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• Monday, January 5, 2009 12:56 PM

  Glen

  This veritable waterwall of verbiage of yours is 157 words long and sadly only contains one full stop throughout its entire length.

  "Beyond these articles, I don't know all that much about her, but anyone who can write this, in this unapologetic, euphemism-free and even impolitic tone, warning that the problem isn't merely John Yoo but Bush himself, repeatedly demanding "outrage," criticizing the Democratic Congress for legalizing Bush's surveillance program, arguing that we cannot merely "move on" if we are to restore our national honor, stating the OLC's "core job description" is to "say 'no' to the President," all while emphasizing that the danger is unchecked power not just for the Bush administration but "for years and administrations to come" -- and to do so in the middle of an election year when she knows she has a good chance to be appointed to a high-level position if the Democratic candidate won and yet nonetheless eschewed standard, obfuscating Beltway politesse about these matters -- is someone whose appointment to such an important post is almost certainly a positive sign.

  A lady once said that life was to short to stuff mushrooms. If you find that life is to short to sub edit I have a suggestion.

  Why not stand ten yards away from the computer screen and fire a cartridge of light bird shot at your text? That should do the trick and meet with the approval of Shirley Conran the author of Superwoman.

  —LondonLad Read LondonLad's other letters
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