Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 2149 Editor's Choice: 7
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@-- randron
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I too, attended school in the sixties, when one of the important lessons we were taught was that our freedoms were what made us better than our enemies. That what makes it SO painful to watch what's happening to our country. We're becoming exactly what our teachers warned us about!
I also had to pass a "Constitution test" in High School in order to be able to graduate.
I'm curious as to when we STOPPED teaching our children these things.
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Plunger
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I hear that when the clocks turn over to the year 2000, all hell is going to break loose as well. Let me know how that works out......
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Re: I Blame Gerald Ford
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]nahhh...
I blame the state-run media...oh wait!
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attn: Jerry....
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You'll find that much to your disappointment, many commenters here don't give a rats ass if the Clinton Whitehouse engaged in similar behaviors under current discussion. That is because we are interested in saving the Constitution from ANYONE who would abrogate it for personal or political gain.
The atrocities that motivated our Founders are well documented (sorta the whole point of the Declaration of Independence) and the understanding of human nature that requires a government which is turned upon itself with checks and balances is well described in the Federalist papers.
If you are unfamiliar with their contents, I suggest you take some time out to read them before coming back to spew further.
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Perhaps.....
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Do Americans really want the federal government compiling electronic dossiers on them with virtually no safeguards and no oversight?"
If they're anything like me, they've assumed that this has been going on (whether legally or not) for as long as the Internet has existed and are merely hoping that none of their activities are sufficientlt notable to draw human attention.
Of course history has shown, that once human attention has been drawn, stipidity is soon to follow.
http://www.sjgames.com/SS/
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This just arrived in my inbox....
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]To:
Subject: No Subject
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence. We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions. The President is committed to continuing our economic progress, defending our freedom, and upholding our Nation's deepest values.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond to every message. Please visit the White House website for the most up-to-date information on Presidential initiatives, current events, and topics of interest to you. In order to better receive comments from the public, a new system
has been implemented. In the future please send your comments to comments@whitehouse.gov.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
Now I've gone and done it!
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I usually try to ignore nabalzbbfr
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]would be disastrous to allow nervous nellies to hamstring our military and law enforcement and thus enable a repeat of 9/11 or even a 100-fold greater catastrophe.
But the idea that he's afraid of a 100-fold greater catastrophe, yet he calls US nervous nellies is just too rich!
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Re: shooter....
[Read the article: The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In case you haven't noticed, the whole reason the NSL letters in question are controversial (and illegal) is because they are NOT related to terrorism or national security. Otherwise this would be a huge non-starter.
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The last time you brought up the subject..
[Read the article: Our right-wing arbiters of masculinity]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]generated as many comments as I think I've seen attached to one of your posts. Obviously this strikes a nerve with many people. The sad thing is, when we're referring to people who never outrgrew Jr. High, I think that actually describes many Americans. Its easy to forget how important status is during our formative years and how much of it is acheived with juvenile name calling.
What's really tragic though, is how this refusal to grow up actually ends up resulting in tens of thousands of fatalities, when carried to its logical conclusion.
It all seems trivial at one level but the stakes are huge.
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But what of Coulter?
[Read the article: Our right-wing arbiters of masculinity]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't forget that a significant portion of Couter's income derives from speaking on college campuses. In her case, her target audience consists of barely post-adolescent males, none of whom are military. Its quite unsurprising then that she would engage in the sort of baiting that we observe.
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It would only make sense
[Read the article: Our right-wing arbiters of masculinity]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]That daleyrocks of "Dixie sluts" fame would get confused and mistake Ann Coulter's schtick as anything resembling debate.
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In case anyone needs reminding
[Read the article: Our right-wing arbiters of masculinity]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]why daleyrocks is so enamored with Ms Coulters debating talent.....
http://www.haloscan.com/comments/glenngreenwald/116194802175485338/#48997
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I like the sentence
[Read the article: The Justice Department's false statements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]after the one you highlighted.
We fully recognize that Congress's ability to conduct oversight is hampered by a failure to provide accurate information
It's as if the realization that they actually answer to Congress just dawned on them overnight. Maybe the fact that Scooter Libby faces jail time over a similar inabilty to provide accurate information, adds a little bit to the realization that were dealing with reality now and that playtime is over.
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Both Elephantnam AND the WSJ miss the point.
[Read the article: The Justice Department's false statements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The issue at hand isn't simply the misuse of NSA's which is a problem related to the laziness of certain FBI folks, but the habitual lying that is brought to light when these abuses are revealed.
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Why is so difficult...
[Read the article: The Justice Department's false statements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]for certain trolls to understand the difference between criminals who unsurprisingly ignore the law and law-enforcment officials who also unfortunately ignore the law.
PS: I don't beleive the NSL's are being used as much for political reasons as much as they are simply being abused by officers who are too lazy to get a proper warrant.
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See....
[Read the article: V is for void]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Now you're just plain having too much fun!
feels good...donit?
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@Elephant....
[Read the article: The Justice Department's false statements]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]According to your fans at Salon, you are not in power.
Lets see how much "in power" they are after Karl gets his first subpoena...
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What I want to know....
[Read the article: Howard Kurtz and the royal Kagans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is if the surge were such a brilliant idea, then why didn't we do it YEARS ago.
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I'd love to be wrong....
[Read the article: Howard Kurtz and the royal Kagans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't speak for anyone else, but I would love to be wrong. I'd love it if the surge works wonders. I'd love it if sending in troops, made life better for everyone they come in contact with. I'd love it if our Iraq strategy was the greatest thing since sliced bread and it was all GW and Karl Rove's magic touch that accomplished it.
But you see, I have this reality problem.....