Letters to the Editor
sajwan
Published Letters: 487 Editor's Choice: 13
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Obamas Sub-Conscious practices speech
[Read the article: Who wants to be a Democrat?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just went to see my spiritual advisor, he is a little crazy, some people might say hateful, but you know how those old people are, hahaha - just a little humor there to pander to the youth vote. Seriously, I told him to get his crazy fuk ass out of my campaign. I am straight talking now, no wait a minute that McCains slogan, damn can’t think of my own slogan right now, but my brand manager, I mean campaign-manger he’s got one.
Let me be specific, the reason I dumped the old coot is that I just don’t agree with everything he says, I mean he says to love the baby Jesus, and I do of course, I mean Mohammad is not on my love list at all. Anyways when he asks God to damn America he really means for God to love America even though those fukked up whities screwed things up so bad, uhh I mean potential great American white folks can, yes they can, dollars and cents to my campaign… umm I mean change and hope to America. Yeah, yeah, change and hope. Yes we can.
Yes. We. Can all have great friends (republicans who vote for me are the best), and my pastor has some great friends as well, like Farrakahn who hates Jews and doesn’t believe in the Holocaust, but you know you got to look at the whole person. I know some Jewish people want to vomit at the sight of him, but they just don’t know how much he contributes to the community.
So look we all got our problems, even the Pope, he not only is not a Protestant but he wants to ban condoms, I mean fuk that shit…uhh I mean there is hope for responsible sex for everyone, even Catholics. Did I mention I love Jesus? –Barack Obama
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"Now she's a combat veteran."
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton, sniper fire and Sinbad]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Way to feed raw meat to the animals,
or bandaids to the hurting Obama masses, licking their Rezco/Wright/Power Monster/Nafta wounds.
Who the fuk is Mark Benjamin. Could not be a more transparent Obama shill if he showed us his canceled checks from the campaign.
Benjamin Franklin has not a fukkin clue as to what circumstance Hillary was refering to. What a dumb ass.
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But it's Capitalism
[Read the article: Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush's domestic spying abuses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who is greedier, the person that wants to keep more of what he earns, or the person that covets those earnings for himself?-- shooter242
Well sounds to me like you just described capitalism in your question. Greed does drive capitalism and you could say the guy that covets others earnings as well as keeping more for themselves is a capitalist. Microsoft went after their competitors to gain their wealth, corporate takeovers accomplish the same thing. Baseball players want to take more of owners earnings and owners want to take more of players earnings as their own. THere are many many examples of capitalism that fall within your question.
However, the Carlisle group who owns large shares of Bear Sterns and is a significant beneficiary of the federal bailout, is more like the imaginary welfare queen I imagine you had in mind with your statement.
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Myth of all myths
[Read the article: The crash in Republican economics ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So, before we charge ahead with repealing the tax cuts "for the rich", let's take a moment and consider how their reduced ability to live the good life will have a very real effect on the rest of us.--bird
Therein lies the myth of all myths, if the rich aren't preened and primed with low taxes they'll stop investing and the economy collapses. This is foolish.
It is business opportunities that drive investment, not having extra tax money lying around.
An aircraft plant will always find investors if it can demonstrate it is a good investment, period. Bill Gates is not going to shutdown Microsoft if a few billion is cut off of his net worth due to taxes.
The rich do not get richer sitting on their money.
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Too many Religious freaks in politics
[Read the article: The crazy uncles in Obama's attic]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The New York Times points out “Mr. Wright’s characterizations of the United States as fundamentally racist and the government as corrupt and murderous;” this is what is at issue? My God! How are these arguable points any longer? --John Mead
I agree yours and Wrights hyperbole contain nuggets of truth. But as Obama likes to point out words do matter, especially for candidates for president. A president cannot proclaim as their spiritual mentor or partake in a church whose leader spouts this type of hyperbole. "God-damn America!" is fine for critics hurt by national policies to yell in pain and rage from the roof-tops, it is not acceptable for a presidential candidate to associate with them.
As pointed out in these posts, since plenty of Republican politicians have used and pandered to religious right freak shows, so should Obama be cut slack also. Unfortunately arguing that because McCain associates with a religious freak, Obama should be able to do as well, is a lose lose argument.
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Yeah great speech as in a save my political ass kind of way
[Read the article: Obama's speech on race]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't help but imagine the glazed look and starry eyes on Obama supporters faces as they fawn embarassingly over the speech. Any people faint at this one?
My reaction to the speech: God save us. And kate sums up my reason why, the specifics everyone knows about or ignores.
All we had to do was throw the Clintons and grandma under the racist bus, but hey, it was worth it. -- KateTex
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Just curious. Is everybody that stupid they they don't see the three sylable pattern. It's an oratory device not tied to great speech making, but more to evangelical "administering to the flock" kind of cadences.
"Not this time"
"Yes we can"
"Hope and Change"
"O-Bam-A"
Jesus Christmas and Mary, this is childish.