Michael Ryan joins the bandwagon of phony scandals

Re: "Ugly in any color," from the July 10th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Are there any stupid right wing talking points that Michael Ryan doesn't regurgitate?

In this column he repeats the debunked lies of J. Christian Adams who claims the Obama Department of Justice isn't pursuing a case of voter intimidation by the Black Panthers.

Racist conservative pundits are trying to stir this up into something that it's not. They want to make the ridiculous claim that Obama is protecting radical violent African-Americans.

What Adams claims is completely false.

First, it was the Bush administration that refused to persue this case.

Second, the Obama administration did get a default judgement against Samir Shabazz for carrying a weapon near a polling place.

Third, there are no witnesses in this case who claim to have been intimidate...in other words there is no case.

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Re: "A Telling 'tweet' on terror," from the July 11th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Mr. Ryan's claim that CNN has low ratings because they're liberal is bologna. CNN's ratings are still good during the day but decline at night because CNN's programming is stale (See Larry King). Divisive opinionated news shows are more popular during prime time. MSNBC's ratings are growing with the liberal Olbermann and Maddow. How does Mr. Ryan explain that?

Michael Ryan's Tax Cut Constipation

Re: "A tailspin of spending" from the July 8th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

Mr. Ryan still stupidly advocates tax cuts as a cure all. He thinks tax cuts would stimulate the economy. We've had Bush's tax cuts for a decade. Bush's tax cuts were proven a dismal failure--the country went into a massive recession, following 7 years of his tax cuts.

He also complained that the economy is recovering slowly because Obama didn't cut taxes. This is a complete falsehood--Obama DID cut taxes. They've also failed to stimulate the economy.

Mr. Ryan advocates deregulation along with tax cuts as a policy to stimulate the economy. Deregulation of the financial and real estate markets was one of the causes of the recession.

Mr. Ryan and his demented conservatives have a philosophy that can be summed up in three words--Duh Tax Cuts.

What's their solution to spousal abuse?--tax cuts
Pollution?--tax cuts
World Hunger?--tax cuts
The expanding deficit?--tax cuts (Logically, tax increases would reduce the deficit, but logic isn't a strong suit of conservatives.
Crime?--tax cuts
Energy crisis?--tax cuts
Broken leg?--tax cuts
College football playoffs?--tax cuts

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Re: "An ill-fitting suit," from the July 9th edition of the Augusta Chronicle editorial page.

This editorial is evidence that Mr. Ryan does no research at all. He claims that the federal government's case against the Arizona state immigration law has little chance of succeeding. Obviously, he didn't read any precedents. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that the feds have exclusive power to regulate immigration. Any state laws regulating immigration would violate the supremacy clause of the constitution. BTW, the supremacy clause is Article VI, the second paragraph. Check out your copy of the constitution.

I don't understand why people are opposed to all of these Mexicans crossing the border anyway. I say the more the merrier. If they were suddenly deported, it would be an economic catastrophe. Clearly, opposition to illegal immigration is based entirely on racism. They're a bunch of cranky old white people saying, "get off my lawn."

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Crazy letters of the week award is a tie between Tom Hunter and Robert Smock.

Hunter writes an almost monthly letter claiming that the Associate Press has a liberal bias, yet in none of his letters has he ever given a good example. This month ("AP's bias running, ruining our nation") he claims AP showed bias when an AP article simply gave the other side of an issue.

That's not bias--that's good journalism. Good journalists always are supposed to give both sides of the issue.

Hey Robert Smock. Georgia Regional is ready for you. Last Sunday he wrote a letter suggesting that "ecoradicals" were responsible for the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Maybe he just refuses to believe that the free market economy can lead to a disaster. Or maybe he's just a paranoid schizophrenic.