LETTERS: NCT, June 15, 2008
By Readers of the North County Times | ∞
This is for the people's own good
I read with interest the letter from the young woman regarding the proposed ban on beach smoking (Letters, June 9). Her rationale coincides with a law I will be proposing as follows: 1. All lotions, sun block, tanning oils and similar cosmetics will be banned. Some scientists claim they damage the ocean ecosystem.
2. All persons using the beach must wear sun-blocking clothing covering 75 percent of their body, including arms, shoulders, torso and upper legs, when not actually in the water. This will prevent hundreds of thousands of cases of skin problems and cancer. Studies indicate that this costs the country untold millions of dollars annually. It will also reduce sunburn, which studies indicate costs the economy tens of millions in lost productivity annually.
3. All perfumes, scents and odors that are discernible within 10 feet of the wearer are prohibited.
I know these modest restrictions may cause some readjustments, but after all, they are for everybody's good and will save people and the marine ecology. And I'm sure people will realize that the government is caring for them. I hope I can count on your support.
James King
Carlsbad
Great job recovering stolen car
I would like to publicly thank the Escondido Police Department for the outstanding job they did in recovering our stolen vehicle. Although the vehicle is old, it gets very good gas mileage and would have been very expensive to replace.
Within 20 minutes of our phone call, while the report was actually being taken, officers located the vehicle in Escondido. I have had occasion to contact the men and women of the Escondido Police Department a few times, and in each instance they could not have been more courteous and professional.
Wayne Rock
Escondido
Give me a break
All eyes turn as the early morning sun sends a flash of light, giving away the perp who is about to attempt the crime of the century. What dastardly deed is this villain about to commit, and will the recipient of this foul action survive this act and the horrific memories it will surely cause?
If we read the papers for the last month, and the deed is a sneak photo of a golfer taken by a spectator at the U.S. Open, there is no hope! Surely the pampered, mollycoddled martyr whose picture will be snapped will have to be escorted off the course because his eyes will melt and his brain will be shattered beyond repair.
Come on! Go to a CIF basketball game and watch a kid about to shoot a foul shot in a tied game with one second left to see how a true athlete handles pressure with distractions. If these spoon-fed so-called professionals want complete isolation and silence, let them play on their private oasis and give us our public course back.
Don Peck
San Marcos
Watch where you walk!
The North County Times article by Gary Warth on snakebites becoming more toxic, based on the UC San Diego medical toxicology report as well as findings from toxicologists in Arizona and Colorado, is significant ("Snakebites becoming more toxic," June 10). Perhaps a new antivenin for bites will be forthcoming after more research.
Southern Pacific rattlesnakes are cited in this article, and indeed, they are common in San Diego County. Some newspaper clippings of rattler bites in recent years in suburban neighborhoods have identified this species, but more often the type of rattler is not identified.
At Escondido's Daley Ranch, the red diamond rattler is more common. Despite its less-aggressive nature and less-toxic venom than that of the southern Pacific rattler, it still is a dangerous reptile that can inflict considerable tissue and possible organ damage. A trip to a hospital for antivenin treatment is mandatory. The former tourniquet and/or suction application is potentially dangerous to the victim. Observations from California and other states concerning increasing reptile toxicity behoove all of us to be extremely careful, not only while enjoying open space but even in our suburban neighborhoods.
Jack Pomeroy
Escondido
Why no mention of impeachment?
On June 9, Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich read into the Congressional record 35 articles of impeachment indicting President Bush. It was covered live on C-Span. The following day we found no mention of this in the North County Times, the San Diego Union Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times or the Washington Post. However, the Belfast Telegraph did print the story!
Never has a president violated his oath to the people of this country and our Constitution so flagrantly, enriched his cronies so generously, or betrayed our armed forces so viciously. The leadership of the Democratic Party has consistently avoided the built-in remedy of impeachment. For reasons unexplained, Nancy Pelosi announced before the 2006 election, "Impeachment is off the table." Thank you, Dennis Kucinich!
Miriam Clark
Encinitas
Punish those breaking the law
Regarding, "City considers shopping-cart crackdown," June 9: Who is breaking the law? People taking and stealing the shopping carts from the stores are the ones breaking the law, not the stores.
Let the law be enforced by the police by ticketing these people the same as those jaywalking. To punish the stores because someone is stealing their property is ridiculous.
Raymond Deming
San Marcos
There's hardly any difference
When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year.ˇCongress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an allowance and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year. When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the president, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people, and it's not for sale." Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."
Today, many in Congress have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale. Was good old Harry Truman correct when he observed, "My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"?
Harry Sisson
Oceanside
Moral compass, not skin color, is what matters
Peggy Sloan's letter of June 8: I don't care what color Michele Obama is. Sloan is the only one who doesn't understand. I don't care if you're black, brown, white, red or yellow ““ it is your moral compass that is important. We are all God's children. Clear enough?
Michele has had many advantages, as her attendance at Harvard proves. This was at the taxpayers' expense and, like all people, is to be repaid. But she also complains she had to repay it! She also said America is a mean country. That sure inspires her race. She is a product of the Rev. Wright's church.
I, too, lived in Chicago, and couldn't leave fast enough. I loved Sloan's threat that she is going to tell Oprah and I'll be in big trouble! Ha! I'm trembling. Sounds like a little kid to me. Sloan's problem is she didn't read all my letter. But then, she didn't understand what she did read. I don't understand why she and Michele would be cellmates. Michele paid off her loan. I do believe Michele would be a poor role model. We need leaders who inspire and praise the good in our country.
I will have a good day, Peggy! Oh, by the way, Oprah knows how to read. And Michele's salary is $316,000 a year. Tough.
Bettie Heldring
Escondido
Protect our trees
Due to a slip-and-fall incident and impending lawsuit, the city of Escondido was contemplating chopping down several of the beautiful camphor trees that line the entrance to the Sonata subdivision on Beethoven because of some tree roots there that have intruded into the sidewalk ("Aggressive resident campaign saves 70 trees in Escondido," June 7). These trees are sacred and elegant ““ a part of the signature of Escondido ““ and thankfully, most will be protected. If one falls down, it is not the fault of the trees ““ simply that one hasn't been watching where one is walking.
In a world where too often cement replaces green, trees must be preserved. On this planet, we need more trees that offer refuges of beauty, plus provide oxygen to exchange the greenhouse gases of global warming. Cutting down any of these trees would be a sacrilege. There are ways to fix a sidewalk without destroying trees that have taken so many years to grow into the stature that these trees possess.
