Letters to the Editor
cjsm3000
Published Letters: 27 Editor's Choice: 1
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Hillary's supporters sound like Repubilicans
[Read the article: Committee votes to accept Michigan compromise]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary's supporters remind me of Republicans. Its not fair to Michigan and Florida voters to not count their votes fully...blah blah blah. This is so disingenuous, since in reality, counting the votes is unfair to Obama, since he wasn't on the ballot in Michigan, and would have likely had more votes in Florida if he had campaigned. To count the votes is to cheat the people in those states who didn't vote, because they were told their vote wouldn't count. The people in those states should blame their own political representatives for this mess, since they caused it; and Hillary, since she originally decided the votes wouldn't count.
Hillary and her supporters remind me of Bush, Nixon, and 1984. Black is White, War is Peace. Elections which have been so distorted by events so as to be an invalid, should be counted.
Welcome ot the Banana Republic.
I like many others, have lost all respect for Hillary over this. And if you think Hillary would be more electable then Obama after her dishonest attempts to manipulate the vote count, your a fool.
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Tim Russert,, one of the bad guys
[Read the article: Tim Russert, one of the good guys]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank God a letters thread which discusses Russert's legacy critically . All the postings here and on Huffington Post tearfully praising what a wonderful journalist and saint Russert was made me feel like barfing. I hope Salon doesn't start deleting posts again. That in itself is repulsive, and knocked Salon's already diminished credibility down another notch.
To the posters who say its an eulogy, and we should only praise Russert, and criticize those with negative comments about him - Did you know the man? If not, your obsequiousness to some media figure you saw on a small box every Sunday is a sign of mental illness. Whitewashed eulogies are for his friends and family at the funeral. For everyone else, considering Russert influenced millions of people with his journalism, this is a time to take an honest appraisal of Russert's legacy.
And a poor legacy it is. Russert, along with the most of the other leading figures in the mainstream media, Charlie Gibbons, Tom Brokaw, Brian Williams, Katy Couric etc. are criminals. They've served as propagandists for the American President, Military, and CIA who have killed and maimed millions of innocent people in the world, supported dictators and sham democracies which oppress hundreds of millions, and waged a worldwide battle for corporations and the rich against the poor.
Russert, Williams et al know about the crimes the CIA, the military, and the President have committed in third world countries better then many of us, since they follow the news all day as their job. Yet, instead of reporting what the U.S. Government really does in the world, they sit and smile and tell us what heroes they are, and how they're trying to save the world, meanwhile suppressing most of the bad news from Iraq and elsewhere in the American Empire. These men are no better the the propagandists for Sadam, Hitler or Stalin.
I've seen many posters say Russert's in heaven now. Hell is more likely. God will not look favorably on the U.S. political - military - news establishment, and their crimes in the world.
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This suggestion may sound mad...
[Read the article: Why Obama should NOT pick Hillary Clinton as veep]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but how about Alfred E. Neuman from Mad Magazine as Obama's running mate? This would appeal to the George W. Bush crowd - those uneducated masses who keep voting Republican against their own interests. This would also establish Obama's bona fide as a maverick, plus ensure no one would attempt to assassinate him.
This could deliver several swing states which the Democrats usually have problems with, namely the ones that rank near the bottom in education.
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A related idea which has problems when applied.
[Read the article: On the morality of immigration]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I sometimes ponder the idea of land redistribution. Why should someone own 100,000 acres while others own nothing? That isn't just. Land has been around billions of years. No one ever 'owns' it, no matter what they think. They are just temporary stewards.
While it might be just to redistribute 100,000 acre parcels to the masses, this idea would soon have problems. A new generation is born, and you have to redistribute the land again, so everyone gets a fair share. What this would lead to is a situation where every ethnic group, tribe, religion, and subculture would be trying to have as many babies as possible so they could get more land. If such a land redistribution policy were instituted in India, for example, the current problems of overpopulation and over breeding would become much worse.
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I prefer American beers
[Read the article: The rise and fall of an American beer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Personally, I prefer the lighter American beers over the heavy European and craft beers. They don't agree with me, make me feel bloated, and give me a headache. A couple weeks ago I got p!ssed at my brother when I gave him some money to buy beer, when he was going out to pick up things for a BBQ, and he came back with one of those heavy beers. I can't stand that stuff.
But, as a St. Louisian, the loss of Anheuser-Busch is a major blow. St. Louis at one time had quite a few major corporate headquarters located here, but as time went on, most of them have been bought out. Bud is just another nail in the St. Louis coffin.
Business wise, I think this purchase is a mixed bag. It will help Bud's international distribution, and help InBev distribute in the U.S., but I think Anheuser-Busch being bought out by a foreign firm will hurt domestic sales of Bud.