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heidiho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-09-03 06:42 PM
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My Letter to the Editor Was Published!
Just returned from Fourth of July weekend and found my letter
in Thursday's paper.  I'm so excited.  Here it is:

Investigate 9-11 and Iraq intelligence

Editor, The Post-Crescent:

The hypocrisy of the Bush cabal defies belief. The naivete of
the majority of the people of America leaves me speechless.
It is now becoming quite clear that this administration lied
to the people of America about the intelligence that led to
the invasion and occupation of a foreign country by the United
States. 

Bush’s lies led to the deaths of nearly 200 American
servicemen and they are still dying and will keep dying in
Iraq. In addition, more Iraqi civilians were killed in this
“war” than we lost in the World Trade Center attacks.

We all know the reason for the invasion and that is oil. The
Bush administration is run by oil interests and big business.
When the invasion began, the U.S. secured only one building
and that was the Ministry of Oil. The museums, offices and
stores were looted, including areas where weapons (including
possibly plutonium) were left unguarded.

I don’t understand this country. The Clintons fired a few
people in their travel department and we had to have a federal
investigation at taxpayers’ expense and nothing was found. How
many millions did we spend investigating Whitewater and,
again, nothing? 

No investigation of why Cheney and his company, Haliburton,
sold millions of dollars of equipment to Saddam Hussein in the
’90s and the same company was awarded a multibillion- dollar
contract to rebuild Iraq.

America, we cannot sit in silence anymore. We have to demand a
complete and unbiased investigation of both 9-11 and the “war”
on Iraq.

By the way, where is Osama? Where is Saddam? Where are those
pesky weapons of mass destruction? 

By the way, where did our thriving economy go, while we’re at
it?

******** *****
Appleton

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Cheswick2.0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:21 PM
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1. Very good letter
keep writing
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mhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:21 PM
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2. Fantastic Letter
Could not have said it Better Myself.

Mega Cudos!
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Sal316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:21 PM
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3. Excellent letter!
We have to keep the questions in the public view, and your letter rocks!
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sugarcookie Donating Member (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:22 PM
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4. Bravo
Edited on Sun Jul-06-03 09:25 PM by sugarcookie
:thumbsup: Great letter!
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:22 PM
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5. Congrats... it's always a warm feeling...
My local paper stopped running mine- so I stepped up: two in the WP so far and one in Time.

Keep at it!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:23 PM
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6. Good for you!
Great letter - thanks for sharing it with all of us.
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roughsatori Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:24 PM
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7. Wow, great letter
I think that letters to the editors are one of the best ways to spread the message.:)
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:28 PM
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9. fantastic letter!
let us know what kind of letters they print in response to yours. sounds like you've probably fired a lot of people up - on both sides!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:27 PM
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8. Brilliant!!,,,heidiho!....Thanks for writing this letter...
and I'm so glad they published it!
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AnnabelLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:28 PM
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10. Good one!
:thumbsup:
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:35 PM
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11. Outstanding, keep shooting at the SOBs.every shot helps. eom
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Cheesehead Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 09:58 PM
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12. Congrats from a fellow Appletonian
I read your letter in the Post-Crescent with obvious delight, and it is even better to run across you here on DU. It is comforting to find a kindred spirit in your own back yard. :hi:
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 10:01 PM
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13. Wow, heidiho...
They must have really liked it to let such a long letter stand. Usually they chop it down. I think it's great. ;))))
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diamond14 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 10:06 PM
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14. Great Work !!!! Thanks for being a real Patriot...now, if all DUers
could only accomplish the same...it's a real message and you got it out there...we can all do the same...keep trying...keep fighting

BOOT BUSH in 2004
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oldcoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-06-03 10:09 PM
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15. Good Letter
I enjoyed reading it. Hopefully, you will get some intelligent responses. However, you should be prepared for the usual stupid, right-wing responses of "If you do not like this country, why don't you leave" and "Clinton also thought there were weapons of mass destruction."
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