Letters to the Editor
SB
Published Letters: 410 Editor's Choice: 19
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Whew...
[Read the article: "Anti-Abortion, but Pro-Date Rape"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good thing the PC police nailed that quickly.
Clearly the author was 100% serious.
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"Does anyone at Salon practice journalism anymore?"
[Read the article: The unbearable whiteness of being]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If they practiced, they might have gotten good at it by now.
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"campaign finance reform (Obama's for it, "
[Read the article: Barack by the books]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Obama WAS for it, until he bailed on the pubic financing deal. And maybe he'll be for it again, if it's convenient; and depending on how the question is asked and who's asking.
I no longer actually believe any statement about what he says he believes or what positions he says he'll take. All that matters is that he not be a raging hothead warmonger like McCain and that enough pressure is somehow brought to bear to make him act something like a Democrat.
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Good riddance...
[Read the article: The bitter legacy of Jesse Helms]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Though I can't imagine why the Devil would take that vile, poisonous toad back. Oh, well; there goes the neighborhood....
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What do you call someone who speaks only one language?
[Read the article: One nation, not just speaking English]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]An American.
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Stay there!
[Read the article: My company wants me to move to California ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Good God, California's already full! Another east-coaster, one who doesn't even want to be here? No Thank You. You'd do nothing but complain; you aren't even here and you're complaining already! Stay there, we don't like you either. Thanks!
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"Americans, in their cosmic stupidity, cannot distinguish between satire and smear"
[Read the article: Rush Limbaugh was right]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yep.
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Buttwiper or Butt Wipe?
[Read the article: The rise and fall of an American beer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank God (and Fritz Maytag) for Anchor Steam.
Delicious, and usually less than twice the price of the King of Pisswater.
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"the cheap bastard I live with won't pay for it"
[Read the article: Why I hate summer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You can't buy an air conditioner yourself? Under $100!
Maybe you could write an article complaining about the cheap bastard, that might net you $67.
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"But is that not my right?"
[Read the article: The veil vs. French values]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It may be her right to dress and do as she chooses, or perhaps as she has been subtly trained to choose; but it is an earned privilege to become a citizen of a particular country.
This woman decided, upon moving to France, to behave in a clearly non-French fashion. She went out of her way to set herself apart from the French, and does not participate in French society in any meaningful way.
They aren't deporting her, only acknowledging the fact that she just isn't French.
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Actually...
[Read the article: The Obama show lands in Israel]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?" (Israel, that is) is not in itself very intriguing at all. After all, people around the world wonder about how the next administration's policies will affect them. The problem is that that question gets asked seriously by the MSM and those in power here in the US. It has been clearly established that any nationally known American politician who does not kiss Israel's ass enough to satisfy AIPAC will be banished to the political wilderness. So the question is "Which U.S. presidential candidate will pander more to Israel's perceived interests?" Since Israel is a country about the size of Switzerland, I personally would like to care about our relations with Israel not much more than I care about US relations with Switzerland.
Unfortunately, our dealings with Israel are basically a vast ongoing financial drain with the 'benefit' of making relations with the countries that have the oil we want MUCH more antagonistic and dangerous, so I am in fact much more concerned than I am about the very easy to get along with Swiss.
Anyway - personally, I think we should cut 'aid' to Israel completely. And it's not just a question of "they can't play nice with the neighbors, no allowance." They are not a poor country, we simply shouldn't be giving them our money! The cover story about Israel being the middle east's only democracy blah blah blah staunch ally etc. etc. is bogus. We don't have to give our actual legitimate allies huge sums of money so they'll be our friend, and being a 'democracy' has never really been a requirement to be our client state. How much do the British spy on us? And when was the last time the brits tried to sink one of our ships? (USS Liberty, anyone?)
Israel is high maintenance, takes our money, steals our stuff, picks fights with the obnoxious neighbors, and has way too much influence over our decision making processes. How did we get into this dysfunctional relationship?? Switzerland is so well behaved, pretty, and rich too... sigh.
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Those who can, do...
[Read the article: Erica Kane is my guru]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Those who can't do, teach...
Perhaps a job in administration awaits....?
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More power plants!
[Read the article: Why we never need to build another polluting power plant]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have one on my roof...
It seems to work especially well when demand is peaking and prices are highest. Funny how that works out.
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German composter?
[Read the article: Pachelbel's Canon -- sixth century Korean style]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Typo or dead composer joke?
I can just imagine him 6 feet under, gradually erasing his life's work. I'm sure he'd be done by now.
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OK, they fixed it....
[Read the article: Pachelbel's Canon -- sixth century Korean style]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One of the funnier typos I've seen in a while, though.
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Dave Satan...?
[Read the article: War erupts in the Caucasus]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What is WRONG with you anyway?
Can you please take your meds and crawl back under your rock?
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Blue Velvet, 1986
[Read the article: And the next great American beer will be...? ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I recall the quote "Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!" bouncing around parties and such for years after that.
That would be the root of PBR's alleged hipness as far as I can tell. Sorry hipsters, I'm inclined to give Hollywood credit. Or David Lynch at least.
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I was sympathetic at first...
[Read the article: My marriage was a mistake]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but the more I read, the less I sympathized. When I got to "I want to sell our house and live my own life with the money that I make.", that was it. The phrase "what a bitch" immediately popped into my head.
"I want to sell our house and live my own life with the money that I make."
Oh really? Well isn't that special. Not only do you want to ditch the poor guy, but you want to sell the house out from under him? How evenly have the costs of this house been split thus far, 50/50? With the real estate market like it is, how much of a loss will there be if you sell now? Will that loss be split 50/50? Or will you absorb any loss resulting from the ill-timed sale you want to force? No? So on top of the wicked heartbreak, you're OK with this costing him $91,000 or $29,000 or $118,000 or whatever financial hit he's going to be forced to swallow?
If you gotta leave, then leave. But don't throw his life into turmoil any more than necessary. It's bad enough as it is. Please prove my gut reaction wrong.
And don't get married again until you know yourself MUCH BETTER than you apparently did going into this marriage.