THANK YOU.AS the end of 2001 nears, the Daily News would like to thank and acknowledge those readers who contributed to the Public Forum and made it one of the best read and lively parts of the paper. The roster of letter writers includes more than 1,400 names, many of whom wrote several letters during the past year. We received more letters than we had space to print, but we have tried to publish a cross section that represented what our readers were saying, while allowing individual voices to be heard. You began the year arguing about whether George W. Bush was elected or selected - some of you are still debating that. And that's what the Public Forum is about, people getting to have their say. Publishing divergent views. The letter discussions ranged from ``Harry Potter'' and Satan; God, atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved. and patriotism, the Second Amendment, Rush Limbaugh Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American conservative radio talk show host and political commentator. Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he is a self-described conservative, who discusses politics and current events on his program, losing his hearing, school prayer, the dangers of SUVs and driving under the influence of a cell phone. Along the way, public officials got pummeled - Gray Davis, Roy Romer, Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. , the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) board, the 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. board, the City Council, Congress and former President Clinton. The Daily News took a few hits, too! The Sept. 11 tragedy drew the most mail. Your hearts went out to the victims and their families, to the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of firefighters and police, to the tough people of New York who got back up and did what had to be done. Along with the sympathy came a still white-hot anger at the terrorists and overwhelming support for striking back at those responsible for the horror. You letter writers poured your hearts out and by taking the time to write, you let us see what was really important to you. We tried to keep track of all contributors and we begin publishing your names today and will continue to publish them through the end of the year. This is our way of saying thank you. Keep in touch next year, and if you haven't written to us, please think about doing so. The more opinions the merrier. CAPTION(S): 5 drawings, box Drawing: (1) To our letter writers... (2) no caption (Kneeling Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty great symbolic structure in New York harbor. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : America Statue of Liberty perhaps the most famous monument to independence. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 284] See : Freedom ) (3) ``YOU CAN'T PUT EVERYTHING ON THE FRONT BURNER!'' (4) HAHN QUIXOTE (5) no caption (Osama Bin Ladin as a target) Illustration by Patrick O'Connor Box: no caption (Names of letter writers) |
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