I ask the city of Escondido to protect our green areas that benefit the whole society. We must resist the thoughtlessness of one individual who should take responsibility for her carelessness and not penalize us all.
Melynnique Seabrook
Escondido
Prop. 215 a campaign to legalize drugs
I am one of many citizens in San Diego who thinks we should not be allocating tax dollars for a marijuana ID card program. Californians were misled when they voted for Proposition 215. The Compassionate Use Act was passed by 56 percent of the voters, but only 30 percent of voters turned out for that election.
Prop. 215 has turned out to be nothing more than a campaign to legalize drugs. The marijuana ID card program is not only unnecessary, but it delays patients from receiving more appropriate medical care. Patients deserve medicine that has been adequately tested for safety and effectiveness.
The state has no business deciding what medicine is, when the FDA is the only agency authorized to determine that. Our youth are the ones most at risk through the increased access and lowered perception of harm associated with marijuana use. The truth is, marijuana is an addictive drug with significant health consequences to its users. I appreciate the wisdom of the County Board of Supervisors for recognizing that Prop. 215 ultimately affects all Californians, because it endangers our public safety.
Diane Grace
Carlsbad
It's better to know who our enemies are
A great big thank-you to the North County Times for publishing a majority of the letters you receive. Most large, impersonal newspapers would file the steady stream of anti-Semitic screeds with the rest of the garbage. And when these writers cite America-hating, self-loathing Jews such as Norman Finkelstein, Noam Chomsky, or Howard Zinn, the landscape becomes more clear.
I am of the opinion it's best to know who our friends (and detractors) are. None of the regular anti-Semitic writers discuss the Ottoman Empire being broken up as a consequence of backing the losing German side in WWI, which resulted in the British mandate. None discuss the two-state solution agreed to by Israel and the U.N. but never accepted by Arabs. None discuss the wars waged upon Israel since statehood ““ miraculously, Israel is still with us. None discuss the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem meeting with Adolf Hitler et al. in November 1941. This "leader" thought it best if Hitler included a phase of the murderous "Final Solution" in the Middle East ““ and this before the state of Israel was established. Our only ally in the Middle East is Israel.
Alexandra Cloney
Encinitas
Barack is different
Howie Mandel is a terrorist! Yes, he is. I saw it on Fox News. Fist-bumping is only done by terrorists. E.D. Hill of Fox News told me so. If Fox says it, I believe it and that settles it.
And did you know the entire Lakers and Celtics basketball teams, and most of the audience in the stands for game two of the NBA championship series, hate America. That's right. They all hate America. During the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner," those America-haters did not put their hands on their hearts. That means they hate America because Fox News and Glenn Beck of CNN told me so.
Oh wait, was that the message I was supposed to get from the TV con men? No, no, that wasn't it. I think the fist-bumping and hand-on-heart tirades had to do with something else. What was it? I remember. I am supposed to notice that Barack Obama is different. Others may bump fists and not put their hands on their hearts during the playing of the national anthem, but that's OK as long as I remember the message. Barack is different. Be suspicious. ... Vote Republican.
Peter Welch
Vista
Taking out Americans
The Cheney/Bush administration [wants] the Agriculture Department to stop looking for mad cow disease in U.S. cattle because of the negative effects on the cattle industry's profits. It's a sad thing to write about, but the fact is that it took an independent U.S. study to find MSRA has been found in pork, chicken and beef (Europe, Canada and Mexico have been doing similar testing). However, the U.S. Agriculture Department [may] stop its testing under the Cheney/Bush administration's directive.
The Agriculture Department is not that interested in the findings of this U.S. independent study. This administration believes that protecting U.S. corporate profits is much more important than saving American kids' lives. After all, the god of profit needs to come before the safety of the American people.
I'm sure al-Qaida wants all of you to vote Republican whenever you get a chance, because they are doing a better job of taking out Americans than al-Qaida ever could. Yes, I'm angry!
Gary Myers
Oceanside
Power play by the U.N. and environmentalists
"The real reasons for climate change are uneven solar radiation," said Dr. Oleg Sorokhtin, a merited Scientist of Russia and Fellow of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and staff researcher of the Oceanology Institute. He cites the Earth's axis gyration and instability of oceanic currents.
Astrophysics knows two solar activity cycles of 11 and 200 years. Both are caused by changes in the radius and area of the irradiating solar surface. Yes, the sun itself goes through periods of change. The U.N. International Panel on Climate Change, whose reports have been based not on hard science, but on flawed, often deliberately false computer models, has been the driving factor behind the global warming hoax. What better way to assert political and economical control over the Earth than to create a global crisis?
Beyond the climate threat of a cooling planet is the one posed by U.S. politicians and European counterparts who are seeking to impose all manner of regulation and limits on energy use based on the false assertion that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming. They want to mandate a cap-and-trade scheme that will make some people and industries wealthy selling credits that will permit greenhouse gas emissions.
Charles Bagwell
Vista
Gay union laws preserve essence of marriage
It's evident that law schools no longer require a classical education. If they did, the California Supreme Court majority could never have come to such an irrational and nonsensible decision.
In philosophy, "essence" is what makes an object what it fundamentally is. Marriage is essentially a contract between a consenting man and a consenting woman. Since consent requires reason and judgment, society can set a minimum age for marriage, or can declare a marriage invalid when entered into under duress or diminished capacity. Laws against interracial marriage could be set aside because race is not an essential, but rather an accidental or incidental human characteristic. Laws against gay marriage preserve the essence of marriage and should not be set aside.
Ernie Powell
Fallbrook
Love or just sex?
The creator factored procreation into the nature of animals. Only humans of the animal kingdom have the capacity to elevate sex above and beyond a lustful, physical act into love, the catalyst of traditional marriage between a man and a woman.
In today's culture, without love, recreational, casual sexual activity has become simply an animalistic exercise in self-indulgence. Heterosexuals now hook up and shack up, as premarital and extra-marital sex are celebrated on TV screens, movie theaters and in novels. The frenzy and quest for gay "marriage" is also a disruption in the scheme of nature, although two paired women can still give birth by a surrogate, whereas two paired men are lacking this option.
Without emotion and self-restraint, feeding the appetite for sex alone provides no food for the soul and is tearing the social fabric of America apart. The current threat to diminish the sanctity of traditional marriage and family is just another step in demoralizing society.
Henry Sanford
San Marcos
No sour grapes from anti-bond proponent
No sour grape here! Congrats to the OUSD pro-Proposition H people ("OUSD bond measure passes by big margin," June 4). Having been outspent $130,000 to $55, I was surprised it was that close.
