Love-Hate Mail
What the f?
Lest
the semantics of sensationalism agitate beyond amusement the
imagination of the local populace, let it be known the designation of
“gang” status for Rat Patrol Nashville is quite inaccurate (“The Chain
Gang,” Jan. 10). While the word itself bears many admirable nuances,
some regrettably lost to nostalgia (Apple Dumpling Gang, whither art
thou?), for clarity’s sake in these trying times, Rat Patrol Nashville
strictly operates under the term “bike club.” Nor do these strapping
young lads and lasses carousing on their homebrewed contraptions seem
to be any more of a threat to Homeland Security than the big-box
retailers with whom their existence in the South has been accommodated.
Yes, I said it. So where are the unadulterated anti-consumer idealists?
Probably taking a hike. In any case, if underage bicycle enthusiasts
have gotten their hopes up to join in on the drinking games, they’d
have far better luck looting their parents’ liquor cabinets. The
immoderation of the DUI culture greatly outweighs that of the DIY. The
latter just have better adventures.
NATHANAEL MUMBLES
nathanaelmumbles@gmail.com (Nashville)
Tomorrow comes again
The
animated depiction of leading neo-con William Kristol in Tom Tomorrow’s
“This Modern World” (Jan. 10) should be on the front page and in every
op/ed section of every newspaper of this country. Kristol, founding
member of The Project for the New American Century (PNAC), in 2000
suggested “a catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor” would gain
public support to control Middle East resources.
Quoted on 11 occasions in the cartoon, Kristol goes 0 for 11 selling
the “we’ll be greeted as liberators” agenda, shamelessly downplaying
the realities that have now become our ill-fated Iraq/Afghanistan
“mission.” And where does such “vision” get a guy like Kristol? He’s
just earned a weekly column in The New York Times, of course! I only wish this character’s insights could be confined to the land of loony toons.
GARRETT DAWSON
maxxigarrett@comcast.net (Nashville)
Yeah, right
The Nashville Scene
recently ran a piece chiding the Democrats for moral laxity over the
Tennessee Waltz convictions and a couple of other incidents of lawmaker
misbehavior (“Culture of Sleaze,” Dec. 20). The Republicans, the story
seemed to imply, hold the high moral ground in this state. As a Green,
I’m not big on carrying water for the Democrats, but the Republican
sinning I see is on a much grander scale. After all, the Tennessee
Waltz “sting” was schemed up by a politicized Republican Justice
Department that was out to make the Democrats look bad. How moral is
that? And how moral is it to completely demonize the idea of a
progressive income tax in Tennessee, leaving us dependent on a
regressive sales tax/lottery system that burdens the poor much more
than the wealthy? This kind of malfeasance impacts the welfare of
thousands of people. It’s a much bigger story than petty bribery,
borderline embezzling or DUI. How about going after that?
MARTIN HOLSINGER
martinholsinger@nashville.net (Nashville)
Thanks for not choosing Al Gore
Thank
you so much for the cover story, “Nashvillian of the Year” (Dec. 27). I
have been involved with Magdalene House over the years and have met
many women and have the utmost respect for them and the tremendous
struggle they go through to get clean and have their children with
them. Thank you for choosing a real hero this year, a woman who
has turned around and is working hard to bring others out of pain and
struggle with grace and beauty.
JEANNE MOSES
jeanne@moses.com (Nashville)
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