In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Two letters I sent to the New York Times:
To the Editor:
Re "U.S. Blasts Compound in Effort to Kill Hussein" (Front page, April 8):
Since when is the United States officially in the business of kill ing people? Isn't this against the law?
To the Editor:
Re "Top-Ranked Officer Denounces Critics of Iraq Campaign" (front page, April 2):
First was the wisdom of not counting votes. Then the wisdom of huge permanent tax cuts. Then the wisdom of trillion-dollar deficits. Then the wisdom of pulling out of international treaties. Then the wisdom of provoking allies. Then the wisdom of preemptive war. Then the wisdom of ignoring what the world thinks. Then the wisdom of invading another country.
Now the wisdom of expanded and protracted war, with a promise of others to follow.
How dare we question wisdom?
Now I'm thinking that I should write a letter to the paper every single day, just to screw with them. But I'm not into making a pest of myself. It goes against the grain of this website, irritating all the wrong people. Like getting run over by a bulldozer. I sent this letter to Adam Nagourney at the New York Times (he is covering the next so-called presidential election and is chief political correspondent for the paper and also a friend):
The banner on today's paper, "Effort to Kill Hussein": I'm literally beside myself. I think now that the whole paper is a joke. I don't know what to think. I'm so depressed. Where is the NYTimes in all of this? I feel like I'm going insane. What's next? Nothing, nothing will surprise me.
You have a daunting task.
The next election won't be an election, and if it is, it will be a hoax. I'm convinced that it will be cancelled. In fact I'm willing to put money on it. They will declare a national emergency. My thesis is that whatever happens in New York first happens to the rest of the country, like the Farrah Fawcett wave, the ripple effect. Guiliani came within a pubic hair of cancelling the mayoral election, then, all by himself, decided maybe it wasn't such a good idea. This crowd isn't so subtle. There won't be an election. Why don't we just cut to the chase and say so? This is your beat, you have a dog in this fight. How about a little pre-emptive reporting? How much you wanna bet you'll end up writing that story? Is there anything you can say to change my mind? This is the beginning of a dictatorship, why don't we just say so?
Maybe a bit hysterical there, but if I am overreacting it isn't for want of being provoked (unlike Iraq). Simply put, this is a criminal administration made up of madmen, looters and thieves, and I don't think America gets it yet. When are people going to realize that Bush is nothing but a thug? I feel like I'm screaming at the top of my lungs in Outer Space.
How about a thiscenturysucks T-shirt? We've already had one request. I also thought of another one: The Statue of Liberty sitting in the See No Evil Hear No Evil Speak No Evil pose, like the monkeys. Or is this too elaborate? Or is the idea too sucky?
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