Letters to the Editor
Tideswimmer
Published Letters: 457 Editor's Choice: 47
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Good Grief
[Read the article: McCain camp response to Obama's decision: "Typical politician"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And so now, it seems, Salon truly has become just another outlet for the Republican talking point of the day. Out-fucking-standing.
I thought the whole point of having a "War Room" was to provide a quick and lethal response to such talking point attacks.
So, in other words, McCain, who right from the start announced his intention of going full steam ahead on financing as usual, and never had any intention of not putting the standard "For Sale" sign on his campaign headquarters, is now making a claim that he it is a sign of "standing on principles."
And you pretty much seem to go along with that. Good God. Why are you not stomping all over him?
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The ultimate irony of all this
[Read the article: George Bush's latest powers, courtesy of the Democratic Congress]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is being done, supposedly, to protect us from "Terrorism."
Oddly, in a system designed to squash and deter all other legal and legitimate recourse, illegal and illegitimate acts of terror seem to be the only method left in which injured parties can speak in a manner that will make their grievances heard.
It was nice living in America while it lasted.
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Looking forward to this one
[Read the article: "Get Smart"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Before I give my comment I demand the cone of silence!
Anyway, sounds like a fun time, and I agree wholeheartedly about the action scenes. I'm so bored with action scenes. Chase chase chase chase. Chase chase chase.
It would be more enjoyable if they took their cues from Buster Keaton, but I'm betting that won't be the case.
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Excellent article
[Read the article: Indie film is dying -- unless it isn't]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a regular viewer at our small town art house (four 49-seat theaters) I've definitely seen a downturn in attendance. All the sadder because I've seen some truly excellent films. When a film as good as "The Visitor" can only draw a few solid nights of ticket sales, and I know the theater owner is committed to at least a three-week run, it really bothers me. How can quality films survive?
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Yeah, so?
[Read the article: Barack Obama, the experience candidate?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Look: I know that, and YOU know that. And you can keep repeating that from now until election day a million times a day you can say it, and there will still be that sizable portion of the American electorate who will be showing up at McCain rallies shouting, "Stop! Stop! You had us at 'My friends, of the two candidates running for president this year, I'm the one who's not black.'"
If experience was an issue Americans cared about, George Bush would never have been elected over Gore. "Experience" in this election, is just a convenient safe word that borderline racists can run to in order to justify their vote for McCain... "I wanted to vote for Obama, but I was just worried that he might not have enough experience."
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Absolutely
[Read the article: McCain camp pushes back against low polling numbers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the numbers were reversed, the McCain team would be shouting them all over the place as being perfectly accurate.
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The Last Football Game
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]On the other hand, football is a stupid game. We spend far too much mental, physical and economic energy on it anyway.
Once the terrorists come into power here, after simultaneously defeating the combined strength of all our armed forces, burned Washington DC to the ground, and they are raising goats on the former White House lawn, they will make soccer the national sport.
It will be a painful adjustment at first, but after a few years we will come to realize that a tailgate party is a tailgate party, however and wherever you find it.
Getting drunk, stripping down, and painting our bloated overfed bodies in the local team's colors will be cool again. We will adjust. We will survive.
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Interesting review
[Read the article: "Swing Vote"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I admit my hackles raised when I saw the trailer to this film. In a country where we've had hundreds of thousands of votes have been routinely thrown away and uncounted, the election of the president comes down to ONE MAN and his apparently sacred vote???? Bullshit!
I don't know if it's addressed in the movie, but I'm also interested in the aftermath, where after all this hullabaloo, the winning candidate instantly starts talking about their "overwhelming mandate" and "political capital." And the empty heads on Fox Noise, and Rush Limbaugh and his ilk start blathering on about how the losing side are a bunch of moonbat lefties who are "out of the mainstream" (if the Republican wins), or how (if the Democrat wins) how and why impeachment should be the #1 item on the agenda for the next four years in order to make America safe.
I expect this behavior from conservatives having already had the strange experience of being "out of the mainstream" even though more people voted for Gore in 2000. As to the Dems, even when the people rise up and give them an actual and undeniable mandate, they still will cower like wee timorous beasties.
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Red Bull
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It could've been worse, getting yellower and all.
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It's Campaign Fatigue
[Read the article: I'm so bored with O-B-A-M-A]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't remember a time when this stupid election cycle wasn't in full swing. It's ridiculous, wasteful and unnecessary.
Fuck the conventions. Let's vote already!
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Boring
[Read the article: What to make of the Edwards fiasco?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I'd still vote for him over McCain. Not even a question.
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I can't wait to see this
[Read the article: "Tropic Thunder"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A friend saw this a few weeks ago. He said he laughed so hard that he pulled some rib muscles and was in pain the next day.
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@Dave Satan
[Read the article: Opus]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]heh-heh! You said "endless stream." That's a pee-pee joke. Why are you so obsessed with pee-pee jokes?
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On the other hand...
[Read the article: Opus]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If the liberals had said yes, Opus would be dead from eating a bunch of tick killer.