The USA PATRIOT Act and Abramoff
Sorry about the long gap since my last post, but you know how the Christmas season is and I did have to get caught up at work . . . I am taxpayer afterall and the nanny state doesn't work if the taxpayer doesn't work first. Having fulfilled my obligation to the state, I give you some silly stuff as it has been a pretty slow and uneventful period.
Two letters down below. The first was written by me but I experimented with this letter and asked a conspirator if she would mind ghost-submitting as I suspect the extremists at the Globe may have tired of my logic and loyalty to fact.
Hey, can someone let Sean Penn know that there is still poverty in New Orleans . . . I mean, the cameras have left and all, but if he were serious, I suspect he'd still be there . . . or at least still talking about it.
Extremist David Letterman thinks Ms. Cindy Sheehan is the only mother that lost a child in Iraq that should have a publicized opinion on the war on terror. Simply, he'll never promote such a parent that supports the war (like 403 U.S. Representatives including Rep. Jack Murtha, a decorated Vietnam veteran and, like President Bush says, a war hero).
For those that missed it, Judge Samuel Alito received the (liberal) American Bar Association's highest rating for evaluating judges: well qualified. Well, we'll see if the liberal extremist on the Senate Judiciary Committee can't manufacture some reason to disagree and to put the liberal ABA to their right.
For those that missed it, a President with a history of unifying and uniting, brought 15 past secretaries of state and defense to the White House to get their uncensored opinions on the war on terror. Yes, President Bush invited several from the Carter and Clinton Administrations. I give Sec. of State Maddy Albright kudos for having the courage to attend.
Anyway, the letters:
Editor,
One has to wonder about the education the students at Wellesley High School are receiving when the head of the social studies department, Ms. Diane Hemond, says, "They need to hear the other perspective . . . for them to hear a US Senator (Sen. Orrin Hatch) is great. Because Senator Kennedy couldn't come, we weren't going to cancel the event" in explaining a student protest of Sen. Hatch's defense of the PATRIOT Act (Students protest speech by GOP senator, January 7, B3).
On October 25, 2001, the United States Senate passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001 by a vote of 98 - 1, Sen. Kennedy and your other Senator, John F. Kerry, voted FOR the Act. If Wellesley High School wants the "other perspective" they better book Sen. Russ Feingold (D, WI), the only Senator to vote against the Act (Sen. Mary Landrieu, D, LA did not vote) and the only Senator with any credibility in criticizing the Act.
If the "protesters" are really serious about their position, I'm sure Sens. Kennedy and Kerry have local offices where the students, or anyone else truly outraged by the Act, can stage an honest protest. (End of letter.)
Editor,
In a story that included the line, "The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid (D, NV) . . . said that he would not return the $30,500 that he received from (Jack) Abramoff's clients . . . " it is surprising that the Boston Globe chose to title the story "Bush, DeLay give back Abramoff funds (January 5, A2)" and not "Reid vows to keep Abramoff funds". Then again, it's not surprising at all . . . and that's a shame. (End of letter.)
Sorry about the long gap since my last post, but you know how the Christmas season is and I did have to get caught up at work . . . I am taxpayer afterall and the nanny state doesn't work if the taxpayer doesn't work first. Having fulfilled my obligation to the state, I give you some silly stuff as it has been a pretty slow and uneventful period.
Two letters down below. The first was written by me but I experimented with this letter and asked a conspirator if she would mind ghost-submitting as I suspect the extremists at the Globe may have tired of my logic and loyalty to fact.
Hey, can someone let Sean Penn know that there is still poverty in New Orleans . . . I mean, the cameras have left and all, but if he were serious, I suspect he'd still be there . . . or at least still talking about it.
Extremist David Letterman thinks Ms. Cindy Sheehan is the only mother that lost a child in Iraq that should have a publicized opinion on the war on terror. Simply, he'll never promote such a parent that supports the war (like 403 U.S. Representatives including Rep. Jack Murtha, a decorated Vietnam veteran and, like President Bush says, a war hero).
For those that missed it, Judge Samuel Alito received the (liberal) American Bar Association's highest rating for evaluating judges: well qualified. Well, we'll see if the liberal extremist on the Senate Judiciary Committee can't manufacture some reason to disagree and to put the liberal ABA to their right.
For those that missed it, a President with a history of unifying and uniting, brought 15 past secretaries of state and defense to the White House to get their uncensored opinions on the war on terror. Yes, President Bush invited several from the Carter and Clinton Administrations. I give Sec. of State Maddy Albright kudos for having the courage to attend.
Anyway, the letters:
Editor,
One has to wonder about the education the students at Wellesley High School are receiving when the head of the social studies department, Ms. Diane Hemond, says, "They need to hear the other perspective . . . for them to hear a US Senator (Sen. Orrin Hatch) is great. Because Senator Kennedy couldn't come, we weren't going to cancel the event" in explaining a student protest of Sen. Hatch's defense of the PATRIOT Act (Students protest speech by GOP senator, January 7, B3).
On October 25, 2001, the United States Senate passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001 by a vote of 98 - 1, Sen. Kennedy and your other Senator, John F. Kerry, voted FOR the Act. If Wellesley High School wants the "other perspective" they better book Sen. Russ Feingold (D, WI), the only Senator to vote against the Act (Sen. Mary Landrieu, D, LA did not vote) and the only Senator with any credibility in criticizing the Act.
If the "protesters" are really serious about their position, I'm sure Sens. Kennedy and Kerry have local offices where the students, or anyone else truly outraged by the Act, can stage an honest protest. (End of letter.)
Editor,
In a story that included the line, "The Senate minority leader, Harry Reid (D, NV) . . . said that he would not return the $30,500 that he received from (Jack) Abramoff's clients . . . " it is surprising that the Boston Globe chose to title the story "Bush, DeLay give back Abramoff funds (January 5, A2)" and not "Reid vows to keep Abramoff funds". Then again, it's not surprising at all . . . and that's a shame. (End of letter.)
posted by Zack at 9:02 AM
1 Comments:
First letter was brilliant. I'd ghost submit for you any day.
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