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| Volume 24, NO. 1384 September 5, 2008 Founded in 1985 |
Letters to the Editor
CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCH TECH
You are a hero and I Wayne Morin Jr., am not afraid to tell you this. ... MORE WHAT A DIFFERENCE
What a difference a Republican Governor makes. Three years ago, when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Mississippi Republican Governor Haley Babour stayed on the job to make sure the Mississippi coastal cities were evacuated. At the same time the Democrat Governor of Louisiana, Kathleen Blanco, and the Democrat Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, left the state. Essentially they bugged out and left the population fend for themselves. FEMA failed in several ways, but their charter is to work with the local authorities. Without access to local authorities, FEMA personnel have no access to local disaster plans and resources or to expected disaster recovery process. ... MORE THE THAT GOVERNMENT MUST OBEY
What law do governments have to obey? ... MORE MALE VICTIM OF RAPE
Yesterday I finally FOUND a shred of inner-courage and, with my head held-low, visited the "Hope Resource Center" in downtown Napa, California. As I had been attempting to ENJOY ALL THE NAPA WINE COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER I naturally had tasted not enough Cabernet yesterday afternoon. I was told by the staff a the HOPE RESOURCE CENTER that, due to the WINE TASTING, I would "BLOW-DIRTY" on a police-style breath-a-lyzer device AND that I could not IMMEDIATELY ACCESS SAFE-HAVEN, SHOWER, SHELTER to begin my first day of healing from this brutal rape I have not faced. INSTEAD I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO ENTER RESTRICED DETOX FOR 24HOURS before I could access ANY local rape-recovery resources. ... MORE 1986 AMNESTY WAS A PREDICTABLE FLOP
The only solution is to demand that our federal government enforces our immigration laws. It certainly is not doing that. We have troops all over the world protecting other nations. Let’s bring some of them home and beef up the security of our own borders. ... MORE |
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