Letters to the Editor
Recht zu üben und Güte zu lieben
Published Letters: 28 Editor's Choice: 1
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FOX Baseball Coverage
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For me, baseball's tough to watch on Fox because of the network's complete and obvious lack of respect for the game itself, and because of all the gimmickry and nonsense it clutters the broadcasts with.
From the asinine Scooter the talking baseball to the pointless "Diamond Cam," that microcamera buried in the dirt, from endless severe closeups to seizure-inducing quick cutting, uninformative graphics with dopey headlines to irritating sound effects that accompany every change in the score bug and every return from a replay, Fox essentially dares baseball fans to watch.
King--
Thank You. THANK YOU. THANK YOU!
Fox Sports is as irritating to watch (for me) as is Fox News Channel. The zooms, buzzing, rapid-changing scenes, and noisy sound effects are as irritating as things floating backwards/forwards/up & down/all over the News Channel sets. They must have read a manual on how to ruin a good game. Sheesh.......just show the game already!!
As a feminist from the 60s, I'm all for equal rights and women in broadcasting, but how about doing a bit of selection and getting someone who knows baseball and can cognitively speak about the game? I don't know if "just a looker" does it for you guys, but we women like to hear someone who is familiar with the topic. And, the noise again--what's with all the noisy sound effects??? OTOH, Fox stations are the only stations where one does not need to lower the volume during commercials to avoid being blown away--it is done consistently.
Ahhh, for a return back to ABC/CBS/NBC/ESPN.
Sportsgrammy
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Emergency contraception
[Read the article: Black mark on the red dot?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is my understanding (as an RN with years of experience in maternal/child nursing) that many doctors simply use 3 birth control pills given in one dose as the emergency morning-after type of contraception. If more women knew that, perhaps those silly "I'm-refusing-to-fill-this-prescription-because-it-offends-my-morals-etc" pharmacists would not be necessary!!
Frankly, it should probably be OTC anyway!!
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Bush's impeachable offense
[Read the article: Bush's impeachable offense]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The sad commentary about this man's feeling that he is, indeed, King of America, and is not subject to the same rules and laws as the rest of us commoners is the fact that there is his group of blind followers who will support him no matter what he chooses to do. It has already begun--the right has issued forth their own group of enablers who lie regarding cases and permission for Bush to do as he wishes, and even though they are caught in their lies, followers refuse to "hear" the proof but choose to support him.
Congress has become, for the most part, a group of Righties and a group of Lefties. Those on the Right, i.e. those in power, blindly obey any and all directives from the White House. No one thinks for him/herself any more. Support is called for by Karl Rove or Dick Cheney, and by hook or by crook, the right wing believes and follows--I have proof of this in the form letters that I receive whenever I contact my congressperson. These letters are no more than regurgitated WH talking points about the issue--by watching Fox News or listening to Scotty McClellan at a press briefing, I can hear the same "stuff" and possibly save the government 37 cents to mail me a letter.
While Bush has so clearly broken the law, and has thumbed his nose at the country by telling us he has done so and will continue to do so, his right wing will continue to follow and support him......all who disagree be damned. Precious few Republicans have admitted that his actions warrant questioning, and thank goodness for them--possibly we will get our hearings about the issue.
In November of 2006, we will again hold elections. Since Diebold has been proven to have problems with hacking of their machines, will we have fair elections or will the Diebold machines continue to be used even though hacking is easily performed? Will we, once again, see pre-election percentages turn around and become Republican victories with little or no questioning as to why this is happening??
Will we in the US continue to be ruled by a party that is in the minority that basically flips the country the bird when questioned about the flagrant abuse of power? Let's hope not. But, we are now at a critical time--let's stop the abuse by investigating the abuser(s) and impeaching him (them) if investigations prove them guilty.