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I come back from a great night out in Beyoglu and still no adjustment of Mr. Armbinders list. There are countries where blind people are wearing ‘Armbinder’ to signify that they are blind and have to be helped –
A list of "the 50 most influential commentators" and this fool forgets "the most trusted newsman in America" - on what planet does this guy spent most of his time?! (there is even a poll out there!!) –
Glenn you once should write about idiotic journalists - (just a suggestion) - I think Mr. Armbinder is a great example - And about his: Everybody is living in his own little delusional world - Do you gals and guys have the slightest idea what a sensational and 'hot' city Istanbul is?
Hey it’s “Ramazan”!!
(and full of "Muslims" who all have a 'ball' while America is sulking!)
if somebody dares to come back with: Jon is just a 'clown' or a 'comedian'- I am going to hit him on the head with a wet Pita!
before I go back to the Tacsim Square -
This list of "the 50 most influential commentators in the nation is a joke -
Right -
I mean Paul is great - but not even half as "influental" as Jon Stewart - and Colbert got to come in at least at Nr.3 - So - sorry Glenn that would make you just Nr. 24!
- walking back from the Hagia Sophia ("Sacred Wisdom") - I finally feel enlightend enough to answer your question: Who are the undeserving "others" benefiting from expanded government actions?
I finally know - It's "WALTER" - (last name kept anonymus for his own protection) - and we met at the Ritz Carlton for lunch - and he was paying - Because as a poor student I hardly can afford the "Niles Hotel' (not bad but in no way a Ritz Carlton) -
And Walter was very charming -
He is a very old dude (friend of my grandfather) - and told me he is just going bancrupt the third time -("You know JJ importing European Antiques is just not working anymore -
"Nobody is buying"!) - And so - following your theory - He will be again an "outsider" -
One of US! -
after being one of THEM a few times. And we had kind of a funny conversation- because he knows that I'm a "raging socialist" (in his words) - and I'm always confessing:
Of course I'm a "raging Socialist" - and today I told him my major purpose in life is to ruin
the American banking system to teach the most greedy Basterds on this planet a lesson -
and guess what - He agreed!
He is this really old Orange County Golf and Countryclub Teabagging dude and HE AGREED! - And I tried to scare him by telling him:The only way to do it will be by stop paying all the Credit Cards and all the mortgages payments - and I told him the wonderful story about this 'Debter boycott" I read on this threat yesterday - and how disspointed I am always -if this wonderful 'instrument' for a real new American revolution is brought up - suddenly all the big mouth dudes on this blog are suddenly become very quite! And you should have seen him - He suddenly got sooo excited - Perhaps first about not having to pay back any debts - but also about this new kind of exciting business: The 'Debtor Boycott Corporation'!
And then I thought: Oh! - Oh!! We are in trouble - Because there is Glenn and he is trying very hard to finally put 'politics' 'besides' and starts writing about the real problem the "cultural American landscape of the haves and havenots - and then comes Walter and he is the breething living example of an American who thinks there are no "THEMS" - There is only "US" - And he even has no problem to destroy THEM to become THEM again - (are you still following my train of thoughts?) - and if the rest of all these teabaggers are thinking the same way - you can forget your outsider theory and you will finally understand how a teabagger thinks!!
three times THEM so as long as US are thinking we can be THEM
Jon Stewart and Colbert and as everybody knows that America will only be 'saved by comedy and the so called right is unable to do 'funny' our comedian in chief will prevail!!
Reagan!
"How I got well in India for $50"
I have an address in Egypt - (Horus is waiting heru!) - where you can get all your teeth pulled for just five bucks - (and you get a Shisha smoke on the side too) -
- pretty entertaining I would say - from 6000 miles afar it looks like a rodeo!
"Will it happen?!
Impossibly - Or do you really think that a bunch of uncontrollable and nearly ungovernable Cowboys will elect a 'Fascistic Leader' - you must be dreaming - (nightmares?) - and about the
'Wild West' as I mentioned a lot of times before - when the last old Joe is gone it will become a
different kind of game - where hopefully and to address the only issue who really seems to matter for most of my fellow citizens even hardcore capitalists will understand that they have to spread the wealth - that the people can buy what the so called 'capitalists' produce - because what did Bill Moyers say: We are all sitting in the same boat!