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• Wednesday, October 18, 2006 07:28 PM

  Oh, Shock and Awe

  I have read all the letters and the article. I am struck by the allusion to the Tolkien ring. The wearer did not become ultimately dazzled, he (she) became Gollum like, a slave to the power of the object. (And I seem to recall that the Christian right had some big time problems with Mr. Tolkien, so how does this guy slip this one in?) One of the letters spoke of the apology as non apology. That writing a book pointing out the flaws and fallacies of this administration, was the authors way of cleansing the crud stuck onto them by Bush et. al. WTF, what rose colored glasses did these folks have on anyway. Or more cynically, had they gotten their money for the faith based initiative, my guess is they would still be in the thick of things no matter what the Rove called them. I belabor this point because it reminds me so much of the letter I wrote a few days ago about Woodwards' book. Again what blinders did these folks put on when they enterred the halls of power?? Unlike the letter writer who wants repentence rather than apology, I want an apology. I want a big fat public purple gnashing of teeth apology. I need to know from these hooligans that they understand that they have subverted the foundation of our democracy, and like my child who stays out past an appointed time, I want to extract a consequence on their sorry asses. I am thinking about a 3 or 4 year time out. Like no lobbying, no book contracts, no tv after dinner kind of consequence. and finally when and if they find Jesus, I hope, no I demand, that they keep it to themselves. Cause guess what?? Some of us just don't care. Some of us are not Christians. To some of us; what a person believes is an unimportant as the color of their skin, who they are sleeping with, or who they are going to vote for. As this latest power grab flushes itself down the toilet of history I truly hope that there is enough of America left to become a beacon of hope for us and others.

  Thanks for the rant space,

  Bill

  —cbzd2008 Read cbzd2008's other letters
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