Letters to the Editor
Gordon Wagner
Published Letters: 665 Editor's Choice: 16
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McCain and his Zionist money men
[Read the article: McCain on Iraq: Cheney and Rumsfeld blew it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“Cassandra cried and cursed the unhappy hour,
Foretold our fate, but, by the god’s decree,
All heard, and no one believed the prophecy.”(Aeneid 2.323, Dryden Translation).
McCain’s heavily Jewish finance committee includes Kravis; Mark Broxmeyer, a Long Island real estate magnate; Dr. Ben Chouake, president of the New Jersey-based pro-Israel political action committee Norpac, and Barbara Sobel, whose husband, entrepreneur Clifford Sobel, is a major GOP fundraiser who was appointed by President Bush as ambassador to the Netherlands and later Brazil.
According to Chouake, members of the New York-area finance committee have pledged to raise a minimum of $50,000 each. He said that he personally had approached the campaign with an offer of support, based on his concern about the situation in the Middle East. “The 800-pound gorilla in the room right now is Iran,” Chouake told the Forward. “You have the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who represents the first country in the world to openly state, ‘We intend to get nuclear weapons, and we intend to commit genocide.’ This is an immense threat to the United States, and this is an immense threat to Israel. So who are you going to support?… For me, the person that is the most capable, most experienced, most courageous to defend our country, would be John McCain.”
Does ANYONE care that what Ahmadinejad actually said..? No, of course not.
THE ACTUAL QUOTE:
So what did Ahmadinejad actually say? To quote his exact words in farsi:
"Imam ghoft een rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad."
That passage will mean nothing to most people, but one word might ring a bell: rezhim-e. It is the word "Regime", pronounced just like the English word with an extra "eh" sound at the end. Ahmadinejad did not refer to Israel the country or Israel the land mass, but the Israeli regime. This is a vastly significant distinction, as one cannot wipe a regime off the map. Ahmadinejad does not even refer to Israel by name, he instead uses the specific phrase "rezhim-e ishghalgar-e qods" (regime occupying Jerusalem).
So this raises the question.. what exactly did he want "wiped from the map"? The answer is: nothing. That's because the word "map" was never used. The Persian word for map, "nagsheh", is not contained anywhere in his original farsi quote, or, for that matter, anywhere in his entire speech. Nor was the western phrase "wipe out" ever said. Yet we are led to believe that Iran's President threatened to "wipe Israel off the map", despite never having uttered the words "map", "wipe out" or even "Israel".
Why is McCain such an eager shill for Israel..? Israel is a foreign country. Not a "sister nation," and not the fifty-first state.
Consider a Seurat painting -- enough dots of colors and the picture emerges, no connecting-the-dots necessary.
"The old adage has it that, when visiting a foreign country, to ascertain who really runs things, one need determine only who is spoken about in whispers, if at all."
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I'm with Fred
[Read the article: My wife is lying to me about her affair]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The mistake here is that you tried to find a woman as a single-dad with your kids, and all you could find was this loser. Learn from it. Don't do it again.
What he said. What are you even thinking of..? You're grown, you have kids. The kids come first. Especially because it's just you raising them.
Wasting your time with entertaining, flakey women is not something you continue to do after you've dropped anchor. Focus on your children. They depend on you and look up to you more than you imagine.
Man up.
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A 600-page history of vegetarianism..?
[Read the article: Herbivore vs. carnivore]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Are you putting me on..? Is this some kind of sophisticated joke..? What would possess someone to bother writing a book on such a topic..?
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Darfur..?
[Read the article: Congress steps on Bush's Darfur applause line]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone been keeping count of crises in Africa over the years..? Why is this our concern..? Let them starve, arm both sides and let them kill one another, steal their resources, whatever the SOP is. It's not as if there isn't an established precedent. If we buy rubber bracelets, will that help..?
Not to sound burned-out and cynical... but I'm burned-out and cynical.
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Gee, you mean there was something fishy in 2004..?
[Read the article: Mixed verdicts in Ohio recount-rigging case]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is this news..? Where have you been??
The election was stolen and no one seems to care. What a shame. This used to be such a nice country, too. It's a pity.
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Jefferson's Manual
[Read the article: Hawks knock surge plan's command structure]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Google it. Do-it-yourself impeachment.
It's time, really. No one can still be sleeping, can they..?
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waaah
[Read the article: I gave up everything to be with my Russian husband and now I'm unhappy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]waaah London is boring (wtf?)
waaah My husband expects me to act like his wife
waaah He's acting Russian! This is so unfair!
waaah Life would have been different back in my MBA program
Why do you imagine American women have the undisputed reputation as being the worst wives available on this planet..?
Listen, separate, get your own little dumpy flat somewhere. You'll be doing your husband a great service in the long run. You get me..?
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Yes, leave.
[Read the article: Should I leave my alcoholic husband?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If your husband can't control his drinking, leave. Alcohol is enjoyable (I'm thinking specifically of wine). Hard alcohol is too much. Beer is repulsive. Put some space between him and you and your kids.
I feel that people can drop any habit if they're ready and willing to do so -- but you can't change someone. They have to change. Motivate him. Leave.
Your kids are what's important. He ought to have realized that, long ago. Misusing alcohol is not a good character trait.
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I don't mean to beat you up
[Read the article: Should I leave my alcoholic husband?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But "one chance" is the same as "one more chance" and "one more chance after that," on and on, over and over. What does co-dependence look like..?
So many C.Tennis letter writers seem to need a little shove to LEAVE THE BAD SITUATION. They can see what they need to do... do I dare? Do I dare..?
Yes. Do it. Do it for your kids and for your self. You can see what needs to be done. DO IT.