Editor, Times-Union: Re: Ted Carter Mr. Carter, quite the jester, suggests the United States is under no obligation to promote its vital interests. The bass (America's corporate elite) would not be pleased to hear that.
Of course, the Islamic culture is complex. Islamic radicals use that complexity as a smoke screen. Problem is they can't hide a 60 percent unemployment rate behind it.
In the land of Ali Babba, there are no policies designed which favor corporations. Since Ali Babba owns his corporation, it is unlikely that he would consider any.
Since Ali Babba holds the distribution rights to all corporate profits, it's all his corporate intellectuals can do to acquire a new office stapler.
Global corporate empire (our vital interest) will not allow Ali Babba any demographic free spaces with which he may rape and pillage the various cultures he claims to serve.
Now concerning that obligation. Never consider a political career, Mr. Carter, those are based on longevity.
Steven R. Frantz Warsaw
Today's Television
Editor, Times-Union: Public television today compared to yesteryear - Yuck!
Today the programs are so cluttered up with advertising that they are not really enjoyable to watch. For example, a scheduled two-hour program will, if lucky, contain about 50 minutes of program and 70 minutes of advertising. The way to beat this is to tape the program and then fast forward through the ads.
Comedians in the good old days played before a live audience and the laughter was real. Today the laughter is canned and not real at all. Commercial ads in most cases are just plain stupid and so much of the ads have nothing to do about the product or services. And the networks and stations also advertise their programs, which tip us off what they are all about, so why watch the program?
Also, the television people must believe we are stupid. For example, we will be watching a new program and the station interrupts the news to tell us that we are watching the news. Hello. I am so glad they verified my belief. Bologna.
