PUBLIC FORUM RETHINK THIS ISSUE.A tiny cross - a mission historical symbol - at issue? It sickens me that anyone would reduce this simple figure of a directional guidance for our missionaries to a symbol tying religion to government. What idiot put this together in the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. , and how many idiots in the Los Angeles County government caved in to such stupidity? While I admire Supervisors Michael Antonovich and Don Knabe for their stand on this issue, I have only pity for members Yvonne Burke, Zev Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina for their wimpy Wimpy sloppily dressed comic strip character; always “forgets” to pay for hamburgers. [Comics: “Popeye” in Horn, 657–658] See : Irresponsibility , anti-constituency stand. I once respected this board when we worked together on graffiti issues in the mid-1990s but that respect is only for Michael and Don. The other three need to rethink this issue because they have forgotten us. - Michael C. Hines West Hills Failed to realize Supervisors Gloria Molina, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and Zev Yaroslavsky humbly bow to the absolutist demand of the ACLU but defiantly spurn the very people who elected them. If the issue of keeping the cross on the county seal were left to voters, they would vote in overwhelming fashion to keep it status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. . All three supervisors complained about the religious ambience at the hearing on Tuesday. They conveniently fail to realize, however, that many Angelenos want the cross kept for historical and not religious reasons. Is it any wonder why ultra-liberal Democrats like the above-mentioned are causing more and more minorities to switch political parties? - Sam Chaidez Mission Hills Behind closed doors L.A. voters, don't forget these supervisors' names: Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Zev Yaroslavsky and Gloria Molina, when it comes to voting time. Their decision to remove the cross from the county seal shows they have no regard for the will of the people of L.A. They seem to forget where their fat paychecks come from. I personally have absolutely no respect for these people as by their vote they have made it clear they have no respect for our religious heritage. The county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is made up of cowards who only wish to implement their will and cost us all much more than you could ever imagine. Is it any wonder in the beginning that they decided their vote behind closed doors? - Heather Sanders Castaic Standing up What is wrong with our Los Angeles County supervisors? Have they lost their way? Who are they working for, us or the ACLU? Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke has a lot of gall to compare the people's outrage to the Inquisition. If only Christians were involved she may have had a point. But when people of all faiths, or even of no faith, are outraged, it is not about the cross anymore. It is about standing up to a group of fascists. The ACLU has morphed from an organization meant to protect the rights of the people of this country into a dictatorship whose only goal now seems to be the elimination of those rights. - Solomon Swidler West Hills Reagan and immigrants I am grateful and admire Ronald Reagan because of amnesty. He changed millions of lives for the better. Thank you on behalf of many immigrants. - Ricardo Pastor Pacoima Vitriolic tenure Re ``Reagan's legacy'' (Your Opinions, June 9): The dismay that I experienced reading Gary E. Nordell's description of my ``knee-jerk'' adoration of Ronald Reagan raised a rage in my soul that was difficult to contain. Has the state of politics degenerated to the point where love and affection for a fellow human being can no longer be expressed because of virulence produced by the political posture of his opposition? The vitriolic tenor of Nordell's letter detracts from any evidence he offers to establish his position. The hours that tens of thousands of people spent to express their condolences to the Reagan family were not readily predictable. They were heartfelt. - Glenn Shockley Winnetka Hollywood icon While many who would deify de·i·fy tr.v. dei·fied, dei·fy·ing, dei·fies 1. To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god. 2. To worship or revere as a god: deify a leader. 