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2.2.04 @ 12:01AM

DO FENCE ME IN
Re: Enemy Central's Puny Warriors:

Sorry, but the humorous hyperbole did not work this time. New Hampshire is not "the least ethnically diverse and most sparsely populated state this side of Lapland." Those of us who love our state wish that it were. Perhaps you are thinking of Montana or Vermont (excluding Burlington, which its residents proclaim between sips of latte to be "Very nice, almost like Vermont").

Of late, we in New Hampshire have been overrun with outsiders, and, unlike the Democratic clowns, they do not leave in February. Check out Nashua and Manchester for our burgeoning population of third-world descendants. Depending on the ethnic background, you'll find the decent ones working in the factories or managing convenience stores or performing day labor; the non-decent are selling drugs and warming the jails. (That's right. We too have inner cities. They're just "sparsely populated." So far.)

What's worse, we are overwhelmed with former Massachusetts residents -- and that is why Kerry won. The Mass-holes, as we call them, took a break from complaining about New Hampshire's (comparatively) limited government presence in daily life, recognized a familiar face, and voted for him. It's their habit. "Kennedy, Kerry, whoever, the millionaire pol said he was going to fight for us poor folk, so we voted for him." He'll turn the entire nation into the same workers' paradise that they left behind. As the Mass-holes have been saying since their election of McGovern as their president, "We're right and the rest of the country is wrong."

Our bitterly cold winters and stingy public services manage to keep most losers out, but it can't stop the refugees from the People's Republic of Taxachusetts. Our Massachusetts immigrants are like suicide bombers. Maybe they don't blow themselves up with hidden explosives, but they sure as hell carry their destructive political notions with them when they roll in. (Perhaps the better simile would be SARS-carriers.) In any case, neighboring Massachusetts makes me sympathize wholeheartedly with the Israelis' fence-construction.

It was better when they just came to ski, left some money behind, and went home to Revere and Quincy.
-- C. Kelleher

DEFICIT BLIP
Re: David Hogberg's Deficit Demons:

In his piece about how the deficit might be a problem for President Bush in his bid for reelection, Mr. Hogberg ought to have mentioned a flaw in focusing exclusively on the deficit figure. While the number itself is substantial, it can be seen in a better perspective if it is compared to the Gross National Product. When this is done Americans will see that our present deficit is not of as much concern as in the past, and it is immeasurably better than most other countries.
-- Dick Melville
Ozone Park, New York

RISING TO DEBATE
Re: George Neumayr's For Crying Out Loud!:

I agree with Mr. Neumayr's assessment of Thursday night's debate. I hesitate to even call it a debate. There is not an appealing quality in any of the hopefuls. Their whole platform seems to be who can come up with the most damning story about President Bush. By now I can just see Osama and Saddam salivating at the thought that Kerry and Dean especially and all but Lieberman might be the next president of the U.S. Maybe Saddam would even get a pardon from Kerry or Dean. Kerry thinks the terrorist issue is exaggerated. Now that ought to make citizens of the U.S. sit up and take notice. Does that mean Kerry will let the terrorists have free rein here because we misunderstood them? Obviously these presidential hopefuls think that President Bush is more dangerous than Osama, Saddam and the terrorists who have decided they don't like us. The more I listen to the so-called debates the more I am convinced that power is the only thing these hopefuls are thinking about. They don't have a civil tongue in their heads and I haven't heard any sensible solutions from any of them. I would be inclined to tell them all to "come back when you grow up!"
-- Jane
Connecticut

After watching the debate last night, I think it's undeniable that Sen. Kerry has resorted to Botox. I have very little respect for a Presidential candidate who thinks "looking pretty" is that important. I have even less respect for one who then lies about it. He obviously thinks we are all blind or stupid.
-- Elizabeth Knott

TORTURE BY PROXY
Re: Kevin Steel's Curiouser and Curiouser:

The damning question is if the U.S. government had credible evidence that Mr. Arar was associated with terrorism then why was he not detained for questioning? Which raises the question that since he was not, was it U.S. intent that he be directed to Syria to be beaten to a pulp? Which raises the question as to whether we have contacts that believe we would have received credible evidence from such tactics. Which raises the question as to whether the U.S. should be having such dealings with such rogue states for such purposes?

A lovely conspiracy theory, which I usually don't subscribe to, but I have seen stranger things with less motivation behind it. It will be hard to prove much of these allegations being cloaked by national security but if it were ever to be proven true some serious heads ought to roll. The other concern is the lack of public debate on torture by proxy, something I personally don't support.
-- John McGinnis
Arlington, Texas

RUSH PRESCRIPTIONS
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s Silent About Rush and Reader Mail's Rush to Rush's Side:

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