Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 81
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A meeting with Karl
[Read the article: A meeting with Karl]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it now appears "the president's chief political advisor may have been involved in an attempt to mislead Congress.
No. It now appears we may be able to prove the President's chief political advisor was involved in an attempt to mislead the congress.
It has appeared so, obviously so, for a good deal longer than "now."
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where? advice please.
[Read the article: The risks of staying]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My dog lay on the floor and would not stand up. The creature cried and farted. I felt sorry for the animal.
"Dog," I said, "what is the matter?"
"I am sad."
"Can I help?"
"Yes. Tell me where I can read something interesting and smart and feeling and diverse because all you give me is the New York Times, and Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine, and Newsweek, and CNN, and ABCCBSNBC, and I shall die of it soon. I am dying of it already."
"What, Dog, do you want to read?"
"It doesn't exist. I'm sure it doesn't. Forget about it. I'm sorry I asked."
"What doesn't exist?"
"Nothing."
"What?"
"Alright -- and don't say it because I already know how stupid this is and I'm just a dog so don't be mean."
"No."
"Where can I read a conversation of letters with intelligence and erudition and passion and restraint? Where can I find a discussion with voices so spirited and reasoned (and loco) as Greenwald and Scientician and D.C. Law1 and mr. beepop-0 and Sysprog and L.W.M. all in one place? Where does Karen M. ask questions? Where are links posted to all sorts of interesting blogs and articles? Do you know of such a place?"
"No, that's not possible. No such place exists. You are having a dog dream. But it's a good one. Dream on, Dog. Dream on."
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How to fight?
[Read the article: Reid and company target the true enemy: "Dodd and his allies"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]BTW: I'm with Tempus: "I seek to crush and really punish those who cornered me so that they never EVER try this sh*t again." Not because I like it. I see no other way.
So here's my idea of punishment: donate to the other guy. Yes, maybe that will empower devils, but is there any other way to get angels of their daybeds? If I give $25.00 to Mr. Reid's "other guy," whomever he's running against at any given moment, that's a $50.00 ding for Reid. Better than a letter, right?
What's wrong with this idea?
Plus: Oh, Beepop-O, don't go.
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And here's another thing
[Read the article: Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't the problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]that no one can say: the attacks on 9/11 were not only prearranged by our profile and actions in world affairs, were not only a very good example of what we generally mean by "chickens coming home to roost," they were also militarily brilliant with few comparisons in history. Both of these facts will surely be not questions to future historians but the obvious foundation for questions. Such as, of ShawnWM and his ilk: why do they hate America so much? Why do they want so passionately to destroy America with willful blind reckless mayhem? How did this great civilization allow itself to be tied down by so many lilliputian pettifogs? How did this fifth column of freedom hating, venom spewing sabotuers gain such open influence on our national discourse?
BTW, it doesn't matter whether we "deserved" the attacks, "provoked" the attacks or innocently allowed circumstances to develop in which the attacks were inevitable, all that matters is that we repel not only any such future attacks but also the ongoing damage of that first masterstroke of warfare that we -- lead by these freedom hating, America loathing, patriotricious blowhards -- continue to inflict on ourselves.
All that matters is that we save ourselves and our way of life, which is actually the way of freedom, equality, courage and the true patriotic grit our forefathers bequeathed us when they stood down the far more terrible, savage and puissant British Empire in bitter war and declared the stark and uncompromising tenets of our national character.
What to me was great in Obama's speech was the "more perfect union" lick. Because what is unique about our national charter is that it contains within itself, complete, the seed of perfection. It isn't for us to "love" America; it's for us to live up to America's stringent promise and the prodigious examples in learning, experience and sacrifice of its founders. History won't even record that we did or didn't wear flag lapels or put our hands over our hearts or sing the Star Spangled Banner. History will only know that we did or didn't pass our great idea to the next generations in tact.