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Asking and Telling
Fascination over Palin and Hillary. Gays in the military. Christians and the State Department and more!
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT HILLARY
Re: Aaron Goldstein’s
There’s Something About Sarah:
It will not be Palin vs Obama in 2012. It will be Palin vs. Hillary in 2012 unless Obama nominates her for a SCOTUS seat beforehand.
One has to be in outer space somewhere not to have noticed
how Hillary has and continues to distance herself from almost all
of the Obama Administration negative press. Even as Secretary of
State she has managed to stay out of the press regarding all the
negative publicity that the Obama Administration is
getting.
— Mike Zeldis
This is one of the best articles I have read and I read a
lot. The last paragraph is a keeper. Please tell
Mr. Aaron Goldstein how much his insight is appreciated.
— Barbara Knauff
Leesburg,
Florida
Great article, Mr. Goldstein.
Poor Bernard Shaw probably still does not understand how and why his intended “soft ball” to Governor Dukakis was fumbled so badly and almost literally propelled the first Bush into the White House. He seems now to understand something about what he and others missed in covering a great politician and more importantly a great human being. This latter trait apparently was in such short supply in Shaw’s world, it went unrecognized by Shaw and his ilk. How sad.
Such maybe present in Mrs. Palin. Time will tell, but it
most certainly is not present in the Obamas,the McCains, the
Edwards’s (duh), the Kennedys (all thousand), the Bidens, the
Sanfords and on and on. Mitt Romney may also possess some
potential in this respect. I hope so.
— Jack Wheatley
Royal Oak, Michigan
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO…?
Residing and hiding in Tennessee,
In a
home too palatial for you and me,A man once
revered
(Though some of us sneered),
Is counting his carbon fortune lovingly.
He is always alone,
Stares hopefully at the phone,
But the thrill of his vast
Adoration has passed.
His glory was only on loan.
One cannot feel gladness
At the sight of such sadness.The mighty brought
low
Is a melancholy blow.
Call the whole silly thing moonbat madness.
I write from an igloo in Washington, D.C.
First Dude Palin bring your sled and rescue
me!
— Mimi Evans Winship
MATH QUIZ
Re: RiShawn
Biddle’s Out of
Chalk:
Your East Cost Teachers retirements are pikers compared to
Oregon. Our PERS retirees get up to 110% (yes, you are reading
that right) of their highest three years salary and they can
retire at 55. Of course when the system collapses, as it
inevitably will, 110% of nothing won’t be much, will
it?
— Jim Welsh
Nehalem, Oregon
IN NEED OF PRAYERS
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Bob Vogler| 2.12.10 @ 12:33PM
Re Mr. Roy W. Hogue's letter:
Good point, except the nearest star (the tri-star Alpha Centauri system) is 4.3 light-years from our sun, not 30 light years. Either way, though, that's a lot of "are we there yet?"
Alan Brooks| 2.13.10 @ 7:15PM
Does anyone really think Palin will be ready for the presidency in less than three years?
Don't fall for your own chirpiness.
TJ from Texas| 2.12.10 @ 2:38PM
Glad to see Mimi back. Also (Chaplain) Michael Tomlinson. But if TAS only run's this section once a week, we miss out on other voices. I miss ol' Miss Gunn down home wisdom. Kessle, he gets me a head scratching and sometimes laughing.
Am I the only one of you all who miss the Readers Mail two three times a week?
G. Dominican| 2.13.10 @ 1:03AM
Mr. Welsh of Nehalem, Oregon, is sadly misinformed about what the vast majority of Oregon PERS members receive at retirement. See the data posted by the state below:
From PERS by the numbers, November 2009.
Alan Brooks| 2.13.10 @ 7:22PM
still, Welsh got one thing right:
"Of course when the system collapses, as it inevitably will, 110% of nothing won't be much, will it?
-- Jim Welsh"
Whether it is 50 percent or 110 percent of nothing, nothing from nothing equals nothing.
Pecos Pete| 2.13.10 @ 1:02PM
Hey TJ:
I agree with you ... Readers Mail needs to be posted more than once a week.
Pecos Pete| 2.14.10 @ 1:05PM
Pecos Pete,
Hand, that's gotta be a Texas handle. I'm in Bryan, near College Station. You?
Anyway, I enjoy the reader's section as much as the regular columns. I don't see why we don't have it twice or three times a week. Seems a bit lazy not to have it regular like.
I like Bev's stuff. Mimi's poems always worth a smile. Chaps is good too. Kessel (sorry, got the spelling wrong last time) is often wry and on point. Amos has his good days too.
Bottom line, gotta let the cattle run more than once a week or they get cramped up.
TJ from Texas| 2.14.10 @ 1:14PM
The above post is from me, TJ, but TAS done got its lasso tangled and put it as Pecos Pete's.
Alan Brooks| 2.13.10 @ 5:11PM
"It will not be Palin vs Obama in 2012..."
No, Palin wont be ready by then. She has a long row to go before being of Thatcher calibre.
Besides, as the left underestimates Palin, YOU people are underestimating Obama. He WILL be re-elected.
Richard Baker| 2.14.10 @ 11:44AM
Obama will be lucky if his own Party doesn't lead the way to Impeachment.
Alan Brooks| 2.14.10 @ 4:58PM
Impeachment? Clinton was impeached. Lot of good it did you guys here. You guys are inverse of Corleones: you underestimate your enemies vices and overestimate your own virtues.
You don't want to be a false prophet concerning Obama, as you were on Clinton 15 years ago?
Save your GOP Koolaid for friends and family.
PacRim Jim | 2.15.10 @ 4:04AM
The point of having the bases in Europe and Japan is logistical. The equipment needed in distant conflicts is prepositioned to shorten supply lines and to deter those who might doubt Americans ability (and will) to ship equipment thousands of miles. Moreover, the German and Japanese governments pay for much of the costs of the bases. The rationale is more complex than is discussed in the letters.
Puma x Alexander McQueen | 8.12.11 @ 11:11PM
is good