3. Ronald Reagan praise his being ``tough'' against communism and terrorism, I am thinking about the 241 Marines who were killed when their barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. were bombed in 1983. President Reagan's tough response was to abandon Lebanon. It is only now that we know this was a seminal event in Osama bin Ladin's career; it was the moment he saw the United States as a paper tiger. The larger-than-life image of a president who secretly sold missiles to terrorists in exchange for hostages and who used the money to conduct a war prohibited by our United States Congress deserves adulation ad·u·la·tion n. Excessive flattery or admiration. [Middle English adulacioun, from Old French, from Latin ad for just one thing: the stagecraft stage·craft n. Skill in the techniques and devices of the theater. stagecraft the art or skill of producing or staging plays. See also: Drama Noun 1. of a Hollywood icon. - Bruce Joffe Piedmont Tarnishing his legacy Re ``Praising Nixon'' (Your Opinions, June 3): Rabbi Louis J. Feldman states: ``I cry out in anger against those who would desecrate des·e·crate tr.v. des·e·crat·ed, des·e·crat·ing, des·e·crates To violate the sacredness of; profane. [de- + (con)secrate. the memory of President Richard Milhous Nixon.'' I don't think the rabbi has anything to worry about. If resigning in disgrace in order to avoid 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. , or receiving a pardon from the man you appointed, in order to avoid criminal prosecution, didn't tarnish tarnish, n 1. surface discoloration or loss of luster by metals. Under oral conditions, it often results from hard and soft deposits. 2. a chemical process by which a metal surface is discolored or its luster destroyed. his legacy, I think the rabbi and all others who choose to ignore all the facts are safe in their own little world. - Tom Hodges Reseda Greenspan reality check Re ``Greenspan drops hint interest rates may rise'' (Business, June 9): Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan Dr. Greenspan is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Greenspan also serves as Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's principal monetary policymaking body. comments ``companies are hiring aggressively.'' Name me one Fortune 500 company who is hiring new employees aggressively - certainly not in the USA. Greenspan needs a reality check. - Art Haendiges Topanga Controlling bestiality Bestiality See also Perversion. Asterius Minotaur born to Pasiphaë and Cretan Bull. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 34] Leda raped by Zeus in form of swan. [Gk. Myth. Re ``Terrorism calls for tougher interrogations'' (Viewpoint, May 30): Bill O'Reilly and his ilk (George W. Bush) scare the hell out of me. If he merely suspects me of being a terrorist, he now wants the right to deprive me of all the constitutional rights that have been so dearly won by right-thinking patriots. He feels we now need a ``total commitment'' to the philosophy of his idol, Genghis Kahn. O'Reilly is in such abject fear of real terrorists, he cares nothing about putting any controls on incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. (no probable cause Apparent facts discovered through logical inquiry that would lead a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that an accused person has committed a crime, thereby warranting his or her prosecution, or that a Cause of Action has accrued, justifying a civil lawsuit. ) or interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. (torture). I believe that all of us should bend every effort to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp terrorism, but brave men are careful to observe rules that protect the innocent and control bestiality. - Clifford Shannon Sylmar Led us around Re ``Test findings to be discussed'' (June 9): Since federal and state officials are meeting with us, the public, I find it highly inflammatory for Steve Lafflam, Boeing's division director, to comment ``We consider the work group irrelevant.'' Every time you hear Rocketdyne/Boeing say ``We're not doing that work here anymore'' is because in 1980, I, we, the Daily News, the public, stopped Rocketdyne/Boeing from ``de-cladding plutonium fuel rods'' right here in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . This has been going on since 1989. Please, somebody stop these people from ever ``releasing the land to be sold to the public.'' The people at Rocketdyne/Boeing have led us around by the nose for 14 years now. Stop the madness "Stop the Madness" is an anti-drug music video sponsored by United States President Ronald Reagan and the Reagan administration in 1985. The video starred New Edition, LaToya Jackson, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff, Tootie Ramsey (Kim Fields) from the "The Facts of Life", Herb . - Jon Scott Sherman Oaks A special month It just occurred to me this morning while reading my papers: This is a special month for me and my family. It's because I've been reading your paper - the Green Sheet and now the Daily News - since we moved here from Pennsylvania in June of 1954. That's 50 years of faithful, guaranteed reliability, pleasure and enjoyment. You've been kind enough to publish some other letters I've written to your paper and I just had to let you know. I'm still with you and see no reason for any kind of change now - all I'm saying is a great big ``Thank you.'' - Virginia Fecht Tarzana |
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