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Don’t ram the iceberg a second time
To the editor:
I am writing today in response to Rodney Guessford’s letter from July 26. In his letter, Guessford asks why Republicans would vote for Mitt Romney — other than to vote against president Obama.
I had to laugh at Guessford’s assertion that the president’s only failures were due to Congress blocking his every move. I guess Guessford has forgotten that the president had total control of the Congress for his first two years.
He could have passed any bills that he wanted, and the Republicans couldn’t have stopped him. What did he choose to work on for those first two years? Mainly, a health care bill that 75 percent of Americans didn’t want, and most politicians admit they didn’t read.
Maybe he should have been “focused like a laser” on job creation. That is what he said was his priority. Voters didn’t like the direction that President Obama was taking the country in, so they booted many Democrats in 2010. If the president was truly interested in creating jobs, he wouldn’t have taken such an anti-domestic energy stance the past three years. The only energy production he seems to be interested in, is solar energy, which is losing billions at every turn.
As to Guessford’s question as to why we would vote for Mitt Romney — it is simple, he is not a socialist. President Obama wants more and more control put in the hands of government. He has shown already that he would rather make drastic cuts to the military than cut the runaway hand-out programs that are breaking this country. No employer would keep an employee with a record like Obama’s. Obama criticized President Bush for letting the debt get to $10 trillion, but he has proceeded to add another $5 trillion in only 3 years. We now have the largest debt and deficit in our nation’s history. Re-electing Obama would be like backing the Titanic up to hit the iceberg again.
Bill Stryker Jr.
Waynesboro, Pa.
Don’t paint Islam with broad brush
To the editor:
Having previously studied Islam and the Quran, I wonder and worry about those who so maliciously malign all those of that faith. We should take great care to avoid confusing the Islamic faith of approximately 1.5 billion people, with the twisted agenda of some revolutionary extremists, who pervert and subvert that faith into their raison d’etre.
While not Christian, most Muslims also are God-fearing and sincere in their beliefs. Defaming their faith plays into the very hands of terrorist evil-doers.
After all, how would we react if Christianity was judged on the basis of David Koresh’s child abuse or the Reverend Jim Jones’ Kool-Aid drinkers?
Del. Larry D. Kump, District #52
Berkeley-Morgan Counties, W.Va.
It’s better on the inside
To the editor:
To the editor:
I am writing today in response to Rodney Guessford’s letter from July 26. In his letter, Guessford asks why Republicans would vote for Mitt Romney — other than to vote against president Obama.
I had to laugh at Guessford’s assertion that the president’s only failures were due to Congress blocking his every move. I guess Guessford has forgotten that the president had total control of the Congress for his first two years.
He could have passed any bills that he wanted, and the Republicans couldn’t have stopped him. What did he choose to work on for those first two years? Mainly, a health care bill that 75 percent of Americans didn’t want, and most politicians admit they didn’t read.
Maybe he should have been “focused like a laser” on job creation. That is what he said was his priority. Voters didn’t like the direction that President Obama was taking the country in, so they booted many Democrats in 2010. If the president was truly interested in creating jobs, he wouldn’t have taken such an anti-domestic energy stance the past three years. The only energy production he seems to be interested in, is solar energy, which is losing billions at every turn.
As to Guessford’s question as to why we would vote for Mitt Romney — it is simple, he is not a socialist. President Obama wants more and more control put in the hands of government. He has shown already that he would rather make drastic cuts to the military than cut the runaway hand-out programs that are breaking this country. No employer would keep an employee with a record like Obama’s. Obama criticized President Bush for letting the debt get to $10 trillion, but he has proceeded to add another $5 trillion in only 3 years. We now have the largest debt and deficit in our nation’s history. Re-electing Obama would be like backing the Titanic up to hit the iceberg again.
Bill Stryker Jr.
Waynesboro, Pa.
Don’t paint Islam with broad brush
To the editor:
Having previously studied Islam and the Quran, I wonder and worry about those who so maliciously malign all those of that faith. We should take great care to avoid confusing the Islamic faith of approximately 1.5 billion people, with the twisted agenda of some revolutionary extremists, who pervert and subvert that faith into their raison d’etre.
While not Christian, most Muslims also are God-fearing and sincere in their beliefs. Defaming their faith plays into the very hands of terrorist evil-doers.
After all, how would we react if Christianity was judged on the basis of David Koresh’s child abuse or the Reverend Jim Jones’ Kool-Aid drinkers?
Del. Larry D. Kump, District #52
Berkeley-Morgan Counties, W.Va.
It’s better on the inside
To the editor:
