Letters to the Editor
anotherplayaguy
Published Letters: 8
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Ho-hum
[Read the article: John McCain: Bush's echo]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]John McCain?
Who cares?
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Reflection on perfection
[Read the article: Bush's blank check]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]All I can say is that it is lucky for the world that America is a peace loving, Christian nation.
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Hornet Driver
[Read the article: "Even Richard Nixon knew it was time to resign"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Where was your blathering about justice and fairness when Clinton pardoned terrorists and murderers to help Hillary's senate campaign in NY?"
Was Olbermann even on the air then? It doesn't matter. Go on back to Bush I if you expect real non-existent rage at a pardon. He pardoned EVERYONE involved in Iran Contra who could tie him to it. Like father, like son.
"Lied into war? Have you read Al Gore's words about what a threat Saddam was? John Kerry's? Hillary's? Bill Clinton's?"
Iraq - 9/11. Iraq - 9/11. Saddam - Al Quaeda. Saddam - Al Quaeda. Yellowcake - mushroom cloud. All of these were demonstrably false, and Bush and Cheney knew that at the time. And continued to spread the lies. Chenes is STILL spreading some of them.
As for the Dems. Fine, they were wrong, too. They, of course, relied on what they thought was truthful intelligence from the Administration, so they might be less responsible. But as of now, those who are voting to fund the war are just as responsible as Bush for continuing the war. Not for starting it based on lies.
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Ah, yes, faith again.
[Read the article: War, chaos and Bush's faith]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yup, Bush is crazy, but he has been since day one of the 2000 Presidential campaign. All it took was paying attention to him -- not what he said (even Reagan could read a speech) but what he did. The slightest bit of research turned up gems like Karla Faye and others on death row in Texas.
But Amurricans wanted a man of faith. Any man of faith should be disqualified de facto from serving in any capacity in public life. The practice of believing things on no evidence carries over with catastrophic results.
The only quibble I have with the article was the nonsensical "Of course, there are millions of deeply religious people whose faith has not led them to abandon reason."
One CANNOT have faith and reason at the same time. Sorry. Everyone wants to believe that, and they do believe it, but it's not reasonable to believe it.
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Step right up...
[Read the article: The waning power of the War Myth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Will the War Myth work again? And again?
P.T. Barnum has an answer, "No one ever went broke UNDERestimating the intelligence of the American people."
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"Intelligence"
[Read the article: Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The intelligence gathering here was always going to be a mess and there was no way to know what the actual facts would be."
Well, McGarrett, the obvious thing to do, BEFORE GOING TO WAR, was to try and get usable data. You know, like letting the weapons inspectors do their job. But Bush couldn't afford to do that as he KNEW they were going to report there were NO WMDs. Then how would he start his war of choice. So he kicked them out before they could finish.
Bush wanted Saddam from day one of his admin. So he lied, lied, lied to see it happen.
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It's so much worse than that
[Read the article: The politics of an economic nightmare]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The completely unaddressed problem in what has been driving the U.S. economy for lo! these many years. The housing bubble. It's not merely the loss of homes and equity. It is the loss of the buying power that equity enabled.
No equity, no loans to remodel or buy other things.
No buying and the U.S. is screwed.
Big time.
And it ain't coming back.
Coupled with energy prices that will only go up ...
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Bush's delusions die?
[Read the article: Bush's delusions die in Gaza]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ah, no. Bush's delusions are immortal. Hit him in the forehead with a 2x4, and he'll think the rich need another tax cut.