Letters to the Editor
Rambling Rose 22
Published Letters: 757 Editor's Choice: 6
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Oh For Crying Out Loud!
[Read the article: My girlfriend's daughter is dressing like a stripper for Halloween!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I swear, Tennis, everything has to be a history lecture with you, doesn't it?
This guy is confused as hell. First, he's offended by a young girl dressing like a slut. Then, he confuses his own fantasies of desiring women to act more like sluts until a defined age bracket that I suppose we are to assume means he's not interested in screwing them after age 45. What's wrong with this picture?
Women who enjoy their own sexuality are not necessarily sluts! Slutty behavior is...what exactly? A stripper? A common street ho? Or a woman who enjoys sex but isn't necessarily sleeping with everything that comes down the street because she can't control herself?
Wake up, Dude! Young girls have been dressing like sluts as young as 10 well before and after Halloween so it ain't no costume, Dude! I mean, how can you tell today what's a costume and what is just plain everyday slutty attire? Bra straps hanging out, boobs pushed up and out front screaming, "See me? See me?," low-cut sweaters showing cleveage all over the place, blouses half-unbuttoned, pants down below your ass crack to make sure we all know you're wearing the blue thong panties today.
Of course, we should hold Mom and Dad accountable for how cheap these young girls look, but hey, Mom got a deal at WalMart on that T-Shirt for her 6 year old that reads, "I'm a Little Hottie." Besides,chances are, she dresses just like the 12 year olds. And Dad? Well, who asks him anything anymore - if you can find him, that is.
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Let's Have 2 Marathons
[Read the article: How Oprah ruined the marathon]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have friends (over the age of 45) who are now trying to do the physically impossible, atleast for them: Run marathons, and 10K and 5K races too, usually by walking them just to be able to say, "I did the so-and-so marathon." It's like some kind of new status symbol among the smug and self-centered. A female friend (over 45 years old) started doing tri-athelons this year although she can barely finish in any respectable time to be comsided competitive. Though there may be just 2 or 3 persons in an age class, everyone gets an Award.
Thirty years ago I was inspired by Frank Short too. His performance made us all feel that maybe, just maybe, we could run too. But most of us were not naive enough to think that we could train the way these athletes train and run competitive times. And few of us had the time or energy to devote to trying.
Yes, I too have heard people brag that their involvement in these activities is simply "to finish." That's not a competitive statement or competitive objective. It's yet another way the ego-centric make themselves feel like they are actually doing something worthwhile with their money and their time.
Remember when water bottles were confined to the running events and other athletic venues (football field, basketball court, volleyball court, etc.)? Today you can't walk down the street without seeing hundreds of people clutching water bottles like security blankets. Hydrating is a sport too I guess.
Maybe it's time for two marathons. One for the 36,800 or so who "just want to finish." And another for about 200 who earn their way into the race with established qualifying times. That way, those who have talent, train, and want competition can get their recognition. Those who want to simply feel good and finish can take all day to say they did. And a few others may be inspired to work their way into the qualifying race.
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There's Your Trouble
[Read the article: The Daringly Irrelevant Book for Girls?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just go ahead and dump on something positive that comes out for young girls. Find fault with it. Kick it down. Make us all just give up and agree with you that it's useless to even try. I mean, just look at those big, bad, powerful media machines cramming all this celebrity bad behavior crap down our throats 24/7! Egads!
Mothers have power. They always have. They can comment about what a trailer park piece of trash that Spears girl is, and how Paris Hilton is nothing more than a malnourished jail bird who wears expensive clothes to prison! They can rip Lohan apart for her weak-willed efforts to want a normal life without drugs and alchohol.
And most importantly, they can keep asking: "Where are the families and friends who profess to love and care about these young women? And if they are so _______ (fill in the blank with rich, popular, talented, etc.), why are they so unhappy and self-destructive? Smart and loving families don't let their loved ones act this way."
Smart women know how to take something like this positive book, and figure out a way to get the message to their daughters, nieces, granddaughters, etc. Dumb women wring their hands and write columns about the futility of trying to reach our girls.
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Bush Wishes It Was Him!
[Read the article: Bush and Musharraf's grand illusion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Bush probably secretly wishes he could do what Mushaffaf has done and seize control of this country in the same way and avoid answering to anyone about anything too. If he thought for one minute he could get away with it he would do it! Hence, the incremental destruction of the U.S. Constitution, the Geneva Convention parts that he want to ignore, and the Bill of Rights. If he does it slowly, under the guise of homeland security, then it doesn't seem like what it is.
You mistaken Bush's ignorance for apathy when you claim he gave it a low priority by sending Rice to deal with Musharref and by not calling Musharraf himself. That's been the biggest problem with the media since Bush first ran for office in Texas: confusing him with someone who actually has the skills, experience, and depth to run goverment.
Bush is a failure and the biggest threat to this country since Richard Nixon. He's actually worst than Nixon.