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10.17.02 @ 12:01AM

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PETA, WHERE ARE YOU?
Re: Jed Babbin's Speed Saves:

Mr. Babbin's story of the killing and torture of animals in the Kuwaiti zoo brought to mind a question I have had for the last few months. Shouldn't the left in this country want Saddam ousted purely for the ecological damage of his scorched earth policy when he left Kuwait? Think of all the greenhouse gasses emitted by those burning wells! Tales of animal cruelty should have PETA and their fellow travelers marching on Washington for swift action.
-- C.S. Patton, MD

Jed Babbin replies: Dr. Patton raises an excellent point. Saddam is bad for the environment. Shouldn't we take the cost of the war out of the EPA's budget?

SPOCK MARKED
Re: Francis X. Rocca's Bedtime Story;

Mr. Rocca needs a copy of Dr. Spock. At the age of 9 months my son, Henry, had made going to bed an Olympic event. Reading, walking, rocking ... It was then that I happened upon the wisdom of 1950's American baby guru Dr. Spock. Dr. Spock recommended a short bedtime ritual -- brush teeth, pajamas on, read a book, in bed, lights out. Henry would have made Spock proud for just as the book states he cried for successively shorter periods for 3 nights and forever after just went to sleep. I now have three children who all go to bed and go to sleep. I think it is one of the best gifts I have given them -- a lifetime of issueless sound sleep.

By the way Mr. Rocca, Dr. Spock has some down to earth advice about potty training. It is just around the corner!

Sincerely
-- Kay Kaminga

HOW RIGHT?
Re: Peter Hannaford's Getting It Right in South Africa:

Peter Hannaford seems to have missed the recent legislation transferring the mineral rights of the South African gold and diamond mines. One issue seems to be the absolute requirement of at least partial ownership by black partners, the other the complete transfer of these valuable assets. Is this an indication of the Afrikaners and the blacks "getting it right?"

Best regards,
-- Stephen J. Guthrie
Mantissa Corporation
Birmingham, AL

EX MARKS THE SPOT
Re: Enemy Central's Jimmy's Peanuts Prize:

Even Carter fans know they can't defend his presidency, so they have invented the big lie that "Jimmy Carter is our best ex-president." The big truth is that the creep has been meddling in our foreign affairs in an almost treasonous fashion. He also gets the Benedict Arnold award.
-- Jack Hughes
Chicago, IL

Letter to the Editor

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