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Now we have John McCain. Also chosen by the Democrats and their
friends the "leadership" of the Republican Party. A man with no
morals (Keating 5? Dumping of first wife? Beer distributorship?
Indian Casino?), no plan, no brains, no energy, no enthusiasm, he
is another zero much like Ford. Come election time he no doubt will
do even worse than Ford.
-- Burton J. Hollabaugh
Marion, Indiana
With apologies to Gerry Goffin and Carole King:
We need the oil so badly
Democrats will ban drilling, sadly
Today you say that drilling is okay
But will you say so tomorrow?
Is this your final position?
Or are you still in transition?
Don't take away the things you said today
Will you still say them tomorrow?
Unless the oil is flowing
Down from the land of the midnight sun
Gallons of gas will be going
Very soon for $10.01
I found your words so thrilling
When you said "Go start drilling"
So tell me now, and I won't ask again
Will you still say so tomorrow?
-- Byron Keith
LOCK AND LOAD
Re: Robert VerBruggen's Uneven
Stevens:
The nexus between private firearms ownership and military
service was established in the early 1960s. The army commissioned
the Arthur D. Little, Co. to survey American soldiers. The main
difference was that one group had firearms experience prior to
entering the army, and the second group had no prior firearms
experience. The group with firearms experience tended to do better
in all forms of training, including subjects that did not involve
weapons or woodcraft. It was also discovered that the group with
prior firearms training were more likely to be enlistees, rather
than draftees, were more likely to sign up for the combat arms
branches, like infantry, armor, & artillery, were more likely
to volunteer for combat assignments, and were more likely to
re-enlist or select the army for a career. Thus, it was discovered
that private ownership weapons is connected with the quality of our
armed forces. This should not be surprising, in that during the
Civil War, it was discovered that when urban soldiers entered the
army, they did not even know how to load firearms, resulting in a
sudden need for recruits to receive firearms training. The second
amendment is not restricted to the right to be in the army or
militia, because private ownership of firearms results in superior
soldiers.
-- James Patterson
CLEAR AND PRESENT STUPIDITY
Re: Derek Eddy's letter (under "Delahunt in Disgrace") in Reader
Mail's Al Qaeda's
Spotter:
Okay, so I'm a day behind in my reading (Wedding anniversary
Sunday; late night, much rich food), but I need to point out to Mr.
Eddy that on September 11 al Qaeda walked through Logan Airport
(there's video of it) on their way to slaughtering the 3,000 people
Mr. Eddy dismisses so blithely. Evidently, al Qaeda walking the
hallways of East Boston doesn't rise to Mr. Eddy's standard of
national defense.
-- Reid Bogie
Waterbury, Connecticut