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12.3.07 @ 12:01AM

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In the case of "Symposium," I thought I'd stumbled into a gay chat room -- not that I've ever visited any of those, regularly. The dialogue was supposed to be about Love, but if that's so, I'll take Undying Hate any day. With respect to "Parmenides," I read about halfway through until an overwhelming desire to kill Parmenides and Zeno came over me.

I'm not perfect, I admit, sometimes. My piano playing is still at the "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" stage. My poetry appreciation has never made it much past the limerick. I'm the last to find out that I mustn't call my teddy bear "Mohammed," and when it comes to philosophy and science I sometimes feel dumber than Australopithecus.

But there's one thing I do know: Britney and Paris's "sudden absence from the headlines" is only a temporary respite. I think that one can believe to a mathematical certainty that we haven't seen the last of them. And the idea that their temporary absence may be due to their becoming Republicans shows us that Mr. Tyrrell's analytical powers are beginning to fade. Let us mourn this sad situation.
-- C. V. Crisler
Gilbert, Arizona

WHAT IN SAM HILL?
Re: Samuel A. Hill's letter (under "No News is Bad News") in Reader Mail's Fair Tax Counting:

I enjoy the fact that The American Spectator has a sense of humor. Posting Samuel A Hill's letter regarding the actual situation in Iraq clearly reveals the lunacy that is Ron Paul's gang of idiots. The only difference between Ron Paul's followers and the Moveon.org gang is the latter are a bunch of socialist idiots while the former are just idiots.
-- Paul Moody
Gainesville, Virginia

"I find it both amusing and astounding to listen to morons..." no, scratch that: "people" (No need for the ad hominem) like Mr. Hill who seem to have a rather bizarre definition of success.

"Picture this: WWI troops, huddled in a 7-foot trench half-full water, congratulating each other on the fact that a whole day has passed without the enemy shooting at them, calling it a "success." It served for Patton who stated that "success" was the other SOB dying for his country. Given that, any day a soldier, sailor, marine, or airman is still alive, kicking, and ready to kick-butt back is in every way an unmitigated success. Heck, it's no different than the "success" claimed by Bin Hidin' and others. If it's good enough for them, it should be good enough for us.

"Face it, American occupation troops fight in a solely defensive position." Uh, as far as I know, the Military doesn't name defensive "operations." If our people are only fighting from defensive positions, than why name operations? If you haven't heard of any operation names, then I suggest you check out Michael Yon's web page. You don't go "out on patrol" in large numbers that invite IED attacks if fighting from "defensive" positions. AQI would be ruling Iraq by now if we only fought defensively. I haven't heard about that yet.

"Except for kicking in a few Iraqi home's doors, they must wait to be attacked." Ah, the Murtha Maneuver! Result: he's now changing his tune and admitting the Surge is working. Poor Nancy and Harry.

And speaking of "Shams," the rest of your letter literally reeks of it. Oh well, I expect nothing more when a letter starts with an ad hominem.
-- Karl F. Auerbach
Eden, Utah

Enjoyed reading Sam Hill's letter. Well, didn't actually enjoy it, but certainly caught the salient points he was trying to (and did pretty successfully) make.

He was right, absolutely! Trying to force the protestant/religious concept of "freedom" down the collective throats of a culture that too often calls itself the "most barbaric" in the world? Doesn't seem to work very well; their legislature (such as it is) wants a three month summer vacation while we do the dirty work/heavy lifting? Candidly, that sucks!

Having a "leader" who accepts a series of McClellans for 3-4 years before actually trying to (possibly) win that mess in Iraq? Our Pentagon has become nearly as wimpy as the State Department (wonder if the fabled Dr. Rice will admit to being brainwashed) -- and having such an inept "leader" sucks as well.

Heck, aside from the spending and government growth, he's reduced to mouthing platitudes about Ethanol while refusing to push ANWR or drilling offshore in the Gulf -- has turned his back on border protection and the insistence on lawful immigration? What an awful president he turned out to be!

Mr. Hill used the word "sham" most appropriately, but perhaps we've reached different conclusions. Maybe. You see, we're there -- and we might be able to actually WIN this thing if we have a ballsy (cojones) president like Rudy Giuliani, the only guy I've seen with the strength necessary to push the proper buttons 'n possibly kick the necessary amount of butt so that we don't leave with the proverbial tail-between-our-legs scenario.

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