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| Editorial: School staff should know who belongs |
Prescott High School is implementing, effective Sept. 8, a policy of having teachers, staff and students wear identification badges at all times. They must be displayed, not kept in a pocket, wallet or purse.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Letter: Bumper stickers convey faith, too |
The Daily Courier recently published Robert Samuelson's lengthy column, titled "Ours is a bumper sticker nation," which highlighted the variety and significance of bumper stickers.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Letter: Both sides need to put down race card |
I wish to correct some false or misleading statements by Susan Lanning (Aug. 7). (No relation, by the way). The blogger she refers to, Andrew Breitbart, released the clip of Shirley Sherrod that was provided by the NAACP in an edited form. The NAACP released the complete video later, which did show Shirley Sherrod with her complete talk.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Column: Court rulings complicate police work |
Prescott Police are straight shooters.
Chief Michael Kabbel puts his view in plain words: "The police officer takes an oath to befriend and defend Prescott and its people."
He is a We-the-People person.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Editorial: V-J Day reminds us some gave all |
Thursday, Sept. 2, marks one of the most significant moments in world history.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Letter: A birthday wish for Social Security |
Happy Birthday Social Security - the year I was born - 1935.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Letter: Fire responders there when needed |
My Friday the 13th came on the 14th.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Letter: Emergency phone call appreciated |
I wish to thank the passer-by who found my brother, Philip Chance, unconscious in the street after a hit and run on Aug. 10.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Letter: Mahalo for making luau event a success |
Thank you to all of the visitors who joined us on July 17 at the Old Firehouse Plaza. I hope all of you who attended and supported our Hawaiian Luau Charity Benefit agree that it was a huge success and a lot of fun. The majority of the funding for this event originated from donations by local Prescott-area businesses.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Editorial: What's worse, unfinished or never starting? |
Arcosanti has been in the news of late, with a recent article in The Arizona Republic and a follow-up by The Associated Press. Yavapai County's own gem just outside of Mayer continues to amaze, enthrall and attract attention after 40-plus years of innovation.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Letter: Candidate claims don't follow facts
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During the League of Women Voters' debate at Yavapai College Aug. 4, at least two of the Republican LD1 candidates quoted statistics that illegal immigrants are costing the state billions. Specifically, one said $2 billion and another said $3 billion. I was curious as to where they had taken these numbers, which didn't even agree with each other, since I wasn't able to ask them afterward.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Letter: Judge's ruling cuts both ways
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The recent decision in California of a judge to negate the voice of a large majority of the state's voting population should concern every person who hears of it!
What, you say? Even gays who want to marry should worry?
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Letter: A costly, widening Federal government
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Is the Federal Government too large and expensive? Judge for yourself.
The average federal worker makes $71,206 compared with $40,331 in the private sector. Concerning salaries, let's look at the Department of Transportation under Bush: there was one person who earned a salary of $170,000 and today under Obama that same department has 1,690 employees with salaries about $170,000.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Editorial: All that rage good for nothing
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The Daily Courier printed a letter to the editor this week from a driver whose car had broken down at a local intersection. The woman's car had stalled, and as her 16-year-old son got out to try and push it out of the way, other drivers, angry at the delay, honked and sped past.
Thankfully, a couple stopped to help this mother and her son move their vehicle, and offered to return with gas or whatever they needed to get back on the road.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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| Letter: Reader questions Obama leadership
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I won't go into early events that the Obamas have done against the will of the majority of Americans. However, the most recent deserve a comment.
With 15 million Americans out of work and hurting, Michelle Antoinette, I mean Obama, took 44 of her BFFs to Spain for a holiday.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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| Letter: A closer look at Proposition 203
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Proposition 203, the initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state of Arizona, is not a homegrown initiative. Prop. 203 is a document written and composed by an organization in Washington D.C. called the Marijuana Policy Project, (MPP). This group of activists claims to be interested in legalizing marijuana for medical use in Arizona.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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| Editorial: Leaders must work to regain our trust |
Five years have passed since Hurricane Katrina eroded people's trust in government at all levels to do its job in a crisis.
