Letters to the Editor
gordon_lightfood
Published Letters: 23 Editor's Choice: 2
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Point well missed 2
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]9 times out of 10, "redneck" would work just as well as "sociopath" in this context.
But yeah, TT is phoning it in, which he does a lot, and when he's not doing that, he's often knocking down straw men. But when he's good, he's very good.
I think Colbert-level subtlety in comic strip form wouldn't read as satire to even more people than are confused by Colbert. The little smirks and nods that clue a person in that Colbert is joking wouldn't be present, and if you listen to talk radio retards like Jay Severin at all, you'll realize that the object being satirized is more extreme than the satire itself.
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SO FUNNY!
[Read the article: Happy Bunny Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]HA HA AAAH HAA HAA. IT WILL NEVER STOP BEING FUNNY WHEN PEOPLE CRUDELY EDIT GEORGE BUSH'S SPEECHES SO HE SAYS THINGS LIKE "I AM A...TERRORIST" AND "I SUPPORT TYRANNY AND HATE." I'VE BEEN LAUGHING SOLIDLY SINCE I FIRST ENCOUNTERED ONE OF THESE EDITED SPEECHES IN 2001, AND I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING SINCE THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND NEW AND EQUALLY CLEVER ONES ARE CREATED EVERY WEEK AND POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET. SOMEONE PLEASE CALL A DOCTOR, I CAN'T BREATHE.
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get over it
[Read the article: The sound of people eating drives me insane]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The sound of other people eating annoys many people. I know exactly what the advisee is talking about. It goes beyond being distracted by the sound of chewing to an irrational anger directed at the chewer. Although I can empathize, my advice remains the same as my advice almost every time I feel the need to comment on one of Cary's columns: get over yourself and find a real problem. For some reason Cary loves to humor understimulated neurotics with his hyper-sympathetic psychobabble. Sometimes the best advice is much simpler. Quit whining and get a stimulating hobby, and no, forcing other people to inconvenience themselves to accomodate your oversensitivity does not constitute a hobby.
The DSM can provide a diagnosis for just about anything, turning an obnoxious personality trait that a person needs to work through into a "condition" or "syndrome" which demands special treatment for you and extra inconveniences for those of us who deal with our problems privately.
I'm a broken record, I know, but this touchy feely PC crap is the worst thing that ever happened to the progressive movement. Thicken your skin, grow some balls (yes ladies, you're included), and get a sense of humor. Then in a few decades maybe the stereotype of the liberal wimp will have receded enough for progressives to start winning elections again.
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obnoxious narrator
[Read the article: That guy was a homo!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The Larry King clip was interesting, but I'm so sick of that narrator who "analyzed" Robertson's RNC speech. He has this subdued, earnest, folksy voice, like a heavily medicated, half-wit Michael Moore impersonator. I'm pretty sure this is the same guy who helpfully "analyzed" Fox New's reediting of the Wexler interview from the Colbert Report--as if what Fox did required a slow, methodical 4 minute explanatory movie to be understood. The guy likes the sound of his own nasal, monotone, too-goddamn-slow-talking voice, especially when he's using it to say stuff that's really obvious.
Before you convince yourself I'm a raving lunatic who's upset over nothing, go watch that Wexler/Colbert/Fox News re-edit clip from a few days ago. This guy has to be stopped.
Also, am I the only person who can't take anything someone says seriously after they mispronounce "supposedly" as "supposebly?"
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Rob Anderson
[Read the article: Control FREAK!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it was a good clip. As as editor, you would suck.
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Cary, what happened?
[Read the article: Right-wing reading in the corporate john]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What's going on Cary? I haven't been annoyed by your responses in weeks. Did someone slip you some awesome-pills? What am I supposed to bitch about on the internet if you keep avoiding the touchy-feely stuff and giving sensible advice?
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there there
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]1. Yes, "There There", clearly anyone who doesn't think Tom Tomorrow is consistently funny is a troll and also doesn't get the joke. Kind of like how anyone who criticizes Bush is misinformed and aiding the terrorists. We should all declare our blind support for any political statement that coincides with our own beliefs, even when it's not particularly original or clever.
2. You seem to be implying that there's some correlation between how much a person gets paid to state their opinion and the value of that opinion. That's dumb.
3. "Memes?" Uneccessary jargon-dropping doesn't make you sound smart, it makes you sound like a pretentious college sophomore.
4. If the left has any need for vicious attack dogs, their sharp little teeth should be aimed towards the right, not towards ensuring unthinking ideological conformity in your own party. Regardless, before you do any more attacking, your teeth could use some sharpening.
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russian?
[Read the article: Spooky commercials]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Anyone know what the woman says at the very end of the ratline commercial? It sounds like Russian or some other eastern european language.
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Enough already
[Read the article: George Allen and the "aspersion" of Judaism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]George Allen called a kid a funny name with possible racist connotations. We get it. The guy is an asshole. Could we talk about something else now? War Room is getting as shrill, repetitive and obnoxious as Ann Coulter.
It's almost like classical conditioning. Say the words "Ted Kennedy" to Coulter and she reflexively brays "Chappaquiddick!" maybe with a bit of foaming at the mouth for good measure.
Say "George Allen" to War Room editors and the immediate reaction is "Macaca."
Everyone who can be convinced not to vote for Allen by the Macaca debacle has been convinced by now. Continuing to mention it at the slightest provocation just makes you sound as annoying as right wing pundits -- and makes WR unpleasant to read.
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revver?
[Read the article: Cereal killer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]what's this revver bullshit? if a video hosting service is going to generate ad revenue by appending commercials to everything, I'd at least expect I wouldn't have to pause 87,000 times while waiting for the video to finish buffering.
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???
[Read the article: I thought my wife wouldn't mind if I fooled around a little]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is there advice hidden somewhere in this interminable, tortured metaphor?