PUBLIC FORUM : GREEKS BEARING BOOKS.In a moment of extraordinary prescience pre·science n. Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight. prescience Noun Formal knowledge of events before they happen [Latin praescire to know beforehand] , Publius Virgilius Maro, a k a Virgil, 70 to 19 B.C., seems to have had George Stephanopoulos George Robert Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is an American broadcaster and political adviser. He is currently ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week. in mind when he said, ``I fear Greeks, even when they bring gifts.'' - Zachary A. Charles Burbank A sucker's play Now we can believe that Clinton shouldn't have been elected. George Stephanopoulos has told us (``Ex-Clinton aide whines,'' Opinions, March 16). When he worked for Bill, it was George this, George that, let George do it. Isn't it funny how George was Clinton's man Friday, but not until he leaves the White House does he realize his president was a lying creep. Of course money might be an incentive. Money has worked for so many of Clinton's confederates. (Democrats - huh!) I guess when Hillary finally dumps her man, we can expect her book on how she was deceived. That should be worth millions. P.T. Barnum had it right, ``There's a sucker born every minute This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. .'' When are the American people An American people may be:
- Wayne Boyte Montrose Send signs I second the letter from Elaine Franco (Public Forum, March 5). Our streets are always so full of cars that when the street cleaners come - which isn't often - they only clean the middle of our streets. Please, all you people who don't want your signs, send them to Arleta. - Joyce Jellison Arleta U.S. is supreme power I'm perplexed by the increasing Chicken Little rhetoric re: ``The Clinton administration Noun 1. Clinton administration - the executive under President Clinton executive - persons who administer the law is downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing our military!'' Don't these wild-eyed conservatives and their gung-ho war-mongering friends realize that our hard-earned tax dollars have built, nurtured and maintained the mightiest military machine the world has ever known? Since the demise of the Soviet Union, the military United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. is the world's sole remaining super power, far outclassing any nation militarily, economically and politically. Who's left to challenge us? The U.S. Navy is supreme. The world's oceans have become American lakes. The U.S. Air Force is supreme. The world's air space has become American air space. And finally, the United States is protected and secured by thousands of nuclear-tipped missiles, alerted and targeted at every adversary or potential adversary around the world. So, let us relax and enjoy. Let us wallow wallow mud bath frequented by pigs, elephants, red deer, hippopotami as a cooling aid. in the serenity and security, the luxury and hedonism hedonism (hē`dənĭz'əm) [Gr.,=pleasure], the doctrine that holds that pleasure is the highest good. Ancient hedonism expressed itself in two ways: the cruder form was that proposed by Aristippus and the early Cyrenaics, who believed that is the quintessence quin·tes·sence n. 1. The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing. 2. The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil. 3. of this great land of ours. - Monroe Leung Los Angeles Veterans deserve break The service people who fought for this country deserve a break. Any military person 70 years or older should not have to pay taxes. I don't think this is asking too much, considering what we did for the country. I served my country from 1940 to 1960. I was at sea on Dec. 7, 1941. I didn't come home until June 1944. I was home again for 56 days and then at sea again. This continued until the war ended. My two sons served in the Navy, one was with the SEALs. Between the three of us, we have served our country 53 years. You give children a tax-free savings account Savings Account A deposit account intended for funds that are expected to stay in for the short term. A savings account offers lower returns than the market rates. Notes: ; you should go to the high schools and see what those children are driving. You are actually giving the parents the discount and once again, to the rich. Why not give it to someone who deserves it? No one deserves it more than someone in the military who fought for this country and not to someone who never will. It would be nice if Congress would actually remember those of us who were willing to lay our lives down for this country. Congress goes out on Memorial Day to thank us. At the same time they are cutting VA hospitals and military retirement benefits. So many things were promised to us before World War II even started. I hope you will consider my request and give back to those men and women who did so much for this country and deserve a break. - James J. Born Agoura Intrusive politics The Republican Party has always stood for less government, rather than more, and less management of Americans' personal lives. Yet, their position on abortion represents the most intrusive management of a woman's life imaginable. The Republicans want to return to ``family values,'' but with the conservative religious right in control, the GOP will continue to move further and further from mainstream America. Politics and religion are a dangerous mixture, which will only please the moral majority who continue