Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 23 Editor's Choice: 4
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Rice? in a dusty drought-dried savannah?
[Read the article: The woes of Kilimanjaro]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I thought rice is sprouted in large, essentially underwater fields. My grower friends in CA claim rice is an extremely water-intensive crop. The author describes driving by rice fields; what's up here??
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Look! Someone put a monkey in charge! Whoo could it be...?
[Read the article: George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ooh, bad president; ooh, ain't he a dumb-ass texan. YOU, the voters, put him into power. Salon articles and letters swarm all over the easy target: our sad ignoramus Polk of a president. How about the real issue - the US voted this guy in. Forget the .02% voter-fraud conspiracies; admit the truth: MOST AMERICANS WANT BUSH IN OFFICE. Go and argue with THOSE people. Stop with the stupid internet preach-to-the-choir easy-target tearoff letters. Find some town in and visit, and see where the votes are coming from. Because they outnumber San Francisco by tons (and face it - they're by and large an agreeable and thoughtful part of the voting population).
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Where did this weak article come from?!
[Read the article: Summer vacation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This dainty article smacks of suspicious surrender. GK's prior articles have vehemence; they're accusatory and probing. So let's say: a popular columnist gets a visit from person X; X tells GK to "back off"; enjoy the days, swing in a hammock. So peaceful, no controversy, no ruffled feathers.
Here's where I get stuck: is 'Person X' the voice within GK to just give up, to stop questioning, to live-a-little, to bag on the attention he's yanked from us with a few controversial essays -- OR -- is Person X the nasty-ass suit from who-knows-who-hired-em that puts your career on a meat chopper in front of you on the table and threatens to mince it? The dude that reminds you what you're supposed to say or not say; and when you're controversial tells you that "talk like that gets you fired!"??
Anyhow, this essay was weak & submissive to the point I have to wonder what motivated it to be written at all. Yeah, yeah, we'd all like to bag on work and go swing in a swing. But when folks actually listen to you for important observation, at LEAST put your disclaimer up front -- that you're bagging on the day (and that no one's making you say these weak canards).
ER
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You people - you VOTED him in !! Your COUNTRY VOTED for him!
[Read the article: How bad is he?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I get tired reading Salon; I may give it up soon. All the promises posted here at Salon that the Democrats were going to Win - To WIN!! the last or the previous election... The president doesn't end up there by magic - there's still pluralism and voting and (gasp) vote counting. It's pathetic to read your pompous reports, see the cool comics, all the time folks are DYING while you chuckle about what a moron the president is.
Folks - have you BEEN to another state recently? Do you realize that the country is full of decent people who are AGAINST you, and have no willingness to change their votes because of *blogs*? I live in the bay area and as much as I love it, I'm amazed at the disdain from here towards the rest of the country -- and don't think that South Dakota or Alabama doesn't feel your snide dismissal.
Frustration is high here and for good reason, but many of you Bush-trashers come off as clueless, South-Park smirkers. Go see a bbq joint in Tenn or Ga; sit with your fellow voters. Lighten up. Listen for god sakes. They voted Ca off the map the last several elections and they have reasons. Or, you could sit here on your moronic preachy & lame soap box as the world walks by embarassedly, ignoring you completely.
Figure it out: YOUR vote is one of millions. What have you done about changing the country for the better besides safely bitch and cluck on your pc??
ER
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A reminder for you, Gary
[Read the article: Iraq: Why the media failed]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I worked at Fox News in Los Angeles as a software guy some years ago. I'll never forget a conversation I had with the news director: He asked me, "What's the purpose of news on TV?", smiling at his setup question. I didn't know the answer then (as I do now), so I played dumb and answered, "uh, educate the public on the events of the day?". His answer is burned into my brain; I don't know why you aren't so clear on this:
"It keeps people watching until the next ad."
The truth is real simple.
ER
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Sorry Joan - you're flat wrong
[Read the article: Cindy Sheehan's wrong turn]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's the Bay Area congresspeople you should be second-guessing, not challengers. The comfort zone of our representatives - here in the midst of the direct people's mandate and reawakening from the criminal Republican haze - is far too insular.
I'd like to hear what Sheehan or other legitimate contenders have to propose. You seem to have dismissed them out of hand. In fact, I tried writing to my congressperson, Anna Eshoo, recently and her web site mechanically dismissed my email, claiming I was not in her district. In fact I am, and voted for her. But this sort of thing demonstrates the disconnect between the people and our representatives.
WE ARE SICK of Bush. And to tell you the truth, the paralysis and fear of the Democrat congress reminds me of some kind of film noir, where all the good guys give it their best shot, only to fail pathetically or die in the end.
Why can't we have another candidate besides Pelosi? Who says staying this horrid course just for the sake of a democratic president is reasonable? Here's an experiment for you; I highly recommend it: Write to your congressperson with your highest concern. And then blog about what a crappy response you're due to get.
Why defend these people JUST because they're democrats? Let's gets some action people in office, with an ear towards the people they represent.
ER