Notable Letters to the Editor

[Bamspeedy]

I can always count on good old Chip DeNure to write an eye rolling letter to the editor. He was writing basically one kooky letter every month, until it seems he retired after his "blame Obama and the global warming hoax" letter earlier this year.

http://lacrossetribune.com/search/a...nure&d1=&d2=&s=start_time&sd=desc&l=25&f=html

 

[Traitorfish]

Funny. Back when I frequented WH, I had it bashed into my head that every time is different and that no lessons can be drawn from the past.

Eh, postmodernists. What can you do?

 

[Terxpahseyton]

Funny. Back when I frequented WH, I had it bashed into my head that every time is different and that no lessons can be drawn from the past.

They are idiots. I am serious - I recall those advertising this point of view. And they are idiots blinded by their arrogance of knowing historical circumstances. That provides them with superficial weaponry to fight for this POV - but once you penetrate the surface they are as naked as ... well they are naked.
Even if we assume that humans themselves are fundamentally different over time -
(not just culturally or whatever but fundamentally - which is a freaking big assumption, big enough to pull their pants down - sorry I am still hung up on the nakedness)
- we still could draw on their experience.

Because circumstances may change. The questions for the human of the day will not.

 

[Traitorfish]

"They are idiots who are blinded by their arrogance. No, I'm not bitter, why do you ask?"

 

[Terxpahseyton]

@ OP
Those letters are not that silly IMO

Let’s get this straight. America is destructing before our eyes, and no one cares. Tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are flowing across our borders with diseases, drugs, dependence and some with intent to harm you and your family.

I think he has a point in that immigrant will constitute a population more prone to life "failure". What he fails to account for is how that population is also predestined to do the dirty work. Marxist may say the slave labor.

Can Muslims pledge allegiance to our flag or serve in our military and take an oath to defend our country against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, so help them God? Are they legal citizens of the USA?

Hm that reminds of the debate about the Jew from past decades. A population binded by a force beyond usual social forces of bound ship. It is an in principle valid question. It also in principle invites the worst of prejudice.

There are only 30 – 50 people in Mesquite with cards for
medical marijuana. This represents less than a quarter of 1%. That means that the City
Council is contemplating ordinances which effect 100% of our population, but which
would only possibly help less than 1%.

I think this comment is on to something. There seems to be a back door legalization of marijuana on rather spurious grounds.
That said - I only wish this swapped over to Germany - if only

 

[Quackers]

Funny. Back when I frequented WH, I had it bashed into my head that every time is different and that no lessons can be drawn from the past.

Exactly and it is the exact same people too!

Funny that.

 

[Terxpahseyton]

"They are idiots who are blinded by their arrogance. No, I'm not bitter, why do you ask?"

(genuine self-depreciating laugh - since we are at it: I am bitter about feeling forced to qualify my lol like that)
When it comes to the question what beliefs people hold I am as bitter as an extraordinarily bitter lemon.

 

[Hygro]

Exactly and it is the exact same people too!

Funny that.

Wax on wax off. Gotta train your pomofu.

 

[Traitorfish]

Exactly and it is the exact same people too!

Funny that.

Not really. The main proponents of the all-is-chaos view of history are probably Dachs, Owen and maybe Masada, although I might be off the mark with him, none of whom have participated in this thread. I'm a sort-of-Marxist, so there's an obvious preoccupation with historical patterns, Hygro is an economist with what I take to be a bent towards institutionalism so again there's a concern for historical patterns, and I'm not sure what theoretical colours Paul in Saudi's flies, but he's not a noted WH po-moer. So there's not even an overlap, really, let alone "exactly the same people". On the contrary, it's an entirely different set of people, with a history of expressing entirely different views, who simply happen to participate in the same forum.

 

[Samson]

Just today we had some...persons... write in about that two-hour execution in California. One suggested that we splatter the criminal's brains with two deer slugs fired simultaneously from a double-barreled shotgun.
...

Savages.

I do not see anything wrong with your 1st example. I am not into the death penalty, but if you are going to do it, it seems to me far preferable to pulverise the brain at roughly the speed of sound than the multi-hour efforts that seem to be hitting the headlines at the moment.

 

[Traitorfish]

Shooting is a pretty unreliable way of killing people. There's no guarantee of instant death even with a point blank shot to the head, and besides, who is actually going to carry out an execution that gruesome that you'd want to put in the position of carrying out executions?

If you were really committed to instantaneous execution, you'd [edit: i.e. the USA] just suck it up and go for the guillotine. Only reason you don't is because of the English-speaking world's idiosyncratic association between the device and political dictatorship.

