Letters to the Editor
Wolverine
Published Letters: 8
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Well Done, Gary
[Read the article: Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn't the problem]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gary,
I salute your courage, because of the environment this article is being launched in will no doubt send a lot of e-sewage your way. Our country has become a very sad, pathetic satire of what it was supposed to be, and now the chickens really have come home to roost, dawn their lapel pins, and march off to their keyboards, talk radio microphones and appointments in the Bush administration to help steer this once honorable nation off the nearest cliff.
I'm disgusted by the paranoia and ignorance of the American people, who have once again have found a straw enemy to distract from the fact that we've created a country that is about to collapse from its own self-righteous greed, materialism and military aggression that will blow back in ways no one will have a clue how to deal with.
Wright's rants were based in very obvious truth, and it's no surprise that conservatives, who are not only profoundly ignorant to what happens around them but profoundly cowardly, had a fit about it and are using their usual blather to beat up on the first presidential candidate who shows both intelligence and leadership in decades.
I admire your piece and your courage in posting it, Mr. Kamiya. Hopefully it will inspire others to stay silent no longer.
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Why Joan Walsh is so wrong
[Read the article: Why Jeremiah Wright is so wrong]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There's not a lot I can add to a lot of the fine posts I've read already, but it really is odd how Ms. Walsh clearly watched an interview I didn't see, even though we were apparently viewing the same program. Reverend Wright drew a broad clear line under the conservative meme of America's phoney perfection, and his candor should be embraced (and a great boon to Obama, not a liability).
But when you read the take of who I thought was an intelligent thoughtful woman you can see how America has reached the sad place we are today. There is no hope without honesty and clarity; there are no solutions to problems without staring the problems in the face.
The truth may sting, but it never, ever hurts you if you if you deal with it head-on. And Ms. Walsh, like so many others, turns away.
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Clash of ideologies
[Read the article: Gas prices and offshore drilling ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is a very interesting piece, and I think it really does reveal much. It really does throw a light on how different the two worldviews are, and what's at stake. Well done.
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Nice Job, Farhad
[Read the article: Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's so good to see that Salon has fallen to the point that they publish a piece that is written by somebody who is totally out of his element, and manages to pass on a lot of really bad information.
As an auto/motorcycle journalist I have to tell you mate, this car is a joke. For the money there are an amazing assortment of cars that get as good or better mileage, and are light years more practical. Oh, and while I'm at it, how dare you tell people that they have to shell out at least 25K for a Prius and wait for months? This may be true in your neighborhood, but don't say such crap in a national publication for it isn't true for the country as a whole. And for those interested in emissions, this thing is a poop on a stick compared with the likes of the Ford Focus or the Fit or Yaris that you mentioned. But what pisses me off more than anything is for the price you could grab a brace of decent scooters, and use half the fuel and really park anywhere in San Fran.
Thanks, Salon, for giving your readers wonderfully misleading info because Smart gave Farhad a car for a week. Brilliant. What we need more on the web, in print and talk radio (have you heard the praise of the Tahoe Hybrid?) is absolute noongs telling people how neat something is when they know nothing about the genre.
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re@Wolverine
[Read the article: Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"I'm talking about *driving a car,* one of the most universal pastimes we have."
No, you're reviewing a car, and telling people it's revolutionary when, like ethanol, it's a big step sideways at best which you would know if you actually had a clue about the subject matter. We all eat, yet I would like to have a person who knows food tell me how to eat healthy, or an arborist to tell me how to prune a tree. You should be taken seriously in this context because, obviously, you know all about the universal pastime of driving a car? Please. Pastime? My dictionary says pastime is "an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work."
You see, Farad, most people in this ass-backwards country have to drive to work, because there aren't any other viable alternatives. I wish it were not so, but it is. This ain't a pastime, it's the way we have to live. And commuters are getting their asses kicked right now because fuel has gone through the roof.
We live in a period when, more that ever, people need to make intelligent choices about how they get around and Salon should take this seriously enough to have somebody who knows something about the "genre" pass on information about what's out there.
And by the way: in response to my post, wordsmith, genre means category, and in this case the category is small economy cars. The rapier wit demonstrated by your music reference tells me all I need to know about your credentials as a journalist, for you don't address the substance of what I said but rather tried to be entertainingly insulting.
But what the hell. I've learned not to take what Salon says seriously anyway, except for the work of Mr. Greenwald. He is a treasure. He's become the only reason I bother reading this thing; if only other contributors had the same standards for journalism that he does. This stuff ain't entertainment only. The truth actually matters.