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Middle class and working class people would be fools to listen to the Republicans.
-- Ron Schoenberg
Seattle, Washington

FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD
Re: Gary Wolfram's Recalling Hayek On Responsibility:

An article a day late and a dollar short…. We have been on the road to serfdom for a century with no exit ramps in sight….not even a hope for one.

It’s not so much about moral hazard as about hedonism and juvenile delinquency vs. limits and adulthood (if you ignore the sinister elements in the drama). America is a nation of Paris Hiltons governed by children. The recent spate of articles in American Spectator about removing mark to market is exhibit A. Until there is a massive flush of the putrid economic filth floating over the land there will be no recovery.
-- David (Tony) Bonn

THE HUMANS ARE DEAD
Re: Chris Reed's Benedict Arnold:

Though unsure whether the politician is corrupted by the office or the office attracts the corrupt, I find solace in the knowledge that, sooner rather than later, we humans shall be ruled by robots. We had our chance; we blew it.
-- David Govett
Davis, California

WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?
Re: Lisa Fabrizio's Non Compos Mentis:

I recall, immediately post-9/11, scenes of happy Palestinians dancing in the streets in celebration of the murder of thousands of people in the United States. Maybe someday I could forgive this expression of their opinions...but I can never forget it.

I think the only way to victory in the Middle East, for Israel, and probably for the United States, is to stop caring about Arab opinion, or world opinion. The former is almost universally negative no matter what is done or what happens, and the latter is not far behind.

Better, perhaps, to accept that Israel and the US are hated, and just act according to our interests.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

The world has gone mad because it is corrupt and cannot tell the difference between good and evil. In the end, all of this groveling to Islam is about oil. What else could it be about? What else does the Arab world have to offer?  Sand? Ignorance? Grinding stupidity?  I sit in amazement every day that the civilized world prostrates itself before troglodytes and tent dwellers while the only sane people in the Middle East, Israelis, are vilified and never allowed to resolve the Palestinian menace issue.

But then, the world operates on the UN mentality, which is that whatever may happen, no problem should ever be allowed to reach resolution in the natural course of things.  After all, what would the UN do if it couldn't send peacekeepers everywhere?  Not that they keep the peace, but that they have some reason for being, and that is to prolong the idea that the UN has some meaningful purpose and credibility. 

The insanity emanates from the UN building in NYC.  The murderers of 9/11 hit the wrong buildings.
-- Steve Hayes
Utah

PAGING JOHNNIE COCHRAN
Re: W. James Antle's  The Battle of Burris:

Blago's appointment of Burris was a kind of advanced jury tampering...hoping for an OJ-type jury when he goes on trial, he has appointed someone to the Senate whom he hopes will appeal to future jurors. His predecessor Gov. Ryan did a similar thing when he commuted death sentences of prisoners as he himself was on his way to prison.
-- C. Baker
Ft.Worth, Texas

OUT OF STYLE
Re: Reader's letters in Reader Mail's Won the Battle, Lost the War:

Principles? How quaint.
-- David Govett
Davis, California