Letters to the Editor
sajwan
Published Letters: 487 Editor's Choice: 13
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While we're at it
[Read the article: Jonah Goldberg's deeply "conflicted" thoughts on war and torture]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the myriad problems with torture is it assumes guilt. The line of reasoning of torture requires that the person be guilty because they are being tortured. I mean our government wouldn't torture a non-terrorist, right? Right?.
Since everyone who is tortured is a terrorist then wouldn't everyone accused of being a rapist, murderer or child molester also require torture? Equally as bad as someone who kills innocent people is someone who rapes children. Even so, we have not devolved to the point where we torture those we accuse.
Well anyways not since the Salem witch trials.
In that age being called a witch necessitated torture, in this day the new term is "terrorist". "Terrorist", the magic term that eliminates the need from having to act as a noble people.
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Your tax dollars at work fighting terrorism.
[Read the article: Ron Paul distortions and smears]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"A 21-page draft of a new report by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee obtained by the AP estimates that the Iraq and Afganistan wars have cost the average U.S. family of four more than $20,000"
Language is interesting. You can use the word "terror", in any phrase like "war on terror" or "terrorist" and suddenly all things are possible; torture, ignoring the constitution, privacy, unitary power instead of balance of power, dumb wild assed spending (see title above) and so on.
Regrettably, another bug-a-boo word is "taxes", taxes being as bad as terrorists are since like terrorists apparently, "taxes are killing us". The reality is there is not a community, from the most primitive to the most advanced, that does not require some form of resource pooling and sharing in order to survive as a community. Taxes are our method of maintaining the community we call the USA. However it is not taxes or even terrorists that are killing us as a nation, it is mismanagement and corruption, not only corruption in the form of $$$ but the corruption of ideas.
I do not believe that GG supports Ron Paul but rather he supports the level of debate that Ron brings and that level of debate may be a hope for escaping the current corrupting mismanagement of blood, funds, information and ideas.
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Shooter could...
[Read the article: WSJ Op-Ed page decries hatred of the president]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...write for the WSJ Op-Ed page - completely oblivious to reality and makes no sense.
Before Rupert, the Op-ed page was humorously delusional making me think if they put on a red ball nose, they could get a job as circus clowns. It was especially humorous when news articles in their own paper refuted their editorials. The news reporting was reasonably robust.
Going forward the likely outcome is that the news reporting will also be jockeying for jobs in the circus along with the editors. Maybe as trained elephants?
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Whats the issue
[Read the article: George Will's preemptive strike]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]George Will looks smart, acts smart while disguising suspect intelligence, is too lazy-ass to perform even a modicum of research and to boot has his head so far up the RNCs ass, only the soles of his wingtips are visible.
He's the perfect fucking pundit, for Christs sake. Leave Georgie alone, it's not his fault he is rewarded for such appalling behaviour.
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Lessons Learned
[Read the article: Mitt Romney: Perfect tough guy for right-wing war cheerleaders]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is what works:
Avoid service in a war that you diligently promote. You'll be labled strong, courageous, the tough guys tough guy, etc. Conservatives and ditto heads will love you.
This is what does not work:
Perform service in a war that you oppose. Even though you may be feeling some kind of sense of duty and self-sacrifice, you'll be labeled a coward and a freak.
Do not perform service but work diligently to oppose the war. Bad idea. Even though you may be feeling some kind of sense of duty and self-sacrifice, you'll be labeled a coward, traitor, and have your sexual preferences challenged.
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Lessons Learned
[Read the article: Self-satire scales new heights]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Spend like a drunken pirate in a whore house after 18 months at sea, then boast about your fiscal dicipline and moral fiber.
Cut taxes for the most wealthy and then boast how you have alleviated the tax burden on the middle class.
Cut environmental regulations so the most powerful become more powerful then boast how you have improved environmental safety.
Be the party of presidents who are consistently fiscally incompetent and/or irresponsible but boast the Republican party is the fiscally sound party.
There is a pattern, Democrats take note.
For example, they could boast sociallized health care will reduce taxes. Sure, makes no sense. So what, make shit up and make it sound like it makes sense until you get the leverage to pass meaningful healthcare reform.
It's the age of bullshit, realize the opposition party is in total bliss over the age of bullshit and play the fukking game. The problem with the Dems is not that they do not bullshit, they just do not bullshit BIG enough.
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Mega - Ratings
[Read the article: The godawful GOP debate ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why not have a reality tv show like “Big Brother” to select a GOP candidate? It could be called Big President, and the candidates follow all the same rules as the Big Brother contestants. The end result would be the same of course, a light weight fake with illusions of grandeur gets the candidacy but it would be vastly more entertaining then what is currently called “campaigning” or “debating” or whatever the hell they’re doing. And imagine candidates like Rudy and Mitt stuck with each other for weeks, without handlers assitance going “mano a mano” so to speak with each other to be the last man standing.
Since it is all about ratings, I don't know how facetious this idea actually is.