Letters

bigrun · #1 10-19-2012, 03:55 PM

To the Ed. First one is couple weeks old and a bit rare for this paper..

The president has done a good job

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

"The president is from Kenya and hates America. He's a Muslim socialist who is intentionally destroying the economy. He disdains the military and apologizes around the world for America. He raised income taxes and increased the deficit. Obamacare is government takeover with death panels. Global warming is a hoax. Tax cuts on the wealthy pay for themselves with higher tax revenues and more jobs. The economic crisis was caused by irresponsible lending, and the stimulus failed to help — and even made the economy worse. Obama believes owners did not build their businesses and he has gutted welfare."

Every one of the above statements is false. Simply not true. Overwhelming evidence of their inaccuracies is widely available.

Why do so many people believe them? They are trapped in a fox box and believe whatever is poured in the box. When challenged, they go on the attack. Running this fox box is a wide network of organizations and pundits — well financed by a relative few big donors.

How can this be happening in our modern democracy with instant access to a world of facts? And why do media outlets, including this newspaper, aid in the deception?

If you live in the fox box, why not step outside? You might discover that our president has actually done a good job. He reversed an economic catastrophe, added 4 million private jobs, attacked the Bush deficit by reducing health costs — and he got Osama bin Laden. If it weren't for fox boxes, Obama would win in a landslide.
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It's harder to vote than to buy a gun

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

It is time to update the system used to verify a person's eligibility to vote in Virginia. Oct. 15 was the state deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election. Why does it take 22 days to assess a prospective voter's application?

Maybe the state can adopt the system used for purchasing firearms. I can walk into my local sporting goods store and after an instant background check walk out with a newly purchased handgun.

It takes longer to be cleared to vote than to purchase a handgun, yet Gov. Bob McDonnell continues to fight to make accessing the right to vote harder while supporting legislation to make it easier to purchase weapons. This seems ludicrous.

dellinger63 · #2 10-19-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by bigrun

To the Ed. First one is couple weeks old and a bit rare for this paper..

The president has done a good job

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

"The president is from Kenya and hates America. He's a Muslim socialist who is intentionally destroying the economy. He disdains the military and apologizes around the world for America. He raised income taxes and increased the deficit. Obamacare is government takeover with death panels. Global warming is a hoax. Tax cuts on the wealthy pay for themselves with higher tax revenues and more jobs. The economic crisis was caused by irresponsible lending, and the stimulus failed to help — and even made the economy worse. Obama believes owners did not build their businesses and he has gutted welfare."

Every one of the above statements is false. Simply not true. Overwhelming evidence of their inaccuracies is widely available.

Why do so many people believe them? They are trapped in a fox box and believe whatever is poured in the box. When challenged, they go on the attack. Running this fox box is a wide network of organizations and pundits — well financed by a relative few big donors.

How can this be happening in our modern democracy with instant access to a world of facts? And why do media outlets, including this newspaper, aid in the deception?

If you live in the fox box, why not step outside? You might discover that our president has actually done a good job. He reversed an economic catastrophe, added 4 million private jobs, attacked the Bush deficit by reducing health costs — and he got Osama bin Laden. If it weren't for fox boxes, Obama would win in a landslide.
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It's harder to vote than to buy a gun

Editor, Times-Dispatch:

It is time to update the system used to verify a person's eligibility to vote in Virginia. Oct. 15 was the state deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election. Why does it take 22 days to assess a prospective voter's application?

Maybe the state can adopt the system used for purchasing firearms. I can walk into my local sporting goods store and after an instant background check walk out with a newly purchased handgun.

It takes longer to be cleared to vote than to purchase a handgun, yet Gov. Bob McDonnell continues to fight to make accessing the right to vote harder while supporting legislation to make it easier to purchase weapons. This seems ludicrous.

Almost like I wrote it!

BTW owning buying a gun is a constititional right. Paid abortion by the State is not.

And before the idiots respond give me a million and I won't spend a dime of it on beer or pari-mutual tickets, I promise.

bigrun · #3 10-19-2012, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Almost like I wrote it!

BTW owning buying a gun is a constititional right. Paid abortion by the State is not.

And before the idiots respond give me a million and I won't spend a dime of it on beer or pari-mutual tickets, I promise.

You were my guess too...

Shoot, give me a couple c-notes and i promise the same..

In VA i can buy as many guns a month as i can sell...