Letters to the Editor
Fraud Guy
Published Letters: 337
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Just saying
[Read the article: Abject stupidity defined]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I recall that wisdom is characterized in knowing that you don't know everything; thus, the classic definition of a liberal is one who seeks to understand a subject before making a decision.
The classic conservative seeks to maintain the status quo; they don't need to understand anything beyond that; so the highlighted bloggers already know everything they want to know--apparently they learned everything they needed to know by middle school.
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The point being
[Read the article: Only America-hating traitors believe in due process for journalists]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The words "due process of law" say it all.
It is a process, run by the government, to secure your rights.
The neoconservatives believe that government doesn't work efficiently, and then go to prove that it is the case.
Why should the safeguarding of our rights be any different for them?
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And so it goes....
[Read the article: WSJ Op-Ed page decries hatred of the president]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If it is this bad now, what will happen with Murdoch at the helm?
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Who are we saving from what?!?
[Read the article: Rudy Giuliani's messianic paranoia]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just asking.
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Pundits vs. everyone else
[Read the article: Worthless chatter]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Random statements:
What does it say when, generally, the best politically informed citizens watch the Daily Show (in reruns for two months) instead of the MSM?
Who listens to the pundits when they're too busy listening to themselves?
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Journalistic standards
[Read the article: Tucker Carlson unintentionally reveals the role of the American press]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Are our standards higher because we don't have Page 3 girls here?
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Visualizing hope
[Read the article: Signs of life from House Democratic leaders]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why do I, every time hope seems to crack the horizon, picture Kilroy peeking up to see if it is safe?
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What????
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"But the fact remains, America is not as racist as you wish it was (after all, it makes for better "writing")."
Hmm, not in my experience. It just hides. I have in laws who still watch basketball games and talk about the "jungle monkeys" without any self-consciousness (and these are late gen-Xers). (And on an ironic note, at the funeral for the in-laws' father, who was the most racist of the bunch, the soldiers who paid their respect to his service were black.)
On the other hand, my niece talked to my sister about her best friend in school for six months before she brought her home, which was when my sister found out she was black. No previous hint, inference, or statement as to her race.
So there's hope, but we're not there yet.
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Omlettes
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So basically (Update II), if you are planning on breaking eggs, you'd better expect omelettes, and if you claimed you expected to be able to break eggs and get them hardboiled, you should have cooked them first.
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Starting young
[Read the article: Things I learned today about democracy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please, folks (and sorry if it's been said before). Twenty odd years ago, I joined the College Republicans (yes, because of a girl), and quit after the first meeting because they read from their charter, which indicated that the purpose of the group was to support the platform of the national party. Period.
I then decided to look at the College Democrats, and found the same concept in their charter.
It's all about the party; not the Republic, or Democracy (or hell, about Liberty, just as I'm sure it's not about Labour across the pond).