Letters to the Editor
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Be thankful
I see no way to incrementally get back the republic the Revolution of 1776 was fought for, however.
You might not even have the vote back then. It wasn't until 1830 that all the states abolished the property requirements that prevented most white male adults from voting. That took about 40 years, an average lifetime back then.
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Ana Marie Cox
Millspam and DCLaw expressed most of what I would have expressed about Ana Marie Cox and the interview if I had taken the time. I thank them both.
I'll sum up the reaction I had as I watched and listened to her for as much of the interview as I could stand to watch in kind of an 'MTV Gen Speak': 'Oh, My, Gawd'!
Ana Marie Cox is not only in way over her head but she isn't even capable of putting on a face that would begin to convince anyone paying the least bit of attention that she is even trying to understand what she is up against. The interview was just this side of painful to observe. If she has any sense of shame she should be horribly ashamed and embarrassed.
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Yep.
Is that your basic argument? -- Svensker
Are you trying to make bowling and protecting the country from a perceived threat equivalent? A lot of people (as evidenced by a 2nd term) think that Iraq was a good idea. Nobody thinks Barack's bowling was a good idea. Well, I suppose there was at least one person that thought so. Hopefully they have been fired.
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LWM:
I think you just made my point, wittingly or not.
The constitutional republic, modified -- both incrementally and in sudden bursts over many generations -- and yet still flawed as it was, is essentially gone.
I argue we can't get it back -- in any rational form; you're apparently arguing we wouldn't want it back because of "original sin."
So are you really a Bushevik?
Repent. You're gonna burn in hell.
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Oh...
the vicarious thrills the Goldfarb's of the world get from torture. He should volunteer to go do it himself.
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@Ché Pasa
That's creative! Original sin.
No, I'm actually arguing the Jeffersonian position, almost Prof. Sandy Levison's case, but cautioning against diving in at this point in our history. It's not the right time.
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
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Too much millenarianism
Never do anything critical and major this close the millenium. Too many nuts and too much nuttiness. You'll never get it accomplished and even if you did it would probably haunt you if not kill you.
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Since you raised the question, shooter242.
Are you trying to make bowling and protecting the country from a perceived threat equivalent?
Hey, you're the one who's fixated on the bowling score.
A lot of people (as evidenced by a 2nd term) think that Iraq was a good idea.
A lot of people still thing Hussein ordered 9/11, too. That doesn't make decisions based on such an error correct.
Continuing to make decisions based on such an error is plain out stupidity.
And as an aside, shooter242, you realize the only reason anyone replies to you at this point is because you're wearing a "Kick Me!" sign on you groin, right? If you want the pain to end, just take it off.
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Can I just say...
Regardless of her wayward views on whether journalists chomping on Republican sausages is unethical, Ana Marie Cox is a hottie. Glenn looks like he suffers from lockjaw.
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-- shooter2
"While there may be some truth to that, the real criticism is about pursuing an activity that had no chance of success. How indicative of future policy decisions might that be?"
This, from a supporter of the man who, against all of the (then) current intelligence and military analysis, still invaded a soverign country and remains committed to continuing his original mistake.....
is simply astounding!
Shooter, my hat is off to you. The level of your absurdity is unmatched by any of our other regular rightwing loons - including The Major.
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Ana Like, Marie umm... Cox
Listening to her was borderline unbearable. She came across as the intellectual lovechild of Jonah Goldberg and Kirsten Dunst.
The reason she couldn't agree with you on much is that her arguments are indefensible. Far too many times she was looking around the room searching for an answer where there was none.
She deserves any grief she gets.
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Memo to Ms. Cox: Journalism is supposed to be hard work
This interview is even more proof that the problem with Cox (and much of her cohort) is that she can't make the distinction between a professional relationship and a personal relationship. Her eye-rolling, "what's the big deal?" attitude in response to Glenn's accusations of press bias showed that clearly.
Plus it was more than ironic that Ms. Cox's sole criticism of the press was that too many times it makes itself the story, and then she goes on to talk about how mean bloggers can be and how they've made her job a chore.
It's not all about you, Ms. Cox. And it's about more than just getting the facts right. Being a journalist means letting the facts guide your work, not your feelings or your relationships. It's a hard job that, when done right, doesn't earn you many friends. That may not sound like much fun, but that's the gig.
It's also a job that, to be effective, requires credibility, a quality Ms. Cox didn't seem too concerned about. In fact, she seemed confused that it was even an issue.
I can see how terms like "truth" and "credibility" might confuse someone like Ms. Cox, who seems to believe everything is relative and there is no such thing as "truth" . . . but then such people should not be journalists.