I thought it was ironic and just that the two employees in victory party hats were quoted in the North County Times. They do not live in Oceanside, and do not pay the tax. I do plan to document every aspect of the funding and expose the wrongdoings.
A special thanks to the North County Times and KOCT for their service to the community. Both are committed to fair and accurate journalism/public affairs. A true blessing that should never be overlooked. As the great philosopher Don King once said, "Only in America, baby." Thanks again to all the no supporters.
Larry Barry
Oceanside
Plant actually costs district money
A recent article concerning Fallbrook Public Utility District's new sludge-drying plant is troublesome (" 'Green' sludge dryer feted with engineering award," June 7). FPUD claims they are now saving $6,000 per month ($72,000 per year) previously spent "to haul wet sludge to disposal sites." FPUD is now producing dried sludge, and the cost of operating this new sludge-drying plant is $75,000 per year. This is a net loss of $3,000 per year.
In addition, FPUD is presently selling, to a local flower producer, 20 tons per month of this dried sludge for $4 per ton, producing $960 per year of real income, thereby reducing its net loss to $2,040 per year. This is simple math. FPUD's yearly loss from the operation of the sludge-drying plant is $2,040 using FPUD's printed numbers. This is an extremely poor investment of the $2 million of ratepayers money spent on construction.
This sludge-drying plant is not saving FPUD money, it is costing FPUD money. The FPUD article referenced above also appears to be an advertisement to entice new buyers. Example: The last paragraph reads "anyone interested in bidding on the biosolids (dried sludge) contact ... ." San Diego City eliminated their sludge-dying business years ago because they were losing money. Poor FPUD management again.
Archie McPhee
Fallbrook
Your help is needed
Honorable citizens, whenever performed, wisdom is a positive reflection of the dignity held by your own individual American spirit. It's an execution of your self-created thoughts put into words, or deeds, that have grown out of your heart, as well as out of your intellect, that are worthful to our multicultural society. A great number of you out there already know this because you possess this astute wisdom.
People, whoever you are, your help is needed. I implore you to remove the chains that you have put on your own tongues. To speak out to restore the union and dignity of our society, which is currently running amok and drowning itself in a sea of selfishness and intolerance. Let your combined wisdoms guide us all. For all of you are the true keepers of freedom's flame. And woe to us all if that flame were to die out due to your silences, or due to the total indifferences of our less-honorable citizens.
Richard Matthews
Escondido
Don't forget the USS Liberty
The North County Times prints a daily column called "Today in History." It consists of what the Associated Press considers newsworthy.
For example: 16 years ago on March 17, an Israeli Embassy was bombed; five years ago on March 30, 30 people were wounded by a suicide bomber in Israel; and on June 10, Israel attempted to assassinate a senior Hamas leader.
But on June 8, 1967, when Israeli aircraft and gun boats attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors and wounding 175, no mention was made of this disaster. The Israelis claimed it was an accident, but five ex-Secretaries of State, Admiral Moorer, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and top leaders of the CIA and NSA all believed it was deliberate. This is the only maritime disaster never investigated by Congress. The crew was threatened with court martial if they talked to the news media. The captain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, but President Johnson refused to be involved. Instead it was presented by an Under Secretary of the Navy.
At a time when we are honoring our military heroes, let's not forget the USS Liberty. See USS Liberty Web sites for more information.
Mel Crawford
Vista
McCain versus Obama conundrum
With McCain, you get to continue the war until we can exit gracefully, but you get zip on immigration, no waterboarding, negotiating on conservative judges (not necessarily conservative appointments). And the Republican leadership gets to believe they can keep your vote in the party no matter what they do. And almost definitely will continue to show no guts in fighting the shift to globalist socialism.
With Obama you get an articulate leader with the guts to try new things, but you get increased taxes, more government and mostly socialist programs; a real change to the left. You exit Iraq, letting the chips fall where they may, and liberal judges.
Would the failures of such an administration enable conservative voices to prevail next session? I don't think so, because we can't garner the power we need in Congress for lack of leadership, and a left-leading media we can't seem to change.
I'm thinking conservatives might gain more by sitting on our hands regrading the presidential [race] and pushing very hard to get the right people in Congress over the next several sessions. But is Congress a lost cause, like our schools?
Bryan Mace
Carlsbad
Bilbray's vote against military is indefensible
In response to "Get all the info before forming an opinion," Letters, June 11: A reader defends Brian Bilbray's vote against the GI Bill that passed in the House recently, stating that Bilbray voted against the bill because it provided for four years free tuition for "only" three years of service and that it is a result of political arm twisting. He has got to be kidding! The bill passed overwhelmingly in the House with bipartisan support. Did Bilbray really vote against our heroes of Iraq and Afghanistan because they get four years of tuition for "only" three years of service (which, by the way, amounts to four academic years)?
This recent bill is comparable to the GI Bill given to the vets of WWII. Does Bilbray really think that the soldiers today that have done repeated combat tours are any less worthy of being taken care of when they return?
There is no excuse for any member of Congress who voted against this bill. Bilbray's vote against our military is despicable and indefensible.
Merrill Edelstein
Encinitas
We need a national retirement system
This letter won't be popular with some people ““ but it needs to be said. Until the 1950s, most middle-class and blue-collar workers were not in the stock market. That was something for rich guys, the ones subscribing to ticker tape and financial newspapers. With the sickening of the national retirement system (i.e., Social Security) and the loss of good, lifetime jobs paying medical and retirement benefits, the working class began worrying about their future. ...
It didn't take long before we saw the advent of 401k and similar funds ““ many of them partially paid for by the employer as part of his benefits package. That was the beginning of the double standard in looking at the economy. On one hand, the worker has lost his good job ““ replaced with poorly paid jobs in the service industry. But, not to worry ““ the few dollars he has invested in his 401k is making him a few dollars in paper profits! How blind can we be?
What we really need is a viable national retirement system for everyone, providing an adequate lifestyle for all retirees. At the same time, eliminate all reliance on 401ks and similar schemes ““ which only mask the real problem. More details? Sorry, I'm out of space.
Robert Green
Fallbrook
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SOLON wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:13 AM:= Such convoluted sophistry used by Ernie Powell of Fallbrook (letter today) to annunciate who is fit to marry and who isn’t! I find especially peculiar his statement QUOTE: “because race is not an essential, but rather an accidental or incidental human characteristic.” END QUOTE.
One’s race is not accidental. Seems to me black parents are more like to have black children, and Anglos are more likely to have white kids. This is not an accident. What is Ernie trying to say?
