Letters to the Editor
Svensker
Published Letters: 494
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Shooter again completely misses the point
[Read the article: Keith Olbermann's reply and Obama's secret plan to protect the rule of law]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Here we have an admission that Greenwald DOESN'T KNOW what happened, only that whatever it may absolutely, positively, without a doubt, could maybe be illegal.
Dear Mr. Obtuse, the whole point is that there is no transparency and that the Bush Administration and its enablers are deliberately kicking dirt into the umpire's face (gee, wonder where I heard that metaphor?....). That is the point, you moran. Bush has admitted to breaking the FISA laws, but we can't know exactly what was done, by whom or to whom, until court cases are allowed to be brought. With immunity, those cases will not be brought.
If Bush didn't do anything wrong, he's got nothing to hide (where have I heard THAT?) -- so he should have no problem with a few court cases. Amirite? Unless, of course, he is concerned about the tender feelings and pockets of the poor beset upon telecoms. Which just shows what a NICE guy Mr. Bush is, so sensitive. But again, if the telecoms haven't done anything wrong, they have nothing to hide, either.
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Sad Day, but
[Read the article: Today's coverup of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But now's the time to fight on -- and the only thing that will blow away these awful blues that is gettin' me down.
Make a contribution to the Strangebefellows PAC.
Let's work to get rid of a bunch of these bad Dems.
I'm disappointed in Obama, but not surprised. I will work to get him elected because he's still 200% better than McCain.
I called Steny Hoyer's office, "Hi, I'd like to ask, now that the FISA bill has passed, whether Mr. Hoyer will be getting his pay off from the telecoms in a money order or in cash?" The polite but obviously irritated staffer, "Ma'am, that isn't a real question. Do you have a real question for Rep. Hoyer?" Me: "Yes, how the hell does he sleep at night?"
Childish but helpful to my emotional state.
Onwards! We have only begun to fight!
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Shorter Shooter
[Read the article: Torture and the rule of law]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Criticizing our government for torturing people and breaking laws is one big DOWNER! It's hard to concentrate on my martini when you people are making me depressed!!! And furthermore, liberals are just big ol' meanie poopy heads.
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Mr. Suck on This's Middle East Credentials
[Read the article: Tom Friedman doesn't understand why America is unpopular in the world]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This self styled middle east "expert" is one pitifully inept jerk, it amazes me to this day that he's still given work.
-- Klytus
A few years ago when my son was a junior in high school, he found a glaring historical factual error in one of Friedman's columns -- the mistaken "fact" that Friedman was using as the basis for his entire argument.
My son wrote a letter to the Times (gone over thoroughly by his history teacher before it was sent) explaining Friedman's mistake and how this nullified the whole point of his "argument". The letter, of course, was neither acknowledged nor printed.
My son is a smart kid and a history buff, but 16 year old high school students should not be catching major errors of fact in NY Times columnist's writings -- at least, without a major "I'm so embarrassed" correction the following day.
Friedman is not only a pompous, war mongering asshole, he's a moron. Very highly paid, though.
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The Team & the Nattering Nabobs
[Read the article: Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have seen this type of response advocated by the "right wing mavericks" of the media before, O'Reilly and Rush and the like. It essentially means "Wow, I have no ability to argue against your point, so won't you please talk about something else? You're a 'nattering na-bob of negativity' (remember that one?) *waves flag*"
What is the best strategy for countering this type of ad hominem retort? Any thoughts?
Ask them where their "USA!!! Love it or leave it!" signs were during the Clinton years.
Because they were, like, so totally not negative about the war in Bosnia, Clinton's sex life, Hillary's "murder" of Vince Foster, Whitewater, etc.
I used to believe all those things Repubs said about the Rule of Law during the Clinton administration. Now I know better. Now I know most Repubs were and are simply rooting for their Team and they didn't and don't give a dang about principles. (Not that Dems aren't team boosters, too. But the self righteous strident bellowing about the Constitution and the Rule of Law was so loud during Clinton, and so completely absent during Bush, that the contrast is pretty striking. We'll see what happens to the Dems when, please God, Obama gets in.)
Rush, Shooter, Hannity, et al, have no argument. If you're not on their team, then you're either a kook, a commie, and you upset their beautiful minds -- puts them off their golf game and their cocktail hour, donchano.
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What Chris said
[Read the article: The right-wing understanding of Government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is simply the Unitary Executive idea in action. They've been telling us that's is what they wanted to do. Shouldn't we believe them?
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Shooter reminds me of the mobster mayor of Hoboken
[Read the article: The right-wing understanding of Government]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The left-wing understanding of Government....
Is that compared to Bush, Robert Mugabe, (you know the guy that grabbed the wife of an opposition party member, had her feet hacked off, and then set her on fire) is not so bad.
Back in the 80s, when Hoboken NJ still had a mobsters running the city government, the mayor defended the fact that the city's school scores were ranked the 3rd worst in the state. How did he defend it? "We're better than Newark and Paterson!" said the mayor, to cheers from his thuggish mob friends. "We're not the worst! We're only the 3rd worst! And that's better than worst!"
I kid you you not.
Shooter seems to have absorbed the mobster's mind set when he moved to the Garden State.
Bush -- Better than Mugabe! USA! USA! USA!
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Shorter Shooter
[Read the article: A federal court rejects Bush's "executive privilege" claims]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]a) Clinton did it, too!
b) It's worse in other 3rd world countries!
c) Who cares? You're too depressing!
d) Being "down on America" hurts the golf game!
I know he hasn't posted yet...but thought I'd save him the trouble.
OT -- Hello and get well to Good Celery if he's reading.