in knots until nov 2

[verbicide]

An open letter to George W. Bush points out the dangers of his tax policies. It's worth a read. Be sure to note the shitload (169!) of economic/business professors who signed off on this thing.

Along with the ten billion pictures of Cheney and Edwards circling the net, soundly debunking Cheney's claim that he first met Edwards on the debate stage, "this analysis of his attendance record as president of the Senate is very enlightening. Apparently Edwards has done his Tuesday job as often as he has. Twice. In four years."

Also, apparently "Hillary Clinton has presided over the Senate more often on Tuesdays than Cheney has: 3 times to his 2."

[from nikkinewsnet]

Comments

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

So, you sent this off as an LTE, right? 'Cause you wouldn't want to be complaining without actually doing anything to solve the problem, right?

(Yes, expect me to be this annoying from now 'til Election Day.)

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Dude. Annoy away. I just don't know what an LTE is. Is it "Letter to Editor?"

I'm embarrassed to say I've never been this politically inclined before, so I'm less aware than I should be of things I can do to help (did sign up to volunteer though and everyone I know is registered and planning to vote).

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah, that's what I meant. I tend to fall into the Usenet habit of abbreviating and acronymizing terms unnecessarily.

But, yes! Like I've been saying, if you can write it up on your LJ, you can send it to your local paper (and others with more national presence like USA Today or the NY Times) as a letter! Just cut and paste. Even if it is not publishable quality, it indicates that readers are interested in the topic, and increases the likelihood that they'll publish somebody else's letter on the same subject!