Powell is all muddled about the “essence of marriage”. Marriage essentially means a joining. Why should heterosexuals be granted special privileges just because they chose to be heterosexual. Ooops! I forgot. Heterosexuals were born that way; they did not choose to be that way. Only homosexuals choose to be that way, because God does not create homosexuals, you see. Hmmm-m-m-m.
Sorry Ernie. Your thinking is too “fundamentalist”. Did God tell you that two men cannot love and be devoted to each other? Or two women? Two people who love each other and want to marry and enjoy the legal and social benefits of marriage should be afforded equal rights to marriage.
And forget this idiotic notion that partnerships are equivalent to marriage. That’s what race-baiting segregationists said about school integration: separate BUT EQUAL schools for blacks and for white. They were never equal, and could never be equal. Afford the same opportunities to all our people. I understand it is very hard for some older people, especially, to adjust their thinking. Maybe that is why we old codgers die off so young people with adjustable minds can repopulate the Earth.
SOLON wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:38 AM:= You are not entitled to marry unless you can produce a baby, according to Henry Sanford (letter today). Love is irrelevant, he seems to rationalize.
Well … by this reasoning, marriage should be consummated only after a child has been born. Doesn’t this contradict his ban against premarital and extra-marital sex?
Kind of like the old joke, where one girl friend responds to another girl friend: “WHAT! You’re getting married? Honey, I didn’t even know you were pregnant!”
FAMILY is being redefined. More straight couples are having children before marrying. Many have children and never marry. Many never have children by mutual agreement. Many women want to have children and get rid of the no-good lazy bum afterwards. Gay couples adopt children. Gay women seem to find ways to have children, and we don’t need the government telling them they can’t. The most important factors in a healthy marriage are love and responsibility. And there are the valiant single mothers, abandoned by the bums, who work and provide for their kids - and this is ALL about love and responsibility.
You can postulate whatever old values you want about marriage, but in today’s world the reality is family and marriage are undergoing irreversible changes. And if gay men can’t have babies, maybe this is good for our overpopulated planet. We don’t need fanatics telling us who can marry and who cannot.
Chuck wrote on Jun 15, 2008 4:00 AM:Robert Green is now imploring the government to provide him with a National Retirement System. You just know his type will be voting for Husseins national medical system. I guess the question comes to mind, is there anything Mr Green, that you should have to provide for yourself??? Anything??
New Shooter wrote on Jun 15, 2008 5:09 AM:As I was reading yesterday’s comments about Obama’s experience and accomplishments I started thinking about other pre-presidential experience and accomplishments. Not a whole lot there in the recent past.
For accomplishments, Eisenhower successfully managed WWII. Nixon, Johnson and George H. W. Bush were probably the most experienced and they’re not exactly in the Presidential Hall of Fame.
Presidents don’t accomplish anything until they get the job. And campaign promises are usually left at the door shortly after the swearing in. Reagan was the only one who governed exactly like he said he would.
It’s pretty much a crapshoot.
Karl wrote on Jun 15, 2008 5:50 AM:The letter from James King is excellent satire and thought provoking.
Karl wrote on Jun 15, 2008 6:19 AM:Give me a break Don Peck.
I would think that with all the criminals in sports these days one would appreciate true gentlemen playing a sport. Golf is the only sport in which a player will call a penalty on himself. Golf and horse racing are the only sports in which the participants are paid in accordance with how well they perform. A sport where the spectators can walk and get exercise can't be all bad. Which other sport can you play and enjoy some of the best scenary this planet has to offer. Did you know that the PGA of America has donated over one billion dollars (that's one billion with a "B") to charity since 1938? How about this one, the PGA of America gives more than twice the money to charities as the NFL, the most popular sport that attracts the most fans. The economic impact to our county alone is reason enough to hold the US Open at Torrey Pines. The PGA of America has several very successful programs to help lift children from dungeon of poverty and hopelessness. All the gloom and doomers that predicted massive traffic jams before the Open missed it completly. The PGA of America is the only sports organization that gives a rats behind about it's affect on the surrounding communities as it relates to traffic. I could go on and on about the beauty of the sport but I'll leave it with "Bah Humbug to too you Mr. Peck"
Stuck in the middle with you wrote on Jun 15, 2008 6:26 AM:Bryan Mace writes, “With Obama you get an articulate leader with the guts to try new things…” High taxes, government handouts for the poor, retreating in the face of the enemy and judicial activism are hardly new things.
Just seems new after eight years of low taxes, government handouts for the rich, naked military aggression and in-the-eye-of-the-beholder original intent.
Isn’t it funny how we as a people so easily switch back and forth between pseudo-socialism and pseudo-fascism?
Looks like one-party-rule is coming again. A certain recipe for disaster. I kind of like gridlock in Washington. A day when Congress and the President do nothing, on the whole, is a good day for Americans.
A rose by any other name wrote on Jun 15, 2008 7:18 AM:A hundred years from now when kids are learning presidential history in school they’ll see Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and all the things that happened during their terms.
Then they’ll come to George W. Bush. They’ll learn about 9/11 and the War On Terror against Muslim extremists. Then they’ll see the name Barack Hussein Obama.
Then they’ll ask the teacher, “Did the terrorists win?”
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 7:49 AM:Although the letter from James King is tongue-in-cheek, the attitude of his letter is similar to the nanny/granny-state folks who are imposing restrictions on our lives "for your own good". They, of course, know far better than we do, how we shoulk walk, talk and live. BULL FEATHERS! Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 7:51 AM:While many people write letters about problems, it is refreshing to see letters such as the one by Wayne Rock. Thank you, Wayne! Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 7:56 AM:The letter from Miriam Clark says it most exquisitely - "Never has a president violated his oath to the people of this country and our Constitution so flagrantly, enriched his cronies so generously, or betrayed our armed forces so viciously.". Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 8:04 AM:The letter from Gary Myers illustrates one more way that GWN is screwing the American People and failing to do his job properly by placing profits of companies above the safety of the American People. Will McGWB aka McCain, who wants to follow in GWB's footsteps, be as much of a traitor to the American People? I think he will be worse, if that is even possible. Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 8:16 AM:The letter from Ernie Powell is in error. He, through his rather warped reasoning, tries to justify "UNequal protection under the law". If homosexual "civil unions" conveyed EXACTLY the same LEGAL rights and responsibilities and was recognized in ALL STATES, as heterosexual "marriage" is, there would be no need for this debate. Sadly, people like Ernie Powell want to create, or at least keep, a "second-class" status for some people, homosexuals. Either there is "EQUAL protection under the law" or there isn't. If one "class" of person can be deemed "less than equal", who will be the next "class" or "type" of people to be deemed "less than equal"? Will it be YOUR "class"? Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 8:46 AM:In his letter, Henry Sanford inadvertently hits upon why there should be homosexual marriage or at least a "civil union" that is, legally, a "carbon copy" of marriage. Denying a loving, committed homosexual couple equality in relationships through marriage or an EXACTLY EQUAL "civil union" provides an excuse to call homosexuals "flighty" or promiscuous when the are not, sort of a "Catch-22". Regards, Alf.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 8:55 AM:Well, "A rose by any other name" at 7:18AM, you seem to think that people will continue to do as you do, be so shallow as to judge a person by their name. That attitude is depraved and devoid of reason. Regards, Alf.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:01 AM:You have just described a Government for our own good, James King. Within the Nanny State some believe it is their role to make sure the rest of us dolts don't hurt ourselves.
