Letters to the Editor
Baldie McEagle
Published Letters: 992 Editor's Choice: 3
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hefalumpman
[Read the article: Why is California so special?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]No, it doesn't. Japan does at least as good a job. Thanks for letting us know you were kidding.
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"Men fit to be slaves!"
[Read the article: Democrats show Beltway "strength," avoid being depicted as weak]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Said by the emperor Tiberius upon leaving the Senate, according to Tacitus.
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Scooter is having a good week
[Read the article: Democrats show Beltway "strength," avoid being depicted as weak]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The way the Democrats would handle a withdrawal, it WOULD look like surrender. That's because they don't lead---they never take a clear position and stick to it, and they never argue that "this is what the American people want and what is good for America." Instead, they play parliamentary games and hide their heads, and accommodate a dictator.
Or if they do, the MSM isn't reporting it. But when the withdrawal comes, the Right will be claiming (a) that the American people and their desires have been betrayed and (b) that the Democrats did it on their own, out of weakness. And the media will repeat that message loud and clear.
The stage for that drama is set, and the Democrats have been fully a part of the stage crew. They've done everything in their power for 6 years to appear helpless.
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Off-topic from WaPo
[Read the article: Harry Reid's FISA games]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Mukasey Rejects Call for CIA Tape Details
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 14, 2007; 2:27 PM
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today sharply rebuffed congressional demands for details about the Justice Department's inquiry into the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes, saying that providing such information would make it appear that the department was "subject to political influence."
In letters to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee and others, Mukasey also reiterated his opposition to appointing a special prosecutor to the tapes investigation, saying he was "aware of no facts at present" that would require such a step.
Imagine, the executive branch subjecting itself to the "influence" of the legislative branch. I can't think of anything worse.
I hope to hear Glenn comment on this, as well as on FISA.
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The usual shit still flows from AP
[Read the article: The Lawless Surveillance State]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Right here at Salon.
http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2007/12/16/D8TIM9A80_congress_democrats/index.html
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Thanks!
[Read the article: Letter submitted for Dodd's filibuster]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]to Holly and anyone else who found the time to write a letter to Dodd.
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Seems pretty clear
[Read the article: The unhappiness of Woodrow Wilson]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]that Wilson was talking about the very coterie of bankers he set up the Reserve to counteract---not the Reserve itself. And how silly to believe that the Reserve's inherent evil was so evident to him merely 6 years after he created it.
That would be the fastest traverse from good intentions to evil actions for any bureaucracy since the Inquisition. Even the UN took decades before the black helicopters showed up!
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You mean the voters have to ...
[Read the article: Championing mainstream political thought while pretending to oppose it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]THINK?
Waaah!
But what I want is a candidate who is so perfect and nonpartisan that when he is elected, I won't have to think for another 4 years. I don't trust any politicians, therefore I crave a politician I can trust blindly and completely, no matter what people say about him.
Sign me,
Typical Bush Voter
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Of course
[Read the article: 9/11 Commission: Our investigation was "obstructed"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]we already knew this. The Commission dropped hints in its report, and we all watched King George hide behind Uncle Dick.
Will it be different now? Certainly even an investigation-minded Congress would have its hands full by now. I doubt we will see the end of this before the new administration is ensconced.
But this time, we have more than just evidence of royal arrogance. We have evidence of material wrongdoing that the American public can understand. That counts.
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IOIYAMoron named Scooter
[Read the article: 9/11 Commission: Our investigation was "obstructed"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Keep trying, lil buddy. You have yet to fool anyone.
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@anonymouse
[Read the article: Various items]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Only you and Malkin consider Andrew Sullivan a liberal.
Sharper commentary, please.
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Historical curiosity
[Read the article: Worthless chatter]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When was the term "presidential timbre" invented, I wonder? How long did our republic exist---how many iterations of the election cycle elapsed---before presidential candidates were tagged not only with the usual social judgments on birth, birthplace, speaking ability, party/crowd, personal wealth, and experience, but on everything else imaginable?
I can guess. In the first presidential campaigns, candidates were all older, rich, educated, experienced, white men in wigs. They were ALL "presidential"---that's what presidential means.
As the electorate was expanded, and the country grew, and the candidates abandoned these narrow characteristics, they had to be subtly labeled according to how old, rich, male, educated, linked with the New England gentry (or the Southern aristocracy or the Wild West), etc. they were or appeared to be. Thus, in a race where stupid white men from all over mix it up with younger, female, black candidates, "timbre" becomes a code word for you-know-what, and it gets pretty messy. Joe Klein gets confused.
So now you know why Edwards is largely characterized by his hair: He doesn't wear a wig.
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He's right
[Read the article: Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds warn of "social unraveling" if Obama loses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kwaanza Socialism doesn't sound promising as a social agenda. Christmas Socialism is bad enough, but we just got through the holiday season without serious violence. Is there any doubt the surge is working? The next six months will tell us if we will be ready to face Christmas again.
Look at Kenya right now, where they are rioting over this form of socialism, if I understood the headlines correctly without actually reading the articles. Do we want that here?
Perhaps the GOP should riot over there so they don't riot here. This is a lesson the Democrats will never learn.
And this isn't about racism. Cubans are scary too!
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@proctology warning
[Read the article: Jonah Goldberg and Glenn Reynolds warn of "social unraveling" if Obama loses]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You seem to have some time on your hands today. But after scanning 20+ pages of your comments, it seems to me you have forgotten to bring your facts. If you have time to post, can you find time to make solid, reasoned arguments?
NOTE: A "fact" is generally something more useful to your argument that just stating the obvious (e.g., blacks were appointed by Republicans to prominent positions) and pretending it supports your contention without any effort to establish a link whatsoever.
Counterexample: The Ottoman Empire was known for putting its Christians in high office. Would one then conclude that the Ottoman sultans supported the Christian religion?
You get three guesses.