Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1334
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And who would that include?
[Read the article: Brian Williams' "response" to the military analyst story]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The real war mongers here are the government worshipers who pretend that they will not support the next war a democrat starts.
STFU Donnie, I mean, Bucky! You're out of your element!
Or, maybe not, but you get the drift. The real war mongers are the McCain supporters. And the RWA 28%ers.
I'm not sure what causes you to tee off on anybody you feel doesn't measure up to your "the MIC is a mass slaughter machine" position. I've no proof, but I'd venture to say that most hanging around in here AGREE with you on that.
At least, they would if you weren't always railing at your targets as if THEY were the ones who are deranged.
Can't you lighten up, please, and save some of the bile for the 28%ers?
With all due respect...
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DClaw re: poll
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Wanker. 100%. 1 vote. That's me 8').
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What about Hoyer?
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Any ad campaign in his district?
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And there are few things that would infuriate their base and prompt the equivalent of all-out political war in an election year more than a act like this. Handing George Bush new warrantless eavesdropping powers and full-scale protection from having his illegal spying finally investigated and adjudicated (and that is what the effect of telecom amnesty would be), rather than just waiting six months for the next President to take office, would be unconscionable.
I think it's a leverage point, really. Because there is no uproar, these "people" haven't internalized what an absolute disaster this would be for their hold on power. Maybe if they understood how self-destructive they were acting, their staggering sense of self-importance might come into play.
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New (FISA) post up
[Read the article: Brian Williams' "response" to the military analyst story]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]N/T
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@GG re: Hoyer
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Glenn, Hoyer may not be vulnerable, but is there any leverage to be gained by slamming him w/ the "telco immunity will so outrage a substantial minority of the Democratic-leaning voters that Democrats might well lose the General election" argument?
And Aych, if HRC is coronated, I'm going to vote for every Dem I can (that won't be many, I'm in TX) EXCEPT for her. But maybe I'm not average.
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brightstar why don't you either go away
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]or STFU. Yeah, genius, you're the only one in here who ever recognizes the similarity between the two choices we're currently stuck with. And we're all empty vessels, not worthy of being called your peers.
Retard.
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Peace
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]bstar, no need to qualify yer comments to me, personally. It's just that broad-brush disparaging commentary is one of my hot buttons. Like when eedjits use the "salonistas" label. Sets me off.
There are plenty of rational people in here, along w/ a few select loons, and most are willing to engage in rational discourse - as long as somebody doesn't seem to demonstrate right out of the starting gate that there's no possibility of any good faith interaction.
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nvizibl: another eedjit
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The overwhelming majority of the people in this country see no value in launching a futile lawsuit against telcos, are not terrorists or sympathizers and have no fear of their privacy rights being tread upon in the name of national security, and therefore tend to come out in favor of the Bushies on this issue."
I suppose there's a REMOTE possibility that's not simply an assertion you pulled out of your butt - if you ignore the actual evidence (polls) that Glenn has repeatedly cited to the contrary.
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@ PDA re: HBIC & sharter28%
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Paul, HBIC is probably some clever disparaging acronym. You know, sort of like sharter28% means
RWA lying bit of human excrement that isn't worth addressing.
That type of thing.
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Bucky
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Missed that, didn't get to my counterpunch email yet today.
F*cking depressing, and irritating as hell innit? A rhetorical question, of course.
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Well the problem is...
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...we're compelled to force people into voluntary cooperation w/ each other.
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Blechhhhhhhhhh...
[Read the article: What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Dallas Morning News has two long Op-Eds this morning (they take up most of the page) on Obama/Wright. Jeebus. And the authors? Maureen O'D and Krauthamer. Double Jeebus.
What a rag.
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Glenn, do you know a reporter named Robin Toner?
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]They're quoting you in the NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/us/politics/04memo.html?hp
Sorry if that's been repeatedly pointed out. Odd thing was, I saw the quote, thought to myself, "I don't remember that", logged on, and here it was...
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Uh, never mind
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hadn't even read the first sentence of the post when I posed the question.
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OK, now that I've actually READ the post and letters....
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...I'll chime in to say, "damaged goods" Sunday, May 4, 2008 08:07 AM idea sounds good to me.
http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/04/1988/permalink/b6d2ac804e16487662920129add58752.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/4owhap
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Meanwhile, in Real News
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]ttp://therealnews.com/id/1434/20080502/Hundreds+killed+by+US+strik
or click sig for linky
Hundreds killed by US strikes in Sadr City
Pepe Escobar: New strategy to fight resistance--Wall-in a section of the city and bomb it
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bucky1
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Did you check the link I posted?
Sunday, May 4, 2008 03:00 PM
Let's remember who the real villains are.
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It's worse than you think
[Read the article: Who needs Dana Perino when you have the NYT's Michael Gordon?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As this B.S. is disseminated, all the "qualifiers' get stripped out. The Dallas Morning news says the NYT and WaPo contributed to their report, but no mention that "there has been debate among experts about the extent to which Iran is responsible for instability in Iraq", Instead, the info was generated from "interrogation reports".
and, ya gotta love this (forgive the transcription)
At a news conference, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said there was no hard evidence that Tran was allowing weapons to come into Iraq.
But al-Dabbagh called reporters later to clarify his remarks, which he said were misinterpreted.
"there is an interference and evidence that they have interfered in Iraqi affairs" he said in an interview arranged by a U.S. official. When asked to characterize the proof of Iranian weapons, he said: "It is a concrete evidence."
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Sysprog
[Read the article: Who needs Dana Perino when you have the NYT's Michael Gordon?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I bookmarked that site (zenhuber). Have you read his book?
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This one's fer you, Aych
[Read the article: The media, the right and 1988: Endless deja vu]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.smallgovtimes.com/story/08may05.pain.regulation/
Arne even misspells Arnie. Grunt.