Your letter today is well taken by us thinking folks, and lost on those who don't, or those who think they have been placed upon this earth to run the lives of others.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:04 AM:Watch where you walk? Jack Pomeroy?
NO..........
2nd amendment, Jack.. the 2nd amendment.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:07 AM:Why no mention of impeachment, Miriam Clark?
"Nancy Pelosi announced before the 2006 election, "Impeachment is off the table."
In other words... It's NOT news.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:14 AM:Perzactly Raymond Deming! Punish those breaking the law!
Leave it to a lib to redfine criminal activity as not locking your stuff up, makes you the criminal.
Exactly right, "To punish the stores because someone is stealing their property is ridiculous."
But... that a lib for ya!
To Chuck wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:15 AM:Hey Chuck. I find it sad you find it necessary to post your hateful messages at 4 a.m. -- having trouble sleeping?
I see you're still referring to Senator Obama exclusively by his middle name. Do you call Senator McCain by his middle name also? Do you even have any idea what McCain's middle name is, or should it even matter at all?
Going back to your last post yesterday, you made several statements that are either outright lies, or perhaps you are simply ignorant in your beliefs.
1. You claim Obama attended a madrassas. This is false. Please look up the facts for yourself, rather than repeating these lies.
2. you claim I called President Bush by the name Hitler. No, I have not. I have actually said we should treat each other with respect and dispense with the name calling. Something you seem incapable of.
3. You claim I have disdain for President Bush for being a Christian. This is also false. I have only respect for each and every person when it comes to their religion. If you don't have an argument to make, please do not make things up about me. I plan to vote for Obama, who is also a Christian.
Obama has an African name. His father was Kenyan. If you have a problem with that, then you are showing your true colors. You are a racist. Please be respectful of others, and you will earn respect for yourself.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:23 AM:That's because the Democrat party of your father no longer exists. This current party is NOT the party of FDR, or Truman, or JFK, or any number of great men. No, sadly.. this is the party of sell-outs.
And that is why he never mentions Bill Clinton or Al Gore.
John wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:25 AM:I agree with Karl 5:50 am. The Letter from James King is great and I hope it's point is not lost on letter writer Diane Grace of Carlsbad.
John wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:29 AM:Alf and Ron get James King's point too. Diane Grace needs to read their comments.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:36 AM:You just don't get it, do you Bettie Heldring? You see.. inside the Democrat party color does matter. In fact, they count by the color of voters.
They can not see the dream of MLK where a person is judged by the content of their charactor, and not the color of their skin.
In fact, if you listen closely, all Americans are grouped, by sex, by color, by income, by anything really. You see, to them this is a game, it's about winning. So, like a corporation selling soap they will spin their particular messages to particular groups to sell the product, Barack Obama. "Oh, you of a certain racial grouping have a need?" They'll spin out a commerical. "Oh, the women feel left out?" Well, let's spin out another commerical.
It is classic "slick marketing & packaging", just as any corporation will focus group, parse words, and use certain colors to attract customers. They are attracting customers. This is the Democrat method of building a voting block.
They can't not see Americans, as Americans. The real power of this party is their ability to divide Americans, not unite them. You see this at virtually every level, the dividing by color, dividing by gender, dividing by income, Divide & Conquer is the Democrat game plan.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:38 AM:The letter from Bryan Mace as well as the comments from many others say "increased taxes" as if it is totally bad. Yes, increased taxes are ugly and hurtful, but financing GWB's "War on Terror" with monies that are borrowed while refusing to raise taxes to pay for said "war" (especially when our "involvement" in Iraq has NOTHING to do with terrorism or terrorists in that country when we INVADED THAT SOVEREIGN NATION) is fiscally suicidal AT BEST. By not raising taxes, GWB has made the Iraq war SEEM fiscally painless FOR NOW, but wait, there's more - there will be interest on the money that we borrow NOW to fight in Iraq that must be paid LATER. That's an "inconvenient truth" that GWB and the war-mongers don't want you to see or face. Regards, Alf.
Cal wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:42 AM:I reckon Diane Grace has done her math and divined the will of the 70 percent of voters who did not vote in the 1996 election in which Prop 215 passed. I hope she's not chewing on sour grapes in her letter today. As far as figures go, recent polling suggests that 77% of voters in California approve of prop 215. Diane and our nanny goat supervisors want to throw all the pot smokers in jail to protect them. This is proven bad policy and does more harm than good. When will our government take the bold steps to give individuals freedom and control of their own bodies? When will they stop wasting time and tax dollars prosecuting a war of intolerance by trying to overturn the will of the majority voters who did cast ballots for prop 215?
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:47 AM:"Barack is different." Yeah, no kidding, Peter Welch!
Just look at who he personally chooses to surround himself with?
The Wrong Rev. Wright,
who's best friend appears to be Louis Farakhan,
The unrepentant American Terrorist Billy Ayers who wishes he could have "done more",
and his personal friend "Big Tony" Resko who was convicted on 16 out of 24 counts.
If it's all about judgement, his is ALL WRONG!
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:48 AM:I find it ironic, Larry Barry, that there was an article in the NCT about the local financial contributers and supporters for the California anti gay marriage amendment while the legal support and advice seems to come from another state, Arizona. Eventually, any state amendment or law will be overturned in the U.S. Supreme Court when challenged on the basis of lack of equal protection under the law. Regards, Alf.
Roger wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:55 AM:James King's modest proposal is on the right track but doesn't go far enough.
Bob wrote on Jun 15, 2008 9:58 AM:Have found this board is a whole lot more fun to read if I just click on the [-] below Ron.
