Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 237 Editor's Choice: 16
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Obama doesn't have to go negative
[Read the article: The GOP's cheerful viciousness]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where the heck are the surrogates of the Democratic Party? They can easily attack McCain and Palin, in sharp personal tones. They will if Obama will let them off the leash. When Wesley Clark told the truth about McCain, Obama cut him off like he was a gangrenous limb.
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This isn't about the consensual sex
[Read the article: The sexual politics of offshore drilling]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is about the forced sexual acts one of the employees inflicted on a subordinate. The Department of Justice refused to prosecute. Why? They won't say.
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As to Tyler Cowan
[Read the article: Obama comes out swinging]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I pointed out on his blog that he did not identify the salient reason for the failure of regulation under Bush: industry capture of the regulatory apparatus. This is the cause of the idiot regulation and the enormous delay and increasing costs Cowan cites as proof that regulation has increased.
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Read Robert Burton
[Read the article: Single funniest blog post I ever read]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Robert Burton explains it all in "My Candidate, Myself", today.
These people really are not like Glenn Greenwald. As Burton says, "Despite the fact that students in the top quartile fairly accurately estimated how well they did, they also tended to overestimate the performance of others. In short, smart people tend to believe that everyone else "gets it." Incompetent people display both an increasing tendency to overestimate their cognitive abilities and a belief that they are smarter than the majority of those demonstrably sharper."
Ed Morrisey really thinks he is smarter than Glenn Greenwald. His readers think that too. How do you reason with that?
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It doesn't matter who owns the CDO
[Read the article: How to give struggling homeowners a break]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The good thing about the bankruptcy program is that it doesn't matter who holds the mortgage or in what form. The bankruptcy court gives notice of the attempt to rework the mortgage to the servicing company, which is required to know who to contact. Once that is done, it is up to the holder to come forward and object to the proposal of the Debtor. If they don't object, the court just approves the proposal. Then the revised amount of money goes to the servicing company which distributes it in accordance with the instructions it was given. No one has to consent, it just happens.
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No I don't care.
[Read the article: Lindsay Lohan is dating a woman, and grass is green]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not only do I not care, I can't believe I clicked through after reading the lead on the front page. Isn't there some economic melt-down out there?
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I know, I know
[Read the article: The people in urgent need of long-term banishment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As the heroic freedom-fighter Mark Levin so memorably put it: "If conservatives don't stand up to this, who will?"
The heroic Democrats, under the leadership of the Stalwart Band of Pelosi, Hoyer, Emmanuel and Reid!
Oh. You mean no one.
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@ papabotts
[Read the article: Hard times at the bottom of the Bush economy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is a really good piece, very informative and well-written. Good on you for the old folks.
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Post Hoc, Propter Hoc, anyone?
[Read the article: The Goldberg Theorem: Dow skyrockets due to likely Obama victory]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cause and effect are so hard for the repubs to untangle, it requires that scientific thing, and that's so hard, what with the thinking and testing and stuff. Better to pull this stuff out of the air.
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Rahm Emmanuel Picked this Guy
[Read the article: Scandal-plagued Rep. Mahoney may not seek reelection]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We had a real progressive run to run against Mark Foley, a guy named Dave Lutrin. Rahm Emmanuel hand-picked Mahoney, whose history is that he was a republican who switched parties to run against Mark Foley, whose history we need not repeat. Rahm made sure Mahoney had plenty of money, and he beat Lutrin in the primary, despite the efforts of progressive blogs.
Mahoney voted with Bush regularly. I'm not sorry to see him go, maybe we can get a decent Democrat to run in this district.
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Reap what they sow
[Read the article: Dissecting Cindy McCain's private world]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with Greenwald in the abstract but we are living in a world created by the MSM and the GOP slime machine.
Certainly Cindy McCain's drug abuse, investments with Keating etc are relevant to this campaign -- in which she has become one of the slime hurlers with her 'cold chills' and all.
The stuff about her cold marriage should be no news to anyone who has watched them on stage -- she does fine, but he can't even fake it -- and it is really irrelevant and should be left alone in the press.
This article like the last one the NYT did on McCain's sleezy love life with lobbyists will of course HELP McCain -- either the NYT is in the tank or they are really really stupid.
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How does this work mathematically?
[Read the article: Equal-opportunity adultery]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From the article:
the lifetime rate of infidelity for men over 60 increased to 28 percent in 2006, up from 20 percent in 1991. For women over 60, the increase is more striking: to 15 percent, up from 5 percent in 1991.
In 1991, 20% of men admitted to infidelity compared to 5% of women. If by infidelity we mean only cheating on a spouse, it looks like 15% of males slept with unmarried women, or that the women were really into infidelity at a much higher rate than men. Does that seem likely?
In 2006, the 28% of unfaithful men had a larger number of companions in infidelity, at 15% of married women, but it still means that 13% of unfaithful men slept with unmarried women. That still doesn't seem likely.
I conclude that generally married women don't confess to infidelity even in presumably safe environments.
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The country is in good hands
[Read the article: An open apology to boomers everywhere]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not talking about Obama, though I was thrilled with his win. I'm talking about the young people I met in Athens, OH, where I worked on Voter Protection, the Ohio U. College Dems, the future of the nation. Organized because they organized themselves, involved because they involved themselves, and ready to pick up the reins when we boomers move to Florida. Wonderful people.
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Insight from outside.
[Read the article: Why churches fear gay marriage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Rodriguez talks about this issue as a religious person, and is the first person I have seen offer something beyond the ludicrous talking points. The religious people state their view, that homosexual marriage threatens heterosexual marriage, or threatens the sanctity of marriage, or strikes at the roots of society. But, there is nothing beyond the mere statement. If you ask why or how, they got nothing.
I would love to hear an extended explanation of the talking point from someone with some credibility in the conservative evangelical community.