Writing the good read
What you did disgusts me. That you only served a couple years in prison is an abomination and a blot on our justice system. But you say you want and deserve a second chance. Here’s a couple of suggestions on how you can redeem yourself: 1. First, donate your entire salary for your first year…
I realize that it’s hard to find new things to talk about all day every day, but I believe you are letting down the public by only showing loud town hall meetings about healthcare held by Democratic members of Congress. How come you haven’t shown any Republican town hall meetings? If there aren’t any there,…
While here in Seattle we are always willing to go out on the deck and grill regardless of the weather, I know for many of you, the grill is something that comes out of the garage in the summer and goes back in at the first rain. You wimps. The grill is good for steaks…
How come I haven’t heard a single one of you get up on your feet and say that all those right-wing pundits suggesting that healthcare reform will lead to old people being put out on ice floes or encouraged to commit suicide are outright liars. They know that’s not in the provisions, but say it…
Please switch “Appalachian Trail” to “Argentina” in the letter below, and any reference to “what” you were doing to “who” you were doing. I don’t care if you had an affair — that’s something for your wife, your children, a good counselor, and a lawyer with very sharp teeth to handle. But I’m still interested…
If you decide to run for office and are blessed enough to be elected, please understand that your job is probably not a simple 9-5 gig. You are on call all the time. So it’s probably not okay to head off on a hike of the Appalachian Trail so you can get away from your…
I’m all for the ethical treatment of animals, be they the ones that are our companions at home, those that live in the wild and are impacted by our encroachment on their environment, or the ones we raise or catch for food. I think that how humanely we treat other creatures says a lot about…
I turned 45 on Friday. Here are some of the things that have happened on June 12: Anne Frank was born, as was George HW Bush. On the day of my birth, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison. In 1986, PW Botha declared a state of emergency in South Africa that led to…
Remember 30 years ago? Remember how a bunch of young people got fed up with a dictator in Iran and rigged elections and being repressed? Remember how they took to the streets an in a short time, overthrew the old regime and instituted what was supposed to be a democratic Islamic republic? Just wondering if…
I’ve always been curious about something: how come you can be ill with something deadly, like cancer, and not even know it until it’s too late, but when you have a cold, you feel like dying — even though chances are you won’t? Just wondering. Lisa