The American Spectator

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6.15.05 @ 12:01AM

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But if you want criminal convictions, society needs to pass the laws to do it. Go write your congressman about the situation. I'm sure that he or she will be happy to work on the legislation, right after they get back from the junket paid for by the American Medical Association.
-- Bob

DEAN AND PETER
Re: George Neumayr's In Dean's Den:

Over the years I have noticed that there are basically three types of identifiable Christians. There are those Christians who live their faith from day to day, using it to infuse their lives with meaning; there are those whom I call social Christians, and they pretty much conform their lives to the principles of Christianity as a sort of grease to make the wheels of life go round easier, and finally, there are the Christians like Mr. Dean who trot out their Christianity when they perceive that they can gain some sort of an advantage from it, that is, the nominal Christians. Based on all that he has done as a governor, a doctor, and a presidential candidate, no observer could conclude that his Christianity is anything but paper thin. I realize that "he who is without sin may cast the first stone" and I wouldn't think of claiming to be without sin, but Mr. Dean has the chutzpah of the defendant who murdered his parents, then asked for mercy from the jury because he is an orphan. Watching this man operate in the political world is enough to frighten any sane person. That he could be the choice of a 21st century political party to be its leader is either the most terrifyingly evil act of a jaded, power hungry organization, or somebody's idea of a great cosmic joke.

In the educational world there is a principle (the Peter Principle -- I'm not kidding) which holds that people start their careers at entry level, continue to get promoted and given more responsibility, until they eventually reach a position at which they cannot function -- and there they stay. Let's hope that Mr. Dean has reached his.
-- unsigned

MAYBERRY FACT-CHECKING
Re: Dave's letter (under "Don't Be a Stranger") in Reader Mail's McQueen for a Day:

Regarding the letter from Dave from Elk Grove ("FYI: McQueen's Blob female co-star went on to play the TV role of Barney's girlfriend, Thelma-Lou, on the old Andy Griffith Show"), actually McQueen's female co-star in The Blob was Aneta Corsaut, who played Andy's girlfriend Helen Crump, not Barney's girlfriend Thelma Lou.
-- Ronnie Cramer
Denver, Colorado

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