Letters to the Editor
Peter Paul
Published Letters: 44 Editor's Choice: 1
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Question
[Read the article: Joe Lieberman, from his indie perch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Senator Lieberman, one more question, if I may: In retrospect, how do you feel about destroying your career by shilling for the most corrupt presidential administration since Nixon, over what has turned out to be the worst foreign policy disaster in the history of our country? I mean, when people hear the name "Joe Lieberman" that is the first thing that pops into their heads. Doesn't that make you feel like a jackass?
Okay, that was actually two questions. Carry on, Joe. And one more thing. Understand that Democrats will never again trust you for choosing to be Bush's butt boy. Republicans will think you're a fool for choosing to betray your own political party, so they'll never trust you, either.
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Go with God
[Read the article: Larry Craig's bathroom behavior and the right wing -- then and now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm convinced that God has a sense of humor. If he didn't, why else would he make right wing Christian reactionary politics so attractive to self-loathing, in-the-closet gay men? The crime of sexual hypocrisy is so deliciously linked to the punishment that a public outing entails. God - you magnificent, diabolical bastard, you. Meh.
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Surely you jest?
[Read the article: Why bathroom sex is hot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]encognito said
I don’t care if Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie and [insert favorite porn star here] are in that restroom begging for penetration, there is no way I’m having sex in a nasty ass public restroom.
Anonymous bathroom sex is not my modus operandi. However, suppose I was, say, in the Minneapolis airport in the cold, lonely Minnesota night, when Angelina approached with an offer of bathroom sex. Suppose further she said, "I'll be in the first stall on the right. If you aren't there in two minutes, I'm starting without you!" You can be damn sure I would haul ass to the bathroom, trousers around my ankles, public restroom pee stink notwithstanding. The next day I would be on the internets, posting the story for all to read. And e-mailing Brad the photos to prove it.
Does this smack of desperate horniness? Yes it does. Hot desperate horniness.
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Both men suffer from dementia
[Read the article: How Bush betrays Reagan]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]One notable parallel between Reagan and Bush, which Gary fails to mention: Both men suffered from dementia (and Bush continues to live with the dread affliction).
Reagan had Alzheimer's disease. Bush has brain damage, caused by decades of drug and alcohol abuse.
I assume Gary omitted this out of courtesy.
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Pardon me if I fiddle while Rome burns
[Read the article: Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]yeah - I gotta agree with the glass is half empty crowd. When I see a pile of sh*t, I conclude it is just that, a pile of sh*t. I don't conclude that a pile of sh*t is evidence of a pony, somewhere, under all the sh*t. We are a failed democracy. And when our best political minds are presented with irrefutable evidence that our president is a liar and a war criminal, they conclude the best strategy is to do nothing, except wait, with our thumbs firmly up our behinds, for the 2008 elections to roll around. But the truth is, we are just one terrorist attack away from our dumbed down electorate voting Bush president for life, suspending that annoying constitution, and declaring martial law. Cuz, you know, you gots to be willing to destroy freedom, in order to save it. (I just realized: Marshall Law would be a kick a$$ name for a blog!)
Me? I'm gonna sit here and roll me a cigarrette out of some really fine imported tobaccy and enjoy me a smoke. Hmmm...now that's a good ciggy. Wha? You folks still here? Ok - you wanna know what's really funny? This tobacco is imported from Europe, but it's still costs a fraction of them American made manufactured cigarettes. Ain't that a kick in the a$$? Imported from f*cking Holland fer christsake, and it's still $25 cheaper than a carton of Marbs. Whoo, baby. What a f*cked up country we are, indeed. You folks still here? Git out, yer startin to bug the sh*t out of me. Go on - I said, "Git!" And let me enjoy my imported ciggy in peace.
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PTSD
[Read the article: Middle age threw me a wicked curve]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My guess is your penis has suffered some kind of trauma.
Mine too. My penis evidently found my life too boring and enlisted in the Army without telling anyone. He gained quite a reputation as a fierce warrior in Iraq, in fact, he became known as The Wild Boar of Fallujah. However, such heroism takes its emotional toll. To this day my penis suffers from a severe and intractable case of PTSD.
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omg
[Read the article: How the Navy plans to recruit "coddled" kids]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ok, let's see whether I understand this. The Navy observes patriotism and the desire to enlist in the military are down due to the impact of the Iraq war. Then they conclude that this generation of young people is coddled and narcissistic. Does it occur to these bozos that young people understand the nation was cynically manipulated into supporting this war turned quagmire? That the wealthy elite encourage their children to avoid military service, especially the kind of service that sends you to Iraq to be killed and maimed by IEDs? And their own president, the commander-in-chief himself dodged the war in Viet Nam in his youth? And now the same chickenhawk president wants to expand the war to Iran because Iraq was such a roaring success. Are these morons really too dense to comprehend why the young are reluctant to enter military service? Or would it just be impolitic to say it out loud? The military has the Bush administration and their f*cked up war to thank for the sorry state of recruitment today.
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Hate the Sin, Vote for the Sinner
[Read the article: Beyond the Multiplex]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Abortion would be rampant in the capitalist dystopia envisioned by Republicans, and least prevalent in the progressive society envisioned by Democrats. In other words, do you hate abortion? Vote Democrat!