They published my LTTE in The Miami Herald

[RagingInMiami]

I wrote it on Saturday in response to another letter, which itself was a response to Leonard Pitts' column titled "Bush once again playing on fears of U.S. public." It was published today.

The letter that prompted my letter was a typical right-wing letter that defended the illegal wiretapping with the unconstitutional argument of "the wiretapping is only a threat to those involved in terrorism. The rest of us should have no fear that our cherished freedoms will ever be endangered -- unless we permit the enemy to get the upper hand because we vacillated in defending ourselves."

Anyway, here is the cut and paste version of my letter and below are the links to my letter, the letter I responded to and Leonard Pitts' column that started this debate. They cut a couple of sentences out of my letter for space reasons, but they kept the gist of what I said.

Wiretap debate

The Feb. 4 letter Pitts exaggerates accused Leonard Pitts Jr. of giving us a ''worn-out liberal attack against the Bush administration.'' But the writer fails to acknowledge that several constitutional-law experts think that the president is violating U.S. law when he conducts wiretapping. Also, no al Qaeda suspect has been brought to justice because of the illegal wiretapping, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller.

The writer simply takes the president's word that if you are not involved in terrorism, you need not worry about the illegal wiretapping. Has he not learned by now that anything the president says means the exact opposite?

CARLOS MILLER, Miami


Link to my LTTE
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/editorial/letters/13816893.htm

Link to LTTE that prompted my letter
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/editorial/letters/13789115.htm

Link to Pitts' column
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13722836.htm

[Cleetus]

1. well done

good job

[RagingInMiami]

3. Thanks and go Raiders

Hopefully we'll get a decent coach.

[savemefromdumbya]

2. EXCELLENT!

keep up the good work - we need more people like you!
We have started a media corps in our local party and we've had 3 published this month so far!

[donsu]

4. good going - that paper covers a big area

nt

[Scurrilous]

5. Got me to look.

I hadn't bothered to peruse the Herald yet today. Just checked it out and saw your excellent LTTE.

Good job. :thumbsup:

[RagingInMiami]

12. Have you noticed that about once a week

They publish a letter from someone who comes up with the same right-wing argument that if you have nothing to hide and if it keeps us "safer" then there is no problem with illegal wiretapping.

[w8liftinglady]

6. good letter!!

[NewJeffCT]

7. Thanks for writing - good letter

Congratulations. As H2O Man says, LTTEs are a very effective way to get our message across.

[Cha]

8. YOU ROCK, CARLOS!

:yourock: Thank you so much for writing that very excellent response to typical rw tunnelvision blather!

[bettyellen]

9. again? wow good for you!

:thumbsup:
great letter!

[RagingInMiami]

11. Hi Bettyellen

This is my second in two months and they only allow one letter every sixty days so I hope I can keep this trend up.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. excellent letter

especially the last paragraph

[cry baby]

13. wow, you make a great point!

trust is long gone with *