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LETTERS
THIRD INSTALLMENT
(Published August 9, 2004)

Heart Attacks 'R' Us

Every negative adjective that is being used to describe Michael Moore is true. The man is a pariah and should be held to account for spewing the hateful, lying venom that he is. EVERY POINT in his "film" can and will be shown to be what it is: underhanded, overtly deceitful propaganda. Where's a good heart attack when you need one.

Joseph Toledo
Los Angeles, CA

Satirically Challenged

The rant by Man Coulter has less logic than any college freshman paper I read, but his obvious worry about the Republicans losing is sound.  

The Coulter twins belong to a medieval time, where appeals to self-interested  master narratives were enough to put innocent people on the rack.

How embarassing!

Mark Williams
Signal Hill, CA

Go see Fahrenheit 911 first before spewing your narrow minded vomit ---- you don't know "fuck" about what you're talking about.

Camille Fox
Pleasant Valley, CA

Right! How dare we criticize President Bush! How dare any German criticize Hitler in 1939? Give me one good reason why our young people are dying in Iraq. WMD? Don't exist. Hussein orchestrated 9/11? Disproven by the 9/11 commission. How about profits and kickbacks for Cheney's Halliburton? Bingo. Damn those First Amendment rights, anyway! Blindly obedient fascists, you KNOW how you are going to vote on Nov 2,don't you?

Art Hoffman
Clovis, NM

Your comments about the film are childish and ignorant.  You haven't even seen the movie and yet you go on and on about how bad it is.  You even go as far as saying that Michael Moore is on par with Stalin, dead babies and communism.  You also say that the simple act of criticizing your leader is anti-patriotic and treacherous.

If your country had not criticized your leader a long time ago you would still be under British control... and if you are going to criticize a person for making a movie, the least you can do is watch it yourself you inbred ignorant fuck.

Marc-Andre Rousseau
Quebec, Canada

Editor's Note: We agree, especially with that last part. However, our correspondent Man Coulter responds, "You're Canadian! And French! Ha!"

For those who are novices who cling to their beliefs and do not understand what happens to everyone, someday......

"Before anyone supports anything, they need to have a full understanding of what you are supporting. In the case it is the 911 events and the War on Terror, 'death' is the thing they need to have a full understanding of. Until you have experienced it first hand, you will never understand....."

I have survived a liver transplant due to Hepatitis C (from tainted blood transfusions), survived major heart surgery and survived a rehendious automobile accident (I didn't wake up for 27 days and was paralyzed from the neck downward).....

So please do the rest of us a favor -- pass this advice on to Man Coulter.

Michael Moore manages to finally put a human face on what we are losing in Iraq.

Judging by his writing, Man Coulter cannot manage to do that very thing.......

Rex Goodbody
Houston, TX

I certainly hope that Man Coulter's recent piece, "Michael Moore: Traitorest (sic) of Traitors," was intended by him to be humorous, because "traitor," already has an adjectival form, "traitorous" to which the superlative, "most," may be added.  Thus the grammatical way to render that which I believe Mr. Coulter was trying to express is "Michael Moore: The Most Traitorous of Traitors."

This may seem a minor point, but, as I'm sure you'll agree, and as esteemed patriots such as the inimitable Michael Savage have repeatedly pointed out, the integrity of the very fiber of our nation depends on three things: borders, language, and culture. Thus it is incumbent upon all America-lovin' right-thinkers like Mr. Coulter to remember that patriotism begins with a proper respect for the language handed down by our enlightened English forebears (excluding of course that nefarious ur-traitor, Benedict Arnold).  In these post 9-11 times, it crucial that we remember that the first casualty of the war of ideas is usually the lexicon.  We must stay the course, and gird our loins against an invading horde of creolized supplanters, who would love only too much to see proper ENGLISH diction flush down the metaphorical toilet.

God save us from communists and neologists alike.

J. Springfield
Tucson, AZ

Rich Brat

Re: "Bratty Rich Kid, Wants It Both Ways". Thank you for allowing this man [Doug Griffin] to speak his mind. Even he might not know how he hit the nail on the head as I have almost first hand info on what a spoiled jerk "Little George" is! My ex father-in-law, who was a politician, was a visitor at Bush Sr.'s home some years back, and when Jr. started getting into politics, that was one of the first thing he told me about "Li'l George": how he seemed to be a spoiled, selfish, self-centered little prick!

James Kilcrease
Hemphill, TX

Just Another Slanted Rag

When I saw a website named counterbias.com I looked for something refreshing.  Something that lived up to its name.  This is nothing more than more bias?  Can't any of you people balance, or is the world filled with mush headed ideologues.  If there is a site that ever comes up and EARNS its name counterbias.com please let me know.  Otherwise this is just another slanted rag.

John Manly
Greenville, SC

Editor's Note: Just what type of bias did you think we were countering? Our target is the over-consolidated, corporate, right-wing, sensationalist, ratings-obsessed, "balance"-over-truth mainstream media culture. And don't worry: there is no such thing as a publication, reporter or news source without bias. Objectivity is an impossibility. Bias is inherent in everyone and everything -- we're just fighting one type that's putting a strain on the truth and the media's important role in every democracy.