PUBLIC FORUM PROTEST AWAY.A message to all the anti-war protesters: Go ahead and protest all you want. You might notice, however, that more than 90 percent of the country disagrees with you and regards you all as nothing but a bunch of cowards and traitors who only care about themselves. In case any of you ``give-peace-a-chance'' types missed it, we were attacked on our own soil! Doesn't that mean anything to you people? What do you expect the 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. to do, just roll over and wait for the next attack? I find it amazing that there are actually protesters out there who are more concerned about ending racism than protecting our country. Well, you cowards better get your heads out of the clouds and realize that if we don't take military action against these terrorists, racism will soon be the least of this country's problems. - Greg Garnet Canoga Park Turning a blind eye I thought Jack Valenti was going to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye Hollywood. Apparently, his eye is shut. It's shut because he doesn't really want to accept responsibility that Hollywood is still the leading industry of crap. I watched the latest installment of the ``Star Trek'' sagas (Sept. 26) and wouldn't you know, the producers again went for the lowest denominator as usual - gratuitous sexual scenes and cursing. Have these people run out of creativity? It was like watching soft porn in space. Not only was it unnecessary to the plot, but more importantly, it occurred during ``family hour.'' How much more will the public have to endure the inundation INUNDATION. The overflow of waters by coming out of their bed. 2. Inundations may arise from three causes; from public necessity, as in defence of a place it may be necessary to dam the current of a stream, which will cause an inundation to the upper lands; of filth in television? By the way, can I say crap? They say worse things on television. - Sunita Farrelly Woodland Hills Doesn't add up It seems that since I am a little older than our mayor, I didn't have the advantage of new math new math n. Mathematics taught in elementary and secondary schools that constructs mathematical relationships from set theory. Also called new mathematics. . Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each , 40 hours less 36 hours equals 4 hours less per week. With 6,000-plus police officers times 4 hours that should equal 24,000 hours less per week. With 52 weeks in the year that should equal 1.2 million hours less per year. Please have the mayor explain, with a reduction of 1.2 million hours of protection, how we can have more protection. I don't understand. - J.P. Ellis Northridge Still the same On the night of Sept. 26, Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg took time out from a trip back East to call me and explain his side of the redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. story. I now have a better understanding of his point of view. However, the end result is still the same. We here in the Valley don't have the same concerns as those voters in Ventura County and the city of Oxnard. Lumping us together like this just dilutes each other's strengths and makes us weaker as a whole. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. This disenfranchisement dis·en·fran·chise tr.v. dis·en·fran·chised, dis·en·fran·chis·ing, dis·en·fran·chis·es To disfranchise. dis of the voters has broken the bonds of trust granted to our elected servants and must be corrected. - Peter J. Kurt Woodland Hills Follow the laughter America is not united. Crippled by political correctness politically correct adj. Abbr. PC 1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. and bureaucratic nonsense, we are helpless. Law enforcement failed to stop gangs (terrorist) in L.A., and they expect us to believe that another form of terrorism can be stopped in America. Our borders are still open;, illegals come here daily to reap the rewards for violating a federal law. California continues to disarm its citizens with bogus do-nothing gun control while terrorists are afforded full protection under our U.S. Constitution. If you want to find bin Laden, just follow the loud laughter in Afghanistan. If you want to win the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , then replace the negligent and incompetent politicians and government employees with people who actually know what they're doing. - Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Vaughn 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, Bailing out the bosses It is very likely that a good portion of the $15 billion Congress has just approved to bail out the airline industry will go to its executives as bonuses at the end of the year. - Julian T. Nguyen Reseda Buying American The USA sent a man to the moon, but it cannot manufacture its own flags. I need a flag for my car, but I'll be damned if I am going to by a USA flag made in China. - Dante F. Rochetti West Hills Causes Our nation is rightfully focused on the ``who'' and ``how'' of the Sept. 11 attacks so those responsible can never again commit such an atrocity. But we must go further than that to prevent new kinds of attacks from new hostile groups. For that, we must find out what spawns anti-American terrorism. At the U.N., the best hope to combat Third World poverty, our government withheld its dues. At the recent Durban conference on racism, our country failed to acknowledge the suffering of millions of enslaved Enslaved may refer to:
- Myrna Hill Sylmar Knowing your neighbors Re ``Road from cop to criminal for Beck'' (Sept. 10): Do we really know our neighbors? Even in one of the safest cities. My idea is to combine Megan's Law Megan's Laws are named for Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old girl from New Jersey who was sexually assaulted and murdered in 1994 by a neighbor who, unknown to the victim's family, had been previously convicted for Sex Offenses against children. and the ``Three strikes, you're out'' law - you have anyone that's been arrested more than three times made public and just like Megan's Law, access to the information is only with good cause at the police station computer. I myself know of a narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. offender that has been arrested more than three times who lives across the street from the front gates of a school. - Rudolfo Campos Granada Hills The wrong way Assemblyman Keith Richman's article ``Ahmanson Ranch done right,'' (Viewpoint, Sept. 23) couldn't be more one-sided. Instead of relying on the old crutches of NIMBY NIM·BY n. pl. NIM·BYs Slang One who objects to the establishment in one's neighborhood of projects, such as incinerators, prisons, or homeless shelters, that are believed to be dangerous, unsightly, or otherwise undesirable. and NIMD NIMD Novel Intelligence from Massive Data (not in my district), why didn't Richman discuss the impact of/on: Traffic on Los Angeles County residential roads of 40,000 additional cars? Moving enough dirt to fill five Rose Bowls on the surrounding communities? Endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , including those not even identified in the original environmental impact report? The three connecting roads to this Ventura County project that pass through L.A. County residential neighborhoods? The creeks and streams that wildlife rely on and empty into the Malibu creek? An outdated EIR EIR n. popular acronym for environmental impact report, required by many states as part of the application to a county or city for approval of a land development or project. (See: environmental impact report) ? The answer is clear. If Richman addressed these issues, the title would have to be ``The Ahmanson Ranch done wrong.'' - Robert T. Lancet West Hills Short-sighted approach As a former Agoura resident, I must voice my disagreement with Don Evans (Public Forum, Aug. 29) who praised the Ahmanson Ranch development plan. Other than being generally good for the surrounding area, open space also provides a serene escape from a busy world, helps people connect with nature and is very important to the indigenous life. Destroying beautiful open wilderness for the pretense of providing low-cost housing or giving businesses a few hundred more customers is an incredibly short-sighted approach that will choke everybody's quality of life. To those who support development: How much is enough? Doesn't quality count more than quantity? When the last tree is cut, and the water poisoned, and the ground paved over, only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten. - Henry Hsu Aliso Viejo |
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