1-31-2004 Governments in D.C., Hall both are leading us astray
There is very little about the present administrations, both local and national, with which I agree.
In less than four years we have gone from a fiscal surplus to a $5.7 trillion deficit. We are engaged in a war that we started based on lies and misrepresentation from the highest officials of our government. Everyday, our soldiers are being killed in the name of anti-terrorism when in fact there is not now, nor has there ever been a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. In fact, just the opposite is the true relationship. Saddam would not allow any group he did not control to operate in Iraq.
Meanwhile, at home we have lost 2.5 million manufacturing jobs and sent them to Asia. Companies are exporting service jobs to India and other countries daily and this administration is OK with this. Our economy is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, yet this administration responds by giving huge tax breaks to millionaires and special non-competitive considerations of business to Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton. What is wrong with this picture?
This administration came to office promising less government and less tax. At $5.7 trillion, our grandchildren will still be paying these bills for the forseeable future. In fact, by continuing this course, we are denying them a just future. This administration, which is sworn to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution has done just the opposite.
At this very moment, this government has two U.S. born citizens in custody for almost 18 months. They have not been charged officially nor brought to court, and evidence against them has not been presented. What kind of government is this? What truth is this administration afraid of hearing in an open court?
If they can deny two citizens their basic Constitutional rights, then they can do the same to you and me. There is no justification for our judicial system to operate in secret (Hitler and Stalin operated this way). If you believe we are a country of law, then we must live and follow the law. This cowboy administration is no exception.
Locally, taxpayers approved an $8 million courthouse. We have one now about $21 million. Were we lied to about the real cost? Why? Who received the contracts for construction?
Don't look for answers from the current county commissioners. They have made a mockery of good government and serving the interests of the public. I think they serve only their ideological agenda and don't care what the public thinks or wants.
No, I am not happy with what is going on in this country. I don't understand why 60 percent (current polls) support this administration. I believe this is the worst administration since Herbert Hoover and they are leading us into an abyss that will take decades from which to recover. And they want to go to Mars? The only thing that is going to Mars is common sense and our back pockets.
Where are the Democrats?
Donald W. DeLany
Murrayville
There is very little about the present administrations, both local and national, with which I agree.
In less than four years we have gone from a fiscal surplus to a $5.7 trillion deficit. We are engaged in a war that we started based on lies and misrepresentation from the highest officials of our government. Everyday, our soldiers are being killed in the name of anti-terrorism when in fact there is not now, nor has there ever been a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida. In fact, just the opposite is the true relationship. Saddam would not allow any group he did not control to operate in Iraq.
Meanwhile, at home we have lost 2.5 million manufacturing jobs and sent them to Asia. Companies are exporting service jobs to India and other countries daily and this administration is OK with this. Our economy is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s, yet this administration responds by giving huge tax breaks to millionaires and special non-competitive considerations of business to Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, Halliburton. What is wrong with this picture?
This administration came to office promising less government and less tax. At $5.7 trillion, our grandchildren will still be paying these bills for the forseeable future. In fact, by continuing this course, we are denying them a just future. This administration, which is sworn to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution has done just the opposite.
At this very moment, this government has two U.S. born citizens in custody for almost 18 months. They have not been charged officially nor brought to court, and evidence against them has not been presented. What kind of government is this? What truth is this administration afraid of hearing in an open court?
If they can deny two citizens their basic Constitutional rights, then they can do the same to you and me. There is no justification for our judicial system to operate in secret (Hitler and Stalin operated this way). If you believe we are a country of law, then we must live and follow the law. This cowboy administration is no exception.
Locally, taxpayers approved an $8 million courthouse. We have one now about $21 million. Were we lied to about the real cost? Why? Who received the contracts for construction?
Don't look for answers from the current county commissioners. They have made a mockery of good government and serving the interests of the public. I think they serve only their ideological agenda and don't care what the public thinks or wants.
No, I am not happy with what is going on in this country. I don't understand why 60 percent (current polls) support this administration. I believe this is the worst administration since Herbert Hoover and they are leading us into an abyss that will take decades from which to recover. And they want to go to Mars? The only thing that is going to Mars is common sense and our back pockets.
Where are the Democrats?
Donald W. DeLany
Murrayville
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