Letters to the Editor
Bill Owen
Published Letters: 477 Editor's Choice: 5
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@ paul, more on the "dancing Israelis"
[Read the article: How photos support your own "reality"]
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Very interesting article, with lots of references to MSM articles. Once again, I don't know what these guys were doing that day, but Jeebus, they were up to something.
"We are not your problem, the Palestinians are your problem". Really?
Of course if these guys had been Pals... the story, would be spun a little differently. And they'd still be in Gitmo.
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@ motherwell
[Read the article: How photos support your own "reality"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I did not attempt a point by point refutation with Paul, because we, at least, are discussing this issue, even though we disagree on some points. What you do is bicker, snicker and attack.
Thanks!
How about that super aviation fuel? I could use some of that?
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How about a compromise?
[Read the article: How photos support your own "reality"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't think that I have heard this proposed, but I would love to see it.
Osama Bin Laden blew up the WTC and the Pentagon, that's the charge. So let us have a trial in absentia. France did that for Carlos the Jackal, and he was convicted. Maybe not fair, since he did not have a chance to defend himself, but he did have lawyer to represent him.
Any trial, at least a real one, would have to involve evidence, sworn testimony, et al. I think this is a good idea, and does not require introducing any controversial ideas.
Does everyone know that the special unit who was supposed to "hunt" for Binny was disbanded a while back? It was!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/04/washington/04intel.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
It's no surprise that Bush disbanded the unit, since Bush does not care where Bin Laden is... seriously.
"So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him, Kelly, to be honest with you. I'm more worried about making sure that our soldiers are well-supplied..." - http://tinyurl.com/6klv
Of course he never was interested in spending time on Bin Laden, since the Taleban offered to turn him over and he refused outright, no discussion. All he had to do was show them the "evidence". I mean there must be evidence right? Funny thing that, Bush refused, invasion was his preference.
http://tinyurl.com/ypayrf
Of course Bin Laden "admitted" to the attacks in a video, you know the one they found in a house in Kandahar? Or did he?
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.binladen.denial/
In America you get round-the-clock coverage on the hunt for the latest pregnant wife killer. Natalie Holloway gets more coverage than Obama, and yet, the hunt for Osama, well it's down the memory hole.
These are not the actions of an innocent victim.
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Free Speech in America
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I happen to agree with a lot of Rev. Wright said. I disagreed with some of it, never mind which, it's not important.
What's interesting for me though (as a gaijin) is how a country that prides itself on free speech so much, can get so very exorcised when somebody actually speaks freely.
I think of lot of the noise about this is because a lot of people are wondering who Obama "really is". Me too. I really don't know. Yes, I have heard the speeches, but they are speeches, and not to be taken seriously.
So when we "catch" his Pastor talking like a real person (imagine that!) we all get excited at what some of us assume is a peek into the mind of the next President of the United States. I think to a greater or lesser or extent - it is.
After McCain.
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Cats can be trained!
[Read the article: The cat whisperer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's easy. Show them the trick. Repeat 10,000 times.
My cat Fritz used to be a biter, just my hands while was petting him. It was a real problem. So one day I rubbed a little hot pepper on my hands. He bit me. He did not like the taste one bit. He tried it just one more time, then never again.
He still bites, but only if I rub his belly. I tell everyone, pet him if you want, he likes it, but don't rub his belly.
Among his other tricks, (he has many) Fritz can open a can all by himself, reliably, in an average of 15 seconds!
http://tinyurl.com/2d62h7