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By Letters to the Editor
Friday, September 15, 2006 12:00 a.m.

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In response to "Muddy waters" by The Badger Herald Editorial Board:

The Herald ed board gets it right here. And calls for civility, though increasingly cliche when offered from the pens of newspaper pundits, should always be welcome in politics. But does the Herald have no stance on the issue itself? Mr. Doyle is embracing an ex post facto approach to American law. Shouldn't we expect more from a man who graduated from Harvard Law and whose sister is a professor of the law? —Victor Blake Marx

In response to "9/11 anniversary calls for goodwill" by Jason S. Ebin:

If 9/11 had really changed us, there'd be a 150-story building on the site of the World Trade Center today. It would have a classical memorial in the plaza with allegorical figures representing Sorrow and Resolve, and a fountain watched over by stern stone eagles. Instead there's a pit, and arguments over the usual muted dolorous abstraction approved by the National Association of Grief Counselors…

In response to "Vigilance needed to combat crime" by Dylan Rath:

I carry a knife with me. I would like to carry a gun, but the filthy, bleeding heart liberals won't allow me to protect myself. And if I did stab a hobo who tried to rob me, the filthy liberals would want me to go to jail for defending myself. A safe madison is an armed madison.

In response to "It's not easy being GOP at Wisconsin" by Sara Mikolajczak:

Thank you … for showing us liberals how poorly we've been treating you peace-loving conservatives. We should show you the same respect you show to minorities, immigrants, gays, poor people, women, and non-Christians. If Jesus was here, he would be ashamed of us liberals and our crazy ideas. Sorry, our bad.

In response to "Majestic loses sparkle; city should close club" by Emily Friedman:

Silly girl…the authorities are only worried about bars with drink specials that encourage binge drinking or someone lighting up a smoke! Shootings, stabbings and mobs? Eh…

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Anonymous | September 15, 2006 5:23 AM | Reply

Thank you ... for showing us liberals how poorly we've been treating you peace-loving conservatives blah-blah-blah. Oh give me a break! You liberals were the ones who caused most of the trouble in this country back in the 90's. And you still cause a lot of it now.

Anonymous | September 15, 2006 12:25 PM | Reply

What trouble, exactly, was being caused back in the 90's? Maybe I've been frightened by the current news media (Killer Bees! More at 11!), but I feel like there's more trouble in this decade than the 90's.

You know, Sept. 11, Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, more political polarization than ever before, recessions and jobless recoveries, increasing health care costs, increasing tuition, increases in productivity not going towards wages, Ford cutting jobs, housing bubbles, global warming, dependency on oil, international hatred of all things American.

I'm not arguing that conservatives (or liberals) caused any of the above, just that I'd trade the troubles of today for the troubles caused by the liberals in the 90's anytime.

Anonymous | September 15, 2006 5:03 PM | Reply

"just that I'd trade the troubles of today for the troubles caused by the liberals in the 90's anytime."

Conservatives didn't cause the troubles we're having now. They're just the ones dealing with them. And What's to says that liberals could do a better job?

Anonymous | September 17, 2006 3:08 PM | Reply

Who's to say the liberals could do a better job? The People in November, God-willing.