Letter to the Editor (Waterville, Maine)

[quispquake]

Hi all!

Just wrote out my monthly letter to the editor to the Waterville Maine Morning Sentinel...a semi-independent paper (owned by Blethen). They've printed a couple in the past, so I'm hoping they print this one too...

EXCERPT:
The American people have once again been lied to by perhaps the most corrupt administration ever.

The Bush Administration LIED to make the case to attack Iraq. The administration knew a year in advance that the Niger documents were fake, but used them anyways so that they could get support for their war. Bush knew that the documents were fake, but in his State of the Union address (a year after the administration found out the documents were fake) he used these documents to sell this phony war to the US people. The "Weapons of Mass Destruction" have not been found, and the tie-ins that the administration did between Iraq & 9-11 are false. The war which we fought and Americans continue to fight was and is based on lies by corrupt, greedy politicians.

200+ Americans have died for this war (and continue to die every day...not to mention the hundreds of wounded--'Bring Them On' indeed!). The numbers of Iraqis killed reportedly could be 6000. Iraq is in chaos, and the world opinion of the United States has dropped lower than it's ever been. But, the oil is pumping!!!

When does this end? We put our country into chaos over a president's sexual indiscretion a few years ago, but now we have a country where the administration lies to us, thousands of people are killed, and yet there is no outrage.

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<http://www.perkypat.com/RantsandRaves/morning_sentinel_7903.htm>

[Maine Mary]

1. Ahhh Waterville, home of George Mitchell

Hi neighbor! Do I know you? I'm only 30 miles north. I'll pm you. BTW nice letter. I'll be watching in the Sentinel for it.

[MarianJack]

2. Hello from another Waterville Mainer!

Love your letter. It's great that we have a paper like the Morning Sentinel that goes so light on the Bush brownnosing and shows that we're not all Rove-Stepfords! Bravo!

[quispquake]

3. They've been pretty good at printing...

...my letters...I've only sent four, and they've printed 2. I've learned to wait a couple of months between (one of the reasons I'm doing rants on my site now...catharsis is good!!!)

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[newyawker99]

10. Hi MarianJack!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Old and In the Way]

4. Hi neighbor!

Great LTE and interesting site!

[quispquake]

7. Thanks!!!

The ranting I've been doing at my site has helped me do something I haven't done other than emails in years-WRITE!!! It's kinda nice getting the ol' chops back!!!

[northzax]

5. ahh, the Central Maine Morning Sentinel

used to love that paper, and I love that letter.


northzax: Colby '97

[quispquake]

6. Do you remember WMHB?

I still do a show on Saturday nites between 10PM & midnite...love their radio station...they let me do my show as intense as I want...

[plcdude]

9. right on and write on

Send this letter to my paper too maybe we should all submit this letter to our local papers.

[buddhamama]

8. i didn't know you were a Mainer

i am too-bit south of you.

good letter. this should be printed.