Letters to the Editor
sajwan
Published Letters: 487 Editor's Choice: 13
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Collaboration
[Read the article: Here's looking at you, "Kid"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Having enjoyed and studied fine arts for more years than I want to mention, it is clear to me the aesthetics behind the paintings are adult and demonstrate an adult understanding of abstract expressionism.
The most likely scenario is that the paintings are a colloboration between Marla and her Dad. Dad provides the canvas scale and proportion, prechosen or premixed paints of a color harmony or theme, directs Marla, providing/limiting colors as needed, and determines when paintings are complete, perhaps making adjustments himself as needed to "bring the painting together". Marla provides expressive brushstrokes, other playful exhuberance and natural talent with paint.
The video proof on her site is labeled in a misleading way, they are labeled start-to-finish, but are not, they are heavliy edited and not even to finish. The site states that Marla graduated from small paper pads to large canvases. How? When she was three years old did she suddenly say, "Dad, I need a professionally prepared 4 x 6 foot canvas?"
Since a four year old girl is involved people are blinded to the obvious. It is unfortunate the way this has evolved. This could have evolved alot more honestly and perhaps as successfully if it was presented as a colloboration between father and daughter.
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Huh?
[Read the article: Here's looking at you, "Kid"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Real talent frightens the bejesus out of most Americans, and our culture reflects that, in spades. -- tom payne
No, it doesn't.
Real talent is rewarded with absurd sums of money (take a look at sports). The issue in this case is two fold. One is the talent faked or mis-represnted and two when it comes to art, who is considered a hack, vs untalented vs a "real talent" has an infinite array of answers.
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moral terpitude
[Read the article: Brownback: Censure for Craig?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But moral terpitude is not enough to deny entry into the United States Congress. If it were, the joint would be empty. -- Garry Owen
Thanks, I needed a laugh.
To define that moral terpitude a little, a "quality" congress posesses is the expanding ablity to abdicate reponsibility. Congress and only Congress can start wars or military engagements, and determine the scope and funding of such engagements. In all cases they abdicate these responsibilities and "delegate" these decisions to the administrative branch. This isn't delegation of duty but dereliction of duty, driven by cowardice which they hope is effctively masked by useless non-binding censures.
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Turtle vs the Hare
[Read the article: How did the T get in LGBT?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The only thing I am sure of is that human sexuality has always been screwed up. Quick searches on the internet will quickly uncover weirdness if not total depravity regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. A quick search of rape statistics, jealousy murders and violence, viagra sales, penis, boob, or butt enlargement, other plastic surgery, divorce statistics, marriage and relationship counseling, and not to mention media and advertising manipulation of societies wacked out dance with it's own sexuality are all pretty good indicators of where humanity is with sex.
Passing laws against sexual descrimination should be a no brainer, however society is certifiably insane when it comes to sexuality. The reality is we are a society insecure, fearful and sacredly protective of sex on the one hand and totally obsessed with sexual naughtiness and/or pervisity on the other. Damn, what I am trying to say is we are asking the asylum inmates (regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity) to come up with the new rules.
This is not to say people who are descriminated against should give up, but considering the field they are addressing impacts an individuals imperfect relationship with sex, going slow and patiently accumulating small victories may get them there quicker in the end.
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Sacred Cow
[Read the article: The liberal news media]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When Katie asked Condi Rice to confirm a Bush political smear against Kerry, she broke the sacred media cow, which was to never criticize the president. Ostensilbly because we are at war (which is not a valid reason), but maybe the reality is closer to the media being afraid of Bushs smear machine (look at Dan Rather), and extraordinary extraditions (ok not likely for a journalist, but might make them think twice. Fear of the whip is what controls the masses).
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[Read the article: The remaining GOP base -- the 30%'ers and the Broder/Ignatius pundit]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]@Denning
Man when you list it out, even though not a complete list, it still is jaw dropping to see what these folks have gotten away with and continue to get away with.
@shooter
I always thought shooter might have been a plant, a punching bag, to get peoples debating skills honed, but the martyr complex speculation sounds as good as any. And I know, I know, don't feed the trolls...who neither grasp nuance or the will to grow understanding.
@rush
I'd like rush to answer this question, how many pundits, soldiers, politicians, or "personalities" have called soldiers who support the war phony soldiers?
@God
I talk to God and alot of times I'm angry, and come on, it's God we're talking about here, creator of the universe, if he can't take a little bit of my anger... anyways he has never told me what to do, even when I wanted him to. Instead he's told me (ok I intuited he told me) "I'm not living your life, it's your fukkin' life, go live it."
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It's all good.
[Read the article: Hot enough for you?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, Fox is on it. Besides all the cool wars and stuff we can have fighting commies, socialists, terrorists, and Islam over the oil in the Arctic, people with property well inland can look forward to having suddenly more valuable coastal properties.
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