PUBLIC FORUM LIGHTEN UP.With the presidential election finally behind us, I'd like to propose a nonpartisan day of unity. I'm not necessarily suggesting a national group-hug, but rather an opportunity to lighten up and get along after such an unpleasant campaign. A great way to start this day would be to peel the political bumper stickers off your car, pull the sign off your lawn and take the anti-whoever cartoons down from the office bulletin board. It no longer matters who you were for or against. It's over. Let's move on and be civil. Publicly expressing anger and hatred may be our right as Americans, but it's an unpleasant way to live and unhealthy for our country. - John Funk Hollywood Hills The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of the City of Los Angeles, California, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse range of the Santa Monica Mountains, which extends from the Los Feliz District and Hollywood, on the south side of the Valley, to Our way It is truly in praise of our way that so many millions of people can disagree so vehemently and still accept the outcome of an election without a bloodbath blood·bath also blood bath n. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre. Noun 1. bloodbath - indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the . Could this emphasize to those who hate democracy that ours is a better way? - Ronald Presson North Hollywood Losers and winners OK, this letter is for all alike, losers and winners. You came and plastered the city with all your political signs. So if you can stop celebrating or crying, come take down your garbage. - Joe Pinoy Lozano Mission Hills Stop gloating The gloaters were out in full force today (Your Opinions, Nov. 3) in a biased un-American manner, sticking it to the unsuccessful voters. Shame on you! I voted for Kerry but I certainly wish our re-elected president well in dealing with the huge problems facing him. His handling of Iran and Korea in the next few years is of great importance to me. My life could depend on it, as well as the lives of the gloaters. - Hal Rattner Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Degree of damage I can appreciate the effort by people who are trying to put a positive outlook on the re-election of George Bush, but the degree of damage this administration can do to our country and others is enormous. I am afraid that what we have seen so far is a tiny fraction of what awaits us. The fact is that bad does sometime happen, pushes good away and defeats it. - Sevak Khodaverdian Sherman Oaks Onus on Republicans The election results show a highly divided America. The more interesting issue is whether the president packs the Supreme Court with ultraconservatives likely to change the course of society, creating even more polarization in our country. As to what's next, the heat will be turned up in an attempt to amend the Constitution to allow certain foreign-born citizens to run for president. I don't think this is what Jefferson, Adams and others had in mind. - Leigh Datzker Woodland Hills Given the mandate In your editorials, and other discussions, on the next four years of the Bush administration, there are calls for the administration to move its positions in order to build national unity. This is unrealistic. Given the mandate the president received from the people, the onus has to be on the progressives to compromise and accept the will of the people by moving their agenda to the right in the name of national unity. At some point in the future, the time of the progressives may arrive. Until the American people An American people may be:
- Ronald Mechsner Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. Mainstream America Now that President Bush has won re-election, Democrats have been quick to demand that Bush must now start to govern toward the middle. Let's look back at the results of the election - Republicans picked up four seats in the Senate and picked up additional seats in the House; the Senate minority leader, Tom Daschle, lost; Bush won 30 or 31 states; and exit polls showed that moral values was one of the main reasons that influenced voters choices. It seems that these politicians and those in the media haven't learned from the election and are in denial in denial Psychiatry To be in a state of denying the existence or effects of an ego defense mechanism. See Denial. . As long as they continue to embrace radical positions and continue to block appointments of federal judges by attempting to label moderate appointees as ``extremists,'' they will alienate mainstream America. - Ron Dasher dash·er n. 1. One that dashes, especially the plunger of an ice-cream freezer. 2. Sports The ledge along the top of the boards of an ice rink. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Direct loss of freedom Well, Dubya Bush pulled it off and we Americans have four more years of hell. It is important for Americans to remember that this win threatens a woman's right to choose, the amount the middle class pays in taxes, the invasion of the religious right into our homes and our dwindling dwin·dle v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles v.intr. To become gradually less until little remains. v.tr. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease. freedoms. If a man could have a baby, abortion rights would be a nonissue non·is·sue n. A matter of so little import that it ought not to become a focus of controversy and comment: She felt that the matter of her attire should have been a nonissue. . The middle class is now paying more taxes than the rich. The amount I received back from the federal government last year was less than the amount I received from the state government. Bush's pre-Age of Enlightenment belief in the archaic divine right of kings The authority of a monarch to rule a realm by virtue of birth. The concept of the divine right of kings, as postulated by the patriarchal theory of government, was based upon the laws of God and nature. is wrong. Did God really appoint him? I don't think so. And the Patriot Act Patriot Act: see USA PATRIOT Act. : If anyone protests, they are not a patriot. This is a direct loss of freedom. - Pauline Roth Santa Clarita Give Bush a chance President Bush won by nearly 4 million votes. Hopefully, this will put to rest the constant carping carp·ing adj. Naggingly critical or complaining. carp  ing·ly adv.Noun 1. and criticism of the president by some of your readers. The president is not our enemy. Osama is. It took him one bomb to control Spain. What if his terrorists take our children hostage? We will, like those in Iraq, be reduced to begging the terrorists for mercy. The president's policies have protected us for the past three years. Let's give him a chance to continue his task and unite behind him in this time of war. - Rohini De Silva Encino A general consensus Now, let me see ... both the intellectual and sophisticated Eastern and Western seaboards voted against the puppet with the Christian Taliban and hillbilly states and states with people who leave their brains in Mason jars voted for Cheney and his thugs ... naw, that seems about ``right'' (no pun intended) for it validates H.L. Mencken's observation: ``No one ever went broke by underestimating the taste of the American public.'' - Phil Soinski North Hollywood Religious foreign policy As the last election is analyzed, it appears that religious people have determined the president and the political direction of my country. At the same time, another group of religious people have determined the foreign policy for my country. I must admit, I am not comfortable. - Norwood Price Burbank Back to the '50s Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is a popular American television journalist, Previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program continually said during the election coverage that whoever prevailed would have to make an effort to unite the country. I am afraid that is just not possible. We can no longer call this the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, . Bush will never change, and we in the blue states will never fall prey to the fear tactics, lying, cheating, and killing. The mostly ignorant sheep in the red states still believe bad morals include gay marriage, abortion rights and stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research. No matter what Republican oligarchy oligarchy (ŏl`əgärkē) [Gr.,=rule by the few], rule by a few members of a community or group. When referring to governments, the classical definition of oligarchy, as given for example by Aristotle, is of government by a few, usually is in power, we will not be dragged kicking and screaming back into the '50s. - Bruce Alan Granada Hills Bon appetit I guess the Michael Moores and Terry McAulliffes of this country will be eating ``crow'' for Thanksgiving instead of turkey. - Richard Burgess Richard Burgess (1829 - 1866) was a notorious murderer known for the "Maungatapu murders" which occurred on the Maungatapu track, south-east of Nelson, New Zealand. West Hills |
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