PUBLIC FORUM NOW THEY'RE PROTESTING.War is ugly. A war that does not kill civilians has yet to be invented. Civilians died and our soldiers died. Now that Saddam is gone (is he gone?) the Iraqis want everyone out. Under Saddam's regime, they never had the guts to demonstrate for anything (except for supporting Saddam) and now that they have the freedom (which we gave them) they use that freedom to demonstrate against us. Let us take our people out from there (before more of them get killed) and let those freedom ``fighters'' solve their own problems. We already wasted money and - more importantly - lives, and enough is enough. - Dante F. Rochetti West Hills Comes at a price As we (should) know, Freedom is never free. Liberty comes with a price (so does the slavery and repression of dictatorships, but that's another subject). In any case, reading the letters and editorials from day to day, it's apparent that there are those who understand what's at stake and who support in their own ways the actions and efforts needed to protect our freedoms; and there are those who don't. - Mike Savell Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Wave my flag Re ``Protest this'' and ``Protest frequently'' (Your Opinions, April 15): If I were a good American, I'd wave my flag and mindlessly send our troops into war where they would more likely to be killed by the U.S. military than any other - but at least I'd be patriotically correct. I'd admit that our Goliath's crusade against Iraq's David, without ever finding those caches of WMD WMD white muscle disease. or al-Qaida 9-11 operatives, was indeed, justified and righteous. I'd stop focusing on local, national and international issues and narrow my focus to only the things within my selfish, myopic my·o·pi·a n. 1. A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight. 2. microcosm. Now I know what to do when we install democracy in Syria, North Korea, Iran. ... - Shaunn Cartwright Granada Hills The better choice Re ``U.S. `an empire in denial''' (Their Opinions, April 17): How easy it is, from the safety of 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. shores, for Maureen Dowd Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times.[1][2] She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. and others to criticize the failure to adequately protect the Iraq Museum from thieves and looters. Considering the dangerous and hostile situation our military faced going into Baghdad, I suggest that protecting the lives of our soldiers - our national treasures - was the better choice. - Sharilyn Rameson Northridge Sowell's liberal Thomas Sowell Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930), is an American economist, political writer, and commentator. While often described as a "black conservative", he prefers not to be labeled, and considers himself more libertarian than conservative. (``Where has our fighting spirit Fighting Spirit may refer to:
n. Pure fabrication or fiction: "He invented, almost out of whole cloth, what it means to be American" Ned Rorem. a hysterical vision of the ``liberal anointed "Anointed" redirects here. For the process of anointing, see Anointing. Anointed is a Contemporary Christian music duo consisting of siblings Steve and Da'dra Crawford. Their musical style includes elements of R&B, funk, and piano ballads. .'' His anointed are against cars because they ``enable you to come and go as you wish,'' but the liberals I know only are arguing for fuel efficiency. His liberal anointed are against the free market because they can't stand you buying what you want, but in reality, liberals just want to strengthen protections to prevent the Enrons of the world from having their way with the rest of us. Rather than have a nuanced discussion about energy or economics, Sowell prefers to maniacally accuse liberals of not wanting us to be able to drive or buy goods. Is anyone buying this? Who is he describing, an Amish Lenin? - Adam Carl 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. Out in public In the good old days, the lefties in Hollywood used to hide in cells and do their dirty work by slipping anti-American screed screed n. 1. A long monotonous speech or piece of writing. 2. a. A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete. b. into scripts. We really didn't know who the rats were until Joe McCarthy came along, so we didn't have a way to get back at them. Today, thank God, it's different. The yahoos stand right up in public and announce their hate and disrespect for America and her leaders. Now we common folk have a target. Stay away from their movies. That Texan doofus doo·fus n. pl. doo·fus·es Slang An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person. [Perhaps blend of doof, fool (from Scots) and goofus, fool (from goof). who put her country down while in Europe might as well hang up her tonsils tonsils, name commonly referring to the palatine tonsils, two ovoid masses of lymphoid tissue situated on either side of the throat at the back of the tongue. because she's had her last gig. You remember the blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. of the old days? You ain't never been black-listed until you've been black-listed by the American people An American people may be:
- Howard Bradbury Granada Hills Shifting rationale Who said you can't fool all people all the time? Bush premised his war on Iraq with the claim that Saddam Hussein must disarm and destroy his chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Well, why hasn't a single weapon yet been found, much less used? New rhetoric replaces the old. Claims that Iraq has been liberated from Baath treachery now displace everything. Of course, initially that goal would never have worked by itself to justify a war. But throw in terrorist threats and you have a winner. Saddam Hussein never was a terrorist - a brutal dictator and killer to be sure, but not a terrorist. Don't be fooled by clever tugs at your patriotism. Economic control of oil, all oil, is what these people are after. And their currency is blood - our blood. - Richard Borbely Simi Valley Admitting mistakes It has always been my contention that the problem with the left is they can never, in the furthest stretch of the imagination, for any reason, admit they could possibly be wrong. This has never been more evident as we watch those who have been consistently wrong, made fools out of for the statements they have made over the last six months concerning Iraq, as they search for and attack any minor collateral issue COLLATERAL ISSUE, practice, pleading. Where a criminal convict pleads any matter, allowed by law, in bar of execution; as pregnancy, a pardon, and the like. involved in the war. - Michael Hannin Oxnard Friends in high places Re ``Consultant gold mine'' (April 20): The Los Angeles Unified School District's budget crisis has forced teachers to buy their own supplies and teach to increasingly larger classes. Yet, as the district cuts school funding, and threatens more cuts, the Daily News reveals LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) continues to hire ``consultants'' for hundreds of dollars an hour. The only way to stop this outrageous spending is to: get the State Superintendent of Education to thoroughly audit and publish the district's budget, including all salaries paid anyone by the district; and compensate no one - except the superintendent - more than the base salary of the highest-paid principal. It's time for the district to be fair to those who directly teach students, not those with friends in high district or board places. - Ed LeVine Chatsworth Not now Re ``State decrees tax local coffers'' (April 21): I have the utmost respect for law enforcement and firefighters, but to increase their pensions from 75 percent to 90 percent then to 100 percent within a three-year period is putting the majority at risk for the sake of a minority. Let me be clear, this is not against the law enforcement and firefighters. This is about not enough funds to give our kids quality educations, cuts in welfare, closing hospitals and cuts in public services. Doesn't it seem like legislatures' priorities are screwed up? Legislatures have the duty to put the welfare of their constituents above getting re-elected and, instead of holding the line, saying no to special interests when clearly now is not the time to do this. - David Ward Reseda Wrong person fired Re ``MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. fires watchdog,'' (April 21): It sounds to me the wrong person got fired. When 34 contracts were found as not following policy, it is obvious they don't want anyone to continue making them accountable. - Cliff Hall Chatsworth Too simple Recently, when pledging allegiance to the flag of my country, I was aware that the gentleman next to me said, ``under God.'' Being an agnostic, not an atheist, please, I omitted those two words. Neither of us were required to use, nor prohibited from using, those two words. The earth didn't tremble, and we both enjoyed the game. We even commented on the game from time to time and bade each other goodbye when the game ended. He should never be prohibited from using those words, and I should never be required to use them. Is that too simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple ? - Tom Calabrese Los Angeles |
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