To the editor:

Used to be I could find one unethical, counterproductive or hypocritical thing in a day’s news to rant about in a letter to the editor. It was easy. But lately the fast-moving swirl of what’s wrong has been too overwhelming to distill into a coherent 250 words.

A United Nations-bashing, non-diplomat is Bush’s choice for U.N. ambassador. A hawkish neocon strategist is Bush’s nominee to head the World Bank. A Reagan-era foreign policy operative with a reputation as a ruthless imperialist with disregard for human rights is Bush’s nominee for national intelligence director.

Fake news is not limited to paid “experts” and a fake-name, fake-news-service, White House press hooker. At least 20 government agencies are producing and distributing hundreds of TV “news segments,” and Bush said Wednesday he had no plans to stop government-produced “package news” even after the GAO called it covert propaganda and a misuse of government funds.

A fund-raiser for an organization associated with Tom DeLay, who is under investigation for multiple ethics violations, also is a House Ethics Committee member. Other members contributed to DeLay’s legal defense fund, and GOP colleagues turn handsprings to change every possible rule to protect DeLay from investigation, punishment and removal from what they seem to have forgotten is called the ethics committee.

Reports say prisoner abuse, torture and murder is not limited to a few ungodly incidents. Blood and dollars continue to flow unchecked. Terrorism is fueled, not constrained. There’s so much more … Oh, for the days of a simple “blue dress” scandal.

Christy Kennedy,

Lawrence