Fall from Grace wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:04 AM:Diane Grace writes that we voters were misled about prop 215. Geeez we are so dumb. Thanks for setting us straight Diane - no pun intended.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:05 AM:You know, I just hate it when people just lie because they hate someone so much. Take Gary Myers today. Now, he claims that "Cheney/Bush administration [wants] the Agriculture Department to stop looking for mad cow disease in U.S. cattle." He is wrong, that is a lie. And then he goes onto adding his own conclusion: "because of the negative effects on the cattle industry's profits."
It's pap, it's baloney, and it's a lie.
The simple fact of the matter is the cattle industry knows how to do this, and they've been doing this long enough that they actually know better how to run their own programs for dealing with Mad Cow disease, than does the Government. In fact, it is in their own best interest to protect themselves from any disease that would harm their stock. If you follow the news, as I do, you'll note that most Mad Cow outbreaks are in these other countries he mentions: Europe, Canada and Mexico.
The outbreaks we have here are because the testing protcol in those countries, which are under very strict government surveillance, are not adequate, either in the industry, or by their own government. We then import those cattle based on a phoney report, and a clean bill of health, stamped by a foreign government official, and the disease is then spread here.
What the Bush administration is going to do, is really quite brilliant. They are listening to those who have a vested interest in their own cattle stock, and the testing regimes they will employ are those used by the cattle industry. That's what the report said, and Gary Myers is a fraud.
Imagine, the government actually listening to those who have the background, the education, and the vested interest in these industry proven testing protocols and marking systems. Plus, I secretly believe ole Gary just might be a vegan. Anybody know for sure?
Icon help wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:10 AM:Thanks Bob! Never knew what that [-] do-hicky did.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:23 AM:Here's the real deal on all this climate change milarky, Charles Bagwell. It is the method that will be used by all those who hate America, can not defeat us either in business or the battlefield, to weaken, and eventually destroy this country.
Sadly, we have those inside our own country who wish this to happen, as well. I could go down the list. But, one person in particular made a statment once, that has stuck with me, since I heard her say it.
Madellene Albright, Bill Clinton's former Sec. of State once said: She believe the United States was too powerful, and that the more preferable situation would be a kind of "power-sharing" with other world powers.
I thought we had that already, the UN, NATO, and other treaty obligations?
Starting to make more sense now? Bill Clinton saying: "We need to slow down our economy?" The UN & Al Gore wants us to cut our energy usage by 80%?
The calling of George Bush a terrorist?
Leftists constantly calling the United States "Wars R Us?"
This is what they trully believe, and the only way to take us down, is to defeat us economically. They haven't been able to beat us anyother way, the next charge will be at our checkbooks, our bank accounts, and yes.. our way of life. In closing, take a look at Barack Obama's war on world wide poverty, a welfare system to the entire world, a taxing of us and redistributed to them.
They see a weaken or weaker United States as being a better United States.
Kind of like when you take your dog to the vet, and have him neutered. It's Like that.
OBAMACAN wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:24 AM:In yesterday's posts, SDRaoul dishonestly rewrites history to try to claim that McCain was not involved in the scandalous activity for which Charles Keating went to jail.
Phoenix banker Keating was a major donor to McCain, and when Keating got caught up in the Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal, McCain made improper efforts to use undue influence on his behalf, meeting TWICE with federal regulators on the matter. Raoul dismisses this as "writing a letter on behalf of a constituent" whereas this is actually far beyond the pale - this is special favors for a large donor, and undue interference in the regulatory process. Oh, and how many billions in bailouts did that S&L crisis of the Reagan/Bush administrations end up costing us taxpayers?
In contrast, Obama has had NO involvement - zero, zippo - in the matters for which Rezko was involved. Raoul is desperate to make a nonexistent connection, but all he can come up with his that Rezko helped the Obamas buy a piece of property. Hello, he is a real estate developer! That is what real estate developers do! Raoul's best efforts at mud-slinging cannot find any evidence of Obama's involvement in Rezko wrongdoing.
Bottom line: Raoul still cannot find one reason why we should support McCain for Bush's third term. He cannot find anything positive to say about his own guy, so can only try to throw mud, even if he has to stir it up out of his own creations.
In contrast, Obama people eagerly talk about our guy's stable family history, Constitutional Law background sorely needed right now, and policy proposals to return to peace, prosperity and reform that McCain has embraced in the past, but has now flip-flopped away from in painful retreat.
Off the table wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:31 AM:Perhaps one reason impeachment is off the table for House Democrats is because they recall what happened when the Republicans went after Clinton. His approval ratings went even higher than they'd been before, becuase so many Americans were sickened by the trumped up, partisan-driven clown show put on by the Republicans. Many of us know dishonesty when we see it and Clinton got a lot of support for being hounded. The House Democrats certainly do not want to give McCain a bump by doing anything as serious as impeachment. No, I will wait as the historians begin digging into the truth behind all the secrets of this administration and hope against hope that Americans learn something from the Cheney/Bush mob's actual behavior once the secrets are out. In the meantime, every moment Bush is in office provides reasons for more people to vote for Obama. That's better than a disgusting impeachment show.
DD Wiz wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:33 AM:The published letter from Bettie Heldring is truly sad and pathetic.
Heldring thinks that graduating from Harvard means you are privileged.
No, it means you are a person of awesome achievement if, like BOTH Obamas, you are born to disadvantage (she from a poor area on the south side of Chicago, he to a free-wheeling single mother frequently uprooting family stability), and through personal achievement rather than help from Daddy you can parlay that into scholarships and grants and efforts by liberals to provide equality of opportunity (not outcomes) for those who show potential, and make something of yourself.
She ridicules this, while writing years of letters supporting George W. Bush who had everything given to him all his life, and parlayed that into a life of student frat-boy pranks, DUI and disorderly conduct arrests (at a football game no less, ya gotta really be wild), and a string of failures in business and leading our nation into the ruin of military and economic disaster.
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:35 AM:Well, "Ron" at 10:05AM, when you say "What the Bush administration is going to do, is really quite brilliant. They are listening to those who have a vested interest in their own cattle stock, and the testing regimes they will employ are those used by the cattle industry.", you miss or ignore the fact that the cattle industry has a vested interest in selling their product. You seem to be under the misguided notion that the industry will police and regulate itself, I believe that they will do so when pigs fly, their purpose is to sell meat. Look at deregulation of airlines and the current mass mandated inspections caused by such "reliable" self policing and self regulation. How about the lending industry? Take your head out of the sand. Regards, Alf.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:36 AM:"Bob" @9:58 AM has just described how most liberals function. They live within the bubble, inside the group think, whichs makes them immune from critical thinking.
