{"id":130,"date":"2005-11-17T00:32:37","date_gmt":"2005-11-17T06:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=130"},"modified":"2005-11-15T12:37:26","modified_gmt":"2005-11-15T18:37:26","slug":"soapbox-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/letters-to-the-editor\/other-voices\/soapbox-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Soapbox Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several interesting letters Tuesday in the ABQjournal: Letters to the Editor<\/a>. mjh<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I give a hearty second and amen to Patricia Carpenter’s suggestion <\/p>\n

for a live tree as the National Happy Holidays Tree. I agree it is awful to butcher a grand tree every year. New Mexico’s tree was 85 <\/p>\n

feet when selected and then trimmed to 65. What a dumb ritual.<\/p>\n

Bob L. Easley of Placitias says Ojito is a “playground for the <\/p>\n

urban pseudo environmentalist.” Since most people use “environmentalist” as an insult, what kind of insult is “pseudo environmentalist”?<\/p>\n

I thank Brittmarie Perez for her thorough trashing of Dimdahl’s latest dreck.<\/p>\n

Over in ABQjournal: Speak Up!<\/a> (why is this separate on the Web?), I <\/p>\n

almost agree with:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

THE CHRISTIAN right and evangelists are no better than the Muslim terrorists. They are trying to <\/p>\n

turn our country into their view of the world.\u2014 P.B.<\/p>\n

Though it may be easier to live<\/em> here with <\/p>\n

our extremists than theirs.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I give an exasperated WTF<\/abbr> to <\/p>\n

this:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

LET THE PARTY begin! Now that more than 2,000 have died in Iraq, the Democrats and their allies can move full-<\/p>\n

speed ahead with their seditious<\/strong> agenda. Ultimately, though, their actions will destroy this country<\/strong>.\u2014 <\/p>\n

M.W.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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