Letters to the Editor
glassangel
Published Letters: 11 Editor's Choice: 1
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Damn! You tricked me...
[Read the article: We'll always hate Paris]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]into reading an article about Paris Hilton. Until now, I've managed to completely avoid the subject. Like the Anna Nicole Smith story-- this AIN'T NEW, FOLKS!!!
Cintra, YOU of all people should know better than to give this matter any more attention. IGNORE her, and... Ok... it's not going away any time soon. Today's mass media resembles, more than anything else, the detached tail of a lizard, or leg of a daddy-longleg, which continues to twitch, distracting the would-be predator long enough for the intended target (in this case, the administration thieves who have COMPLETELY looted the nation treasury) to escape unscathed (ie, money securely stashed in numbered offshore accounts).
Let's not give this non-story any more credibility by even discussing it. Any points you may make will be entirely lost on anyone who does not already agree with you. In the eloquent words of Robinson Jeffers:
"Let boys want pleasure, and men
Struggle for power, and women perhaps for fame,
And the servile to serve a Leader and the dupes to be duped.
Yours is not theirs."
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Reminds me of the Seinfeld finale...
[Read the article: "The Sopranos" goes dark]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hardcore Seinfeld fans, if I remember correctly, HATED the finale. I, on the other hand, who frequently found myself so annoyed with the characters (especially Seinfeld himself) that I rarely tuned into the show, LOVED the episode-- primarily because it sent up those very character traits that I found so loathsome.
In the case of The Sopranos, I would ask: How often does real life feature a denouement?
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In the East SF Bay Area in the mid-1980s...
[Read the article: Will Cambodian food ever catch on in America?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...a few places opened up, and Cambodian food was supposed to be the "Next New Thing". Phnom Penh was said to be the "Paris of Southeast Asia" prior to the Vietnam War and Khmer Rouge. I tried a couple of places-- and they weren't kidding! The food was phenomenal! Gradually the Cambodian restaurants closed, and I'm not sure if any remain (I no longer live in that area of Northern California). I hope your article revives interest in the cuisine (and that enough individuals remember how to prepare it).
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Ten yead olds do NOT look like adults
[Read the article: "She liked to dress provocatively"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Period.
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Everyone knows...
[Read the article: Who invented calculus?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Archimedes invented calculus
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I have to agree with ER
[Read the article: Farewell, Bat Boy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Toward the end, the writers were getting a little too clever for their own good, and seemed too readily to opt for the turn-of-phrase, or tongue-in-cheek statement. Also, about a year ago, I ran across an ancient edition of WWN, and my suspicions about the change in tone of Ed Anger's columns was confirmed.
Even so, I do miss the time (perhaps imagined) when it was possible to distinguish between real news and outrageous fabrication (I promise I won't name any names, Mr. Murdoch).
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old school photo doctoring
[Read the article: Farewell, Bat Boy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the things I used to love about the WWN was the fact that, even after Photoshop was widely available for the forging of fraudulent news documents, WWN steadfastly stood by the old school cut-n-paste method-- even going so far as keeping the edges visible where the scissors cut the original image. You won't find old-world craftsmanship like that anymore...
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Reality TV
[Read the article: TV's triumphant overclass]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Being good is tantamount to being powerless, a nobody, the kind of person who fetches coffee for the women on "Cashmere Mafia" or the men on "Big Shots," the kind of person who loses on "Big Brother."
...and this is fictional, how?
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He's been the ONLY acceptable choice
[Read the article: Stop lying to yourself. You love Dennis Kucinich]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]since this whole circus began.
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Permanent realignments
[Read the article: How did that realignment work out for you, Republicans?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The operative phrase contained in the subheader, "for now", should be borne in mind:
I'm old enough to remember the predicted "permanent Democratic majority" that was predicted after the fall of the Nixon administration in 1974 with all its hubris.
The Republicans are still the reigning masters of the "hot button" wedge issues, from abortion to taxes (even though they seem to have a much greater problem with unnecessary spending) to "patriotism"-- whatever the heck they happen to mean when they hurl that particular accusation.
Don't count the Republicans out. Walk into any bar in America, and you'll find that the number one requirement for a chief executive is "kicking ass".
I only wish I was indulging in hyperbole.
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Proposition 8
[Read the article: A rough night for gay Obama supporters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not gay, but I am a strict believer in equal protection under the law. And the law confers special privileges upon married couples, so denial of the right for same-sex couples to marry is de facto discrimination against gay people.
Also, I object to a bunch of carpetbaggers from Utah dictating our state's constitution here in California.