Letters to the Editor
NotOrbitBoy
Published Letters: 307 Editor's Choice: 4
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@kitt
[Read the article: Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Problems with the link, sorry.
The story, however, is true. There's no need to make stuff about your candidates.
Obama suggested invading Pakistan, with or without Musharraf's approval. Pakistan has nukes. Obama has some sort of a plan. I'd like to hear more debate about it. Like, what do you salonistas think about it? Is it imperialistic? what's the exit strategy? will it improve our reputation around the world?
Additional Sources for the story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0132206420070801?&src=080107_1442_DOUBLEFEATURE_dozens_dead_in_iraq
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2182955.ece
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101233.html
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@L.W.M.
[Read the article: Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't think you're a dork, but you got something going on.
The source of the story is not Fox news, nor wikipedia.
All the presidential candidate's views re. foreign policy should be debated. This idea of obama's might get some Republican votes, maybe appeal to the center.
Why do you refuse to believe he proposed it?
Another link. Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-obama2aug02,0,5330469.story?coll=chi-newsbreaking-hed
or, google obama invade pakistan
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@bamage, @kitt
[Read the article: Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]kitt - you're splitting hairs. obama suggested military action inside Pakistan w/o the paki government approval. I'd like to hear more debate about obama's NOT AN INVASION plan, as opposed to Wright's AIDs+Genocide theory.
bamage - I like your use of the words "necessity" and "firm intelligence". Reminds me of the debate prior to the Iraq war. Including debates that pre-date the Bush presidency. Similar to billary's argument in favor of military action as well...She left out the cuss words though.
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@bamage
[Read the article: Why the Jeremiah Wright story deserves more attention]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fair enough. Cruise missiles only. No troops.
If Sen. Dodd's worst fears come to pass, and the actions you describe destabilize Pakistan, radical islamists seize control of the government, including the nukes...then what?
We would have to be ready to invade, to try and secure the nukes if nothing else.
After listening to Sen. Dodd, and others, talk about the implications of Obama's NOT AN INVASION plan, including the who cares what Musharraf thinks part,...I don't think he's ready to be president.
I think this is an excellent topic to debate.
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Answer and Question
[Read the article: The company he keeps]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your frustration over guilt by association is understandable. It is not, however, unique to African Americans. Wright is being criticized for statements he has made and positions he holds. Not because he is black.
To answer one of your questions;
1) Shall I stop watching Keith Olbermann because all those General Electric jet engines are killing innocent Iraqis?
Answer: No. You should stop watching pompous keith because; a) he's pompous, and b) GE is aiding Iran.
You State:
Any mention of Reverend Jeremiah Wright will signal to me everything I need to know about that person's moral and intellectual capacities.
Question:
When obama mentions wright in speeches and books he has written, what does that tell you about obama's moral and intellectual capacities?
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glenn "the myth maker" greenwald
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]glenn, have you no shame?
"Reagan's severe economic mismanagement"
"his disastrous foreign policy"
By what measure? How exactly do you reach either of the two conclusions above?
To do so, you need to disregard;
Economic Indicators
1980 – the year Ronald Reagan was elected
Inflation – 13.5%
Unemployment – 7.2%
1988 – Ronald Reagan’s final year in office
Inflation – 4.1%
Unemployment – 5.5%
Foreign Policy
For decades, the biggest foreign policy issue facing the US was the soviet union, the cold war. The threat of a nuclear war inspired the doomsday clock, multiple movies and television shows (where crazed generals invariably lost control and pulled the trigger) and carl sagan’s nuclear winter theory.
Today, in former eastern bloc countries, they tear down statues of lenin and stalin, and erect statues of Ronald Reagan.
Think our main stream media made them do that?
Reagan ended the cold war, despite the fear mongering from the left regarding his tactics. In the process he destroyed multiple lefty myths.
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weak comeback glenn
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Economy
Thanks for the link. In it I found another example of liberal's tendency to adopt any argument that furthers their cause;
"Indeed, since the Reagan years, the argument over the deficit has been turned on its head. In the 1980s, prominent liberal economists dismissed the significance of government red ink to head off the slashing of social welfare spending. Now, many liberal economists have become the fiercest deficit hawks to head off still more tax cuts."
Quoting a liberal professor like Brad DeLong is risky. They have a terrible record regarding what makes an economy work. Prior to the fall of the soviet union, they claimed that the USSR had a strong economy. After the fall of the soviet union they claimed that the USSR's economy was the cause of the fall, no credit should be given to Reagan. Yet another example of liberal's shifty arguments.
Foreign Policy
Dead bodies are no small issue. Reagan intervened in Central America, where people were killing one another. Maybe he should have just let it go? Sent jimmy carter there to fix it?
Reagan didn't let it go in the soviet union, where tens of millions have been killed, many more forced to work in slave camps.
Iran: in his effort to free American hostages, Reagan most likely broke the law. He also violated his stated position of refusing to negotiate with terrorists.
How about asking the former hostages what they think about the whole ordeal?
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Cheney
[Read the article: Obama Veepstakes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The deomocratic vp candidate should be Dick Cheney.
Otherwise, you guys won't have anything to b$*ch about.
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The Throne
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What would it take?
A royal appointment. If she were made King, that would probably satisfy her. At least for awhile. I don't know how long it would take before she decided to extend her empire.
And don't call her queenie either.
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@Walter
[Read the article: What does Hillary want?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What make you think she'd need one?
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Depravation
[Read the article: Neocons and the truth: Bitter enemies to the end]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"the truly depraved extremist group that brought us the invasion of Iraq"
I take it you're not a hillary supporter.
hillary's argument for the war: http://clinton.senate.gov/speeches/iraq_101002.html
What do you think about obama's plan to attack terrorist camps in Pakistan?