Letters to the Editor
andycher
Published Letters: 43 Editor's Choice: 2
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Bloggers are Journalists
[Read the article: First Amendment martyr?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm fed up with media types who claim that bloggers are not journalists
When free speech was originally litigated in this country, Zenger was more of a blogger than what today's cell-phone ad sellers would admit to their journalist's society
When the 1st amendment came in, the same thing
Some folks just love to parade their ignorance
Go Josh
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So is Ireland a fascist state or what
[Read the article: Irish teen takes abortion case to Supreme Court]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]are Irish people allowed to travel without taking a pregnancy test?
couldn't she just get on a plane and go wherever and do whatever?
am I missing something here?
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Dumbest Rule in Basketball
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why can a team move the ball 3/4 of the court by calling time out?
Imagine the effect on football of a similar (unbelievably dumb) rule
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The Flintstones was a documentary -- who knew
[Read the article: Inside the Creation Museum]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]we have a few fundamentalists in the family but no one has asked them the dino question yet
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Hey danmac
[Read the article: Slaughtering rock's sacred cows]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Uncle Meat on vinyl is much different than on CD
the CD adds an endless amount of pointless, unlistenable stuff from the movie of the same name
the vinyl was much shorter and all music
this was apparently the way FZ wanted the CD to be
on the Usenet Zappa group the term 'penalty tracks' was coined to explain this (it would be a single CD without the penalty tracks)
if I'm not mistaken the CD was remixed to no good effect as well
FZ has been dead for some time, maybe the original will come out
it was quite good, especially King Kong and Dog Breath
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Heard this after Nixon resigned
[Read the article: Imperial presidency declared null and void]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]yet W came on stronger than old RN ever dreamed of
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The next President
[Read the article: American goodwill, in shackles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Will the next President:
be wiling to relinquish the powers claimed by this one
rely on signing statements to overrule Congress
get the PATRIOT act repealed
make war only after a declaration of war by Congress
arrange kidnappings all around the world
maintain secret prisons
renounce the idea of pre-emptive strikes
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I wish I knew
I haven't seen any candidate that is above 1% in the polls make any sort of definitive statements like the above
if power corrupts, the next President is headed on a bad course already
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Confirmed by the Senate?
[Read the article: A Cheney-Thompson swap?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]what motivation would the Dems have to do this bizarre act?
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Veteran artists know best
[Read the article: Live-music dos and don'ts]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the last concert I saw was Lee Konitz & Dan Tepfer
small venue about 80 people
Konitz at 79 was in fine form on the sax
Saturday, my wife and I travel to Philly to see Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 -- hope that'll be fun
last year we saw
Gregory Isaacs
Maxi Priest
The I-Threes
Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars
they were all very good to exceptional
Seun Kuti may still be under 40 but he has been playing with Egypt 80 since Fela died in 1997
the Refugee All Stars are young but that was a free show and they are good
others all 45 +
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It's the general election
[Read the article: Rep. Sheehan?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]what if she sunk Nancy P in the fall?
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Curious Coincidences
[Read the article: "The Trap"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I graduated a state college in 1971. Cost my father about $5000 for 4 years including room and board.
One semester costs about that much now
When I was there, I only knew of one black student on the whole campus, today it has a large minority population
I agree that Reagan (and the right in general) went after education after the 60s
and the racists too
Why educate a bunch of trouble makers and members of groups that aren't well liked
Since the average college graduate (even ones on the 6 year plan like my son) will live 50 or more years after college
it is possible to think of the incrementalist approach
When I was young, civil rights acts were passed, Medicare and Medicaid came in, Social Security was expanded, the draft was ended
Under the current administration, it is all wars and prison camps and secret police but voting may change that
as someone who swore off voting after 1984 and didn't pick it up again until 2000, I know that voting often seems to be a fraudulent exercise, but 'regime change' in the US is possible
The younger citizens do not vote in high percentages
but they could if they wanted to
This presents a middle ground between the duality of 'the trap'
and it wuld be easier to push Hillary or Barack or John than it is to push George
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Escort Service?
[Read the article: Why David Vitter matters]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]On TV they keep calling it an escort service
is this just a euphemism?
if it is prostitution, they should say so
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A Prediction Fulfilled
[Read the article: The secret life of sperm]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]about 70 years ago, Aleister Crowley said that the future would be changed by industrial usage of sperm
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Had to Laugh
[Read the article: Larry Craig's bathroom behavior and the right wing -- then and now]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]impossible to be surprised that pols and journos can be inconsistent and hypocritical
Glenn, I've seen you on TV, you need to smile some more yourself
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While I oppose war in Iran
[Read the article: The president's escalating war rhetoric on Iran]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I really don't see Congress authorizing use of force like it did for Iraq
one burned
twice....
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Bought 2 Albums at Amazon
[Read the article: Amazon's MP3 store: Better than iTunes]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]first came in fine
2nd took 27 minutes on the phone w/ Amazon to download
don't know if I'll get a 3rd
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Obama didn't vote on MoveOn either
[Read the article: Obama: I was right from the start]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]pretty convenient
or was his office flooded woth letters telling him not to vote
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Disagree 100%
[Read the article: How Bush wrecked conservatism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What the author calls 'wrecking' conservatism is actually conservatism in action
Criminals have too many rights
the police are handcuffed
this is what conservatives have been saying decades before 9/11
W just did something about it
what's good for General Motors is good for America
a well known right wing mantra
W scores big here
whatever W does, it it what the right has been trying t do for 50 years or more
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I support GLBT rights 100% but
[Read the article: Pam Spaulding for Glenn Greenwald: "For the Bible Tells Me So"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the Bible was misused with the shrimp eating comparison
that is from the Old Testament
so Christians can claim that those rules do not apply as Jesus brought a new covenant
however the New Testament contains Romans Chapter 1 which says that gays and lesbians are worthy of death
just the facts
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