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Poetry in Motion

9.5.08 @ 12:01AM

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For all you Hockey Moms out there who have sons, you might want to send them a quick text message that having a condom in their wallets is no guarantee that they will not be guest of honor at a shotgun wedding one day soon. Remember what Bernie Parent, the famous Philadelphia Goalie once said: "How would you like it if every time you made a mistake, a loud horn sounded and someone turned on a red light behind you?" Think about it guys. Last night we saw that this is once again going to be the norm.

The Sixties are over. Mrs. Palin sounded "taps" for them last night. Get used to it, guys. There never was such a thing as Free Love in the first place, and that hand on your shoulder holds not only a shotgun, but the invoice.
-- Kate Shaw
Mother of Boys
Toronto, Canada

LATECOMER
Re: Jeffrey Lord's Batman and Rush: Why McCain Will Win:

While I agree with Jeffrey Lord on many points of this article, he fails to recognize or acknowledge the rapid cultural shift of America. The last two elections have been frighteningly close and came down to two states (Ohio and Florida), either of which or both, could easily go Democratic. As a conservative and McCain-Palin supporter I simply cannot agree that the events of history will dictate the results of the 2008 election. I hope Lord is proven right, but his unwillingness to recognize the changing American culture weakens his argument.
-- Tony Guthrie

ROUSH CONTRA MUNDUM
Re: letters under "As Per Usual" in Reader Mail's A Masterful Stroke:

Clifton Briner writes: "It is puzzling that Mike Roush has remained so incurious about the Obama's near 20-year membership in a racist and anti-American church and the Senator's association with an admitted home grown terrorist." You, sir, have no idea whether or not I have been curious or incurious about anything regarding Senator Obama. This statement is pure projection on your part.

Mr. Jaspar writes: "Mr. Roush, can you be sure that this pregnancy was not intentional -- that is, two adults made the conscious decision, as is their right as adults, to create a life in light of their impending marriage, and that they made this decision privately as a couple -- again, as is their right -- completely removed from your political views?" Obviously not. No more than you can know whether or not this pregnancy was intentional, a conscious decision "to create life in light of their impending marriage." Given the age of the two "adults," would you be willing to bet the ranch on well thought out intentionality?

Chaplain Tomlinson writes: "Mike Roush, like the rest of the bigoted left, is disgusting." What's your denomination, chaplain? The Church of GOP (no typo)? If you had a sense of humor, I would think you are a minister in the right wing church of What's Happening Now. My apologies to Flip Wilson. At any rate, instead of writing three or four political rants per day, why don't you get off your duff and go minister to our troops? On second thought, maybe it's better if you stick to writing the rants.
-- Mike Roush

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?
Re: Arnold Ahlert's letter (under "Family Hour") in Reader Mail's A Masterful Stroke:

For the umpteenth time, please, being pro-Choice does NOT mean pro-abortion, Arnold, really! My wife and I continue to be pro-Choice, and we've had seven children between us; we chose to have kids. Understand?

All this tiring rhetoric, that if you're not pro-birth (most pro-life folk seem to also believe, as we do, in the death penalty) that you're beneath contempt if you disagree, you're not a member of the club? All that sanctimonious posturing has very little to do with Sarah Palin; what she chose to do is/was her business, and I support her decision. And her daughter's.

By the way, methinks Governor Palin just clinched the election -- we're being spared that socialist, tax-increasing, pontificating incompetent, thank God!
-- frost

HIS FINEST MOMENT
Re: Michael Skaggs's letter (under "St. Paul in St. Paul) in Reader Mail's A Masterful Stroke:

Barry Goldwater lynching Ev Mecham? El wrongo! I was in KOOL* (am-fm-tv) and observed as Barry was doing a television commercial for Mecham in 1962. Ev, in his supercilious toupee, was there as well.

That's hardly lynching. In fact, it was probably one of Senator Goldwater's very few mistakes, really.
-- frost
*FYI, as Program Director, "KOOL-Gold" was the innovator; we started the "oldies" format the previous July, now heard on 730+ radio stations nationally.

KNOWING TOO MUCH
Re: Tom's letter (under "Write On") in Reader Mail's A Masterful Stroke:

The line "...wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then" appeared in Bob Seger's famous tune "Against the Wind" long before it appeared in Toby Keith's song. I suspect that for us aging boomers Seger is not only the original source but the most well known.
-- Owen Hobson
Littleton, Colorado

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