Letters to the Editor
totallyblase
Published Letters: 348 Editor's Choice: 1
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Hell, It Works With The Marines
[Read the article: The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The local wingnut writes' "But boy, those pissed off and horny men will probably make a good fighting force, no?" And consider this, they aren't even Christians, not that our guys are either. Hell, we have more folks in jail than the Chinese have in their muilitary.
BTW -- WTF (the W here being a 'where' rather than "what"). Do you have a list of wingnut detraction talking points on hand, or do these thoughts just kind of fire around your synapses randomly?? Scary, really.
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Like , Totally??
[Read the article: The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Moose writes (Veronica looks on, and Betty just kind of dangles her charms down): "Totally, I think the consequences will be very, well, consequential. They'll be nothing to be blase' about, even here in the US."
But will they still respect us?? Doubt that. Not that they ever did. How could that be?? We, the Daddy Warbucks of the planet. The center of the universe. The good guys. The happiest place on the planet. You know, DisneyAmericaWorld. Heck they don't even fear us anymore. Hell, we're skeered of ourselves.
Ozymandias -- By Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said--"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart....Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings,
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
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re: Chickens coming home to roost
[Read the article: What can and cannot be spoken on television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I believe, sir, that is what most people (outside the bubble) call September 11, 2001. The day the chickens came home to roost.
The response? Closing the barn door aftet the cows had left, then burning down the neighbor's cornfield because, well, because we were P.O.ed, and that fact that we could,
One of those unspeakable, taboo things.
The military, Israel, and the crimes committed in our name . . .
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Woah, What Dimension Are You From?
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Elephantguy writes: " I pretty much stick to Republican candidates in elections. I want lower taxes, less discretionary federal spending and the most vigorous prosecution of the war on terror. I want more federal judges like Roberts, Alito, Thomas and Scalia. I want less government, and more freedom from regulation and frivolous lawsuits."
Uhh, hello. Lower taxes?? Only if you make 6 figures, my friend, and that's the rapidly diminishing dollah, not beans nor pesos. Less discretionary fedral spending?? Whining, pissing, maoning and gnashing of teeth if you mention more spending on things that folks need -- and only crickets chirp when you mention the biggest single taboo in America -- the military and the thousands of piglets sucking that bloated sows publically funded teats (talk about pork). More vigorous prosection of the war on terror -- are you suggesting we start looking at the real bad guys, or are we going to continue to support taboo number two -- the Likud?? You know why we sucker-punched Iraq, elephantguy?? Because we could. More federal justices like the 4 stooges you mention?? Criminey, whatever happened to a nation based on law, not favor? More freedom from regulation?? I don't know about you, but I'm pretty danged nsure every word I write is going, illegally, into somebody"s data bank. Frivulous lawsuits? Yep, only when the little guys win. The bigs win and it's okay. Sorry, elephantguy, but luckily, some of us live on Planet Earth, outside the bubble. But keep on believing, click your heels together three times and say, "I believe, I really do believe." Don't mind us munchkins while we giggle . . .
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Not Hate, Reflex
[Read the article: "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]LowOrbitGuy writes: "I know most of you dislike Cheney (some use the word hate). I know most of you disagree with his policies."
The old 'hate-filled-libral' spin is a wee bit tired, m'friend. I think reflex, or just plain old instinct is closer to the truth. I see a snake, I instinctively back off. I don't hate snakes, in fact I rather like them. I don't 'hate' Cheney, I just have a very bad gut feeling about the guy. He's always been a bit seamy, a distorter (remember the great work he and his buddies in Ford's administration did to overemphasize the Soviet threat and bilk the public out of billions in pork defense procurements). Dick Cheney is no friend of the American people -- the rich has always been his priority. You also have to remember his hypocrisy (his porn writing wife & self-loathing lesbian daughter). Not a likable fellow at all, and remember, it is natural to dislike the bully . . .
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The Good American
[Read the article: John Yoo's war crimes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mr. Yoo (why do strains of Steely Dan run through my brain??) beomes a hated figure (at least to some) whereas the stain runs much wider. If not Yoo, someone else, nay, anyone else, would have stepped in and filled the shoes. Would have been the Good American and done what was needed / expected. Yep, in days like this, when America is (in her own mind at least) the top doggie, anything goes. All options are on the table, and yhr heck with anyone, national or no, who disagrees. Remember, winners take all which is why you won't see a 21st century rogue's gallery of sullen men (and women -- lest we forget Condi) sitting in the dock at the Hague; ie, the 21st century's Nuremburg. Then everyone can go about their business and say, "Moi? No, no, no. I didn't know . . . "