He says: "Have found this board is a whole lot more fun to read if I just click on the [-] below Ron."
Skipping over posts you disagree with shows a closed mind. It is narrow in it's approach, and reveals an insecure nature in the reader. Not really sure of why he believes, or even what he believes. Unable to defend those beliefs, or thoughts, or ideas.
So, they venture on, reading only those things they agree with.
Ever heard the term: "Trial by fire?"
Fire is a tool used to refine, to make more pure, to make clear...
I would suggest to my good friend tht he read everything, even those posts, he may disagree with. Critical thinking is what separates us with the animals, unless you consider yourself cattle.
As Hillary once said: "If you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen."
and she wasn't baking cookies.
Oh Betty wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:37 AM:Seriously, Betty, your letters, more than anyone else's that I can think of, just reek of bad feeling and resentment. You need some help. Michelle said the US was mean, among other things? Who in their right minds could deny this? We are also a great nation, and a generous nation, and a murderous nation. But if you want to remain calm, Betty, I suggest you remain as ignorant as possible about John & Cindy McCain. Cindy, you see, was born into fabulous wealth, and we can see that you don't like these kinds of people. John has a long record of angry bursts at people in public, of losing his temper and saying godawful things, and I can see you don't like this kind of behavior either. He also attended college completely at the taxpayers' expense but didn't bother working very hard in school, finishing near the very bottom of his class. He's been an adulterer and hardly has displayed great respect for marriage vows. Better to stay ignorant, Betty. If you learned as much about the McCains as you have about the Obamas, you might end up voting for the Democrat in November.
The tally so far wrote on Jun 15, 2008 10:49 AM:What a presidential race this is going to be. Coulter and Limbaugh are loud and public in their disdain for McCain. The religious fundamentalists think he's a liar. Women see that he has been a staunch opponent of the right to choose. He admits ignorance in economic matters. He has voted to support almost every single bill that President Bush wanted, even deciding to change his mind on torture, if you can believe that one. So what's good about McCain? That he is a war-lover? That he screams that we will never surrender, even though he cannot really say who our enemy is? Who actually goes for this guy on his merits? The conservative bloggers here NEVER say anything positive about McCain, choosing only to smear his opponent with pithy arguments like calling him by his middle name (this would be a great strategy if middle school kids could vote). Does McCain actually have any fans at all? Oh! I know! Sdraoul loves him. Well, there you go! That just about says it all. McCain's only slim hope: Cheney/Bush will, no matter what, attack Iran so that McCain can say: we are in WWIII and need a military Commander in Chief. Keep your eyes open, folks. Your children are about to be sent to their deaths so that a Republican can win the White House. I find this unacceptable. You?
Alf wrote on Jun 15, 2008 11:02 AM:Well, "OBAMACAN" at 10:24AM, the one thing that "sdraoul" does more than attempt to rewrite history is to present out and out fabrications in his vain attempt to baffle with bull-feathers because he has no brilliance with which to dazzle. I would not say this if there were not so many instances when he was caught "red-handed". Regards, Alf.
question for raoul wrote on Jun 15, 2008 11:02 AM:I know that sdraoul has often commented on the importance of the Hispanic vote and how this vote will seal the deal for McCain. Raoul, a question: in the most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal polls, Obama is slaughtering McCain among Hispanic voters, something like 60-30. What do you make of this? Will these numbers flip around by November? Is the Wall St Journal a shoddy outfit with disguised liberal agendas? Did all those Hispanics who were polled lie despite the anonymity of the results? Or is raoul one of the tiny minority of Latino voters who actually likes McCain?
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:14 PM:And your gonna trust this government who has raised the Social Security taxes 19 times & the system is still failing, to give you yet another retirement program, Robert Green.
You've got to be kidding, right?
The very best thing for poverty, is a job. And the best thing for retirement, is to save your own money.
When you rely on other people to look out for your own welfare, you will be greatly disappointed. 75 years worth, in fact.
Hussein wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:14 PM:To Chuck: Hussein. Thank you ever so much. I just love this name.
Focal Point wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:17 PM:Stuck in the middle with you. You have had low taxes because the war is being fought on credit.
sdraoul wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:25 PM:Obamacan, Keating's conviction was overturned. McCain did nothing more than any normal U.S. Senator does for a large contributor, like Tony Rezko who would undoubtedly be pardoned by President Obama.
Senator Allan Cranston of California did far more for Keating than McCain did. He took out and out bribes and paid the price on Election Day.
As "for question for raoul", is he serious? Does he really think that some dumb pollster knows more about Hispanic voting than I do?
Every Republican candidate for President who received 35 or more percent of the Hispanic vote since 1968 has won the Presidency. Only Carter an Clinton won during those 40 years.
The poll this week isn't even close to being accurate.
New York Hispanics -- Puerto Ricans and Dominicans vote more Democratic than blacks do. So, as they don't affect national returns they shouldn't even be polled. Florida's Cubans will deliver Florida.
Mexican Americans in Texas will vote higher than 30 percent for McCain but it wouldn't make any difference, as McCain will carry Texas anyway. The reverse is true in California.
The only place it might count is in New Mexico and they voted for Bush last time and love McCain.
Obama carried his home state Hispanics in Illinois against Clinton by ONE percent.
If McCain gets 35 or more percent of the Hispanic vote -- he will win. No Republican has ever lost when he carried 35% or more.
Let's see, in 2004 McCain ran for reelection and the Arizona Mexican American who is 80% Democrat gave McCain a 70 percent vote.
On top of it, Obama is viciously anti-Mexican and that is well known in Illinois, which is why he could only beat Hillary by one percent. Proof: Obama’s union paid for votes for poison pill amendments to the McCain-Kennedy bill that even Kennedy opposed.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:43 PM:I like the way you think.. "Stuck in the middle with you" @6:26 AM.
He says: "I kind of like gridlock in Washington. A day when Congress and the President do nothing, on the whole, is a good day for Americans."
I agree, cause everyday they meet, they conspire to take away more, and more of our liberty.
Reardon wrote on Jun 15, 2008 12:47 PM:SNERD: I hope you read my reply to you with my solution to the energy problem.
I know that the e-editors took at least an eight hour nap yesterday afternoon and last night -- which makes it very difficult to answer you, but I tried to do it in a timely manner, it just did not work.
It seldom does.
