A Letter To NPR

Yesterday, Sept. 18, on your program "Day to Day," there was a long segment discussing how many Americans were either misinformed, confused or ignorant about the purpose of the US conquest of Iraq.

You could have knocked me over with a feather when, by the end of the segment, I could not recall hearing the word "OIL" spoken even once: not in the citizens' sound-bites, not in the (labored) explanations of the predictable official sources, not by the 'journalists' conducting the interviews.

Nowhere in the entire procedings did ANYONE even REFER to what just about anyone with a single working neuron KNOWS was the OVERWHELMING reason for the so-called 'war': It's the OIL, stupid!

I cannot describe for you the self-restraint I needed to write so bland a missive, and how the swallowed invective STILL sticks in my CRAW!

Addendum:
npr_response@npr.org
To: konopelli@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: The Mission of/Purpose for the Conquest of Iraq (Ticket# 09192007N21580001:AR0003)
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:50:24 -0400
Dear Woody,
Thank you for contacting NPR's Day to Day.

We are grateful for your comments to NPR News. Your feedback is important to us, and your thoughts have been noted.

NPR is always delighted to hear from listeners.

Thank you for listening to Day to Day, and for your continued support of public broadcasting. For the latest news and information, visit NPR.org.
Sincerely,

Preston
NPR Services
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www.npr.org

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Date : 9/19/2007 1:31:53 PM
Yesterday, Sept. 18, on your program there was a long segment discussing how many Americans were either misinformed, confused or ignorant about the purpose of the US conquest of Iraq.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when, by the end of the segment, I could not recall hearing the word "OIL" spoken even once: not in the citizens sound-bites, not in the (labored) explanations of the predicgtable official sources, not by the journalists conducting the interviews. Nowhere in the entire procedings did ANYONE even REFER to what just about anyone with a single working neuron KNOWS was the OVERWHELMING reason for the so-called war: Its the OIL, stupid!

Addendum @6:30 pm
Thanks, Preston. I struggled to restrain myself, but I guess this was just a little too forthright for you? Too incivil? There were three segments, about 20 minutes of the show, and the word "OIL" was NEVER mentioned, spoken, or referred to? Just a coincidence, que no?
Chuy, tu pendejo, pujo, cabron!