to believe that homosexuality is evil and anti-Christian. The majority of those who oppose abortion do so on religious grounds, and they are entitled to their beliefs. But support or enforcement of that belief by a political party is endorsing a religious dogma and that has no place in our form of government. We cannot have a party or a president, whose actions and decisions are not in the best interest of all America. If the GOP really believes in less government and more self-determination, let them show it by addressing the problems of running the country and not running its citizens' lives. - Harlan Campbell Tujunga Big Brother exposed Thanks for the story on the proposed regulation (``Will U.S. snoop on your banking?'' Daily News, March 4), which made me aware of this blatant ``Big Brother'' proposal. Especially thanks for the contact information so I could protest. - Robert Harding College of Business Administration and Economics California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an Misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. love Sylvia Alloway's view, ``One car, one driver a way of life in Los Angeles,'' (Opinions, Feb. 18) has the reasoning of a lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. patient who won't give up cigarettes. We don't use our cars because we ``love'' them more than other cities, but rather because we have no choice. Our infant mass-transit systems are less than a decade old and will take decades more to develop into a full system. Cities like Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of benefit from systems that have been expanded and improved upon for nearly a century. If more freeways would relieve congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , we would be the least congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. city in America. We need to face an unpopular truth: the solutions are expensive, long term and regional. - Roger Christensen Sherman Oaks Hypocrite Hyde House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, the impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. leader famous for his ``youthful indiscretion'' - when he was in his 40s - during an interview with the National Review criticized former Arkansas Sen. Dale Bumper's World War II military service. Hyde charged ``that he (Bumpers) never fired a shot in anger.'' I am a volunteer World War II veteran with approximately four years of active duty service. I do not remember ever firing a shot in anger. By the way, Henry, in his spiteful attack on Bumpers, never mentioned his (Hyde's) contribution to our county's World War II victory. Is there a point here, Henry? - Louis Robins Van Nuys The veggie defense Why would anyone, in our modern day and age, choose to adopt a vegetarian diet? Perhaps these people simply choose not to support the pain and suffering that is part of a farm animal's everyday life. Maybe vegetarians object to the waste involved in producing animal products, realizing that a large amount of plant protein, that could have been fed to humans, yields only a small amount of animal protein. Or perhaps vegetarians just care enough about their bodies to fuel them with healthy, pure foods, not having to worry about how much fat, poisons, preservatives preservatives, n.pl food additives that hinder spoilage by reducing the growth of microorganisms. Include nitrates and nitrites, benzoates and sulfites, and many others. , hormones, antibiotics, etc., their dinner contains. - Jana Harker Thousand Oaks Butchering the label Do you think McDonald's should put the following label on every hamburger? ``Warning: The meat in this hamburger was obtained from cattle slaughtered by being hung upside down and having their skulls bashed in with a sledgehammer See Opteron. and then having their heads removed with a chain saw.'' The same label could be attached to your shoes, if made of leather, your steaks in the market, and any number of other beef products. The proposed Beverly Hills ordinance is foolish, counterproductive, wasteful and bad public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . It will fail. Besides, who needs to know how sausage or salami is made? As long as it is safe to eat, and its ingredients are listed, that's good consumer information. - Sol Taylor Sherman Oaks McClintock supporter Finally we have a state assemblyman who understands and is becoming an advocate for the people. Assemblyman Tom McClintock's introduction of a plan to dedicate the state's share of sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. paid at gasoline pumps for highway construction is a perfect example of good sense. As Christians we are admonished to pay our taxes and honor those who govern us. Tom is making it easier to obey. I am grateful to be represented by McClintock, (who represents the 38th Assembly District). May his tribe increase. - Roger Willis, pastor Simi Valley Pet food tax Re ``Tax Pet Food'' (Public Forum, March 10) from Charlene T. Vincent: Vincent neglected to mention that pet food is taxed by the state. A tax such as the one she is referring to is ludicrous and a waste of effort and precious time on behalf of the city. It sounds as if she is displacing her anger from her bad experience at a city park with unleashed dogs and their owner. Choose your battles carefully, Charlene. - H. Bruce West Hills CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO In his book, George Stephanopoulos comes across as a childish smart aleck. |
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