Letters to the Editor
gavbrown
Published Letters: 24
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One word
[Read the article: Salon interview: Harry Reid]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]p***y
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Thanks again and again
[Read the article: Right-wing blogger geniuses expose another journalistic fraud!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear Glenn,
Thanks for your in-depth reporting about the important yet overlooked issues of our day. Your ability to tie together all the patterns of behavior of the Vast Rightwing Conspiracy (VRC), including comparing their statements to reality, comparing their statements to their own past statements, bringing to the light of day the behind the scenes psychology that drives them, in a way that exposes the astounding stupidness, venality, and hypocrisy which seems to be at the heart of everything they do is much appreciated. Salon is a favorite news source for me (I'm in my second year of paid membership) and if I didn't have enough reasons to read it already, your column alone would be a strong incentive. Please keep up your excellent reporting, America needs it.
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The enduring mystery of our time
[Read the article: What's at stake today in the Senate's FISA filibuster vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Historians will long wonder why the Democrat controlled congress, given that they were elected to combat Bush, and given his weakness and now-laughable transparent scare tactics, was so unwilling to challenge him. In hindsight, it will seem so obvious that they could have won that experts will be unable to fathom why it didn't happen. All sorts of conspiracy theories will rise up about Bush blackmailing Pelosi and Reid in an attempt to explain the unexplainable. Future panels will be convened just to study this one aspect of our times. Millions will be spent trying to understand the phenomenon, the abject failure of the Democrats to stop Bush when they held all the cards. I hope these future historians are able to answer the question of why it happened. I watch in astonishment as it unfolds before me. I simply cannot explain it. It goes beyond gutlessness or expediency - it is something we don't yet fully understand. Perhaps it will even get a label - like "group think," which was applied to the Kennedy group who dreamed up the Bay of Pigs disaster as a way of describing the particular dysfunction that led a whole group of people to think and act irrationally.
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Aycharaych
[Read the article: What's at stake today in the Senate's FISA filibuster vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You asked why am I astonished, and I certainly see the Dems problems as going back a long way, to at least the Reagan era. But nobody can compare the admitted criminal acts and obvious lies of the current administration to any former government in the history of the U.S. It would be easy, given the will to do it, to impeach many top officials, hold criminal trials, and convict them using their own words as evidence. Nixon was toppled by his lack of credibility, yet these bums have done and said far worse. Yet not only are the Democrats unable to hold them to account for their crimes, they can't even stop them from shoving through unpopular legislation. The weakness they are showing, given that they actually have the upper hand, is, in my mind, unparalleled. That's why I'm astonished. How could they be any weaker? I just can't imagine.
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Glenn's Comment
[Read the article: What's at stake today in the Senate's FISA filibuster vote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]>>>Why do you think you can talk about The Motive of "Dems in Congress" as though it's one big monolith.
I hadn't thought of this. Perhaps that says it all. A divided Dem house cannot stand up in the way it needs to to turn things around. Still, I come back to the admitted criminality - I can't understand why anyone can have any opinion about this other than to go after the crooks.
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Austin Engineer
[Read the article: Amnesty Day for Bush and lawbreaking telecoms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Fucking assholes!"
I cannot add or subtract from the perfection that is this succinct expression of the disgrace that is our government and elected officials. I can merely repeat it. Again:
"Fucking assholes!"
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A Fitting Punishment for the House Dems
[Read the article: Exclusive capitulation report: House Democratic leadership circulates FISA bill]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They should be forced to read these comments.
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Hey, you, the Aide to Conyers reading this right now
[Read the article: Signs of life from House Democratic leaders]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please let him know that America wants telcom immunity blocked and for the Democrats to for F*** sake continue to fight against the criminals running our country. Thanks.
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To Glenn, Salon owners, msm, and Mukasey
[Read the article: Why doesn't the 9/11 Commission know about Mukasey's 9/11 story?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn's writing is the most important in the USA today. It is the strongest, most constant, most thorough, most patriotic voice fighting the rising tyranny in America. Glenn: thank you. Salon owners: this is why I subscribe. Msm: Glenn is the standard by which I measure you. Your current grade: F. Mukasey: you're a disgrace.
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It doesn't hurt to say it again
[Read the article: Have Republicans given up on FISA and telecom amnesty?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn, you did this. Your precise reporting on the Democrats' intransigence either shamed them into acting or exposed them to the point where they felt they couldn't hide behind the scenes any more. Note to any other reporters reading this: this is how you do it.
P.s. Let's not forget this isn't over. Eyes open.
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Impossible to describe
[Read the article: George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't even begin to describe the despair I feel at this simply traitorous act of the Democratic party. It's time for them to change their name. They are nothing but paid shills of the telcos.
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Thanks and I'm in
[Read the article: What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt mean by "bipartisanship"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's time for a Mighty Wind. Let's blow the Pelosi / Reid / Hoyer hacks out of office. I've never been angrier.
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By four p.m. today
[Read the article: What Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Fred Hiatt mean by "bipartisanship"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it will be time to look back and say, "Today's the day that fascist America truly started." It's our Reichstag fire.
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Here's what will change the paradigm
[Read the article: The baseless, and failed, "move to the center" cliche]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Someone will stand up for their liberal beliefs and will win big. Jeez, what a crap government we have because nobody's doing that. Obama - what an empty suit. Wake up, politicians - America is liberal, except for you, our stupid government, who doesn't listen to us or care about us.
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Another Loser Politician Shows His Loserness
[Read the article: The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Disgust.
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Keep it up Glenn!
[Read the article: Beltway myth: "The left-wing base" vs. "the American people" on Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hit 'em till they go ! I think the thing that gets me most about all this is their smugness. Smugness + Wrong is not a good combination. They'd get away with it if it were not for you and a few others.
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Headline I'd like to see
[Read the article: Today's coverup of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Bush, Cheney, et al, found guilty on millions of counts of espionage, sentenced to 12 trillion years in jail."
Subhead: "Steven Hawking says universe may not be around long enough for administration criminals to serve full sentence."