Ralph, we still live in a free country. We should be free to express our opinions.

Leave it to the radical left to try silencing opposing views, stay above that.

Ralph, So you are confirming my hypothesis that global warming/cooling is naturally occurring and not man made, right?

loomis,

You are more sensible than your post reveals. What makes this letter writer "radical"? If I might use your own words, "stay above that."

Yes, Y-S, I think he is comfirming your hypothesis for as he stated it only takes one exception....:)

Roland: LR is stating a fact. The radical left DOES silence their opposition with such things as political correctness, if not outright lawsuits.

Look at the situation with the Fort Hood shootings. Despite the fact that the shooter was clearly a radical Islamist terrorist who attended the same mosque as two of the 9/11 terrorists, wrote numerous blog apologies for terrorism, and shouted Allahu Ahkbar as he fired into a group of unarmed military personnel, the response of the military leadership under Obama is to "avoid backlash against Islam in the services". The left-wing media is trying to say the guy suffered from a brand new "Pre-Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome" which caused him to go berserk.

Its going to be interesting to watch as this guy goes up on death penalty charges because Obama will have to sign the order... I wonder if he can do that?

Perhaps Islamic post traumatic stress syndrome is caused by birth.

Free speech, is well, free speech. What part of that don't you understand, Ralph? Robert isn't standing in a crowded theatre screaming "Fire", just stating his opinion. This is the opinion page after all.

KU: Ironically, Robert Wahl is standing in the theater responding that there is no fire as Al Gore and his environmental socialists are screaming there is a fire...despite the fact there is not even a hint of smoke in the air.

lant, "Perhaps"... "post traumatic stress syndrome is caused by birth." it can be. Nice to see you are studying psychology. They call it the "infant king syndrome".

YS, "The radical left DOES silence their opposition" I agree, but I would include the "radical" Right and I would say TRIES instead of DOES. If you are referring to the secrecy surrounding the last administration.

Making up "facts" is your forte as well as your sources and you are good at it.

BTW, I think hanging or a firing squad is in order.

The Sacramento Bee does not print every LTE they receive. They choose what to print. It keeps thier opinion page more interesting, as a variety of topics and viewpoints can be found there. The Journal is free to choose what they publish and what they do not and this LTE is criticizing the Journal's choice to print a rather sophmoric letter. Do you really think that failing to print every LTE submitted encroaches on Freedom of Speech?

I doubt the Journal receives the number of LTEs the Sac Bee receives. Just note the number of LTEs from the same people month after month (Ron Lowe, The Mocks, Paul Comiskey, Robert Wahl......). I also think the Journal likes to publish all spectrum of views. If they did not, then they would be accused of censorship which we all know they do anyway to a degree. Publishing all viewpoints as appropriate is their job. They also edit as they deem right to do so, which may change the tones of the letters as well.

If the Journal only posted views they agreed with, it would cease to be an opinion page. Don't you think that would impede freedom of speech a bit?

Loomis:...I too feel that the AJ is exploiting the exitable fringe with that particular post, and with many others as well. It's so easily done in Auburn, it's like picking low hanging fruit. I just can't wait to hear the rants and raves from the parade today. Oop's there I go again, off post. Back to the post, as someone pointed out, it is their site to do with as they please. And while Robert Wahl is amoung the most exitable an irritating of the current posting population he is still a subject of interest (profit) for the AJ, and, we do live in a free country. If these pages piss you off (not talking to you Loomis), then don't come here.

YS, you seem to be reasonable...sometimes. Why on earth would you, or anyone for that matter, not see that our ever growing population is having at least some effect on the climate. Be responsible, just strive to minimize the effect, that's all we're being asked to do. I belive Gore to be an admirable person with admirable goals. He want's to mitagate the effect of "toothless hillbillies". Y-S, why is it that you like that term so much,....is it because...just joking. I kid the President, and Y-S too.

roland, what I meant to say is that both the original LTE as well as this one share radical but opposing views. Everyone should be entitled to their opinion within the confines of the law and common sense (such as yelling fire in a crowded theatre, for example) It is no secret that the "left" is trying to silence "right wing" radio shows, which by the way, I don't waste my time listening to. Even the President himself has declared if not war at least a discredit campaign against those that dispute his views. In my lifetime, I don't recall an American President or his spokespeople ever doing so to the extent it's being done. I know that in the past Presidents have snapped at the press but they were isolated incidents, nothing like what we witnessed with the present one. It had to be bad in order of the other non affected news media to come up in defense of Fox, which by the way, I don't watch either.

I don't know if I made it clearer or not.

loomis talk shows like Rush and Hannity have spread countless lies, innuendo's and have incited treasonous acts. Just in the name of their ratings. All one can do is laugh at their antics. Schock Jocks and nothing more. They do not encourage open and free dialogue. Instead they promote unfounded fears. They need to act responsibly.

loomisresident: The other "left wing" news outlets came to Fox's defense because they're all in the same business & it's in their best interest to defend them.

chuxxr, no argument from me there. I was just clarifying a previous statement for roland. I listened to Limbaugh a couple of time years ago, never listened to Hannity or any others frequently named in this forum.

Thanks Loomis, I know you are a reasoned individual.

I am part of the ratings that Fox can claim. I watch them. What the ratings don't show however are the "whys" of their viewers. I certainly don't watch for anything other than entertainment or to try to see what their perspective is. I don't get any news (except local) from TV. I probably spend an equal amount of time with Fox and CNN...none of the other cable news outlets and none of the other broadcast news outlets. I can't agree or disagree with someone's perspective if I don't at least maintain a willingness to listen to them.

Left-wing vs. Right-wing; Conservative vs. Liberal; Republican vs Democrat. North vs South, Blue vs Gray. Welcome to the new Civil War, where no one is civil and there are ONLY 2 types of people in this country. Read the comments in the AJ, the Bee, the SF Chron... all devolve into us vs. them arguments. Stick to the subject.

Newcastle....color gradient seems to not be in the visible spectrum for many posters here. They only see (0,0,0) or (255,255,255)

--That's Black and White on the RGB color scale for those who need translation-- so sad that they miss all the beauty in between.