Lazy Letter Day

Wanted to put this letter up a while back and forgot about it.

“The Donald.” Whether you love or hate him, disagree or agree with him, you really should be asking one very important question about his latest statements including Mexican illegals. Do we still have freedom of speech in this country? Trump should be able to say what he wants without companies and the general public being able to hold him “hostage.” I believe he does have freedom of speech. If you disagree with him? Then that is your right! Change the channel on your TV or your vote.

Seriously, I am wondering if we have lost that freedom too. We have been racing closer to a communistic government ever since the current resident of the White House has been in office. Never before has our nation been led by a dictator. But the last six years have been as close as I ever want to get! This “politically correct” bull is just that and has gotten out of hand, right along with “affirmative action.” I agree that people of any color have every right to equality. But you should not be given special privileges just because of the color of your skin. Nor should people of any race be “rewarded” for breaking the law by being given a free pass to citizenship! What does that say to all the people who worked very hard for many years to gain their citizenship legally?

Another bit of information for you young voters who voted just to be a part of history. Be very careful in the coming election what kind of history you want to create. How many freedoms are you willing to give up? What else do you want “imposed” on you? How is the “Affordable Care Act” going for ya? Stop following “the crowd.” Stand up for your own ideals!

JUDY THOMAS

I thought about writing a letter to agree with her and to urge my 100% support for anyone supporting The Donald. Fortunately I saved my letter for a response to Don Coyote.

 I realize I’m responding to a cartoon coyote here and that should concern me. Anyway, that hostage-taking in 1979 had a backstory. It was blowback. In 1953, the U.S. and Britain overthrew an elected leader in Iran to protect western oil interests. What followed was 26 years of life under a brutal dictator whose thugs (SAVAK) were armed and trained by the CIA. When he was toppled in 1979, to add insult to injury, we gave him asylum. A fair trial followed by hanging, as we encouraged Iraq to do with Saddam Hussein, would have been a better alternative, probably.

Speaking of Hussein, we provided him with intel during the 1980s to better direct the chemical weapons he was lobbing into Iran. So, it’s probably best that we not get into “who killed who first” with them.

The Israelis also seem to have short memories. How soon they forget Cyrus freeing their people from Babylon so they could return to Judah.

You only get two letters a month and I would rather use mine to respond to mindless jingoism.