Letters to the Editor
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Encore
Thank you Mr. Blumenthal, for taking the events of the past 7 years, and beyond, so very seriously, and for unending courage in exposing the malady in plain view. Three years ago it seemed that we had no chance to restore balance to the country. Your columns were lifelines to many, as shown today, and proved that moral, rational analysis still existed outside the Bush Bubble. We've come some distance, and watched a thin new Democratic majority wax and wane, showing how easily a foothold can be almost lost, and how quickly Cheney and neocon thugs will pounce again. Iran, "habeas lawyers", Giuliani redux. It doesn't stop until we stop it.
Your Wednesday column was always a highlight of the week. Strong and impassioned, mythic and true. I'll miss it tremendously.
If you're moving into the Clinton campaign, then they have a chance to rise above the absurd media puppeteering and make policy instead of news. I'm greatly heartened to know that you're steering any of the possible candidates - it raises the bar for all the Democrats, and helps lay bare the fearful heart of the modern Republican power ploy.
The sleeping American giant has been re-entering the world for some time, and wrenchingly dealing with its footprint and its shadow. 9/11 hit people between the eyes with what they already knew - our unexamined connections to the world at large - and America bugged out. The Cheney-cabal that took advantage of that, and their idiot figurehead, have brought this country to the verge of no influence at all - a place of all shadow. We will lose what we need, they say (oil, domination), and so we lose it by squandering our confidence and our soul.
We still have much to offer the world - and we can still be a light of reason and inclusion. I know you'll be doing everything you can to help get us there.