(In response to a Jan. 21 letter, “Bush is not to blame,” by Judi Liedes).

I want to set the record straight. Judi Liedes alleges that “shrill far-left liberals blame everything that is wrong with the nation on Bush.” That is incorrect. As a far-left liberal (no one ever accused me of being shrill, so can’t cop to that one), I believe that everything in the world is his fault, including this left knee that’s been bothering me in the cold. That’s the one that usually jerks.

Jeanne Anne Craig, Kirkland