[Peace-discuss] David Green's Letters

Karen Medina kmedina at uiuc.edu
Wed Aug 16 14:53:58 CDT 2006


tirade
Pronunciation: 'tI-"rAd also ti-'
Function: noun
Etymology: French, shot, tirade, from Middle French, from Old Italian tirata, from tirare to draw, shoot
: a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language 

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:33:55 -0500
>From: "John Bambenek" <jcb.blog at gmail.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] David Green's Letters  
>To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>1) If you are going to write in, at least spell my name correctly.  I
>know, the online editor of the DI can't manage to do it right either,
>but at least make an attempt.  You get it right half the time.
>2) No examples from the left on demogogery?  Wingnut?  Chickenhawk?
>Hell, read some of your letters about my columns, you'll see personal
>attacks.
>3) David Letterman's spot with O'Reilly suggested exactly that
>Sheehan's ideas should not be criticized because she lost a son in
>Iraq.
>4) I get 500 words and no footnotes... just because I don't support a
>claim doesn't mean there is no support.  If you think it's false,
>there are procedures for journalistic fraud... put up or shut up.
>
>How many times on this list have people taken what could be legitimate
>political criticisms of this administration and turned it into a tired
>about how evil Bush is, his supporters are, or how insane he is?
>Isn't Bush being stupid a typical retort from your camp?
>
>You have as much house to clean as any other camp.
>
>-- 
>j
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