Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 977 Editor's Choice: 5
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A Cup of Crazy...
[Read the article: High-level right-wing discourse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This line from Goldberg was just Ka-razee "a country that I sincerely believe he does not love."
Who would believe that a guy preparing himself for a decade or more to be president wouldn't love his country? Who could devote such a lengthy period to doing something he despises? I hate school, and I've barely been able to hold on for a year....
Anywho, I think its interesting how the Goldbergs are making Obama out to be some crazy neo-sixties black radical. I think any person of color's complaint with him is that he NEVER talks about race. I don't want him to run for black america, but he could once in a while act like there are actually people in America who aren't white...
Put a stake through Tina's heart, please. I'm putting one of these :) here...people on this thing often don't get the dry humor thing.
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Bill_H
[Read the article: High-level right-wing discourse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with you to a certain extent. I often wonder why I'm getting so mad at these dufuses, when no one really pays attention to them. And I definitely agree about National Review; I'm not sure i've ever seen a natural copy in a newstand. However, I think there are two reasons why we should be concerned. Less than mass market reach, what these mags and punditry provide is a platform for others with more reach to disseminate their ideas. As Glen has pointed out, Drudge, who is no Dan Rather, succeeds consistently in getting his stories parroted by people with greater reach. NR stories make their way into the mainstream via "republican" consultants, and the conservative pundits that do appear on mainstream programs (such as the NR people too). OH I said, two, only had one and no time to rewrite this...someone else back me up here...
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Bamage
[Read the article: High-level right-wing discourse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You Said:
"So, if you don't like the topic of the day, you're free to move on. Or talk about how you think it's not important. Just don't be surprised when you don't get too much mileage out of that tack."
Groupthink much?
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Ondellette--
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was going to write something witheringly sarcastic about this latest bubble, but then I read this:
"Maybe because sometimes you have to put your faith in people who are doing the right thing. Even if you have to mutter "for once" under your breath to make yourself feel better. If you can't do positive once in a while, you're crippling your own cause."
Dammit!
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And...
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In anti-negatory mode. I suppose its not a complete given that Bush will veto; if he is forced into a prolonged conversation about why telecoms need amnesty he could be hurting his successor McPain. Just thinking--most Americans seem to have a visceral distaste for the "corporation", and double down on that for big telecom. Anti-corporate sentiment is probably THE uniting populist message from the dawn of this nation--and these people are probably the fabled independents that are supposedly the holy grail of victory. Bush hasn't had to talk about this very much, and neither has McCain, but when they do, it might come back to bite them on the ass.
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Good Celery
[Read the article: High-level right-wing discourse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How hath such greens been pick'd?
With your butt parked before a monit'r
All day. I query.
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On another note..
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There's a great front page feature on Obama's mother in today's NYT...the perfect antidote to Goldberg's variations....
http://tinyurl.com/339w8o
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Hoary
[Read the article: High-level right-wing discourse]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've actually never seen that word used outside of Dr. Strange comics from the sixties..."by the hoary hosts of haggoth"
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Whoa, are you guys off topic....
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In other news, evil-broadcaster John Gibson got dumped from Fox. Hopefully, we are witnessing a trend of stoogy right-wing 2nd string demagoguery in decline...
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Your link
[Read the article: House Democrats reject telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw it just as I opened Salon's main page...link here,
http://blogreport.salon.com//
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TimHowe
[Read the article: Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush's domestic spying abuses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You said: People Time
"Time is People for people who think they are smarter than the average demographics of People readers. It's time all people stop reading Time and turn only to People, where they'll get the same level of information and accuracy without any pretence to relevance."
Nice.
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BlueMeme
[Read the article: Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush's domestic spying abuses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"HBO...offers a stirring paenan to John Adams and his fellow founders, who valued civil liberties and the rule of law above all, and sacrificed personal comfort and safety to seek them."
Yes, but it was boring as F*&^%!
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Fly
[Read the article: Time magazine invents facts to claim that Americans support Bush's domestic spying abuses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"But the most insidious enemy is the cowardly journalist and editor who doesn't need to be told what to do, because he or she has already internalized the need to please—or at least not to offend—the worst tyranny of all, which is the safety-first version of public opinion."
Is this Hitchens' way of coming clean about his horrible writing on Iraq? Its never too late Chris, God Forgives!!!