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6.20.08 @ 12:01AM

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On "Pastor" Don's notion that there can't be a "war on terror" without a nation involved, among the thirty-seven million "war on" hits a simple web search came up with, I found a war on poverty, a war on drugs, a war on cancer, a war on photographers, a war on journalists, a war on bedbugs...even a war on war. (And that was just in the first fifty or so.)

None of these wars are between nations, either.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT
Re: Mike Roush's letter (under "HOLIER THAN THOU") in Reader Mail's Defenses Down:

Mike Roush is equating the savaging of non-political wives and daughters with a parody song involving a presidential candidate. What is more interesting is that Mike is apparently defending Senator Obama when actually the parody is savaging people like Mike. Somehow I think Mike knows this. The left has fallen in love with a very inexperienced and ineffective Senator for what appears to be no other reason than he is African-American. When attention is called to this, the left gets angry and strikes out even at Democrats like the unfortunate Geraldine Ferraro. Senator Obama's membership in a racist church demonstrates that he is not the man to be leading discussions on racial healing. His conventional leftism and allegiance to left wing partisanship during his short tenure in the Senate illustrate he is not capable of bridging any differences in our society. His naivety with regard to using law enforcement to fight a war or sitting down willy-nilly with evil men demonstrate that our country will be at peril with him as President. All that is left is a middle class kid who attended expensive private schools and eventually went to expensive universities. Admittedly the first half of his life was made very exciting by his irresponsible mother but his "typical white person" grandmother gave him much stability and many opportunities (apparently not enough to keep from being thrown under the bus). After that he spent many years giving poor people poor advice on how to improve their condition. He has no experience running anything ever. Why can't someone draw attention to this lack of accomplishment and the weird psychological attachment of the far left?
-- Clifton Briner

Glass houses? Yeah, I'll comment on that. Why is it that Mr. Roush can "decry the lack of decency from Rush Limbaugh (remember Barack the Magic Negro)" when the columnist who first wrote those words gets a pass? Rush was simply letting people who might not have the inestimable benefits of a subscription to the LA Times know what liberals were saying about Obama.

Sounds like a double standard to me.
-- Tricia Carr
Laguna Niguel, California

"...the lack of decency from Rush Limbaugh (remember Barack the Magic Negro)..."

Yes, Mr. Roush, I do. It was the title of an article in the March 19, 2007 edition of the L.A. Times -- written by your fellow liberal, David Ehrenstein. He questioned Sen. Obama's racial authenticity. Subsequently, Mr. Limbaugh aired the clever song parody which poked fun at race-baiter Al Sharpton. I thought the ditty quite decent -- but then, unlike liberals, I have a sense of humor.
-- David Gonzalez
Wheeling, Illinois

Uh, for the umpteenth time, "Barack the Magic Negro" was a very humorous satire based upon an extremely Liberal L.A. Times columnist's piece. Suggest Mike try some homework before future comments.
-- frost

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