Exposing the lies, Show me your best LTE.

I am looking for help in a project I wish to see implemented among the grassroots of the progressive movement. It is no secret that we on this side of the political divide have been effectively shut out and silenced by the corporate mainstream media hacks. American airwaves and print publications are saturated with the opinions of right-wing hate mongers, bushco apologists, end times fanatics and corporate funded "fake research" reports that have nothing to do with science or truth, and everything to do with brainwashing the public.
One of the few remaining public venues available to us as a way to reach the people of our cities and towns is the Letter to the Editors section of our local newspapers. The purpose of this diary is to gather an array of concisely written arguments that can be easily referenced by those wishing to contribute accurate, definitive LTE's to their local paper.
More idea's below the fold.

I can't tell you how many times I have read  an editorial piece or LTE in my local paper that was written by an obviously devoted, loyal bush nut, and just didn't have time to write a solid, fact based reply, that debunked whatever particular nonsense they wrote about.
My hope is that readers here are motivated to share LTE's they have written, or are writing, so they can be shared amongst ourselves. The right is notorious for the abilty to almost instantaneously speak as one voice on a variety of issues using their talking points.
Why can't we?  If we had some letters that could be copied, then easily modified to suit the local flavor, perhaps we can make some positive inroads in changing the dialogue among americans.
One thing I tend to forget, most americans are not like us. We are freaks, political junkies, oddballs. Most sane people don't spend (enter your hours-per-day Kos habit here), educating themselves about the issues we face. Let's help them see the truth.

Here are a just a few frames I would like to see addressed:

1. It's not a War, It's an Occupation stoopid.
Using appropriate language of course, I'd like to have a tight, categorical rebuttal of the common framing of the Iraq fiasco as a war. We Kossacks know the "war" was over the day they captured Saddam, and has now degenerated into an occupation that can never be "won". Mom and Pop american still doesn't get this idea. It's a frame we need to change in middle america.

2. Fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here.
This one is so stupid that it would seem easy to refute this. I have heard this argument so many times not only in the paper, but in a one on one situation. How do you expose this as nothing more than a scare tactic? Show me what you have so I can use it.

3.  Global warming isn't a fact.
We have all heard the lies and corporate rhetoric about this.
Give me your best shot exposing this for what it is.

4. National healthcare will bankrupt america.
Another blatant lie. There are several excellent writers here that are on top of covering the healthcare crisis. Most notable is nyceve. What I am looking for here is another concise explanation why national healthcare is not only needed in america, but affordable as well.

5. America is safer under republican rule.
Again, this is laughable, but it is still a dominant way of thinking across the country.
How do you put this lie to rest in 250 words or less?

To reiterate the purpose of this diary:
To gather short, concise, progressive arguments, that deftly refute that most basic wingnut talking points.
Make them available to all Kossacks for the pupose of providing a quick way to fire off that scathing, fact filled LTE you've always wanted to write but didn't have the time to construct.
To help facilitate the evolution of thought in america by reframing the lies so prevalent in our media. Please do not limit yourself to the points I outlined above.
Go get'em!