Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 65 Editor's Choice: 5
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He must BBQ puppies
[Read the article: For one war supporter, an order of crow, please]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who IS this guy? Yes, he says "the Iraq war was obviously a gross blunder." But geez, Tim, did you read the entire column?? He's saying it would have been better if we'd just "rubbled the place and left." He says if we'd bombed them back to the Stone Age, we'd be seen "as a nation that knows how to punish our enemies, a nation that can smash one of those ramshackle Mideast despotisms with one blow from our mailed fist, a nation to be feared and respected." John Derbyshire needs some therapy to come to terms with what are some really deep-seated anger and self-esteem issues. Or something.
Now, he bemoans how we've "frittered away" the shock value of our awe. He actually decries the Pottery Barn rule as a sign of weakness.
This guy is a freaking SADIST! He's a sicko!
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I wonder ....
[Read the article: They called me a child pornographer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know this sounds awful but I wonder how much of this poor family's trials have to do with the fact that they were in Georgia? I live in the South and the culture of fear pervades every aspect of life down here. We are constantly told by the fear-mongering media that there's a boogy man around every corner ready to steal your children, white women, your possessions, etc. The constant drum-beat of hysteria down here leads to some really bad judgment on the part of people like an Eckerd's employee.
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You gotta be kidding me
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]WiFi? Comfortable seats?
Look, I'll just be happy if they can get the damn plane to take off and land on time, without sending my luggage on a round-the-world-in-80-days romp in the process.
WiFi?
Bwaaahaaaahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
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someone likes this dreck
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's the #2 new show, behind heroes. I've read that Ken Olin of "thirtysomething" fame is one of the main culprits, as co-creator and executive producer. I liked "thirtysomething" back in the day, but it did serve a strong helping of schmaltz with each episode as well. So I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
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Well, actually ...
[Read the article: They were against a debate before they were for it]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Warner & Co. were FOR the debate before they were AGAINST it before they were FOR it.
I know, trying to figure out Republicans makes my head hurt, too.
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Burying The Lead
[Read the article: Bill Donohue vs. the world (especially women)]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The glee with which he went after Vanderslice and the glee with which he has gone after these women marks him as an abuser."
That to me sums up what's wrong with Bill Donohue and the rest of his kind -- they are abusers, they have an agenda, and the media puppets are only too happy to hand them the microphone because the inevitable controversy sells more papers.
I say this as a person of faith who is frustrated at a media that consistently legitimizes nutballs like Donohue, Falwell, Dobson, Robertson, etc. by turning to them for the "Christian perspective." There are plenty of reasonable leaders in the faith community out there, Catholic and otherwise: yet when the New York Times wants "the Catholic perspective" it seems like they look for the most hard-line ideologue they can find. Ditto with evangelicals, where Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson get five times the airtime of someone like Jim Wallis.
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This was printed WHERE?
[Read the article: India's "missing girls"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sorry, but the WASHINGTON TIMES?????? Hello? The Moonie Times? Are you kidding me? I don't care how heartfelt or "good" the cause is, I can't believe Salon is legitimizing this crackpot, cult-financed right-wing mouthpiece.
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Elisabeth Bumiller ...
[Read the article: India's "missing girls"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here].. author of many a puff piece about Bush and Laura. But last I heard, she was "on leave" from the New York Times to write a book about Condi. So now she's at the Washington Times? Figures.
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AH, The Washington Times is afraid of brown people
[Read the article: India's "missing girls"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It seems criticism of this story's source is not entirely unfounded. According to Washington Monthly (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2007_03/010850.php) this story is the product of a mental meltdown by editor Francis Coombs. From the link:
""The reason we are running this story is that Coombs thinks all the aborted girls means that Indian men will be immigrating to the United States to marry our girls." That is an exact quote, what Jones told his colleagues on the foreign desk.
Coombs has told me and others repeatedly that he favors abortion because he sees it as a way to eliminate black and other minority babies."
Great. Thanks for helping spread the message.
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Perhaps he's jealous of Jeff Gannon
[Read the article: Porn free]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Come on, Matt, you're just jealous that you couldn't parlay your gay Republican porn star schtick into a career as a right-wing pundit, a la Jeff Gannon. I mean think about it: you got your picture with Ann Coulter. Gannon got invited to the White House! Guess you peaked too early, buddy. Sorry!
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good article, good points
[Read the article: The real Fox News Democrats]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I appreciate this piece a lot. I've been of two minds over the whole "Fox Democrats" phenomenon -- OF COURSE Democrats should reach out to everyone, even people they don't agree with, in an effort to woo the electorate. At the same time, Fox doesn't play fair, so OF COURSE we shouldn't hand them opportunities to belittle us and misrepresent our views on a silver platter.
I think what it boils down to is that, as Koppelman notes, Democrats need to "know what they're getting into" with a Fox News appearance. It would be nice if the Dems showed a little leadership and offered some kind of coordinated effort to turn this to our advantage, but it seems highly unlikely. The Republicans are good at this sort of thing, being jackboot, cyborg Kool-Aid drinkers who easily fall into line behind a strong personality like Karl Rove. Democrats are a little less homogenous, a little more free-thinking, so this might be harder to pull off.
In which case, maybe we should just chuck the whole Faux News phenom and tell them to take a hike. Apparently the bulk of their "elderly" audience is going to be dead in 10 years anyway.