Letters to the Editor
aroneus
Published Letters: 12
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Must be nice to know the thoughts and motivations of every soldier and recruiter.
[Read the article: Berkeley retreats from Marine Corps ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hang with a fairly liberal crowd, and one of my best friends is also a Marine. After his tour in Iraq, he was told he had a recruiting assignment coming up. He didn’t want to do it. His officers didn’t want him to go. But there it is. His mission for the next three years is to convince people to join the service during a time of war.
He doesn’t lie to the parents, or to the kids. He has his own teenage son on his mind every day. People turn on the news, they know soldiers and Iraqis are still getting killed.
Some folks join up because they want to serve, or be a part of something larger than themselves. Some people join because it’s a steady job, or a way out of a dumpy town. And I admit, some join because they like the idea of plugging their fellow man.
But avoid generalizations, like “all recruiters must be liars or swindlers.” Those kinds of broad brushstrokes helped get us into this mess to begin with. There are bad apples in every bunch. But most soldiers just do the mission they’re given.
Let’s try to avoid using the all-or-nothing vocabulary employed by the President and his lackeys.
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How do they reconcile this?
[Read the article: John Yoo's war crimes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This fall, those who still support this admininstration will warn us all of the dangers of "activist judges," whom they accuse of conjuring new laws out of thin air. How is this behavior by the president and his cohorts any different? In this case, the DOJ has left a paper trail of its plans to give expanded powers to the executive, which seems a bit more egregious than a judge handing down an unpopular decision.
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Umm...don't blame Hollywood.
[Read the article: "Wanted"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like the reviewer already stated, this movie is based on a comic book. Actually, I'm thinking your Hollywood trash mongers significantly reduced the levels of violence. In the story, the world is run by villains while the rest of us go about our little suck lives. Doesn't sound too far fetched when you think about it. If you want to avoid the movie, I've a gut feeling that the legislation mandating compulsory attendance won't be passed until at least 2009, so you have some time to make your getaway.
Good luck.
And to the reviewer: walk down to the local comic book shop (where you'll be the coolest person in the room), drop 15 bucks, and spend 20 minutes reading the book (since you chose to mention it). The whole story is there in one little volume, and then you won't have to be told about the source material. Even if it doesn't interest you, it makes for better journalism.
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Again: comic book movie. Lighten up.
[Read the article: "The Dark Knight"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you people roll your eyes as you walk into the theater, or do you at least wait for the trailers to finish? You go to a Batman movie and you can't figure out why the main character's running around like some guy out of a comic book.
Are you kidding?
Holy crap, some of you must be boring as hell in person.
Now if you'll excuse me. I'm going to go wrestle with my masturbation issues (known as the fanboy's curse).
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The ad's real, front and center on McCain's web site.
[Read the article: New McCain Web ad mocks Obama as false Messiah]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I used to admire the guy in 2000 for the way he carried himself as an unconventional conservative. The more you look at his record before 2000, and the more you look at his behavior today, it becomes clear that his act in 2000 was just that. He's a tired old man who feels he deserves to be the president, and he feels it slipping away. Freakin' spooky.