Chris wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:03 PM:The letter by Alexandra Cloney is typical of these Israeli supporters in that she just throws out a bunch of stuff and that makes Israel the victim. First of all the main point is that Israel should not be there at all, period. Britain promised the Arabs that if they would help defeat the Ottoman empire they would have Palestine to themselves. Instead Britain, wich is run by a bunch of liars just like the US told the Zionist the same thing. So Britain faciltated the Zionist in their takeover of part of Palestine. Cloney talks about how the Arabs rejected the two state solution. The land belonged to the Arabs so of course they didn't go along with this outside group, UN, telling them go give 53 percent to the Zionist. But of course Cloney tries to make it seem like the Arabs are the bad guys just because they would not accept the UN's decision to give away their land to the Zionist. Cloney talks about the wars against Israel since statehood. As I said before Israel had no right to be there and the wars were caused by the Arabs fighting against Israels takeing of more land and If the Arabs in 1948 had not interfered Israel might have taken over all of Palestine. As it was Israel expanded it's land aquisition from 53% to 78% during that war. Cloney talks about the Grand Mufti of Jeruselem meeting with Hitler. Well, since it was the British that was forcing the Zionist down the throat of the Arabs then when Hitler came along it was only natural for the Arabs to hope that Hitler would take care of the situation. Cloney say's Israel is our ally in the middle east. No, Israel is no friend of ours. They just use us for their own purposes. Just look at how they are flipping off Condoleezza Rice on this settlement issue. The point is that these Israel supporters have no defense but they throw out this stuff hopping the uninitiated will swallow their mischaracterization of the situation.
Ron wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:05 PM:You know "Alf" @10:35 AM, I'm really beginning to be concerned about you ole buddy. You actually think it's "regulation" that makes an industry safe? You gotta be kidding me, right? You really, and honestly think that the cattle industry wants you to eat sick cows so that you'll get sick & die? And you honestly believe the airlines wants their planes to fall out of the sky? LOL
I swear, you people how no clue... NO CLUE as to the "inspection" procedures by either the cattle industry, nor the airlines.
Less than 5% of all food, either grown inside the United States, or overseas is ever "inspected" by government inspectors. And Airline inspectors inspect their own planes based on inspection protocols from the manufacturer.
Our economic system is built upon trust, trust that you won't get sick, and trust that your plane won't fall out of the sky. Rarely is "the Government" ever involved.
Self regulation is the heart & soul of our economic system. And if you didn't know that, I just told you.
It's just like a lib to think the government knows more than the people who run a business. I mean... look at the results of all these failed social programs; Social Security, Medi-Care, Medi-Caid, Pension Guarntee Corp., Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac; you go down the list. This massive, bloated, over reaching Government can't even police itself, and you somehow think they know how to run these "other" business's too?
How is it, that the Government can fail so many times, and yet.. we still have those who are true believers that they are the only one's who can step in and straighten everyone else out?
Let them cleam up their side of the street, then perhaps.. we might have a little more trust.
Xenophobe wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:15 PM:Bettie Heldring: Tell me dear, what is good about the United States? I need to know?
OBAMA MAMA wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:33 PM:... Ah, yes! A rose by any other name is just as sweet (blog 7:18 AM). And Hussein by any other name is just as sweet, for the name ’Hussein’ translates as ‘GOOD’ or ‘HANDSOME’. And ‘Barack’ translate as ‘BLESSSING’. What is in a name? Perhaps prophecy. Perhaps a good omen. But in the case of Barack Hussein Obama, he will go down in history as the Good Blessing Obama.
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To DDWIZ wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:45 PM:So was Ulysses S. Grant a business failure. Not necessarily a good president. Also an alcoholic. But sure was a good general. You need to examine your logic. Oh btw I do no like GWB (didn’t vote for him nor AG).
OBAMA MAMA wrote on Jun 15, 2008 1:56 PM:… Thanks for mentioning Chuck’s hateful statement of 4:00 AM (blogger 9:15 AM). Normally I do not read Chuck’s comments, as I have already read them over and over again. He really has nothing new to say, but I see he refers to Senator Obama by his middle name of Hussein, which is good of course, because it translates as ‘GOOD’. Thank you, also, Chuck, for preparing America for the GOOD name of Senator Obama. We have had several presidents and top national leaders with Semitic and Aramaic based names, but never a president know as the ‘GOOD BLESSING’.
snerd wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:06 PM:Ron complaining that some other blogger doesn't use "critcal thinking"? Puhleeez.
snerd wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:10 PM:Here's a question for the bible believers out there. When the bible mentions homosexuality is it refering to the physical sexual act between two people of the same sex or two people of the same sex being married? What if two people of the same sex were to marry but remain chaste? Is the bible clear on this?
OBAMA MAMA wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:20 PM:… Bettie Heldring really seems obsessed by Michele Obama because she is a successful professional black woman. I knew white folks like this when I was growing up in the Deep South in the 40’s and 1950’s. They tolerated blacks so long as they stayed in their place, but let them become too uppity and start talking out like they know something, and the tune changes to resentful hatred. Heldring claims she doen’t care what color Michele is, but the tone of Heldring’s petty and senseless attacks on Ms. Obama clearly indicate otherwise. Her real feelings are not very subtly concealed. She resents Ms. Obama.
hardtack wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:25 PM:This probably won’t be popular with Robert Green and others whose knee-jerk reaction to all economic problems is more government involvement. However, before the ‘50s a private savings account was a pretty sound “investment.” A person, no matter what their income status, did not have to speculate on growth stocks, real estate, or other commodities to stay even with – not to mention get ahead of – inflation to build their retirement “nest-egg.”
Since the ‘60's, fiat currency pumped out by the Federal printing press to keep politicians in “business” with their war and welfare schemes has made saving money a losing deal. Bank interest can’t keep up with the sinking value of our dollar.
Harry Browne once quipped: “Government will break your leg, then give you a pair of crutches.” That seems totally apt when discussing the plight of the middle class worker trying to plan retirement.
Surfer wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:28 PM:Alf[-] wrote on Jun 15, 2008 11:02 AM: . You are right on about the war,taxes and sdraoul. Alf, once again proves that he is the Kahuna of this blog. See ya brah.
Reardon wrote on Jun 15, 2008 2:43 PM:Radical environmentalists complain that some of us tweak them for still using oil, when they are rapidly reducing their fuel usage – which actually mis-states our concern but lets take that as valid criticism for a second. Their argument would be valid, if correct, because we should never let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
We should all accept improvement without demanding immediate perfection.
Why then do the radical environmentalists demand immediate perfection (s