Editor,
I would like to commend the Times-Tribune for its’ recent “100% wrong use of tax money” editorial. I wholeheartedly agree that public money should not be used by the parties for their polling purposes. Furthermore, I do not believe tax dollars should finance primary elections. The primaries are nothing more than a [...]
I have to agree with the Times-Tribune editorial board when it suggests that 20 scanners is insufficient and what is needed is one scanner per polling place. The outgoing commissioners were quick to discard the lever machines and slow to take action against Advanced Voting Solutions.
I do take issue with the suggestion in the [...]
From: jnln@epix.net
Subject: When is public property not public property?
Date: September 3, 2007 8:45:24 PM EDT
To: letters@timesshamrock.com
Editor,
When is public property not public property? Apparently some of the organizers of La Festa Italiana believe that courthouse square is not public property on labor day weekend, but, private property. The city [...]
Editor,
Willie Speare recently wrote that the Democratic Party portrays itself as opposed to war yet most of it’s declared candidates for president voted to allow war. I agree. He points out that Republican candidate Ron Paul voted against authorizing the war in Iraq. Again, no argument here. I respect Ron Paul [...]
The article about the trial of the marine squad leader who led an attack killing 24 innocent Iraqi civilians is most disturbing. The marines response that the that their actions were legitimate is appalling. Do you believe that this is an isolated incident? War is hell and this is just another day [...]
Walter Whitford (2/17) recollects the 1979 capture of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. However, he paints an incomplete picture to blame the left for the events of 1979. Mr. Whitford fails to mention the overthrow of democratically elected Prime Minister Mossadegh in 1953. Mossadegh had nationalized Iran’s oil resources to end the [...]
George Bush threatens to veto stem cell research because he opposes “the use of federal money, taxpayers’ money, to promote science which destroys life in order to save life”. Meanwhile, he proposes to use that same money to increase military expenditures to destroy life in order to save life.
George Bush uses the [...]
The leadership of the Democratic party has been attacking the Green Party and Carl Romanelli in particular over the last several weeks. First they attack Carl Romanelli for taking donations from Santorum supporters and imply collusion between the Green Party and the Republican Party. Granted, the republicans cynically donated to someone who does [...]
Thomas Friedman’s call for a third party joins with others, including Lou Dobbs and Bill Maher, while ignoring the fact that a number of alternative parties exist at the present. Friedman calls for a Geo-Green party. Is he unaware that the Green Party exists and that it is a worldwide party? [...]
Editor,
Why are undocumented workers falling under scrutiny while their corporate employers are free to exploit them for maximum profits. Most of us are descendants of immigrants. They were given the opportunity to become U.S. citizens. The same should be true of todays immigrants who come to this country to better themselves and [...]