 

[Hygro]

Not really. The main proponents of the all-is-chaos view of history are probably Dachs, Owen and maybe Masada, although I might be off the mark with him, none of whom have participated in this thread. I'm a sort-of-Marxist, so there's an obvious preoccupation with historical patterns, Hygro is an economist with what I take to be a bent towards institutionalism so again there's a concern for historical patterns, and I'm not sure what theoretical colours Paul in Saudi's flies, but he's not a noted WH po-moer. So there's not even an overlap, really, let alone "exactly the same people". On the contrary, it's an entirely different set of people, with a history of expressing entirely different views, who simply happen to participate in the same forum.

 

[Traitorfish]

...Eh?

 

[Phrossack]

I do not see anything wrong with your 1st example. I am not into the death penalty, but if you are going to do it, it seems to me far preferable to pulverise the brain at roughly the speed of sound than the multi-hour efforts that seem to be hitting the headlines at the moment.

I thought that advocating gruesome executions or calling for someone's death kinda crosses the line for acceptable behavior in a public newspaper, and that such executions would only humiliate the US in front of the other countries even more.

If you absolutely must put someone to death and you claim to be a civilized country, perhaps asphyxiation with carbon monoxide would be the most humane. That said, I think the death penalty should be reserved for only the most extreme cases, and I'm uneasy with other people openly shouting "KILL HIM! KILL HIM!" I mean, one moment they're your neighbors, the sorts of people you see at the store, and the next they're demanding blood. It's a little unsettling.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Shooting is a pretty unreliable way of killing people.

Shoot them again until they're dead. Or, to save money on ammunition just tie them up and hit them with a bick until they stop making noise. You can even reuse the brick.

and besides, who is actually going to carry out an execution that gruesome that you'd want to put in the position of carrying out executions?

Either the judge, the prosecutor, or a member of the jury chosen at random.
There ! Problem solved !

 

[Phrossack]

Judges should definitely have to watch any executions they order. I'd say the juries should too, but it's hard enough getting people to fulfill their jury duty, and attorneys would just weed out anyone who dislikes seeing the results of their death sentence.

 

[Traitorfish]

There's an obvious solution to this, of course.

Spoiler :

 

[Wrymouth3]

(genuine self-depreciating laugh - since we are at it: I am bitter about feeling forced to qualify my lol like that)
When it comes to the question what beliefs people hold I am as bitter as an extraordinarily bitter lemon.

Someone is drunk on the haterade.

 

[Paul in Saudi]

The Dothan Alabama Eagle has published Johnny Oliver's letter....

The U.S. Army can destroy bibles (in Afghanistan) using the excuse that the bibles were unauthorized to be in the country, but a pastor in Florida is harassed and intimidated by everyone, to include law enforcement and the government, because he stated that on a certain day he will burn a copy of the Koran.

A teacher can plan to take non-Muslim American students to a mosque for a field trip, but students aren’t allowed to attend a Charlie Brown Christmas show.

Even computer programs will mark the spelling of the Koran as a mistake if the “k” isn’t capitalized, but not so for the use of the word “bible.”

==eta==
Lord, this next one is worse yet.

When the left lost the House in 2010, the congressional stalemate was inevitable. If the executive branch could just pass anything it wanted, the Congress would not be doing its job.
(U.S. Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid's rescinding of the filibuster is but another chunk of your liberty being removed by someone you’re not supposed to be submissive to

 

[bhsup]

Gold standard FTW! Yeah baby, yeah!

Minimum-wage trap

In 1930, there was no minimum wage and no withholdings. The average annual salary was about $1,970; the average house cost $3,845, car $600, gas 10 cents a gallon and bread 9 cents.

Today’s average salary is $30,257 after withholdings. That’s 15 times greater than the 1930s (not counting for inflation). However, the average house now costs $272,900, or 70 times more; car $29,217, or 50 times more; and bread and gasoline about $3.50, or 35 times more.

Democrats see the inequity and say, “Raise the minimum wage.” Republicans see the economic loss and say, “Stop.”

Neither group offers a solution. Each clings to the same system of fake money, debt and usury, which causes the inflation. We forget a dollar is a three-quarter ounce of silver and not a piece of paper.

Money is anything of intrinsic value. Cattle, salt, gems and metals are money. Paper is not.

In the 1930s, gold/silver money was replaced with paper Federal Reserve Notes. These are not what the bank owes us, but what Congress owes the bank.

The banking system now owns everything. As long as we love fake money and usury, we will have inflation, debt and economic slavery.