Letter to the Editor
After World War 2 the Nazis where put on trial for war crimes. Many of them used the excuse that they were “just following orders”. Although the scale isn’t as great are WWII members of the CIA who tortured and killed prisoners are using the same excuse – I [...]
Letter to the Editor
Since the Democrats took control of the Senate the Republicans have used the filibuster to block almost everything. The filibuster is just a Senate rule and not part of the Constitution and is supposed to only be used in extreme cases rather than all the time. The Democrats can [...]
Letter to the Editor
Yesterday I went to a town hall meeting in Fremont California conducted by Congressman Pete Stark and one thing in particular was different than what I see in the news. There were no reporters there. It seems the the “legitimate news media” only covers town hall meetings in conservative [...]
Letter to the Editor
Is Obama being suckered by the Republicans the same way that was depicted in Charlie Brown comics? Lucy would hold the football and always promise that she wouldn’t jerk it away at the last minute. Poor Charlie Brown would run up to kick the ball and at the last [...]
Letter to the Editor
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is concerned about older people having to appear in front of a government “death panel” describing it as “downright evil”. I suppose as a Republican she would want privately held corporate death panels. Oh wait! We have that already. That’s the insurance industry. [...]
Letter to the Editor
When Bush was president the Republicans and the Blue Dog Democrats never mentioned deficit spending. Tax cuts for the rich, no problem. Fund the Iraq war, of course. Prescription drug plan for the elderly, no problem. 200 billion subsidy for insurance companies, why not? But now it’s time [...]
Letter to the Editor
There’s an easy way to make up for the funding of health care reform. If we took Medicare away from everyone who says that they oppose “Socialized Medicine” and “Government Health Care” we could pay down Bush’s national debt. Those Republicans who take government money through Medicare should [...]
