Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 348 Editor's Choice: 1
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That's Why Anonymous is . . . well . . . anonymous
[Read the article: Conversations: Steven Okazaki]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Thank you mattielisbon. I read Anonymous's post, and needed some time to chew it over. Sad. Pathetic would be a better description of people like Mr. Anonymous. No matter what, it's the same old spin -- it's all about US. America. The Good. The Just. The Godly.
"This might be a wonderful film, but it might just be more anti-US propaganda."
Hmmm. What other films might Mr. Anon be refering to? The ones that show America in an unfavorable light?
"I'll withhold judgement."
This is the old, "It's a good idea BUT . . . . ". Not a chance that Mr. Anonymous is going to withold judgement.
"But their deaths are no more of a tragedy than the almost unspeakable acts committed by Japanese troops in China, or German troops in Poland, or any of the other horrors of war."
Yep. Knew you couldn't do it . . .
"I'll withhold judgement." Indeed. Toss in those unspeakable acts by the Japanese & German troops. They bad. We good. Hey, what we did (and are currently doing, Mr. Anonymous)was / is bad, but those guys are even worser. End of discussion, right?
And don't hold your breath mattielisbon. Folks like Mr. Anonymous are not going to go see this movie, or other "anti-US propaganda when they can see 'Transformers' instead . . .
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If You Think They Hate Us Now??
[Read the article: If you think they hate us now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Most of the world dislikes America. But not Americans. Go figure -- maybe "they" really dislike the crooks and the maniacs and the morons and the missionaries who are shaping America's policy. And I suspect a lot of "us" hate "us", too.
But it's not just these incredibly inept, shallow, ego-driven and bare-faced opportunist politicians -- it's the people and corporations and cronies that are backing these gawd-awful people.
The Heritage Foundation. The Weekly Standard. The American Enterprise Institute. AIPAC.
Follow the money. Connect the dots. Catch the man behind the curtain.
Never to late to start mending fences . . .
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Watchdogs, or Dogs Of War
[Read the article: If you think they hate us now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yikes!!
"If Mr. Conason bothered to read anything translated from Arabic by MEMRI and other watchdog groups or bothered to read any books by people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Nonie Darwish or Daniel Pipes or anyone else schooled in Islamic thought, he would know that a war HAS BEEN DECLARED ON US by large segments of the Muslim world, not just the so-called radicals or Jihadists. The articles are on the web for all to see! The people who are inflaming the war of civilizations are the people who have declared that THERE IS a war of civilizations. These folks don't shy away from declaring that they will kill all the Jews and take down America. The GOP candidates are simply articulating the truth, not fomenting it."-- jpincus
Ahh, yes, the "watchdogs" -- a fair & balanced group . . .
MEMRI -- prominent member & founder --Yigal Carmon — MEMRI's President. He served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Intelligence Branch from 1968 to 1988, was Acting Head of Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria and the adviser on Arab Affairs to the Civil Administration from From 1977 to 1982, and advised Prime Ministers Shamir and Rabin on Countering Terrorism from 1988 to 1993.
Aayan Hirsi Ali -- She is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.
Nonie Darwish -- "Palestinian native Kamal Nawash founder of Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism praises Darwish's work but believes her decision to leave Islam dilutes her message. "She left the religion and now she's trying to reform it," Nawash said. "We support her as much as possible, but the only people she can really speak to are the choir."
Daniel Pipes -- "Pipes supporters, who represent both the core of the Republican base and the core of the pro-Israel lobby, are itching for such a fight. He has been endorsed by groups such as the Christian Coalition, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Congress, and the Zionist Organization of America. "The kinds of issues that Daniel has been talking about are the kinds of issues we could stand a debate about in the public at large," says Frank J. Gaffney Jr., the president of the Center For Security Policy, a conservative think tank "
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John Franklin
[Read the article: The foreign policy community]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make her drink.
Okay, pretty conventional thinking.
Wisdom from the past, in fact.
Then I read your . . . . (how do we describe this delicately? How about piece of sh!te?) . . . and I have to say, Jaysus, but you are one self-important silly little man. Sheesh.
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I t'ink Tibo has left the building . . .
[Read the article: We'll go no more a-Rove-ing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Trolls usually don't stick around. They kinda sneak in, crawl through, flip a few birds, then slink out. Later, after they make their rounds, they might pop back in to see if they've picked up any 'reaction'. Ahh, sweet reaction -- over which they savor while they play a little weinie-bob, perhaps?
BTW -- Tiberius, while acknowledged as a great general, was an awful Emperor, and wasn't exactly Mr. Sunshine ("tristissimus hominum").
BTW -- Karl Rove, Jr??? Is someone pulling my leg??? Why does the image of Austin Power's 'Little Me' keeping creeping into my head?
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Audacious, bodacious
[Read the article: We'll go no more a-Rove-ing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well said. I love the Carnival / Medicine Show tie in.
"Step right up", sings Tom Waits. "Everyone's a winner, bargains galore . . . " http://www.lyricsdir.com/tom-waits-step-right-up-lyrics.html
The sad, sad thing about the whole debacle is . . . we truly are a revealed as a nation of Rubes.
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Sorry Sid, don't follow
[Read the article: The Islamists are coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]El Cid (clever pseudonym, crummy movie) opines:
<<However, here is one real person, one real woman, in a real Muslim nation, who does not appear to believe that her cause of moderation, equality, and democracy in her society will be advanced by simplistic screeds that Islam against whom all civilized peoples must battle or die.>>
I read it once. Refilled my coffee mug, read it again. Went to the bathroom and washed my face with cold water, and read it a third time. Same as baseball. Only three swings at the ball and you're out. I think you were trying to say something, and maybe quite cleverly in your own mind, but sorry, somewhere between the cup and the lip . . . . alas . . .
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Sid, NYdude
[Read the article: The Islamists are coming]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The young lady's speech is fine. Actually, quite inspiring. It was your follow up, you know, the last paragraph that I quoted that I don't get. Syntax, grammar, the usual suspects. Does not compute. Unnerstand?
SomeNYguy? You criticize my pen name?? Whaddever.