Letters to the Editor
brittonwhitbeck
Published Letters: 9 Editor's Choice: 1
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Wow, what a loser!
[Read the article: Help! I'm a prisoner in a big suburban house!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yet again, Cary misses the entire point of this letter. I have little sympathy for the writer of this letter. "Living the Dream" is facing the consequences of his and his wife's own investment into the narcissistic and self-serving ideology that ruled the economic windfall we all benefited from the past 5 years. They chose to move into a much too expensive house in a neighborhood where they've made no emotional investment. I'm sure based on his description of his wife and himself, they have saddled themselves with much educational debt, or at the very least have very little equity/liquidity to show from working in academia and decades (between the two) in school. They weren't thinking about long-term planning or even what they really wanted, they were looking to keep up with their friends they saw at summer barbecues and cocktail parties who talked about the new estate in Connecticut or the house they got on the Eastern Shore for the upcoming season. Spare me the suburban martyr act. You made the decision, live with it.
Rather than tackle the issue head-on, Cary chooses to attack the idea of suburban living and goes on a rant of new-urbanism with a tirade for eco-living. Do you really want to compare the carbon-emissions between urban and suburban dwellers? You're an idiot and so are your readers if they look to you as some moral authority, and whether it should be based on where you live. It's just like a liberal and their entitlement mentality to enjoy reaping the benefits of the swelling economy, but completely incapable (financially, emotionally, and apparently mentally) to uphold the responsibility of the decisions made during the hey-day of more prosperous times. Sounds to me like "Living the dream" is experiencing a mixture of a pre- midlife crisis, liberal guilt over his job in a clearly capitalist industry, as well as remorse for living like a Republican with his Democratic beliefs. Get over your self-importance as it relates to society as a whole. Your choices may very well reflect the state of the nation, but you didn't lead us here. If anything, your weak-willed ambitions made you part of the lemmings that are facing the credit-crunch, temporarily downturned economy, and the shambles left from a reckless real estate run.
Just be glad that Rebulicans are taking care of your finances for you, renegotiating your interest-only loans with financial institutions, and even sending you a little check to enable you to grab your soy latte, crystal therapy massage, and have a little cry about why you're not out saving the world one HeadStart program at a time. Instead you chose to go work for a hedge fund. Seriously, John Edwards, you've been out of the election for less than a month, and you're already second-guesssing your life decisions that completely conflict your ideology? What a pussy!
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what a joke
[Read the article: It's 3 a.m. Who do you want answering the phone?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Three or gour military leaders is hardly a basis for your headline or lede, especially considering they are all supporting one of the other presidential hopefuls.
My favorite was the quote from a historian: "But oddly enough, because they are standing at a bit of a distance and not personally risking their lives, they actually can see things better."
That is completely contrary to your lame arguments that Bush was willing to sacrifice other people's sons and daughters, husbands and wives, because he had no personal risk.
Get you talking points straight. I thought you were a bit better than that.
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Ridiculous
[Read the article: Understanding Heath Ledger's death]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To blame pharma and doctors for Heath Ledger's death is journalistic malpractice by Dr. Zaroff. Heath Ledger exposed himself to the risk of overdose by taking six high-powered drugs of which any combination was dangerous, if not lethal. While I mourn the loss of a great, young talent, I can't help but a feel a bit calloused to the idea that he was the victim. If anyone is a victim, it is his young daughter and loving parents. The perpetrator was not the media, doctors, or the system, but Heath, himself.
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Let's hope they listen...
[Read the article: Memo to Clinton and Obama: Stop spinning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a nerdy wonk, and an often overly partisan Republican, I have to agree with Thomas Schaller. Evan as the Rush Limbaugh with the pitchfork sits on my shoulder with glee hoping for this battle to go longer and get meaner, there's a reality that while a competitive and spirited race is good for the nation and the Democratic party, the current state of the race is neither.
Also, reading the first few pages of comments, it seems odd to me that Hillary's supporters (meddling Republicans and racist e-mail forwards aside) is much more in line with arguing substance, while Obama's followers (and even some of his top staffers, Burton and Axelrod, I'm looking at you) seem to get personal. Don't think that I don't consider Mark Penn a horrible person (worse than Dick Morris) and Howard Wolfson is often times delusional at best.
But, what does it say about the Democratic party when they turn on the very person they defended for 15 years? Were the Republicans wrong for going after the Clintons for being secretive, reciprocating favors, and even open disregard for the minority votes they championed? What facts have changed, that the rest of you are now obligated to go after her? If anything, hasn't she cleaned up that record since leaving the White House? Sometimes the politics of now tarnish us all with our own unique blend of hypocrisy? Cheers to yours!