Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1114
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Re: GG's recent "media focus"
[Read the article: Drudge and the Politico -- poisonously joined at the hip]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm late to the party, but
-- Paul Rosenberg
PermalinkTuesday, March 27, 2007 11:40:01 AM
pretty well sums it up for me.
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@ mboehm
[Read the article: Drudge and the Politico -- poisonously joined at the hip]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]'zatchoo Michael?
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O/T News Flash
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Senate just vtoed NAY 50-48 Yea, against the Cochran amedment to the supp. spending bill.
IOW, the deadline for troop withdrawal stays IN.
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@kovie
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not sure how "expected" it was... I did hear Hagel vote "Nay". Otherwise, it was strictly party-line as far as I could determine. Just FYI, my typing skills STINK, so I'm virtually incapable of any substantive back/forth.
Best.
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Post up on Kos
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Pryor(D)voted Yea, (R's)Hagel and Smith (Ore.) Nay.
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uber pwnage
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Catherine, minor point - I believe it is, more properly, "pwn3d". 8')
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No sense of irony whatsoever
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Meanwhile this thread seems to have degenerated into a battle over who can be most inane with the english language.
-- shooter242
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"Various matters" post above
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]N/T
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I second that
[Read the article: Various matters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Scott Horton's post @ Balkinization
http://balkin.blogspot.com/
(cited by sysprog) is well worth the read.
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I second that
[Read the article: Neoconservative radicalism has reshaped our political spectrum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Scott Horton's post @ Balkinization (cited by sysprog)
http://balkin.blogspot.com/
is well worth the read.
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O/T Comments...
[Read the article: Neoconservative radicalism has reshaped our political spectrum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Believe it or not, most people who know me in "real life" consider me to be pretty intelligent (Ivy-league grad, top of my B-school class), but every day I come here, read the comments, and just feel...
stupid.
This place rocks!
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@Jonathan
[Read the article: Neoconservative radicalism has reshaped our political spectrum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks. Ratbert luvs him some LGF, methinks...
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O/T only SLIGHTLY
[Read the article: Observations about John Harris' replies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/03/time-to-admit-oversight.php#more
Re: NO (that's apparently zero, zip, nada) coverage of Gonezopurge in TIME this week.
Link (favorably) cites GG
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The link was courtesy of TPM...
[Read the article: Observations about John Harris' replies]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]N/T
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Stoller made me laugh...
[Read the article: Presidential candidates and "substance"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]w/ this quote - " So apparently one of News Corp's specialties is polluting neutral and credible information systems with their own bad version based on bullshit that makes them more money."
Seriously, though, consider the implications of Stoller's story, coupled w/ GG's post re: neoconservatism's effect on reshaping the political spectrum, It exemplifies Chomsky's point about the extremely narrow range of "acceptable" policy discussion. That's the reason I'd very much like to see an "insurgent" candidate.
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Someone "wrote a letter" (yesterday?)...
[Read the article: Presidential candidates and "substance"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...about this place being a de facto chat room for [GG groupies, I guess]. They might have a valid point, because it's SATURDAY fer chris'sake!
You people (and you know who you are) are like, blognerds or somethin'. I think I might have coined that phrase, just now. Blognerds.
I'm off to a birthday party w/ my kid. Enjoy.
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If it was yesterday, this'd be only slightly O/T
[Read the article: Your modern-day Republican Party]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama says Congress will fund the war after Bush's veto...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070401-1013-obama-interview.html
Damn!
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@m.b.f.
[Read the article: Will National Review correct Cliff May's false Iraq claims?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, moron - I read this
" I mean, just look at you, sitting there staring at me, with your head to big for your body. And your long head with your long nose ... "
and now I have to clean a mouthful of iced tea off of my monitor!I'm still laughing.
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It's endemic...