As warnings went out that a massive storm was headed toward New Orleans and the surrounding region, nothing happened quickly enough to help the people whose lives would be forever altered by this vengeance of Mother Nature. In fact, they had already been set up by the federal government's failure to maintain 53 levees that catastrophically collapsed against floodwaters.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Letter: Salon patrons raised funds with style
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We at Fantastic Sam's want to take this opportunity to thank all of our patrons who participated in the fundraiser on Sunday, Aug. 22, for the families of fallen officers Brian Callaghan, John Schultz and Jose Presas.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Letter: Surgical Center rivals big-city medical care
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Since I moved here, I have heard from a few residents of their perceived need to go to large, big-name facilities in Phoenix for medical procedures. While I can understand that mindset from a smaller community like ours, recently I had an exceptional experience with our local doctors and their outpatient surgery center.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Column: Alarming news about fine effectiveness
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The Prescott Police Department proposes fees for repeat false-alarm offenders. The police department would allow each property two false alarms per year. They would impose a $100 fee for the third violation; each additional false alarm would increase by $100 per violation.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Letter: Only businesses win in immigration battle
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The media and our elected representatives completely ignore the source of the immigration problem. It was NAFTA and other neo-liberal trade policies that flooded the Mexican market with cheap, American-subsidized corn and other produce, which made it impossible for Mexican farmers to compete.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Editorial: There's no money to fuel public transit |
Welcome to the new position. You've got a lot of eyes looking your way.
Matt Carpenter took on the new post of transit coordinator, which was made possible by a new intergovernmental agreement between Yavapai County and CYMPO. The biggest item on Mr. Carpenter's agenda will be the elusive official public transit system, which over decades has never gotten off the ground in Prescott.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Letter: Vote-soliciting calls have opposite effect
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If someone were to call my phone asking me to vote for God, I would vote against him!
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Letter: New turf made event a success
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As District 7 commissioner for Arizona Youth Soccer Association (AYSA), I would like to thank the Town of Prescott Valley for its support of youth soccer along with Yavapai Soccer League (YSL) in the area. We recently held a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) coaches' training course in conjunction with YSL at the newly refurbished soccer field at Mountain Valley Park in Prescott Valley.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Letter: Logo doesn't do justice to Prescott
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Regarding the approved Prescott centennial logo, the design is generic at best. By no means, in my opinion, does it represent what Prescott meant or went through from the womb of what was then the mostly untamed reaches of the New Mexico Territory, to the newly formed Arizona Territory in 1863, through the 50 hard years of struggle, until the birth of the state in 1912.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Editorial: Time to get your game on locally |
Today's the day, local sports fans.
Not only will four of five local prep football teams hit the fields within short drives around town, the nationally-ranked Yavapai College soccer team and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's women's soccer team will suit up for their home openers.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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| Letter: Not much difference between left, right
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In reference to Ron Woerner's letter to the editor, I am suggesting that he underestimates most people.
I wonder why he is so sure people are, to quote him, "confused and frightened." People can read between the lines and are not as naive as Woerner indicates.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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| Letter: Give pulled-over cars their space
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Recently my husband had a flat with his work truck and was stuck on the side of the road by Watson Lake between the scenic overlook and the roundabout.
During our time sitting there on the side of the road, numerous vehicles passed by us, and only about five took the time to move over to the far lane to give room for us to work on the truck to get it back on the road.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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| Column: McCain wins by giving people what they want |
The Friday Catchall:
• PARTY POLITICS? Sen. John McCain won the Republican primary handily on Tuesday, but not without questions regarding the future - based on the past.
Will he work with Democrats again? Will he play a role in immigration legislation? Will he be President Obama's chief nemesis?
