Letters to the Editor
jebldmm
Published Letters: 933 Editor's Choice: 164
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If this doesn't cause the media to take up arms
[Read the article: ABC report: Government is tracking reporters' calls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't know if our country has a chance. I remember how offended most reporters were about Judith Miller being jailed for not revealing a source. Confidentiality is everything, right? This becomes a moot point when the president can sign a letter and find out who that reporter talked to and when, without anybody ever finding out that the information has been passed over. The FBI now has supercomputers to process terabytes of information and the phone companies have (and are willing to provide) the information. I've never worried about my privacy in the information age. I figured that there was too much information to sort through, and nobody would be interested in it anyway. But now I'm beginning to wonder. Where is this going to stop?
The KGB only dreamed of having the technology to do this. They had to depend on "sources" to get the information. What amateurs.
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Why isn't there more reaction?
[Read the article: Understatement of the Day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was hoping for more reaction from the press. The FBI just admitted to tracking reporters calls. During the entire Miller fiasco everybody was obsessed with "who called who and when". Nobody worried too much about what was said - we had a pretty good idea what was said. Where is the outrage? Shouldn't somebody in the MSM be angry? Has there just not been enough time for them to absorb it? I'm betting that if a journalist had been arrested for withholding information, they would have had a response by now.
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What about women who can't conceive
[Read the article: Holy "Handmaid's Tale," Batman!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm imagining the pain of a woman who can't conceive being lectured about the care she has to take of her body becasue she might become pregnant. Of course, commone sense would preclude this - but not every doctor knows everything about a woman's medical history.
Anyway, I'm a lot more than a baby machine. I chose not to procreate. This is just one more sing that people like me don't relly fit in this new America.
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Is this some new political strategy?
[Read the article: Secrets or lies, and maybe both]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Have the republicans finally figures out that if they lie to us all the time, and tell other people to lie to us all the time, then we won't be able to fight them becasue nobody will be able to figure out what it is that we're fighting?
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Don't underestimate the republican party
[Read the article: Where have all the red states gone?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've watched this happen for some time now. During non-voting cycles, the democrats joyfully proclaim the collaps of the republican party, only to bemoan it's revitalization when the votes really count. They have LOTs of money, they have an established machine, and they have proven they are wiling to cheat. We're not goint to win that easily. It will take years, if not decades, to build a machine capable of taking on these guys when it counts. I believe we will see gains in November, but not as much as we would like.
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So, what you are saying...
[Read the article: Was the 2004 election stolen? No.]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...is that the republicans cheated, but it's okay because we can't prove that they cheated enough to change the results of the election? That is sickening. What happened in Ohio - and across the country, is NOT okay. I don't know if it turned the election or not. I don't even care, to tell you the truth. Disenfranchising people because of incompetence and political corruption is wrong, and we should care. I'm sick and tired of seeing people say "Well, Kerry would have lost anyway, so it doesn't matter". It doesn't matter how many were disenfranchised. It matters that anybody was.
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Keillor is the funniest man in America
[Read the article: Home sweet "Prairie Home"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I occasionally listened to the show, until a few years back when a fried shared tickets to his travelling show. When Keillor did a sketch about a camp director in red shorts parasailing over a group of camp attendees when the shorts fell short... I laughed so hard my stomach literally hurt. I've listened more since then. This man is a national treasure. His heart and his humor combine to create a magic that can't be found anywhere else.
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Isn't it enough that they TRIED to steal the election?
[Read the article: Salon answers its critics]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why is the focus always on whether the republican party successfully stole the election? Isn't it enough that they clearly tried to supress democratic voters, giving advantage to their party whenever possible? Do we write off the efforts of attempted murderers if they aren't successful? Is it any less important when someone attempts to undermine the rights of minorities to vote? Please stop focusing on whether the election was stolen or not, and find a place in your hearts to express a bit of outrage that these people cheated, they undermined democracy, and they deserve to be punished, not defended as merely misguided or incompetent. I'd have a lot more respect for Salon if they spent half as much time attacking the right for cheating as they do attacking people on the left for overreacting to the cheating. Majoo spends way too much energy giving the benefit of the doubt to people who have shown repeatedly that they will take any advantage you give them and use it to trample your rights.
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Thanks for making me smile
[Read the article: Woody Harrelson's goddess trilogy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That kinda takes care of the "Are you going to try for a boy next" question, doesn't it?
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Is this really about sex?
[Read the article: When "yes" means "'cause if I say 'no' he'll be mad"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Or is it about peer pressure and teenage regrets? I'm betting that if you polled married women, you would find that a significant number of them had at some point had sex with their husband when they didn't want to because they were afraid he would "get mad" at them if they didn't. I'm also betting that a lot of teenagers have done worse things than have sex due to the fear that they will be rejected by their peers if they don't do it. I'm not trying to say that it's right to have sex if you don't want to - but let's keep this in perspective. Part of growing up is learning how to be your own person. Some people never learn it.