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6.1.05 @ 12:01AM

WISE GUY
Is everyone that writes for your magazine completely insane?
-- Erik Levanowitz
Lindley, New York

LEAVING LOTT
Re: The Prowler's Frist's Lousy Week:

Trent Lott will return to the post of Senate Majority Leader when Shropshire pigs fly!! The Ole Miss cheerleader saw every situation as a chance to compromise even when he held all the cards. Does anyone else remember that he OFFERED to share leadership with Tom Daschle?

Our Republican Party is so much better off with Bill Frist as Leader. Mr. Frist was done in by Trent Lott and the Seven Dwarfs.

Now let me tell you what I really think...
-- Judy Beumler
Louisville, Kentucky

The Seven Dwarfs are determined to lead the Republican Party down the tubes towards future failure. Unless... and I'm sure it will, the filibuster returns over some other real, or imagined, slight to Harry Reid and his Regulators, and gives them a chance to restore their lost honor.

John McCain, a military hero of my generation, has once again demonstrated that, politically, he is nothing more than a party of one, and just loves to bite the President at every opportunity. John Warner, Virginian, thoroughly in love with his image of himself. Guess what, John? The red states don't love you! Too bad we can't vote against you. Chafee, Snowe, Collins? Read a map, small 'r' republicans! DeWine has gone sour, and Lindsey Graham resembles a character I used to see on the Howdy Doody Show back in the early days of home TV. Clarabelle, the Clown! With the seven failing to carry their share of the load, the party will have to take to the foxholes and start over again when the going gets tough.

Along with "Sheets" Byrd's hyperbolic ranting quoting of Ben Franklin about preserving the republic, I was reminded of a New Zealand friend's description of the parliamentary sessions in that country, "It's great high comedy."

The trouble is that there is nothing comedic about it at all; the party seems intent to throw itself in front of a speeding train. Any doubt what Harry's Vigilantes would have done to any Democrat breaking ranks? I don't!
-- John R. Martin
New Braunfels, Texas

The fact of the matter is this: Frist was silly enough to believe Harry Reid -- to accept his word! Now that is silly, that is proof of one being excessively naive.
-- Allen O'Donnell
Wayne, Nebraska

It really is a sad state of affairs when the nation's interests hangs on a bunch of power mad senators like Trent Lott. It doesn't matter how the voters hand the power to those they believe will act according to the people's will and the Constitution, we still end up with fools running the ship. Living in Vermont, I've resigned myself to not being represented in Congress and being in a state that is a laughing stock, however, it really irks me to see others, who should be acting with a modicum of intelligence really screwing things up. Trent Lott, if you ever read TAS, all I can say is that you are a DAMN FOOL, and I am sick of jerks like you cutting the throat of people who are trying to do what is right. Thank you, gentlemen, for letting me have this forum to vent my disgust at that sleaze bag. God Save this Nation.
-- Pete Chagnon

THE GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING
Re: Wlady Pleszczynski's Spinning Danica:

I know it's politically incorrect to criticize a woman for mistakes that knocked other, more experienced drivers, out of the race, but the event reminded me of the hoopla when the first woman flight qualified to land a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. The media couldn't get enough print on praising her to show how "woman are as good as men." Later, when she crashed and died, did some in the military reveal she was mediocre as a fighter jet pilot....
-- David Smith
Pearland, Texas

I wonder, in a sport where victory is measured in split seconds, how Danica Patrick would have done if she was forced to deadweight her car for the almost 100 lbs. difference between her and the average male Indy Car driver?
-- Scotty Uhrich
Glyndon, Minnesota

Wlady needs to lighten up on Miss Patrick. So she crashed at "only" a hundred miles per hour. Hell, Kevin Cogan crashed during the parade lap -- taking out several other cars in the process. Among the victims were Mario Andretti and (if I'm not mistaken) A.J. Foyt. And don't forget Roberto Guerrero who also crashed during the parade lap. Both of these drivers were experienced open-wheel racers. What one must bear in mind is that these machines aren't just difficult to drive. They're barely controllable. Seriously. It's amazing to me that so many racers even get out of the pits without either stalling the car or trashing the drivetrain. And yes, the guys in front of the pack on the restart were playing some speed-up, slow-down games to try and get a leg-up on the restart. But when the guys (and gals) in the rear of the pack see green lights and hear "green, green, green!" in their radio headsets, they're going to stomp on the gas. Accidents happen at the Indy 500 -- that's nothing new. Just because a girl caused this one is no reason to blow a gasket.

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