[Read the article: Will National Review correct Cliff May's false Iraq claims?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Today, Drudge accused CNN reporter Michael Ware of "heckling" McCain during his post-stroll presser in Baghdad. There's video proof this did NOT happen (Video of the presser, Ware was silent until the end, raised his hand to ask a question, presser curtailed). Macht nix. The wingers have their story, and they're stickin' to it!
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Is it Atrios? who would say...
[Read the article: National journalists believe you should trust them]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]that to [ABC News], GG is just a dirty f*ckin' hippie? How dare he/we question their pronouncements? They win PEABODY's fer chris'sake!
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BTW, izzat the same ABC "News" that hasn't published ONE WORD about this?
[Read the article: National journalists believe you should trust them]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1604931.ece
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@Paul R.
[Read the article: The right-wing brain in action]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]PR - enjoyed your posts @ MyDD. Sorry if I've missed the reference to it, but do you have an url for self-assessment on Altemeyer's scale?
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If anyone hasn't read Altemeyer...
[Read the article: The right-wing brain in action]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Paul R was good enough to repost the link:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
Read it. His style's a bit breezy for me, but it's an easy read. I scored a "40"...
PR are you REALLY a -11, -11? WOW!
(-6.25, -7.13)
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@GG
[Read the article: A light bulb goes off on the Washington Post editorial page]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In the studio w/ Seder or via telephone?
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First I've seen "Editor's Choices"...
[Read the article: A light bulb goes off on the Washington Post editorial page]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is that more work for Glenn, or do we have someone else to thank/blame?
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Protocol Question -
[Read the article: A light bulb goes off on the Washington Post editorial page]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Where is the "proper" place to follow up on a previous day's post? F'rinstance, I'd like to know if yesterday's post was sent to ABC, and if it generated any reply. I'm assuming there was nothing substantive, otherwise GG would've posted it. But if one were inclined to ask, should one do it HERE, or THERE?
(I should not ask it here or there, I should not ask it anywhere...)
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What are the odds...
[Read the article: Response from ABC News re: the Saddam-anthrax reports]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...against getting a response from Brian Ross, as opposed to Jeff Schneider?
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Thank you, GG for another edition of...
[Read the article: Weekly Standard: Bush has "near dictatorial power"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"no wonder I swing by here first thing in the morning."
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Missing the breadth of the disconnect...
[Read the article: Iraq: American public opinion vs. a "small but powerful group"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The cabal has internalized the belief that PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE SURGE! The Nov. election showed the people wanted GWB to change course. He did. We surged. All True Americans support Dear Leader in these efforts.
I've heard some version of this thesis any number of times. And I think they actually believe their own B.S., which is part of what makes them so dangerous.
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An abject plea
[Read the article: Iraq: American public opinion vs. a "small but powerful group"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]PLEASE stop feeding "Sh*t, uh, SHOOTER fer brains"!
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My typing stinks, and
[Read the article: Anatomy of Beltway conventional wisdom]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'd just composed my longest leTter ever, only to have it disappear on the preview. 8'(
To recap: I'm a convert to the media criticism. It's important and helpful.
Glenn, watch yesterday's Democracy Now! Michael Albert (Z mag founder) had a msg. that reminded me of you. Sounds odd, but the essence of it was - there is hope.
My old college roomate sent me this to cheer me up. Thought I'd share.
Check out this prose from Tagore's "The Gardener"...
The Gardener (Verse 84)
-- Rabindranath Tagore--
Over the green and yellow rice fields
sweep the shadows of autumn clouds
The bees forget to sip their honey;
drunken with light they foolishly hover and hum
The ducks in the islands of the river
clamour in joy for mere nothing
Let none go back home, brothers
this morning let none go to work
Let us take the blue sky by storm
and plunder space as we run
Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood
Brothers, let us squander our morning in futile song.
W/ apologies to Arne, Cheers, everybody!
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Real Name sez
[Read the article: Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"If that isn't warmongering I don't know what is."
Are you literally unaware of the existence of dictionaries?
i.e "books containing words alphabetically arranged along with information about their form, pronunciation, functions, etymologies and meanings"?