Letter to the Editor

Try using another source of news

Monday, October 17, 2005

Dear Editor,

It's no wonder Mike Hendricks has a sour stomach. He's clearly been subsisting on a 100 percent mainstream media diet, which is becoming increasingly difficult to swallow. Fortunately, in this modern age, there are alternatives.

Take the happenings in Iraq, for instance. One invaluable source for news is www.wordsfromiraq.com. This site links to posts from a variety of sources, including the media, Iraqi citizens, and U.S. soldiers, and labels the sources as such. Some support the U.S., some do not.

The one thing they have in common is that they are actually on the ground in Iraq, so you're getting the news straight from the horse's mouth, as opposed to, well ... the other end.

Incidentally, on that site you will find links to at least two accounts of that "staged" teleconference by soldiers who were part of it.

As for "Operation Truth," if you take a look at their Web site, www.optruth.org, you'll note that this "non-partisan" organization held a benefit concert in New York City on May 21st, attended by a "fair and balanced" mixture of guests including Al Franken, Janeane Garofalo, Randi Rhodes and Tim Robbins.

It should come as no surprise that the media are speaking out against a staged event. After all, they are the subject matter experts.

Case in point: on Friday's Today Show, Michelle Kosinski reported on the flooding in Wayne, N.J.

As she was apparently paddling her canoe in the raging waters, two men walked in between her and the cameraman, revealing that the water was only ankle-deep.

Good thing she was wearing that life preserver! With just a little bit of searching, you can find that video clip online.

If you believe that FEMA "dropped the ball" on Hurricane Katrina, you might want to go to their Web site www.fema.gov and read "What We Do."

You might find that you had some misconceptions about the actual role of this agency. Then, for a little more enlightenment, Goggle "Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool" for some information about REAL fumbles.

Speaking of the Tom DeLay scandal, check out thebigbuy.net. Why read the boring news stories, when you can just wait for the movie?

I'm sure that his pending Hollywood debut IN NO WAY would influence Ronnie Earle's actions. I'm just wondering if Earle will suddenly drop this case in the middle of trial, as he did with Kay Bailey Hutchison in 1993 ... and why Earle needed three different grand juries to indict one man ... It's been said that a good prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich. Perhaps Earle's just not that good of a cook.

Harriet Miers is by no means the first Supreme Court nominee to have no prior judicial experience. She wouldn't even be the first such Justice, if confirmed. William Rehnquist, Byron White and Earl Warren never served as judges prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court.

In fact, while researching this on the Internet, I found a notation indicating that 41 of the 109 Supreme Court Justices had no judicial experience prior to being appointed to the Supreme Court.

Mr. Hendricks is very correct to refer to the Democratic Party's relationship to the common man as a "historical obligation."

Even a rudimentary examination reveals that this obligation is, in fact, HISTORY.

The Democratic Party has become the party of trial lawyers, Hollywood elites and other spoiled rich kids. A study of counties in the 2000 election revealed that in pro-Bush counties, only 7 percent of households earned OVER $100,000 a year, and 38 percent of households earned UNDER $30,000 per year.

Meanwhile, in pro-Gore counties, 14 percent of households earned OVER $100,000 per year, while only 29 percent earned UNDER $30,000 per year. Hmmmm ... twice the rich people, only 3/4 the blue collar folks...

When Democrats complain that "the rich keep getting richer," perhaps they should rejoice instead, because they're "energizing their base."

Owen McPhillips,

McCook

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