Letters to the Editor
Kitt
Published Letters: 2729
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Karen
[Read the article: The foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt, your reply
made me realize that I had not really explained why I assumed I would have to be labeled an "ideologue." It's because from the beginning of Bush's administration, I really didn't have much of an open mind left about how he would govern. I will admit, though, that it increasingly became clear it would be much worse than I could have imagined. So, by the time 9/11 occurred I was already in the other camp, and was one of the 10% who did not "rally 'round" the president after his photo-ops at Ground Zero.
[My use of "lucky" about myself was meant to be ironic.]
No, I understood that "lucky" was meant to be ironic. I read that great and hilarious rebuttal that Digby brought to your attention. So, since we both read it you can assume, that on this day, we are approaching this subject with equal irony.
I also understood that since you had read Molly Ivin's writings about bush you were already in the 10% tile from the beginning. So was I. I didn't really need any convincing that Bush and his administration were liars and fools. I knew that. What I think I did need was for them to put their foot so far into their mouths that they would choke on it. That was, it seemed to me, what Powell did at the UN.
So, since the MSM, the undecideds and all the rest ate that up, I figured it was the best shot I had at that time to help people see how mislead they had been.
I knew that my post wasn't directly addressing the spirit of your irony, and the question you put to us. I just shot from the hip since what I had to say would certainly be in the general spirit of what we're conversing about here.
Still, probably good that you clarified just in case anyone, other than me, misunderstood you.
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Che Pasa
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Strong nations don't have to torture, and for the most part, they don't.
Weak nations, like Libya, believe they must engage in torture.
-- Ché Pasa
I'm not so sure that Libya or other weak nations engage in torture because they 'believe they must'. I'm not sure why the US engages in torture. What evidence is there that it accomplishes anything beyond giving psychopaths their fix?
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anon#whogivesafk
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because you know, they're like so tolerant and peaceful and shit.
--Anonymous
How in deep in the cesspool does one need to be in order to legitimize whatever the US Government does in our name based on what someone else does, no matter how inhumane what it is that the someone else is doing?
Tell you what, Anon#whogivesafk, when someone you care about is the victim of torture tell us how okay that is with you since Libya does it too.
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Karen
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Blowing Them Back on Course would be a good name for a campaign to do just that. A few strains from the Dylan classic...
Which Dylan classic would that be? Times they are a' Changin'?
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Karen tech stuff
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt: Any chance that you are tech-savvy enough to help us out here?
-- Karen M
If you were asking me about the html tags, you've seen now that people stepped up and answered that one already. If you were asking about video or something I'm not so up on that. I'm not sure if that's what you meant. I thought it might be since you posted the question above the Dylan lyric link.
Speaking of lyrics, though, and being tech savvy, someone awhile back posted the tag that is used for making copy/pasted lyrics/poetry single spaced. Without the tag they come up being double spaced. You single spaced the Dylan lyric just now, Karen. I've forgotten what the tag was. Would you mind reposting that.
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Pedinska
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You should be able to see your finished product, complete with tags having done their job, in the preview. Maybe you need to scroll up to see it. One of my most frequently caught mistakes that I discover in preview has to do with tags. I forget to close one or I make some other typo that causes them not to work. Preview saves me.
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KB4
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Would anyone mind if I posted the results?
-- KB4Hire
Not me.
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Karen
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt..
You're asking about the line-break tab...
-- Karen M
Thanks for that.
As for the rest, I think the lyric, and all that you asked about, could turn out quite interesting. That bit of lyric you posted would be spot on.
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Another 9/11 Attack?
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I wrote the guy, bucky. I kept it simple. In the title I wrote, Are you insane? In the body I wrote, I have nothing to add. Since you wrote that we need another 9/11 type of attack you obviously are insane. It is not in question.
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Mark Schmitt's Plan
[Read the article: The brutal, uncivilized Libyans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mark Schmitt has a post at TPM. It is an excellent post which addresses your question as well:
That's the one Karen posted recently, and then again today.
It sounds like a solid idea. All aboard!
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Elephantdung
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Re: Rep. Jan Schakowsky's military advice. WTF? I say again, WTF? What the F does Jan Schakowsky know about military operations? Why didn't they send her neighbor to the north, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL). At least Kirk can fly an F-15.
I have a better mission for Rep. Schakowsky. Report back on how the scented candle busisness is doing in Baghdad. Or maybe how day care services are coming along. She could help with US supplies to lactose-intolerant seniors in Basra.
-- Elephantman
But yet somehow you fall all over yourself praising the opinions of Ken Pollock and Mike O'Hanlon. Even though their stated opinions over the past several years have been shown to be dead wrong again and again and again.
Can you explain why it is that you make stupid sexist remarks about Jan Schakowsky while you back two men who have proven themselves to be fools and or propagandists?