Letters to the Editor
Sharla Fouquet
Published Letters: 3 Editor's Choice: 1
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Hoist on Their Own Petards
[Read the article: U.S. generals call for Democratic takeover]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I am by no means a supporter of the Bush administration -- in fact, I spent plenty of time making telephone calls and knocking on doors on behalf of both the Gore and Kerry campaigns. However, I don't have much sympathy for any member of the military, or any family member thereof, who supported George Bush's presidential campaigns, especially his last one against a decorated war veteran. It's about time that the pro-Republican pinheads residing in this country learned that effective participation in the American political system requires a little more time, effort, and consideration than just sitting on the sidelines and mindlessly consuming the propaganda being dished up by the corporate media. Elections are not sporting events, folks -- they have consequences, so if you are going to participate in them, you had better make some effort to try to understand what those consequences are apt to be, instead of sniveling afterwards when you find yourselves getting screwed by the deviates that you helped put in charge.
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Re: Elitists of All Stripes Can Appropriate Plato
[Read the article: That hot new neoconservative philosopher named Plato]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Jordon, you're NOT the only Democrat to be so appalled by the last few major election cycles that you'd find yourself sympathizing with the anti-democratic tenets of Plato (and of Aristotle too, according to my college philosophy teachers). However, when I find myself thinking that the average American is too illiterate and ill-informed to be trusted with a ballot, I generally remember that the citizens of other Western countries seem to make better civic choices than many of us do. I attribute this to the fact that their election systems have not been befouled as ours as has been by big business and the corporate media. Which ultimately contradicts the idealistic notions of Plato and Aristotle, by demonstrating that, in reality, government by the elite classes generally results in corruption of the entire political process.
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Not All Of Us Care
[Read the article: Mirror, mirror on the Wall]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not a big fan of Eliot Spitzer - - isn't he, after all, the zealot who tried to save the world from Martha Stewart? I do ache for Silda, whose pain has been pretty obvious during her husband's recent press conferences. However, I can't understand anyone who would presume to pass judgment on her personal decisions or to lecture her on how she should deal with this crisis. This is the Spitzers' problem, and it is no one else's business. Honestly, people, grow up and learn how to mind your own affairs. And if you can't do that, then go turn on your television sets and entertain yourselves with some trashy reality program populated by publicity-seeking sociopaths who actually want your attention.