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Published Letters: 14

  • INVESTIGATE THESE DEATHS!

    [Read the article: The unsettling deaths of Omar Mora and Yance Gray]
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    REMEMBER PAT TILMAN? AND JESSICA LYNCH? COULD IT BE THAT

    THIS IS JUST ANOTHER 'CONVENIENT INCIDENT' OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION?

    I SAY, THE FACT THAT 2 OF THE 7 SOLDIERS ARE DEAD AND A 3RD

    IS WOUNDED....DEMANDS THAT WE DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION. WE

    CAN DO NO LESS.

    I'VE ALREADY EMAILED 4 SENATORS: BIDEN, LEVIN, WEBB & FEINGOLD.

    I TRUST THEM & RESPECT THEM. YOU CAN CHOOSE WHO YOU WANT.

    BUT DO IT NOW. THESE HEROS DESERVE NOTHING LESS.

  • THE ONLY ANSWER...IMPEACHMENT OF THE DECIDER

    [Read the article: The "Return on Success" and the "consequences of failure"]
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    BUSH WANTS OTHER FAMILIES TO SACRIFICE THEIR HUSBANDS, SONS,DAUGHTERS, PAST JAN 20, 2009...WHEN HE'LL BE OUT 'FILLING HIS COFFERS' (HIS OWN WORDS)

    2 POINTS FROM SPEECH:

    --WHAT 36 OTHER COUNTRIES ARE THERE FIGHTING 'WITH' US?

    --HOW CAN WE PROTECT IRAQ FROM SOME COUNTRY TOPPLING THEIR GOVERNMENT? 'HE' INVADED THEM & OVERTHREW THEIR LEADER!

    IMPEACH & REMOVE BUSH & CHENEY WHILE WE HAVE ANY COUNTRY LEFT TO SAVE! EMAIL AS MANY SENATORS & REP.S AS YOU CAN...BEFORE HE SHUTS DOWN THE INTERNET VOICES.

    SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT UNTIL IT REPRESENTS THE 70% +

    OF THE AMERICANS WHO CAN STILL THINK FOR THEMSELVES.

    THOSE WHO HAVENT BOUGHT INTO THE RIGHT-WING, FOX-NOISE,

    FLAG-WAVING, KOOL-AIDE DRINKING '1984--GOVERNMENT'.

    WE'VE BEEN STRIPPED OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS LITTLE-BY-

    LITTLE. THEY (NOT I) HAVE ENDORSED TORTURE! WE'VE

    BURDENED OUT KIDS & GRANDKIDS WITH UNIMAGINABLE DEBT!

    WE DONT EVEN STAND FOR AMERICAN VALUES ANYMORE. HOW DID

    THIS HAPPEN IN JUST 6 SHORT YEARS?

    DONT LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO

    WITH TRUE CHRISTIANITY!!!! GEORGE W. BUSH IS A CHRISTIAN

    IN NAME ONLY. THE LATE FALWELL, ROBERTSON, DOBBSON, HAGEY,

    HAVE A STRANGE NEO-CON VIEW THAT HAS ENABLED THEM TO LINE THEIR

    POCKETS AND PASS HUGE MINISTRIES ONTO THEIR HEIRS. THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN CARE OF THE POOR, SOUGHT PEACE, OR DONE GOOD TO THOSE WHO COULD NOT REPAY THEM IN KIND. THEY LIKE TO HOB-NOB WITH ELITES, THEY WANT TO STACK THE COURTS, WHO IN TURN, DECIDE AGAINST THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WORKER, THEY HAVE TRUELY TAKEN GOD'S NAME IN VAIN!

    I BELIEVE IN DEFENSE OF OUR NATION...THAT'S WHY WE WENT

    TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2001....NOT TO DESTROY THAT COUNTRY, BUT

    TO CAPTURE OR KILL 'OSAMA BIN LADEN' AND HIS GROUP OF

    3RD WORLD THUGS. WE SHOULD NOT BE INVADING & ATTACKING

    OTHER SOVERIGN COUNTRIES! PERIOD!

    SINCE THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS VICE PRES/CHENEY (OF WHICHEVER

    BRANCH OF GOV. HE THINKS HE WORKS FOR) DONT RESPECT OUR

    CONSTITUTION, AND SINCE THEY DONT HAVE THE BACKBONE TO

    LEAVE QUIETLY...WE MUST IMPEACH & REMOVE THEM FROM OFFICE.

    THAT WAS PUT IN OUR CONSTITUTION FOR JUST THIS REASON...TO

    HAVE A PEACEFUL CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP WHEN IT WASNT ELECTION

    TIME! AS FOR 'HIGH CRIMES & MISDEMENORS'....THERE'S

    PLENTY TO CHOOSE FROM.

  • FORWARD 1 MILLION YEARS: BUSH VOTED WORST PRESIDENT EVER

    [Read the article: Bush's stairway to paradise]
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    LET'S NOT MAKE 'W' WAIT TILL 'HISTORY HAPPENS':

    GEORGE W. BUSH WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED THE WORST PRESIDENT

    IN ALL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S HISTORY.

