Letters to the Editor
laggal
Published Letters: 10
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Someone at the US Trade Representative Office has a weird sense of humour...
[Read the article: Clinton and Obama's NAFTA showdown]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've been doing my own research on NAFTA and I stumbled across a document called "NAFTA -- The Road Ahead" put out by Canada/USA/Mexico.
http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Regional/NAFTA/asset_upload_file147_13248.pdf
If you notice on page 4 there is a picture of a family enjoying themselves on the beach. Look at little closer and they are strikingly similar to Obama's family.
http://www.barack-obama-now.com/pix-2006/2006_holiday_card.jpg
Tell me if I'm wrong, but I have a hard time believing it's a coincidence.
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Jokes are supposed to be funny
[Read the article: This just in: Women are stupid!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Lets get some things out of the way:
1) Jane Austen is a brilliant novelist. I've read all of her novels(she has far more than 3) more than once, before the age of 21. And Pride and Prejudice I've read 12 times. Maybe I'm like Twain, but I can't stop reading it.
2) South Park is not stupid, but really that's so not the point.
3) Yeah men get made fun of all the time. However IMHO, men can't deal with women who talk to them directly rather they need to be cajoled with humour about their deficiencies. Men do it to other men all the time with great success. Otherwise they get very wounded and then very defensive. Yes this is a generalization that I'm making. It's just my experience having 4 male house mates.
4) It's not that women dislike smart men, it's that generally people are uncomfortable around very smart people. However, I'm around ridiculously brilliant people(some even winners of MacArthur Awards if that means anything). Some of them are lovely to be around and others are worth disliking. Based on a sample of 1, I don't think it's fair to say that you are disliked by women for being smart. There is a chance that you are disliked for another reason that you are unaware of.
5) Bread baking is a far more worthy activity than discussing Charlotte Allen.
6) I did see a picture of Charlotte Allen and I don't think she got her job using her feminine charms.
Well these things are quite amusing to discuss and contemplate, but really I think the main issue is that there is a prevalence of anti-female sentiment that has been made even more obvious by Clinton's campaign. Whether or not you support Clinton, you should still be alarmed by the fact that a newspaper with the circulation of the Washington Post could print this piece.
And no, this was not satire or a joke or something that women or anyone should laugh off. To say it is so is rather disingenuous. If we make fun of men, it does not change whether or not men will be taken seriously when it really counts.
However, not only were Charlotte Allen's views repugnant, but the "scientific" evidence given to support her views was poorly researched and misunderstood. This kind of shoddy editorial is not dissimilar from a lot of what the media is producing. Yet no one really calls them on it. The Washington Post and other newspapers who continue to give a voice for those such as Charlotte Allen, need to be held accountable.
I've stopped reading the Washington Post not only bec. of this Charlotte Allen incident, but bec. it's increasingly depressing to me to see the state of the media today.
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Have you seen him live?
[Read the article: The music lover]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As much as love Dan Bejar's music, I will never go to another live show for Destroyer. He puts on one of the worst live performances I've ever seen. Apparently he's painfully shy and it shows. It's painful to watch him perform.
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Really?
[Read the article: Slamming Wesley Clark]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Really Joan, I think the basic premise of Clark's statements and yours assumes that McCain is some military blowhard. Unlike some politicians, McCain actually has downplayed much about himself and his family that other politicians would probably capitalize on.
However you want to spin it, Clark's statements were politically a mistake. Much of how the Democrats speak about the military is a mistake. And really it's kind of funny to see a Democrat cry foul upon the media who is so ridiculously Obama-biased.
For those who don't know, two of McCain's sons are in the military and one even did a tour in Iraq. I think the fact that McCain doesn't talk about his sons, shows that he isn't some opportunistic blowhard. And really his service in the military is just as significant has Obama's work as a community organizer, which we're still not sure what that even means or how that qualifies one to be president.
I would love it if a journalist actually did some investigative reporting to tell me exactly what Obama did as a community organizer, without the benefit of Obama's autobiographies. Yes, I think that would be much more beneficial than all the coverage and analysis of Michelle Obama's clothes or her appearance on a daytime show hosted by a panel of blowhards.