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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    December 13, 2012

    Plants need carbon dioxide to make oxygen

    I read in a recent article about all the concern about carbon emissions and global warming. Even elementary school students know that carbon dioxide, the carbon compound they refer to, is a necessary component of photosynthesis. Plants use CO2 in the presence of sunlight to synthesize sugars they must have to survive. The by-product is […]

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    December 13, 2012

    Help and welfare are really quite similar

    I was talking with someone about the number of poor people walking the streets today with no hope for a bright future for reasons that I may never know. I told her I have given to the local homeless shelter in the past, and a man listening close by said, “To hell with them all. […]

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    December 13, 2012

    Stalking of LePage should be punished by law

    I do not like Gov. Paul LePage’s style or his politics. I consider myself an independent voter with liberal views. However, I am disgusted at the Democratic Party’s tactic of sending a tracker to videotape his every appearance. This is stooping to the level of former Republican chairman Charlie Webster’s behavior. I think that this […]

  • Published
    December 12, 2012

    Let’s pay Congress flat salary only for work done

    Unless we've just arrived from another planet, most likely we've heard and seen much in the news about our ill-fated Congress getting ready to drive off the fiscal cliff.

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    December 12, 2012

    Junior rifle club not part of Capitol City club

    A lot has been said about the Capitol City Rifle and Pistol Club trying to get rid of the kids who use its ranges. This isn't true; no one wants to get rid of this program, but the way its management does things needs to change.

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  • Published
    December 10, 2012

    Let’s tell merchants to keep ‘Christmas’ alive

    This is the time of year that reminds me of one of my pet peeves.

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    December 10, 2012

    Anniversary celebration helped by strangers

    My wife and I celebrated our 58th wedding anniversary at a local restaurant on Dec. 1.

  • Published
    December 9, 2012

    Medical sharps can be disposed of safely

    This fall, tens of thousands of Mainers learned that used household medical sharps, such as needles, can be disposed of along with household trash if they are secured in a puncture-proof container.

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    December 9, 2012

    All patriotic Americans should own guns, ammo

    A quote often attributed to Thomas Jefferson says, "When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."

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    December 9, 2012

    Thoughts about campaigns, ads before next election

    Well, the frustration of hate ads from PAC's are over for two or three more years.