Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 1240
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Ondolette
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That's basically the mental image I got when you and Arne took me though it before. And, when I got that image, coupled with the image of some fairly skilled folks partnerning with some some less than ethical types, my blood ran cold. It was clear the volume of "false positives" could be enormous. That the volume is collected is one thing, what happens with that volume is quite another. I've worked in a couple of settings where primacy of privacy was supposed to be practiced, but wasn't. People who are in a position to "look stuff up" for professional purposes, can be quite comfortable looking things up for personal reasons as well. Human beings are human in every aspect of their lives, everywhere in the world. And, given the way this administration has placed some of the most incompetent and ethically challenged individuals into positions of influence, the idea of data mining electronic information is just a tad disconcerting.
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Mario Cuomo
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone looking for a dose of goosebumps (stirring ones of the good kind) are encouraged to look at this post by looseheadprop at FDL.
Mario Cuomo gave a speech on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to 2,000 of the most influential lawyers in NYC. The program didn’t give a title for the speech, but [former?] Gov. Cuomo repeatedly invoked, as if she were some kind of Catholic saint, “Our Lady of the Law.”
He called out “power seeking presidents” who engage in “efforts to throw off constitutional restraints” through various means....
http://tinyurl.com/242t2u
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Paranoia shared
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...paranoid mofo...? As far as I'm concerned, bamage, it's not automatically an irrational thing to be. Your question about the phone is not so unlike the wonder I have about my computer. As in, hmmm, computer is "off" but it's still plugged into the modem, which is still live with Qwest... could someone snoop my powered off computer? Could someone turn it on by remote? I used to solve that problem with the old dial-up by unplugging the phone line. Ha! Take that infidels! So, I do the same thing now. Feels a little foolish, but at least I *know.*
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Ondolette
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Not to derail your tutorial, but to thank you for it. With your patient answers to our unsophisticated questions, it's hard to guess how many others lurking at the edges you edify. So, Thanks. For myself, and for anyone else who is listening in.
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bamage re: commissions
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm pretty sure if we use word count as the metric I, RMP, WT, and ondolette are offering stiff competition today. I think we've safely taken Bebop off the hook.
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Puzzles
[Read the article: Joe Klein: Both factually false and stuck in the 1980s]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's a gift to be simple, as the Shakers use to hum. The more ya's shake the peg..(shad up)...
How is it something I only about half understand prompts me into gales of laughter? Bop, it is a gift, I tell ya!
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Congratulations, Debbie(aussie)!
[Read the article: Good riddance to John Howard ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good on ya! I am envious! Perhaps in a year or so we can join you in that happy dance. If we Yanks can get our minds right, I suspect the rest of the world might join us in that celebration... right after they heave a *huge* sigh of relief.
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Debbie(aussie)
[Read the article: Good riddance to John Howard ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fair point. I suppose the degree to which anyone celebrates might depend on which Democrat got elected. But, quite honestly, if the Republican candidate is Rudy Giuliani, any Democrat would be an improvement.
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the role of cliamte change
[Read the article: Good riddance to John Howard ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Via ThinkProgress.
Climate Progress
Australian denier bites the dust - literally
Global warming takes down its first major political victim...
http://tinyurl.com/2p3eru
Do you suppose if Atlanta, Gerogia doesn't get significant rainfall soon, that might place a dent in the viability of Reagan's southern strategy? Probably too much to hope for.
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well, crankynick
[Read the article: Good riddance to John Howard ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If not Fosters, then what might you all like to be toasted with? I doubt you'd be impressed with a New Belgium Fat Tire. Suggest an alternative. I may just choose to celebrate for you all weekend.
Gosh, I'm thrilled for you Aussies. And, I do *NOT* want you to stop crowing. It is a wonderful thing to behold. Damn, that was well done. But, I'd be a lot less than honest if I didn't admit I was strobe-light neon green with envy.
Cheer on! Tell me how good it's really gonna feel.
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crankynick
[Read the article: Good riddance to John Howard ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Expecting a graceful exit from these lying megalomaniacs is probably too much to hope for. Getting them gone is the goal.
Sam Adams it is! I'll toast you with pleasure. Congratulations, again.
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jayackroyd
[Read the article: Time magazine's FISA fiasco shows how Beltway reporters mislead the country]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Krugman's blog has become one of the first things I check every morning. His Helperin smack-down was truly elegant; simple, succinct, and dead-on. I took the occasion to re-read Krugman's column that is the basis for his blog post. Krugman was incredibly prescient. I think there are some corners of the print media where the gloves are coming off. There are a few reputable folks out there who, perhaps, don't want to be found complicit by association. Which is why I think you are correct, that editors are following the comments of these nascent blogs. And, while it is time consuming to comment at these sites, I think it's a potentially valuable expenditure. Reward what's honest and true, punish what's deceitful and lazy. I catch your caution about the signal to noise ratio on the comment sections at the Washington Post, but done consistently, I think it can have an impact. IIRC, the WaPo even has someone assigned to follow those comments and on occasion that individual 'analyzes' and reports on them.