following "logical train":
(1) Standard X is dishonest and corrupt.
(2) Those who advocate Standard X and apply it to others should also have it applied to themselves.
From what logic does that "should" come from?
Because if they don't, they're disingenuous, farkin' hypocrites and aren't worth pissing on if their hair is on fire. I'll agree that no one is going to make them behave. That doesn't mean we have to treat them (or their spoutings) with respect. Hope that clears it up.
Then again, you may be of the opinion that hypocrisy itself is no sin as long as it doesn't violate the formal rules of logic. I'd point out that, under the formal rules of logic, once you let one 'bad apple' in, you can 'prove' pretty much anything you want (including "2=1"), which kind of takes the sheen off of the Platonic ideal of "formal logic" divorced from any practical restraints.
Cheers,
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A kernel of truth from Sh**ter...
[Read the article: Michelle Malkin's hate sites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, it's not complicated. Retribution and revenge are as old as mankind.
And so are hypocrisy and cluelessnes. As Sh**ter and and the Rethuglicans demonstrate for all four qualities on a daily basis. As for Glenn's own "retribution and revenge", I see no signs of that. Shooter seems to think he's "retributing" for sumptin'.... but then again, see Rethuglican attribute #4.
Cheers,
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Sh**ter lie #23,649
[Read the article: What were the pre-2005 "other intelligence activities"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]OK let's see if you can do anything besides being a jerk. Here's the WaPo article conceding Bush would have won even if the limited recounts went ahead. Keep in mind that under Florida election law only machine counts are valid.
<*BZZZZT*> Nope. No ducky for Sh**ter. Florida standard is (as was true in Texas in a bill that Dubya signed that specifically allowed "dimpled chads") "clear intent of the voter". No requirement whatsoever that the ballot be machine-readable (and in one notable case, the Florida courts held that ballots that had been marked in ink rather than pencil making them unreadable by the machines could be remarked in pencil and counted). And Florida specifically allows for manual recounts.
IOW, Sh**ter is blowing sh*te out his a$$ here.
This is so uncontrovertible that one has to wonder WTF Sh**ter thinks he's doing here spewing this outrageous falsehood other thna trying to gum up the discussion.
Cheers,
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Shouldn't someone tell Lieberman....
[Read the article: The mainstream, sane, serious Joe Lieberman]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]... that the reason the crazy RW Cris'shuns are so hot'n'heavy on supporting Israel is that they figure that Israel has to be immolated in the War of Armageddon (Har-ma-Giddon, IIRC) with their "enemies" before Christ comes with flaming sword to install "His Kingdom on Earth" (and the Jews that aren't killed can all just go suck eggs)?
Cheers,
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Ummmm.....
[Read the article: The mainstream, sane, serious Joe Lieberman]
[Read more letters about this article: Here][Glenn, from the post]: the Lieberman/Hagee view that God willed it to Israel and can never be negotiated even if it means war?
Hagee wants and welcomes war. All-out war.
Cheers,
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@ Bryan Hayward
[Read the article: The mainstream, sane, serious Joe Lieberman]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pedinska, you said:
[Stewart's and Colbert's] use of humor to expose the hypocrisy on the right is invaluable because it reaches folks who would never consider reading the more serious takes presented by Glenn, Digby and others whose words deserve at least as much exposure.
I wonder if the writers of those shows take some cues from "the more serious takes" you mention. It is hard to imagine those guys nail neocons so well, so often, without some help.
Oh, they get help. From the Rebooblican politicians or from the master himself, Dubya. Believe me, nowadays, these people's shows just write themselves.
Cheers,
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FISA updates
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here][Glenn]: Svensker - There is a new claim that when two Terrorists chat with one another, and they are both outisde the country, sometimes their call gets routed through the U.S., and in those circumstances, FISA - as it currently exists - requires a warrant (since the call physically enters the U.S.). They want to change that so that they can eavesdrop on foreign-foreign calls with no warrant even where it enters the U.S. I don't know enough about that argument yet.
This change I agree with. The 50 USC § 1801(f)(2) geographical locus of intercept provision makes little sense in today's realm of modern telecommunications (and is no real protection anyway to any individual). What worries me is what else the maladministration might try to sneak in along with that (dropping standard for "probable cause", data mining, retroactive immunity, etc.). Like a Constitutional convention, you may get what you want, but you need to watch out for the things you don't want.
Cheers,
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Perjury charges
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree that pursuing perjury charges is not worthwhile. I think it is taking our eyes off the ball (warranted though it may be).
In fact, I suspect that the maladministration would welcome such, and that Gonzo may be doing a bit of "Bring 'em on" here:
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/07/doj-explains-ags-dissembling-and-its.html#1871312510369828542
Cheers,
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Some eedjit wrote:
[Read the article: The leak designed to save Alberto Gonzales]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But let's be clear here. Eavesdropping, wiretapping, listening to conversations is NOT datamining. Hayden makes the distinction clearly no matter how much Glenn wants to not look foolish. We've already had the datamining conversation. Nobody seems to think that linking telephone numbers is illegal.
50 USC § 1801
(n) "Contents", when used with respect to a communication, includes any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, substance, purport, or meaning of that communication.
Cheers,
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Shooter's called in reinforcements for the "surge"....
[Read the article: The leak designed to save Alberto Gonzales]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]IC that the troll Seixon has been reassigned to duty here.
Cheers,
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@ Seixon
[Read the article: The leak designed to save Alberto Gonzales]
[Read more letters about this article: Here][Seixon, to me]: I'll be whatever you want me to be.
I don't want you to be an eedjit and a dissembling, obfuscating, annoying troll. You're doing that all on your own. Please stop, and thanks in advance for your consideration and co-operation. Just a word to the wise: Calling Glenn a liar won't make you very welcome.
Cheers,