I sent her this:
Madam,
I have read your recent Article concerning the one you refer to as ‘King George’, and I must admit I have taken Great Offense to your Ignominious Words against our Dear Leader.
May I remind Madam that our Country is at War? Our good and faithful Leader has done all that is within his Right and Power to strike back at and subdue those of the Evil Faith that attacked this Country almost five years ago. I would hope that you would note that no further attacks against our beloved Country have occurred since that Time.
Concerning the ‘anti-torture’ laws that you spoke of, how, dear Madam, would you handle the Situation? Give them candy? Those that were taken by our Soldiers are, in fact Enemies of this Country, and not only that, since they are not under the Flag of any one Nation, they do not operate under the Auspices of the Geneva Convention. These Enemies would do anything to you or any one of our fair Citizens, including Rape, Torture, and as we have seen witnessed, Beheading. While we do not respond in Kind, we have the Right and Responsibility to extract Information that would be of great help to our Soldiers. We have not gone as far as they would, Madam, nor will we.
Concerning what you view as a Violation of the Fourth Amendment, I ask you this: if someone with Criminal Intent was planning to assault you or your Neighbor, would you not want to know? As we have witnessed, indeed within the last two Weeks, there are those of the Evil Faith who are still making preparations to attempt to hurt, cripple, and destroy our Country. If one has nothing to hide, one has nothing to Fear. And, if you should be thinking that Our Leader would make use of Searches and Seizures to harass or arrest those who have made statements against him, or for those of another Political Party, or even against those who have a different View of the World, I would suggest that you are, at the very least, mistaken.
Concerning the so-called Violations of Free Speech, I would suggest that to this Day, no matter how Repugnant or Evil the things which certain Persons would say against our Country, our Soldiers, or our Leader, I cannot think of any Instance where any Person has been place under Arrest or suffered Imprisonment for what they say.
Now, having Answered your Diatribe against what you View as an Evil that has infected this Country and its leadership, I would suggest the following: make careful Thought during this weekend where we celebrate this Country’s Independence from the original King George. Ask yourself where the threat to our Country’s and our Citizen’s health and well-being comes from. If this Country is to survive and continue for another 230 years, we must remain Vigilant and we must Restrain Evil wherever it may be found, within or without. The consequences of not doing so are nothing short of the Destruction of our Country, our Freedom, and our Way of Life.
And if, dear Madam, you would still wish to declare your Independence from our Leader, and if you can find another Country in this World where you have the same Freedoms and Rights which you currently enjoy, I would respectfully suggest that you do so, forthwith.
Respectfully Submitted,
Your Servant,
S. Hoagland
Well done, sir. I would note with disapproval only your closing salutation as "Servant". While such respectful form of Address is, to all present indicative of fine Manners and Breeding, it is nonetheless wholly inappropriate when invoked for a member of the Press, to whom no man or Governor ought to think himself a Servant. It is entirely one thing to recognize and repect the Freedoms our Constitution bestows upon the ink-stained Wretches who dwell in the shadows; it is another to further conflate their already enlarged sense of Self-worth.