Letters to the Editor
Rambling Rose 22
Published Letters: 757 Editor's Choice: 6
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Oh. Is There A Problem Here?
[Read the article: Casual hookups cause "gray rape"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gee.
And to think that I didn't even know there might be a "gray rape" problem going on with young women who tramp themselves around town acting and dressing like what we used to refer to as common sluts! So, THAT'S the hooking up thang, eh? Well, I wondered.
See,I thought the very nature of "hooking up" implied you wanted sex? So are you saying that all this sexually aggressive posturing with hooking up is defined as the just fooling around variety, like petting? Or does that also include actual penetration of the vagina? Silly me. Wow! And all this time, I thought that mixed signals were what guys used as an excuse to do what THEY wanted to do sexually with women. Hmm.
Oh, and the alcohol part: Yeah, that's still a huge problem, isn't it? Like, I mean, drink til you turn red and puke and can't lift your head to say, "Hell no. Get off me, Freak, before I pull your balls off your scrotum!" Man, what freedom!
And to think that the sexual and reproductive freedom that women like me and others were so vocally in favor over 40 years ago has now turned into young women acting like sexual thugs out prowling the bars for their next "hit and run" experience while young men await an opportunity to rape them? Oh, okay.
And the arguments about emasculating men? Oh, please! Is the theory proposing that young men suddenly got religion at about the same time these women lost theirs? Hardly.
Send these girls over to hookup with some guy in my age bracket(late 50's). I can tell you that these dudes won't feel "used and abused." They've spent most of their teen years and adult lives obsessively preoccupied with trying to get women who don't want to have sex with them to have sex with them. Just listen to them talk among themselves about how they aren't getting any.
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose..."
Janis Joplin, "Me and Bobby McGee."
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People Like You
[Read the article: Psst! Have you heard...?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've never liked people like you: the ones who can't keep their mouths shut and can't keep anything to themselves. Sadly, I dumped a good friend years ago because she didn't value our friendship. My friendship with her was nothing more than just daily grist for her gossip mill. She used me and the things I confided in her to feel important. See, I knew she liked to run her mouth. I just didn't think it applied to ME. When her gossip in our small town filtered back to me I felt hurt and betrayed. I stopped confiding in her and she was reduced from a friend to a mere acqaintance. I'm sure she was confused about it. I chose not to tell her why the sudden change in my attitude. After all, it would've been all over town the next day. She's no longer a friend. I'm sure your story was meant to be funny. Problem is, gossip is not always fun or funny.
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(Jane Pratt and Christina Kelly)
[Read the article: The "Midwest Teen Sex Show"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who are they?
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How Much?
[Read the article: Bush's new friends: The Sunnis]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Before everyone starts saying, "Heckuva job, Bushie," maybe we should ask, "How much is this new relationship with the Sunnis going to cost?" No one should think for one minute that these guys have finally seen the light, had a change of heart, or any other Bush platitude-of-the-day. We paid off the tribal leaders in Afghanistan to gain their support and cooperation in the early days of our occupation. Are we paying off these guys too? If so, how much, and is this part of Bush's new round of funding request for the black-hole that is Iraq? And is this newfound level of cooperation only as good as the money (or other incentive package benefits) lasts? Policy-by-checkbook is the Bush way. Unfortunately, we taxpayers and our troops are the ones footing the bill for his continued blunders.
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You're a Cad
[Read the article: Lately I've been kissing women I'm not married to]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Face it, you're a cad. These things are not that complex. You think that you are the ONLY guy (or gal) in the world who wants to cheat? Get real! However, only someone with an ego the size of all outdoors (like yours) would think it warrants a letter to the editor. We have troops dying in Iraq for no good reason, health care is a mess in this country,and our public education system is an embarrassment. And yet your big obsession is about an over-active dick? Get a grip, dude.
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Dear Nancy Pelosi,
[Read the article: Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do you think that you and the rest of the Democratic majority could please begin impeachment proceedings against this dishonest administration, Bush specifically, that has squandered our childrens' futures,lied to our
Congressional representatives, wrecked the good name of our country, and caused the unnecessary deaths of our U.S. troops? I mean, if you have to buy a new pantsuit first, then fine. But what else are you doing other than alienating the majority of Americans? And if you don't have the backbone for impeachment, then step down and get out of the way.