Letters to the Editor
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Pundit Warpervs’ Sick Urgings
“I suggest we coin the term "warpervs" to describe them as perverts addicted to war. By fusing the words, we also get the point of just how "warped" they are as well. If they are "cheerleaders" then there is a connotation that what they support is wholesome.”
Jim White
As usual you are right on target with your term and what these pervs do with their minds and hands. I would love to see what sense of the senate nonsense the Repug thugs would come up with if my headline were used in a MoveOn ad. Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen an ad directed at the M$M? If it hasn’t been done, it is long overdue.
Warpervs who disguise themselves as serious journalists keep giving us their sick, inaccurate reports because they never face the consequences of their malfeasance. Once again, Glenn is leading the way to try and change that.
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We are a nation of neo-Pacifists
As a conscientious objector, I'm heartened to see so many among our media and policy elite who share my distaste for combat. So many, like me, have never fired a shot in anger and probably haven't thrown so much as a punch since high school. Limbaugh, Bush, Lowry: it seems Quakers should be our nation's fastest-growing denomination. Of course, these neo-pacifists probably can't keep their mouths shut for the five-minute interval necessary to participate in a Quaker meeting, so that may explain the delay in any influx of converts to the Society of Friends.
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The glorious war
My fellow Americans, You all know I'm George Bush and we must fight this glorious war for the retribution of the 911 victims. We must take away all of your freedoms because the terrorists hate them so much that they might stop attacking us after we take them from you. But I know you will go along with this great plan because you are so patriotic and that we must never forget that Islamofacist attack upon this wonderful country. So now we will start putting in prison anyone that thinks that he or she is free and dares to challenge my glorious policies to defeat the terrible people that want to kill you and me because we are free.
As your commander in chief I promise that I will do everything I can to destroy the freedoms that the Islamofacists see we have so I can bring peace of mind to each and every one of you through the security of knowing that we are here to make you secure in this terrible world of crazed killers that want you dead just because you are free. Rest easily my fellow Americans and just know that your government is here to help you just as we did after the killer Katrina came into your midsts. Who is there among you that could deny the great services that we the government brings to you in times of great distress. WE are a city set on a hill for all to see, and cannot hide just how great we are for the common person in times of trouble. Also never forget that I personally give advice to the great clinton
campaign and they also have your best interests in mind just as I have had for all of these years. I see a thousand points of light as I go around the country and each and every one is a source of potential of goodness and family and the things that make America and Americans great.
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The chickenhawk mind
All those guys, from Bush, Cheney, Scooter, Lowry, David Brooks, Glenn Reynolds, Norman Podhortz, the Kagan boys and on and on are born cowards. They can feel good about themself only when others fight and die in wars they concocted. For the Lowrys of this world, going to Iraq on a heavily contrived and political DOD tour serves as a substitution for enlisting and fighting. When Lowy goes to Iraq on one of those pathetic tours, he actually convinces himself that he is an active participant in the war and he can delude himself that he is actually a warrior and not a yellow belly chickenhawk.
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The most dangerous idea of all....
The U.S. government has never brought to bear its resources in a truly national effort to win
This idea os one of the most dangerous ones that we as Americans face. The idea that things would go our way if only we were more evil, pretty much guarantees that when in doubt we're going to do the wrong thing. It also handily explains any failure to acheive our aims previously encountered. The fact that most Americans really prefer not to kill people indiscrimnanately if they can avoid it, just galls the cheerleaders.
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The most dangerous idea of all....
The U.S. government has never brought to bear its resources in a truly national effort to win
This idea os one of the most dangerous ones that we as Americans face. The idea that things would go our way if only we were more evil, pretty much guarantees that when in doubt we're going to do the wrong thing. It also handily explains any failure to acheive our aims previously encountered. The fact that most Americans really prefer not to kill people indiscrimnanately if they can avoid it, just galls the cheerleaders.
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War as Spectator Sport
Does anyone else notice how most of these geeks came of age during the rise of the video game? The kind of upper-middle class kids who most likely sat glued in front of video screens 25 years ago, with cheetohs crumbs on their shirts, taunted at school for being pussys and weaklings, finally able to scream “Got em!” and “Bring ‘em on!” at the video screen. And with a pathetic fist in the air to simulate bravado!
It’s no wonder they view the lives lost in Iraq as insignificant. "Iraqis die. Americans die. That’s the price you pay in war!" And as every rich, white suburban kid knows there are ALWAYS more quarters in their pockets to keep on playing.
The detached reality of these fake “Warriors” is no different than children getting lost in a game world of make believe “battles” and “victories”. And as with video games, there’s no actual sacrifice and bravery involved. It’s all just a game.