PUBLIC FORUM SHOOT 'EM.Re ``Maimed maim tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims 1. To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1. 2. baby personifies cops' dilemma'' (Dec. 5): Here's an idea to protect innocent people from criminals who are fleeing from the police: shoot. Yes, I said shoot. Shooting the fleeing suspect could have saved Henry Medellin's new baby boy. Why should criminals be allowed to in a sense hold the public hostage while they drive all over the city for hours putting the public in danger? I hope that Medellin's son's injuries will not be in vain. This little boy has the power to change how criminals are treated. - Caroline K Caroline K. Walters (b.1957), collaborator with UK-based Nocturnal Emissions experimental/industrial music group in the 1980's. Released solo LP "Now Wait for Last Year" in 1987 (the first release on the Earthly Delights label). . Malloy Reseda Changing rules Letters such as Arthur Carden's (Your Opinion, Dec. 3) make me wonder. When someone publicly complains after they've moved under some flight path, logical conclusions are drawn and everyone understands that the airport was there first. No changes in the middle of the game. What makes me wonder is why this logic is not applied to the citizens in Chatsworth, who choose that area to live specifically for horse-keeping privileges. That area has been zoned for scores of years for horse boarding, but now that there's more money to be squeezed out, no matter who suffers or has to do without, the little guy is fighting Goliath again. Hang in there, Jerry England, right is on your side. - Thomas Tassinari Burbank Time to go John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. , the nut case nut case n. Slang A person regarded as eccentric or crazy. Noun 1. nut case - a whimsically eccentric person crackpot, fruitcake, screwball, crank, nut who has been perched in an oak tree in Valencia since Nov. 1, has overstayed his welcome. He has successfully managed to get his face and name on television and in the newspapers (which seems to be his main motivation). He has also managed to attract a host of other nut cases. This man doesn't even live in this community. Who asked him to come? Doesn't that raise the red flags? He has made his statement; he should go home and take all the loonies with him. You can't stop progress. Time marches on; if it didn't we would still be living in log cabins and mud huts. If I were king, I would chop the tree down with him in it. - Hal Manskar Valencia Not about a tree Many people think there is just too much fuss being made about some old tree. This isn't just about an old tree; it's about how hyperactive hy·per·ac·tive adj. 1. Highly or excessively active, as a gland. 2. Having behavior characterized by constant overactivity. 3. Afflicted with attention deficit disorder. some people have become about accommodating more people, generating more and more money. It not only continues to deny the creatures who once peacefully resided here but threatens to encroach upon Verb 1. encroach upon - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" intrude on, obtrude upon, invade the only natural waterway left in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , thereby polluting that water and affecting life and farming along Highway 126. I remember when person or persons unknown would creep into the hillsides where there are now homes and chop down Verb 1. chop down - cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree" fell, strike down, cut down, drop - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" oak trees in the dark of night. I wonder if Old Glory would have been chopped down by now if John Quigley were not keeping guard? - Terri Andrews Castaic Judging society Dana Bartholomew's Nov. 18 article, ``Anguish over animals,'' on the animal shelter "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. was right on. It is sad that animals that suffered so badly under their former guardians have to again go wanting by ``government housing.'' We're ready to spend, what, $100 billion-$200 billion on a war with Iraq yet can't find the funds to take care of the homeless (whether it be animals or people). A nation really is judged by the way it treats its elderly, its children, its needy and the animals residing anywhere in its environs. - Vivian Sontag Chatsworth Zsa Zsa's injury Re ``Zsa Zsa Zsa Zsa may refer to:
I'm glad Zsa Zsa's husband isn't a doctor; he claims her brain is fine. Clearly it's not. If it was, she would realize she's responsible for her own injuries since she didn't bother wearing a seat belt. A lawsuit for $100 million against the driver? This proves her brain sustained injury at some point. - Sue Antico Canyon Country Our real enemy I would like Charles Wilkens to give me some answers on how to stop mass destruction of the world (``Pretext for war,'' Your Opinions, Dec. 4). Wilkens calling George Bush the true and real enemy to the USA only gives fodder to our real enemy. Wilkens seems to have forgotten who bombed the World Trade Center. I, for one, don't remember George W. Bush flying one of those planes. As for killing hundreds of thousand people, I ask him: Would it be better to kill millions of Americans with A-bomb attacks from the Middle East? Bush is between a rock and a hard place. He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. An ounce of prevention is worth one pound of cure. - Henry P. Terusa Burbank Blowing smoke I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how much weight a Vietnam veteran This article is about veterans of the Vietnam War. For the French psychedelic musical group, see Vietnam Veterans. Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. , blue-collar worker blue-collar worker n → obrero/a blue-collar worker n → ouvrier/ère col bleu blue-collar worker n → has in the world of ``Opinions,'' but it doesn't negate the feeling of seeing and believing. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. certain political people, we are ``winning'' 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 . I heard that line before when I was on a river patrol River Patrol is a 1981 arcade game released by Orca and licensed to Kestern for distribution in United States. Plot The players take the role of the captain of a river patrol ship in this top-down game. Their mission: To save the poor souls who fell into the river. boat in Vietnam. The White House is blowing smoke when they say we're winning the war on terrorism. Has anyone is Washington heard the names Bali, Kenya or the Philippines? While the White House is concerned with Iraq, the terrorists go about doing their thing. If the White House wants to show us and the rest of the world that we can beat terrorism, we must go into places like the Philippines and completely eradicate the terrorists there. - Scott Michaels Burbank County's preparedness Re ``Biohazard bi·o·haz·ard n. 1. A biological agent, such as a virus or a condition that constitutes a threat to humans, especially in biological research or experimentation. 2. alert'' (Editorial, Dec. 4): Your editorial on 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. County's preparedness for bioterrorism was flat-out wrong. Los Angeles County is among the most prepared jurisdictions in this nation to respond to an emergency, disaster or bioterrorist attack. In fact, major metropolitan health agencies frequently model their response plans against ours. However, there is no bright line indicating absolute preparedness, and it is important to continue to increase our efforts to prepare for bioterrorism and other public health emergencies. To that end, since Sept. 11, 2001, Los Angeles County has: implemented significant enhancements in our public health laboratory capacity to quickly screen for and identify bioterrorism agents; enhanced our disease surveillance and investigation capacity by improving disease reporting systems and educating physicians regarding bioterrorism agents; developed and implemented an electronic health alert system to provide rapid communications to medical and health professionals; provided information to the public through our Web site, community presentations and written materials; and provided training to hospitals and collaborated with them as they participate in a federal program to enhance their terrorism response capacity. On Nov. 26 we completed and sent to the Centers for Disease Control an overall Los Angeles County smallpox preparedness, response and recovery plan. The voluntary smallpox vaccination of medical and public health response teams was envisioned in this plan and is one step in a wide range of these bioterrorism and emergency preparedness activities. - Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D. Director Los Angeles County Public Health Act of aggression Aggression as defined in the dictionary is ``the practice of making attacks or encroachment, the unprovoked violation by one country of the territorial integrity Territorial integrity is the principle under international law that nation-states should not attempt to promote secessionist movements or to promote border changes in other nation-states. Conversely it states that border changes imposed by force are acts of aggression. of another.'' War on the other hand is ``a state of open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations.'' The intrusion of Hitler's armies in Czechoslovakia and Poland prior to World War II were labeled ``acts of aggression.'' Fast forward to 2002 and it is easy to see that this administration is determined to duplicate Germany's ``aggressive actions'' of 1939 and 1940. George W. Bush can go on and on about the need for war on Iraq, but in reality he is beating the drums of unprovoked aggression. - Jim Caputo Valley Village |
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