Letters to the Editor
susan scharfman
Published Letters: 47
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Clueless Imus
[Read the article: Bloggers, Don Imus and free speech]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lest we all trip over our self-righteous jabs at Imus, let me remind one and all, including the highly distinguished guests who appear on Imus' show, that every single American is guilty, not just clueless Imus. Every politician, every network producer, every correspondent, newsman or woman, every man and woman in the street who has seen it, heard it and pretended not to have seen it or heard it—all are hypocrites, guilty of aiding and abetting this crime against humanity. This ugliness has been happening since the first slave ship landed on our shores, since the first Jew set foot on Ellis Island.
So before we tar and feather a brilliant, good-hearted red-neck bigot, let's all look at ourselves in a full length mirror and take a deep yogic breath. Isn't it time for Americans to start having the kind of respect and forgiveness for one another that for example the Amish have demonstrated? A right to self- expression does not mean a right to animal behavior or crucifixion.
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Review of Bill Richardson performance
[Read the article: The Democratic Don Quixote]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I agree with Mr. Scherer's evaluation of Bill Richardson's performance in the debates, and the manner in which Governor Richardson presents himself to the public. Here again, we are watching what people say and how they say it, rather than what they do. It's all about presentation. This is why Richardson falls back on his accomplishments as proof of what he is capable of doing. He has no clue of how to sell himself. He needs to take a Tony Robins course.
Until Mr."Bumble" hires handlers who can teach him how to talk the talk, he will not rise in the polls, even though he just might be the best man for the job; and the country will be out a very talented man.
Susan Scharfman
www.susanscharfman.com
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Fun With Hill and Bill
[Read the article: Bill Clinton wants to know if you're having fun]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hi Joan: Only narrow-minded dumb people are boring. Bill and Hillary will continue to entertain us. Thanks.
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We're Our Own Worst Enemy
[Read the article: Surging toward disaster in Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mr. Cole: At Last a Breath of Intelligent Fresh Air
The seventh century Islamic conquest of Mediterranean North Africa by those horsemen of the sword from Mecca was the beginning of either conversion to Islam or beheading. Twenty-first century Islamic Fundamentalism is no less determined to replace all democratic principles and ideologies with its extremist brand of Islam. They’re the same tough patient people with the same medieval blood lust for slaughtering their enemies. For them nothing has changed except they don’t want to convert us, they just want to kill us.
We know that Arabs are a desert people; always have been. That speaks volumes about them; how they have been able to survive for centuries under the most wretched conditions in the most inhospitable wasteland on earth. Do you know what that does to the mind and body? Do you know how many westerners have perished under similar conditions trying to stay alive for two or three days?
Ignorance of Islam, its history and its people will continue to be our undoing until we stop faulting the left or the right for the mistakes and misjudgments of a clueless Administration’s hubris, and begin to know our enemy—from the inside-out. Understand they will never betray a brother tribesman, understand that they will make you believe one thing and do the opposite. Be aware of their agility to slip away, blend into the landscape like chameleons, and live to fight another day.
We have buried our dumb political heads in the sand, and until we are able to see beyond power plays and election campaigns, our enemy will continue to bury us. How did Patton defeat Rommel? He studied him!
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The More Things Change…Bada Bling Bling
[Read the article: TV's triumphant overclass]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For those of us who do not see ourselves as others see us, there’s a centuries old anecdote from the French historian and author of “Democracy in America.” After de Tocqueville made a year's journey to our young country in the 19th century, he went home and wrote about America and its people, with some interesting observations.
“As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?” —Alexis de Tocqueville 1831
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The war as I saw it too
[Read the article: "The war as we saw it"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]With poor intelligence, not enough troops, no knowledge of Islamic culture, and refusal to reach out to elder statesmen for wise counsel, our President led this nation and its brave young warriors into the valley of death. I think this quote from Revelation 6:5-6, as it describes the Third Horseman of the Apocalypse is fitting:
"...and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, ""A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages—AND DO NOT DAMAGE THE OIL and the wine!""
Oh bury my wounded heart—again…