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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| Letter: Bicyclists should be licensed, fined
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I am curious. Do you have a number of users for the trail everyone is talking about? I understand the concern of those who use the trail regularly, but just how many people are we talking about? I often hike the trail up Thumb Butte and very seldom see very many other hikers.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
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| Column: Reading ourselves into a relevant culture |
A single, solitary acorn. Legend has it that around 1700, a small band of New England pioneers planted what was to become an Arizona white oak tree. They called it the Library Tree and we still do.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Letter: Murals could beautify water storage tanks |
The "mural mice" in town have graced our walls with their efforts. I recommend that they be asked to paint landscape murals on the water storage tanks in our hills.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Editorial: We're closing in on political accountability |
Yavapai County voters, 45,819 of you, narrowed the field of candidates for all races on Tuesday evening. You endured mudslinging, accusations, inflated promises, and some deflated expectations to sort through the issues. But the job isn't yet finished.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Letter: Reader urges citizens to stand tall |
Fear can destroy justice, common sense, brotherhood and faith.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Letter: Williamson Valley Road has some dangerous spots |
I am concerned for the safety of vehicles traveling north on Williamson Valley Road at a point about 200 feet beyond the junction with Shadow Valley Ranch Road,
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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| Editorial: Incident is incongruous with Chino's way of life |
Within Yavapai County's boundaries, divisions between cities and towns should blur when it comes to one of them that needs our support.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Letter: Don't honk angrily; try helping out |
Thank you to the couple who stopped at my broken-down car on Aug. 10 at the Viewpoint/89A intersection! It warms my heart that there are still people like you in this world.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Letter: U.S. makes it easy for illegal immigrants |
I've heard for some time now "The president should close the border" or "the state of Arizona is trying to close the border." Well, let me say, folks, the border will not be closed anytime soon.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| Editorial: The polls are ready for your votes |
By the time you read this, the polls are probably open. By 8 p.m., we'll know more about the direction Arizona is heading.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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| Letter: Big business exists in both parties |
We knew it was coming - a George Soros-sponsored moveon.org chapter has finally made its way to Prescott, Arizona. The Courier got my attention very quickly with his "Standing Up To Big Business" headline and then the sub headline "Rally protests corporate influence in government."
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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| Letter: Two sides to ObamaCare |
Mr. Larry Wonderling's article "Medicare Crisis, part 4; another viewpoint" on July 27 raised my ire to the point of boiling. He has several misleading points that I would like to address.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
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| Editorial: We can't make water,
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Hydrological science tells us that we are sucking more water out of our aquifers than we are putting back.
We already know that Arizona's reservoirs are at risk of drying up. We live in a desert state that's parched by a hot, dry climate under a sun that shines nearly 365 days a year.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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| Letter: Always make sure your work is licensed
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I am a licensed and bonded drywall contractor in the tri-cities area. After having read Barbara Weatherhead's letter of July 23 ("Use Caution When Choosing a Contractor"), I feel as though I have a few thoughts to add.
Unlicensed contracting has been a thorn in our sides for years. In this age of high unemployment, the problem is only heightened.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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| Letter: Rotary BBQ Days a real winner
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On July 16, the Prescott Sunup Rotary Club sponsored a dinner-dance and auction and on July 17 a competitive BBQ contest and festival at the Prescott Rodeo Grounds. This second annual BBQ Days was a huge success as over 2,500 people came to enjoy the festivities. We could not have done this without the support of our sponsors who donated services, money and/or gifts to make the BBQ Days an exciting venue for our area.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
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| Letter: Which jobs will 1070 increase?
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I wholeheartedly agree with your Aug. 2, editorial, "It's the economy, stupid."
Rabid SB1070 supporters say that illegal aliens are taking jobs from Americans.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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| DEBATE: Should a mosque be built near Ground Zero?
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President Obama this past week defended the right of a Muslim community group to build a mosque and Islamic center two blocks north of Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan.
I fully understand his defense of all Americans' right to worship and their right to build places to worship on private property. It is fundamental to who we are as Americans. "Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country," he said at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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| Editorial: Horizon pullout has a bright side |
There's money on that there Horizon!
We're not talking gold but grants, in the wake of Horizon Air pulling out of Prescott Airport effective Sept. 1.
It's been nearly two years that Horizon has been providing service locally, in addition to Great Lakes. What some people do not remember is Great Lakes is the federal Essential Air Service provider and Horizon came here because of local subsidy.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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| Letter: Do the math on health care reform
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Do you believe what the government says? There seem to be several letters in the Courier regarding how great the "Health Care Reform Act" is. The last one stating that Medicare will be solvent is an out-and-out distortion. First, 500 billion dollars was removed from Medicare by this bill.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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| Letter: The American way is slipping away
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During the 2008 campaign, I listened with hope for the possibility of Obama. But I heard nothing about "correct the problems that caused the crash and then move on." Instead, it was: "It all must be transformed." This is about my America, the country I took for granted as the land of opportunity for the independent individual wanting to be left alone, free to choose his own path.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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| Letter: Changing terminology doesn't change facts
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The left has become adept at deflection, using the tactic, "If you can't change the fact, change the language." Thus, the descriptive "liberal," which has earned a bad name, becomes the more accommodating "progressive," the illegal alien becomes a "migrant without proper papers," and so on.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
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