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Petro Pelosi

8.18.08 @ 12:01AM

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"Give me liberty or give me death," said Patrick Henry, and for this fall election this should be our cry as well, in the face of hostile animus by our enemies. May we understand that who we vote to lead us could prove to be the most important election in the history of democracy.
-- Bev Gunn
East Texas

Number 3 is based on the false premise of Man-made Climate Change. The fact is that we cannot even now say with accuracy that we are entering a warm period.

Moreover we didn't cause the present climate and we certainly cannot change it in a meaningful controlled way.

Finally, we need to remember that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old and has varied over the eons in warming and cooling cycles, and that there is no doubt that for all of the nine planets, the sun is what controls climate. not 38 atomic particles in every 100,000 air particles. CO2 is 50% heavier than Air, it sinks, it does not rise up into the stratosphere. And CO2 is not a pollutant either except Maybe Algore's hot air.

Before you involuntarily reduce your standard of living and accept the loss of your freedom, go back and research the claim of man causing weather. Your return to the stone age is a study in futility.
-- G .B. Hall
Marietta, Georgia

A FEW BAD MEN
Re: W. James Antle III's The Last Frontier:

There's no doubt that Stevens' outrage about these charges is not "how could they accuse of me of doing something wrong" but rather "how dare they accuse me at all." He's like Jack Nicholson's character in A Few Good Men, so convinced of his superior wisdom and power that he is above the standards that apply to mere mortals.

I believe there is a fundamental flaw in the American political model when the Congressional seniority system, coupled with the ability of incumbents to dominate the political apparatus in small state, topped off by right of small states to wield disproportionate influence in the Senate, creates such monstrosities as Ted Stevens and Robert Byrd. Human egotism being as it is, such long-time officeholders reach the point where they equate the good of their state with their own personal good, and frame attacks on themselves as attacks on their state ("L'etat, c'est moi!). Before long, their longevity itself becomes the justification for them remaining in office ("If I'm not re-elected, our state will lose its influence!").

If the Senators from the 26 states with the lowest populations were to vote together against all the rest, the Senate representatives of 19% of the American population could outweigh the other 81%. This gives an idea of the damage that a Ted Stevens can do, lasting for decades. There is no greater argument for term limits than Ted Stevens.

Thanks for your consideration. I know I am at best hopelessly idealistic and more likely delusionally naive, but that's how I feel.
-- Bill Pai

Unfortunately, we, the American voters, get the kind of governance that we ask for, and deserve, by the choices that we make when we go to the voting booth. The founding fathers were concerned about this very thing. That was shown when it was noted that we might be in trouble once the "people" figured out that they could vote themselves money from the federal treasury. I devoutly wish that we were allowed to administer a history and civics test as a requirement for the privilege of voting.
-- Ken Shreve

CORONATION HALO
Re: Sean Higgins' Gullible Gospel:

What a great read by Sean Higgins! And now we discover that, having thrown Rev. Wright under the bus, Obama has chosen to lead his coronation in Denver a woman who is perfectly comfortable with black liberation theology.
-- Mary McLemore
Pike Road, Alabama

CARBON DREAMS
Re: Peter Ferrara's Flower Power:

Allow me to summarize, if I may, this article and so many others like it in one sentence:

Letter to the Editor

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