    ( AND THAT INCLUDES THROUGH THE 25 YEARS IT TOOK TO RESTORE

    THE PARTS OF THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THAT HE DESTROYED & THE

    100 YEARS IT TOOK TO PAY FOR HIS WAR)

    HE ALSO NEVER WON ANY NOBEL 'ANYTHING' PRIZES, WAS NOT

    ALLOWED TO JOIN ANY COUNTRY CLUBS, WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO

    OWN ANYMORE DOGS, AND COULD NOT FIND A JOB THAT EVEN

    THE ILLEGALS WOULD NOT DO.

    ALSO, HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO EVER SIGN UP FOR A

    PRIVATIZED SOCIAL SECURITY AND UNFORTUNITELY, IT WAS ALL

    INVESTED IN ENRON......HE WAS KNOWN UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY

    DEATH (BECAUSE EVERYONE WANTED HIM TO GO SOONER) AS

    'POOR GEORGE' (A NICKNAME THAT ANN RICHARDS WOULD'VE

    LOVED!)

    HIS LIBRARY AT SMU WAS ONLY PARTIALLY BUILT, THANKS TO

    THE $35 MILLION DONATION OF RAY HUNT'S KURDISH OIL CO

    AND CONTAINED ONLY 1 BOOK....'BILLY THE GOAT' (OF 9/11 FAME).

    HE COULD NOT BE BURIED IN ANY MILITARY CEMETARY BECAUSE

    ALL OF HIS SO-CALLED MILITARY RECORDS HAD BEEN MYSTERIOUSLY

    BURNED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR ERA.

    (THAT'S IN HONOR OF DAN RATHER....WHO WAS FINALLY

    VINDICATED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF A REHAB WHO CAME FORWARD...)

    THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE OF 'POOR GEORGE'S' LEGACY EXCEPT

    FOR THE 4000+ DEAD AND 30,000+ WOUNDED WHO WILL FOREVER

    LIVE IN OUR HEARTS & MINDS.

    HE WAS BURIED AT SOME SECURE UNKNOWN LOCATION NEAR DICK

    CHENEY, ALONG WITH HIS 'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED' BANNER.

    THE END.

  • CONGRATS TO AL GORE!

    [Read the article: Al Gore's win, America's loss]
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    APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!!!

    I'M SO HAPPY THAT OTHERS CAN NOW SEE HOW BRILLIANT,

    HOW CAREING, HOW INTELLIGENT AL GORE HAS ALWAYS BEEN!

    I WATCHED ALL THE DEBATES, HIS LAST CAMPAIGN IN FLA.

    TILL ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING...I WATCHED WHILE ALL

    THE 'CHADS' WERE COUNTED...WELL, NOT "ALL" OF THEM!

    I HUNG BLACK BANNERS ACROSS MY AMERICAN FLAG FOR 3 MONTHS

    AFTER THE 'DEATH OF THE SUPREME COURT'....AND THE 5 VOTES

    THAT REPLACED 'OURS'.

    I HOPE AL & TIPPER AND THEIR FAMILY ENJOY THIS MOMENT FOR

    A LONG TIME. THEY DESERVE IT. GOD BLESS!

  • winter converted to capitalism and the rest,as they say, "is history". Secondly, "Government is not the solution to the problem, government IS the problem!" Ronald Reagan.

    [Read the article: Good times for liberals]
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    HA! WHENEVER I HEAR THIS, MY FIRST REACTION IS TO ASK:

    "WILL ALL YOU GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES, ELECTED OFFICIALS,

    AND THOSE WHO STAND WITH YOU ON THE PLATFORM AT THE

    DEBATES, AND AT THE CAMPAIGNS GIVE UP ALL YOUR GOVERNMENT

    BENEFITS? GIVE UP YOUR GOVERNMENT HEALTH COVERAGE?

    GIVE UP YOUR MILITARY PENSIONS? GIVE UP YOUR MEDICARE &

    MEDICAID BENEFITS? GIVE UP YOUR CONGRESSIONAL PENSIONS?

    GIVE UP YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY 'ENTITLEMENTS'? NEVER USE

    'GI BILL' FOR EDUCATION OR HOUSING? NEVER DRIVE ON ANY

    SAFE & WELL MAINTAINED HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE? WILL YOU GIVE UP YOUR RIGHT TO AN ATTORNEY IF YOU CANT AFFORD ONE? WILL

    YOU FIX YOUR OWN POT-HOLES NEXT SPRING? WILL YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION BY PERSONALLY PAYING FOR ALL THEIR TEACHERS & EQUIPMENT? WILL YOU PERSONALLY BUILD YOUR OWN FOOTBALL STADIUMS & BASEBALL FIELDS FOR THEIR USE? WILL YOU INSTALL TRAFFIC LIGHTS TO ENABLE YOU TO NAVIGATE BUSY INTERSECTIONS? WILL YOU BUILD YOUR OWN ....FILL IN THE BLANKS!

    I LOVE MY GOVERNMENT & I'M NOT TOO DAM CHEAP TO PAY MY TAXES IN ORDER TO KEEP IT & SHARE IT WITH MY FELLOW AMERICANS! GOD BLESS AMERICA!