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12.2.02 @ 12:01AM

THANKS A LOOT
Re: The Washington Prowler's Rumblings and Reconfigurings:

I am all for Dick Armey cashing in on his House years. That man sacrificed in a big way for his country. Good going, Dick. You and Mrs. Armey enjoy these golden years. You both have earned them.
-- Judy Beumler
A Republican in Kentucky

A HOOSIER THANK YOU
Re: Peter Hannaford's T.B.T.G. and Amen:

Mr. Hannaford's piece is a delight. How refreshing to think on things that are pure and lovely instead of the everyday swamp of info/opinion giving instruction on the immoral, the illicit and the idiotic via the major media. Here in Bloomington, Indiana, I'm giving thanks that the local "green" Democrats (some truly scary candidates) were defeated in the local elections.
-- Jenny Woodward
Bloomington, IN

TAKE NOTE
Re: Francis X. Rocca's Giving Thanks Graciously:

Dear Francis,

You're welcome.
-- Kitty Myers

GORE MORE FEARS
Re: George Neumayr's Gore Under Close Observation:

I'm so grateful that Al Gore, with a little help from Mr. Neumayr, was able to put his finger on what it is that makes me loathe him. It's the post-modernism, of course! Staring me right in the face. I could really kick myself. All this time I thought it was simply because Gore is a lame, phony wuss of a liberal.

Great column.
-- Mark Finkelstein
Ithaca, NY

Great piece. I have had so many laughs over this last tirade of Gore's. I can't believe that Democrats would let this guy loose, and if this is what they, the Democrats, believe and stand for, they are in a very deep hole. I am a reasonably educated person, but, I sure couldn't make out what Gore was saying. What a run of words that just did not connect!
-- Ann Inman
Mt. View, California

The media can do a much better job of policing themselves and of "outing" the fifth column presstitutes in their midst. A good, but seldom mentioned, example of a media evildoer is C-Span. This network regularly covers the press conferences of the Bush administration and, while doing so, emphasizes only the hostile, anti-Republican, ultra-left wing, extremist liberal members of the media. The folks who are shown asking questions almost always are being exhibitionists or are clearly opposed to what the Administration is doing/saying. By emphasizing these media leftists, C-Span unfairly creates a bias toward normal people and their thinking. I do hope, therefore, that Gore includes C-Span in his list of folks who are unfair to the lefties.
-- unsigned

THE GREAT TUITION RIP-OFF
Re: John R. Dunlap's Tuition Delusion:

John R. Dunlap's brilliant and timely observations on the great national college tuition rip-off should be read by all parents of grade school children so that they may have time to do something about the situation or at least to bend over and brace themselves properly for the onslaught. He neglected to mention one other reason for the unjustifiable increase in tuition costs: that institutions of higher learning are constantly engaging in one-upmanship as they must price themselves relative to their perceived position in the marketplace so as not to be considered inferior schools.
-- Gerald Brennan
Ann Arbor, MI

This is the same reason why vouchers in public school situations won't work. Where every student is eligible for an amount of financial aid, that amount becomes the base amount charged as tuition. Thus, Pell Grants and state student loans, available to all students, aren't used to defray the cost of higher education, they identify the minimum amounts to be charged as tuition.

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