Nice Place to Visit

I chuckled ruefully over the Feb. 6 op-ed piece by Daryl Lease ("Say hey to North Georgia") about South Carolina. The author claims not to have lived there, but he does have insights. I lived roughly a third of my life there, and the place remains an enigma.

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Jordan McClung

Raleigh


Jordan,

No one actually "chuckles ruefully." Just like no one really rolls on the floor laughing their ass off. If you want to be take seriously, don't start your letter with some incredibly stupid purple prose that sounds more at home in a Harlequin Romance. I'm pretty sure that if anyone finished your letter, they had the same reason that I did: we wanted to see if you could write something that trite twice in one letter. Here is a hint for your next letter, should you ever be so stupid as to try it again- read it out loud, and if something sounds as fucking stupid as "chuckled ruefully," then edit the damn thing before you send it off.

Right Call

Right call

In response to the Feb. 12 article "Wake County restricts its abortion coverage," I applaud Wake County and Apex for removing abortion coverage from their health plans.

In response to Melissa Reed of Planned Parenthood saying that officials are "playing politics with employees' benefits," I say, "Of course!" Where has she been living lately? Every day employers "play politics" by making business decisions in regard to what benefits they will pay for and how to cut costs.

Elective abortion should not be funded with taxpayer dollars. It is not medically necessary. North Carolina has an obligation to provide health benefits to true medical needs. Let's begin with paying for transplants, needed medicine to sustain life, infertility treatment and more.

I as a taxpayer do not want my money paying for someone to have an abortion, which takes the life of an unborn child.

Erin O'Connor Holmquist

Cary


Erin,

You made a good point. This would have been a successful letter to the editor had you left off the last eight words. But you didn't, so shut the fuck up. Really, you had us at tax dollars and then just had to throw some stupid bullshit in at the end. Next time, wave a fetus around and go completely off point.

My Kind of Humor

The best two laughs derived from your paper are "Mallard Fillmore's" humorous jabs and the letters from liberals who can't stand being exposed for their actions by a duck. One letter-writer ("Not so funny," Feb. 6) claims the comic espouses Republican views and belongs with "Doonesbury's" serial fictitious plot lines.

Sorry to tell liberals this, but those are not Republican views. They are clever strips pointing out all the stupid things liberals say and do consistently. They should either expand their obvious lack of humor or realize the country is catching back up to their "It's somebody else's fault" rationalizations. Quack quack, folks!

Al Slaughter

Henderson

Dear Al,

Wow, now that is an original letter. Or, at least, it was the first time I read it. The next forty times, including yours, it just didn't carry the same impact. The only twist you threw in was the poorly thought out claim that "these aren't Republican views." Yeah, right.

By the way, you stupid fucking letter to the editor recycling fuckhead, you're still reading and supporting the N&O, so I guess those terrible liberals are getting the last laugh on you.

Desperation Pick

Regarding "Uncovered cover girl is primed for a career kick" (Feb. 10): Did McClatchy make you do it? To give such front-page play to a woman who poses in a bikini, her life's dream even, for a national magazine? You folks have any daughters? Anyone in the newsroom raise any girls through their teenage years?

The byline was from the Charlotte Observer and maybe it was a slow news day. Best of luck next time.

John Valentine,

Hillsborough

Dear John,

I'm betting this is not the first letter you've received that starts out "Dear John." After reading your letter I rushed out to the recycling bin to check out the article you were bitching about. Damn, it's just about a woman in a bikini. No pictures of smoothly shaved beaver. No lesbians fondling each other. Nothing but... a woman in a bikini.

Hey, you repressed fuckwad, shut the fuck up and save your self-righteous indignation for something that ACTUALLY HARMS the daughters and teenage girls you are so worried about. Either that, or move somewhere that forces people to wear burkhas. Oh no, that wouldn't work, because in those societies women ARE harmed and aren't allowed to freely choose. Well, my dear John, whatever you choose, keep it to yourself and don't let any editors know, please.

Snow Plowing Option

The Town of Cary and the state did a wonderful job of clearing the main roads. Thanks to both for doing a wonderful job in such a short time. I was out and about Sunday afternoon and the main roads were in great shape.

By now (Wednesday) we are all wondering where are the streets that are causing all of Wake County schools to close, as they are not in my area. If they are in your area, I have an idea. If you remember seeing snow still on your neighborhood streets as of Monday night, please contact your homeowners' association and lobby to have a line item added to your budget to have the snow promptly removed next time. Remember the areas that are problem spots and make sure they are plowed next time by whomever you contract with!

Julea Danielson

Cary

Julea,

Shut the fuck up. Go back into your gated community. Pack your bags. Go to the airport (the one that has been there for fifty years, long before you moved to Cary and started complaining about it) and get on an airplane. The people up north, where you are obviously from, know how to deal with snow and once you are there you won't have this problem anymore.

Additionally, once you are gone, I won't have to read anything your dumb ass decides to write. You do realize that the N&O only published your letter because you are so clueless, right? When you show the letter to all your friends at Starbucks today, I will bet you a hundred bucks the only ones that don't laugh in your face are also from somewhere to the north.

Please, don't be misled into thinking this is a "hate the yankees" kind of thing. It isn't. It is a "hate the dumb yankees" kind of thing.

Re: The Year in Music Indy 12/30

Slagging the hip-hop scene

Regarding Eric Tullis' "Dropped beats" (The Year in Music, Dec. 16): There are so many people and groups locally and beyond who don't fit into, as Tullis writes, "...an indication of how mundane and uninspiring Triangle hip-hop had become..." Ironically, hip-hop shows have been, and continue to be, the shows that seem to get the most attendance at our concerts at the MarVell Event Center. Sure, different artists come that have me wishing more people were witnessing them, but that's music across the board, not just hip-hop.

Tullis asks if there is "a local hip-hop release the Triangle actually cared about this year?" Well, I know I can't speak for the whole Triangle, but I sure tried my darndest to see Big Hop's last CD release show at Katmandu in Raleigh, even if just to support his talent and different material. I'm waiting for Dirty Pimp's CD to get done and see a release show; his stuff just gets better and better. Rykashay, out of Greensboro, certainly needs to come through more and is one of the best. We need to tell people to come and support these people they are missing—not how much the scene doesn't exist.

Justin Marvell
Durham



Marvelous Marvell,

People don't give a fuck about hippity hop music because no one involved in the scene seems to be able to spell. Rykashay? MarVell? Seriously, the only group of people that sounds more stupid than these ebonics spouting idiots would be kids that try to apply for jobs using text language.

My advice to all of you- buy a dictionary, buy a belt and turn your hat forward. People will start to pay attention when you don't look and sound like idiots.

The End Result N&O 2/3

John Edwards, the poster boy for his political party, had the solution: "Get an abortion!" After all, it's only a fetus, right?

She didn't, and the child is a precious, beautiful human being! Case closed.

Bob Petrolino "

Dear Bob,

What the fuck are you talking about? What case? The case of the incredible douchebag that just wants to bitch about liberals? Look, there is plenty to bitch about when you talk about John Edwards. You don't have to dig very deep. However, if you want to look like an asshole, then dig where there is no treasure, like you did. There was no abortion. Had there been, you might have a point, as it is, you just look like a whiny douchebag and now more people than your wife and your neighbor (who is oh so fucking tired of hearing about fetuses, by the way) know about it.

Next time, just turn to the funnies, read Mallard Fillmore and fight the urge to write the editor until it fades away.