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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Spending is bad, unless we’re shopping till we drop
Corporations and their lackeys tell us not to elect representatives and senators who spend money. They say that spending is bad. So in order to please these big money donors, thereby getting elected, our politicians start laying off workers. By cutting back on the help, there is an immediate mirage of savings. It now looks […]
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Why do we continue to soil our Earth-nest?
M.D. Harmon’s column (Dec. 3) about global warming raises the largely irrelevant issue of whether we are in a natural or manmade period of global warming. I say irrelevant because, while we argue about global warming, our oceans are overfished and chemical fertilizer runoffs create dead zones, and the devastation of our forests leads to […]
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Some solutions for solving D.C. gridlock
My solution to the gridlock in Washington, D.C: As soon as the government shuts down, all salaries to senators and representatives shall cease to be paid pending passage of the budget bill. Their staffs will be required to leave their offices until a budget bill is passed. No senator or congress person will be allowed […]
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Why is government intimidated by Occupiers?
Why is our government and our law enforcement so intimidated by the Occupy movement? These taxpaying Americans are expressing the right to disagree with people who earn millions of dollars for doing nothing while hardworking, underpaid Americans get taken advantage of. The law in this country is not fair or equal. The United States is […]
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PublishedDecember 17, 2011
Let elected officials do the job we hired them to do
I am more confident than ever that our state government will make the right budgetary decisions. They have noticed from the declining tax revenue that we are all struggling and raising taxes or taking on more debt will only cripple us more. They are aware that we find spending more than we have and robbing […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Selectwoman’s arrest actually hurt her cause
Like it or not, elected officials are held to a higher standard, and rightly so. They are expected to be the leaders their positions require. If somebody disagrees with a law or issue, then they should work through long-established legal processes of changing it. After all legal procedures have been exhausted, only then should civil […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Veterinarian will be missed by owners, pets
I was stunned to hear that veterinarian Dr. Alan Slack had passed away. it seemed only yesterday he was helping our Bunny cat’s injured tail with his gentle, always kind way. Jesus must have been searching for a veterinarian to help care for all the animals in heaven. I believe he has filled the position […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Sympathy given to family, friends of veterinarian
A great man, Dr. Alan Slack, has passed. The death of this wonderful, kind and caring friend and veterinarian was a shock to all who knew and loved him, and his loss will be felt for a long time. Dr. Slack was always there for us, day or night, when our pets needed him. Over […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
Against natural gas line
When I first heard about the natural gas line that may be installed through Farmingdale, I thought it was good to give people another source of heat. Then I got a letter showing the main route of the gas line; it goes right by our home on Northern Avenue. That didn’t bother me, but what […]
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PublishedDecember 16, 2011
‘An act of God’ — let’s keep God out of politics
In response to Maine Housing Board Chairman Peter Anastos’ remark (KJ, Dec. 4) that Dale McCormick could lose her job only by “an act of God,” may I suggest that that may be how she got it. On one hand, let’s keep God out of politics, and, on the other hand, whose God? Don Stratton […]
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