Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1348
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One more JW
[Read the article: The truth about telecom amnesty]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I honestly don't know why the Democrats simply don't threaten to let this bill expire. One more FISA link at TPM:
FISA Bill Already Allowed Unfettered Evesdropping To Prevent Terror Attack, Dems Say
By Greg Sargent - October 17, 2007, 7:13PM
http://tinyurl.com/2cwksj
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Senator Dodd
[Read the article: AT&T, other telecoms, buy victory in lawsuits]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Made my phone call. Offered my thanks. Expressed my support. They were glad to get the call.
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Done
[Read the article: Dodd's emphasis on constitutional and rule of law issues]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Could you take just a minute to vote for Christopher Dodd right now? Here's the link:
http://DemocracyforAmerica.com/VoteDodd
-- bamage
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Actions
[Read the article: Harry Reid works to ensure telecom amnesty, warrantless surveillance]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]*Email sent to Senator Reid? Check.
*Donation made in response to email announcing Dodd's willingness to filibuster? Check.
Phone calls to various office? Yet to go.
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@ Paul Rosenberg
[Read the article: The Weekly Standard mentality and the Senate Intelligence Committee]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]War on Terror... War on Drugs... I say we make war on both the abstract and the concrete. And, while we're at it let's make war on the random and the sequential, too. And, then I want to take on metaphors, similes, syllogisms, and dangit, symbols (or, simballs)in general. I am, of course, kidding. I'm about two-thirds of the way through Douglas Hofstadter's I Is A Strange Loop. I'd be done with it by now, but frequently I have to put it down to let the swelling in my brain subside. LOL
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@ lupercus
[Read the article: The Weekly Standard mentality and the Senate Intelligence Committee]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]FYI. Paul Rosenberg frequently does a diary at Open Left; frequently, on weekends. He has been known to get into some fairly esoteric stuff, but manages to do so in plain language. If you don't already know about it, or haven't seen his posts, I think the link at my sig will take you to his collection of essays at that site.
Otherwise, try: http://tinyurl.com/2l9cqb
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@ Danny Sleator
[Read the article: Howie Kurtz, Shailagh Murray, and the vapid, petty Beltway media mind]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thanks for your wisdom, and the poetry. I *love* the sign in your front yard. May I copy it?
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@ Anon
[Read the article: And then he's going to take a little nap]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...the sudden impact of 250 million knees hitting the ground at the same time.
LOL. Love the 'visual.' Thanks for a great laugh.
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"Always be closing."
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Best wishes yanking that manuscript around the last corner and over the last hurdle, Glenn. I'd tell you to 'enjoy' your time away, but I think I know better. See you on the flip.
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re Cheney and Iran
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]John, of Dymaxion World, posting at Ezra Klein's blog yesterday, links to a story in Slate (below) and makes the observation,
There was a time, long ago, when the US Government's biggest threat came from officers who would not accept the supremacy of civilian command. Now, the fear of war is such that we're left with nothing but the hope that officers will disobey their civilian masters.
Resign, Retire, Renounce: What should generals do if Bush orders a foolish attack on Iran?
By Fred Kaplan
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, at 7:17 PM ET
http://tinyurl.com/yw2554
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OMG! What stunning UT debut
[Read the article: Chris Floyd for Glenn Greenwald: The Democrats' year of living disastrously]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Welcome Chris. I see we are in superb hands. Other than the fact I now want to crawl between the mattress and the box springs, this was a wonderful summation of the past year. How profoundly depressing to see it all documented in one place. I'm going to be awhile working through all the links...if I can stand it. One thing is certain. I've added another bookmark. Ho-ly Cow.
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Gonna be a tough week
[Read the article: Pam Spaulding for Glenn Greenwald: Out gay man challenges Elizabeth Dole]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can see that I'm going to be doing a lot more reading, and a lot less commenting. Not a bad thing at all.
I'm going to have to abandon some other sites I normally visit because of time spent here (and, therefore, not there).
I'm going to get whipped from the depths of despair (Chris Floyd) to the hights of high hopes (Pam Spaulding).
So, I'll break out the mood stabilizers. Fasten my seat belt. Put on a crash helmet. And, sit back for the ride.
Welcome, Pam. Great piece. Let a thousand 'purple' flowers bloom as my state - like yours - matures from red towards blue.
It's great to have you here!
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Welcome Anonymous Liberal.
[Read the article: Anonymous Liberal for Glenn Greenwald: The incoherence of the competing rationales for war with Iran]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you hadn't said you were a lawyer, from your style, I'd have guessed. By the fifth paragraph I'd settled into my seat in the jury box, and you had my attention.
Thanks for the clarity. Especially, for making the point that Iran's efforts to date are entirely rational given its shared border with Iraq, its history with Iraq, and the restraint it has exercised on its own behalf and ours.
Awhile back - here, or elsewhere - someone drew the parallel between Cheney and the poker player who plays in "crazy gear." I thought it apt with respect to Iraq. It seems to apply to Iran too. I've read that Iran has made substantive efforts to negotiate, went on the record a year ago, has tried to demonstrate "good faith", all for naught it would seem. If those reports were accurate, I find BushCo's stance in regard to Iran nothing less than obscene.
I hope you'll continue to prosecute this topic while you are here with us. And, I have you bookmarked. Thanks for this insightful first installment, and for subbing for Glenn.
[Glenn, you've left us in a trio of really good hands!]
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ENDA and the White House
[Read the article: Pam Spaulding for Glenn Greenwald: Out gay man challenges Elizabeth Dole]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]According to ThinkProgress:
“Americans For Truth has learned that a White House official has boasted to pro-family leaders attending a private administration briefing that White House staffers were involved in the negotiations to craft expanded religious exemption language for the new ENDA bill,” according to Peter LaBarbera’s Americans For Truth organization.
http://tinyurl.com/2fcypq
Expanded religious exemption language? Have no clue what is really meant by this, but if White House officials are boasting, I assume it's not good.