Letters to the Editor
Alex Tucker
Published Letters: 160 Editor's Choice: 20
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Harrumph!
[Read the article: Cool Hand puke]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well said sirrahs, this was the worst example of frippery in the history of Salon! Utter nonsense, and an affront to humanity as well. Let's take this "Chang" person out in the back alley and beat him with a pipe, good and proper!
Honestly, you cranks -- go piss in your own bowl of Rice Krispies. If it’s fluff that offends you, not to worry. There’s plenty of genuine journalism for Salon to cover, and they do it very well. So either talk to your respective therapists about how this silly, forgettable essay offends you to your very core, or go kick some puppies and pop some kids’ balloons. Whatever gets you through the night.
Harrumph, I say! HARRUMPH!
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spooky
[Read the article: WayLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So... Carol knew my mom?
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As long as she's a decent lawyer, it's OK with me
[Read the article: May they please the court]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just finished seeing the video of the young lady in question (by way of gothamite.com) and the most alarming thing I noticed wasn't her lack of clothing but her lack of maturity. She looks and sounds like a stereotypical California teenage surfer chick, for heaven's sake. I don't care if she decides that ice skating nude with a dildo-shaped bong in hand is her favorite way to relax. What I want to know is, will she be a good lawyer? If I'm her client, and she represents me well in a court of law, then does it really matter about her prediliction for spankings?
BTW, about Victoria Zdrok's Wikipeda "bio": consider the source, man! It's Wiki-freakin'-pedia! I'm surprised her entry didn't mention anything about winning the Women's 200 meter Butterfly event in the 2000 Olympics, or how she secretly discovered the structure of DNA before Watson & Crick (and poor Rosalind Franklin, bless her soul).
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She has a megaphone because...
[Read the article: Real inconvenient truths]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...because Salon would be crazy not to give her one. Look at the responses they're getting! Angry? Yes. Indignant? Absolutely. Incredulous? But of course. Oh, and something else: impassioned. Salon keeps this aîné terrible on the payroll because they know she'll garner emphatic responses -- even negative feedback is still feedback, after all.
I loathe this woman with a deep passion; almost everything she says is petrol on a tire fire. I'm also guaranteed to read her for exactly that reason. And Salon knows it. I believe most people who say, "I'll never subscribe to Salon again" are wholly disingenuous. Much like the person who writes a letter to a radio host, claiming he'll never listen to that program again... and then keeping his ear glued to see if it gets read on-air.
"Salon: A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction." Paglia is certainly socially distinct, if intellectually devoid. Salon succeeds in giving me interesting articles from a wide variety of personalities -- which means I'll be here, reading Paglia's next insane ramblings, brickbat in one hand and Pepto Bismol in the other.
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It's too late, the die is cast
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"If you tell a lie long enough, it becomes the truth."
Here's the real Nixon-Dubya connection: Karl Christian (oh irony, have you no shame even when it comes to nomenclature?) Rove.
Ole Turdblossom was head of the College Republican National Committee in 1972, which is not an easy feat when you're also busy ducking the draft. As far back as August 9, 1974, Rove swore never again would a Republican administration's crimes be brought to light by real investigative reporting. He, along with Richard Viguerie, Roger Ailes, Lee Atwater and a gaggle of nasty Far Right carbunkles took it upon themselves to destroy the media at the roots. All those snarling Dobermans would be pliant lapdogs in conservative hands. It took time, of course, but year after year the wingnuts chanted the mantra: Liberal Media... Liberal Media... Liberal Media...
Flashforward almost thirty-seven years later from the day Nixon resigned. Today's "journalists" now come in two varieties. One, those who are simply part of the Republican echo chamber, regurgitating the latest GOP talking points. And two, those who may actually wish to do some real reporting but are stymied by corporations who dictate what is and isn't reported, topped with the fear of ostracization by their fellow colleagues as being labelled (gasp) "liberal" if they dare to even sniff at right-wing impropriety.
Joseph Goebbels, you were only ever an amateur to Karl Rove.
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maybe this explains it
[Read the article: WayLay]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay. I have wondered why, after years of reading Carol, that her takes on relationships are almost always angry and negative. I think this link explains a lot:
http://comixpedia.com/carol_lay_discovers_community_property_includes_intellectual_property
I can only assume her latest divorce ended very poorly, and this has colored her worldview (which wasn't very gleeful to begin with).
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brilliant
[Read the article: Tom the Dancing Bug]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ted Geisel nailed it years ago with "The Butter Battle Book". Ken just nailed it again. Just as relevant as ever, and just as bitingly accurate. Thanks, Mr. Fisher.
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The Phoenix Staff
[Read the article: Yes, Sanjaya made the list]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just sniping from Phoenix staffers (whom, by the by, are too cowardly to list their names and emails) who are sophomoric provocateurs. It's a typical "indie" publication; alternative reporting and opinion by those who enjoy pretending to be out of the mainstream but also want to play the 'serious publication' game. The Phoenix is fun to read, but in the end you get what you pay for.
Oh, and Tranny Annie counts.
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if you say so
[Read the article: Yes, Sanjaya made the list]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"In that case, she'd have to count for someone who decided to put her on a "Sexiest Men" list. Otherwise, we'd be just as bad as her."
Fine by me. I'm sure someone out there thinks she's sexy (chilling thought), whether it be in the male or female category.
BTW, on my worst day I doubt I could EVER be as bad as her.
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Yogi's mantra
[Read the article: The 2008 election, explained by Yogi Berra]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You can bet your sweet bippy that "It ain't over til it's over" is the official mantra of every presidential candidate, every minute of every day until the last precinct has voted. In John McCain's house it's replaced the Lord's Prayer.