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Sunk Costs

6.11.08 @ 12:01AM

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DEEP BLUE MISTAKE
Re: Mike Roush's letter (under "Sticks and Stones") in Reader Mail's Horsefeathers:

Mike Tomlinson refers to Senator Obama's membership in a racist church and Senator Webb's various offensive remarks over the years as well as both of their undistinguished careers and all Mike Roush can do is call him a name caller. Mr. Roush ought to try to answer a man's arguments instead. I look forward to his explanation of why being a member of a racist church for twenty years is acceptable behavior.
-- Clif Briner

Regarding the letter from Mike Roush, I doubt it took three years for "Elbert Hubbard, a writer and editor who died on the Titanic in 1915," to drown, since the Titanic went to her watery grave in 1912. Having made mistakes too numerous to mention throughout my life, I am sure Mr. Roush simply made a typographical error, and I hope he will accept this very minor correction, as I certainly agree with his point that calling names does not refute an argument.
-- Craig Bondy
Greensboro, North Carolina

And if calling vile names doesn't work, you can always mix up the facts. The Titanic sank in 1912. It was the Lusitania in 1915.
-- Charles Dana

CHILLY RECEPTION
Re: Dan Martin's letter (under "Staying in Shape") in Reader Mail's Horsefeathers:

I was a third-grader in Texas when Alaska joined the union and relegated Texas to second-largest-state status. Though a blow to our egos, we consoled ourselves with the belief (well before the age of Global Warming) that once all the ice inevitably melted we would once again be number one.
-- Glen Hoffing
Shamong, New Jersey

IF I MAY HAVE THE LAST WORD
The quality of your letters to the editor is very high. Far higher than any site. Interesting.
-- James Wilson

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