PUBLIC FORUM SLOPPY DRESSERS.Re ``Sloppy Americans were a disgrace''(June 13): My wife and I went to see President Reagan lying in repose Lying in repose is when the remains of a deceased person, often one of some stature, are available for viewing by the public. This is different from "lying in state;" the latter term refers to a formal honor, generally in the principal government building of a country and on Monday night at 9 p.m. and were at the library after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. There weren't many sloppily dressed people there. The leaders may have been dressed better than average, but they and the press corps got to go ahead of everybody else. They didn't have a 13 1/2 hour trip from Glendale and back. If the rest of the people didn't have to wait they would have dressed up more, but the length of the wait dictated comfort as well as reasonable. I saw quite a number of people dressed in suits among the crowd, a crowd that was as diverse as the population of California. I also saw quite a number of veterans, in garb with military designations. I didn't see many adults in shorts. - John Sax (Simple API for XML) A programming interface (API) for accessing the contents of an XML document. SAX does not provide a random access lookup to the document's contents. It scans the document sequentially and presents each item to the application only one time. Glendale A gentleman I had the great honor of meeting President Ronald Reagan in 1963 and was greatly impressed by his intelligence, sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour , patriotism, and sincerity. Even though we were Republicans, I didn't always agree with the late president's decisions. However, I never had any personal areas of disagreement. He was a gentleman in every respect. Finally, even though he made mistakes - and what president hasn't - he will go down as one of our greatest presidents, for no other reason than that he had class. The whole world will miss him. God bless him and Nancy and the family, and may his soul rest in peace. - Robert W. Van de Walle Granada Hills A giant Re ``A great king? - Reagan's true place in history yet to be decided'' (June 11): I say the following, having never voted for Ronald Reagan for president, and only once for governor. But, with hindsight, it's true. Considering his immediate predecessor, the presidents who followed him, as well as the possibility of our next president, Ronald Reagan was a giant. But, most of all, he was a good man. - Robert S. Kennedy Jr. Camarillo It's all the same Recently I listened to President Reagan's farewell speech A Farewell speech is a speech given by an individual leaving a position or place. They are often used by public figures such as politicians as a form of conclusion to the preceding career (such as that given by Ronald Reagan); or as statements delivered by persons relating to , and it struck me how much value he placed on ``we the people'' and the importance of our participation in the democracy of our country. It saddens me to note that such lofty phrases from our Constitution have lost meaning under the Bush administration, which excludes ``we the people'' at every opportunity possible. Everything is ``classified'' and done in secret, and ``we the people'' are left in the dark about what our government does in our name. Is the democracy we are denying our own people the same we are exporting to the Middle East? - Gerda Fadden Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. It's a mirage Re ``Economy rise unheeded'' (Business, June 12): Perhaps the reason the economic rise has gone unheeded is that the economic rise is a mirage. In an unceasing attempt to help President Bush's chances in November, the writers of this and other recent similarly themed articles have failed to note the simple math involved. For a president to hand out hundreds of billions in tax cuts while simultaneously increasing military spending by hundreds of billions, and only create 1.2 million jobs, is a horrendous failure. For these 1.2 million jobs to still not make up for the employment losses encountered since the president took office makes it even worse. This most recent attempt at ``trickle-down'' represents nothing less than a ``dumping on.'' - Pat Speer Granada Hills Shameful situation Re ``Nightmare in L.A.'' (Viewpoint, June 13): This, too, is part of the Ronald Reagan legacy. His policies took many of these people out of institutions where they were protected and put them on the streets. We as a nation can find hundreds of billions of dollars for a war of ``liberation'' but cannot or will not protect the least among us so they, too, have liberty: the liberty to go unclothed, unsheltered, unmedicated and unfed. I find this shameful situation a black mark on our nation far worse than anything that may have happened in an Iraqi prison. - Fred Nadel North Hills Biggest nightmare Re ``Nightmare in L.A.'' (Viewpoint, June 13): When I first saw the headline, I immediately thought, ``What is it now?'' From all the talk lately, I knew it had to be about the Board of Supervisors. They are the only nightmare in town that I can think of. - Brian Jones For other persons named Brian Jones, see Brian Jones (disambiguation). Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and backing singer in the English rock group The Rolling Stones. Rancho Vista It now attacks Shame on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers To cringe in fear. [Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin. in fear of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. . Worse still, if they agree with them, they should be recalled. The ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. was once a noble organization that protected American society from attacks on the rights of all individuals. Sadly, this organization has become like a human body's immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. gone wild. Instead of protecting the body, it now attacks the very thing it was designed to guard. The ACLU is intent on forcing American society to become colorless col·or·less adj. 1. Lacking color. 2. Weak in color; pallid. 3. Lacking animation, variety, or distinction; dull. See Synonyms at dull. and textureless by removing anything ``they'' deem unfit. - Rod Luedke West Hills Re-read the Constitution All this bashing against the American Civil Liberties Union for its stance on the removal of the cross from our county seal shows how disrespectful dis·re·spect·ful adj. Having or exhibiting a lack of respect; rude and discourteous. dis  re·spect the average American is about his neighbors. By the very
Constitution that they vow to uphold and defend, they in the same
sentence say it's OK to go against it because it is the sign of my
religion.
These people need to look up the meaning of the words ``principles'' and ``honor.'' While they're at it they should also re-read the Constitution. Just because a politician in the '50s added the cross in our seal or the words ``under God'' in the pledge of allegiance Pledge of Allegiance, in full, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, oath that proclaims loyalty to the United States. and its national symbol. doesn't mean it has to stay. It means they erred in the past. - Vatch Arouchian Reseda One for the Gipper After viewing the burial ceremonial process of President Ronald Wilson Sir Ronald Wilson AC KBE CMG QC ( 23 August, 1922- 15 July, 2005) was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 Reagan the past week with its numerous well-deserved accolades from people of stature, dare I hope that in a moment of patriotic fervor one of the three Democrat 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 supervisors slip the chains of 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 vote to retain the tiny cross on the Los Angles County seal? It would mean one more win for ``the Gipper'' - and common sense. - Everett P. Harrington Glendale Bush's core beliefs Re ``No match for the Gipper'' (Their Opinions, June 11): Maureen Dowd's rambling, nit-picking piece tries to paint George W. Bush as unworthy of comparison to Ronald Reagan. A casual observer should be able to recognize the genesis of W's core beliefs coming straight from Reagan: lowering taxes across the board to spur a sagging economy, a defense strategy not catering to European socialists and taking principled stands and not waffling when the liberals demonstrate, whine and call him bad names. On these and more, W follows Reagan's firm example, not that of his vacillating father. I also doubt that Dowd Dowd is a derivation of an ancient surname which was once common in Ireland but is now quite rare. The name Dowd is an Anglicisation of the original Ui Dubhda, through its more common form O'Dowd. found Reagan's ability to charm so many Democrats to vote for him ``exhilarating.'' It must have been maddening. - Thomas Swift Sun Valley Lakers and Bush Did you see the Lakers play? I haven't seen anyone choke that badly since President Bush tried to eat a pretzel and ride a bicycle at the same time. - R.J. Johnson North Hollywood |
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