Letters
Letters to the Editor Excellent Art Congratulations to Christophe Vorlet on the expressive rendition of George W. Bush (October issue). The lines and shadows in Bush's face and the calculating...
...By running this item, you show that progressives can be ignorant and know-nothings, too, just like right-wingers...
...But it authorizes "limited strikes...
...The lines and shadows in Bush's face and the calculating eyes looking askance reveal the dark intentions of a man who has captured his country...
...Jeanne Erceg Milwaukee, Wisconsin Amend War Powers Act Under the War Powers Act, the President could legally make a preemptive strike on Iran ("Bush's Iran War Plans," Comment, October issue...
...Surely nuclear strikes were never anticipated...
...Rafael M. Inigo Charlottesville, Virginia Sci-Fi Ignorance I just saw the August issue, and I have to object to the "No Comment" entitled "Sci-Fi in the National Interest," which talks about science fiction writers joining the war on terror...
...Please include your city and state...
...Can Lee and Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey get together and head off the madness of Bush and Cheney...
...But Pournelle also has doctorates in engineering and psychology and has a resume that includes major roles in the Mercury and Apollo programs, not to mention developing astronaut training for NASA...
...Joanne Lind Amherst, Massachusetts Clinton Right On What a delight to read Kate Clinton's hilarious and provocative column on Republican Party hypocrites ("Hypocrites Galore," September issue...
...Dorothy Huwe Clearlake Oaks, California Progressive Democrats Thank you for the interview with Barbara Lee (by Andrea Lewis, October issue...
...The only remedy is to impeach them both—quickly...
...It's time to target Congress since it has the power to amend the War Powers Act...
...The next time you publish another rant by Galeano, I will cancel my subscription to The Progressive...
...Many science fiction writers are top-flight scientists who have consulted and otherwise worked with NASA for years...
...You're not absolute...
...in the present, not to publishing half-truths concerning what happened 500 years ago...
...Somebody send Bush an introductory sociology text...
...However, her response to the question of 2008 Presidential candidates gives cause for concern...
...Forget constitutional law...
...If Barbara Lee does not endorse progressive Representative Dennis Kucinich, or perhaps the clearly antiwar Mike Gravel, she will be playing politics...
...I don't know whether Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi could get the majority they would need, but it seems that as concerned citizens we should make them aware that we are watching their complicity as we drift toward war with Iran...
...Members of the upper crust, of course, consider themselves to be royalty...
...Science fiction writers have been advising the government for decades...
...Norman K. Smith Exton, Pennsylvania No More Galeano It is incredible that a serious publication such as The Progressive would publish the rant of the half-witted Eduardo Galeano ("The Curse of Columbus," October issue...
...This is illustrated by the latest Presidential directives of George Bush, who rules our land like a monarch ("Watch Those Executive Orders," Comment, September issue...
...Jerry Nachison Las Cruces, New Mexico The editors welcome correspondence from readers on all topics, but prefer to publish letters that comment directly on material previously published in The Progressive...
...If progressive Democrats won't even support progressive Democrats in the primary, there will be no progress made...
...Letters may be e-mailed to: editorial@progressive.org...
...All letters may be edited for clarity and conciseness, and may appear either in the magazine or on its web page...
...Bernard Dalsey Whitewater, Wisconsin Barbara Lee speaks for me, too, though I don't live in California...
...Cornelia Smollin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Boy King Bush As a sociology major in the early 1970s, I was told that people in all social classes routinely envisage themselves one step higher on the socioeconomic ladder than they actually stand...
...She is so right about the hypocrisy of the family values, moral virtue crowd...
...You're just old money, George...
...Jerry Pournelle is quoted as saying, "We're well-qualified nuts...
...I thought The Progressive was devoted to problems that affect the U.S.A...
...Her lone vote against potentially endless war in 2001 puts Representative Lee in a category of greatness...
Vol. 71 • December 2007 • No. 12
