Letters to the Editor category, Page 261
Letter to the editor: Thank Trump for expediting vaccine
While Joe Biden was hiding in his cellar during the pandemic, it was President Trump who initiated Operation Warp Speed. Please do not think that Biden had anything to do with expediting the vaccine. Give credit where it is due. Thank you, President Trump! Jim Meyer Jefferson Township, Butler County...
Letter to the editor: Head spinning from censorship
First it’s some Dr. Seuss books being racist and pulled off eBay and publication being stopped, then it’s “Walk a Mile in Their His Her Our Shoes” (“Blackburn Center’s ‘Walk a Mile’ event gets new name, goes virtual,” March 1, TribLIVE) — what the heck? All this censorship/inclusivity is making...
Letter to the editor: Voters will remember GOP senators’ disgrace
The Republican senators who voted twice to find President Trump not guilty are a disgrace to our country. We will remember who you are in the next election. Because of your idol worship, you’ll not understand true justice at all. Remember, the godly care about justice and the rights of...
Letter to the editor: Ideas for election integrity
I believe the most important issue the Pennsylvania Legislature should deal with is election integrity. Without that, and along with open borders, you have no country. The following suggestions seem appropriate: • No ballots received (not postmarked) after midnight on Election Day will be counted. • Voters must be registered...
Letter to the editor: Honoring our park rangers
A park ranger is your friend. He is the embodiment of the law in the park. His presence keeps you safe. He enforces the rules and sees to it that others keep the rules, too. Our park is a better place because he is there. A ranger treats everyone with...
Letter to the editor: Illogical actions harming our country
Nothing is real anymore, and everything is illusory. We can’t have a border fence, but we can have a razor-wire fence around our Capitol. We have to wear masks and social distance, but we allow infected illegal immigrants to be caught and released back into society. We have a trillion...
Letter to the editor: Why we should hike minimum wage
An incremental raise in the minimum wage should be considered a payback to whatever was left of the foundation of our economy, since 70% of our economy is supported by the taxpayer. Remember, 70% of economic support comes from the taxpayer. As a result, the burden on the taxpayer placed...
Letter to the editor: Words can’t hurt us
It all started about a year ago. People began wearing masks in their cars driving alone. Many workers were required to wear masks during their whole shift. I absolutely believe that breathing in your own unfiltered, recycled air is causing some people to develop psychological problems. Then this issue began:...
Letter to the editor: Nowhere to hide from dangers of fracking
How much does the average Pennsylvania resident know about the fracking industry and the resulting health detriments it causes? The article “Fractured: Harmful chemicals and unknowns haunt Pennsylvanians surrounded by fracking” in Environmental Health News, about a Washington County family, is a must-read for those who have not been following...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s grift keeps on grifting
It is very strange that so many people are still entranced by President Trump. At least a year ago, he began complaining that the election was going to be rigged. He continues that fanciful story even today. Not a shred of evidence of election fraud has been presented in over...
Letter to the editor: When conservatives get ‘woke’
What happens when conservatives get “woke”? I believe the next four years will awaken conservatives, if they’re not already, and force them to stop sitting on their hands. For most, though, they prefer prayer to activism. Like a CIA false-flag op, unfounded accusations and hateful identity politics awakened and manipulated...
Letter to the editor: For the People Act bad for democracy
I must vigorously disagree with letter- writer Carole Briggs (“We should make voting easier, not harder,” March 16, TribLIVE) and her support of House Resolution 1. This bill is full of legislation that will cement many of this past election’s questionable voting practices such as mail-in voting, no voter ID, counting...
Letter to the editor: Why are others getting second shot before seniors get first?
I am so tired of hearing about people worried about their second covid vaccine. What about us senior citizens with health issues who can’t get the first shot? Don’t we count? I think it’s only fair that we should get one before second doses are handed out. It’s a joke...
Letter to the editor: Term limits can help bring unity
I just made my very first donation to a political cause. In a previous letter to the editor I cautioned that donations to political parties only fuel the partisan divide. My opinion has not changed, but this recent donation was made to support the fast-growing national movement to initiate term...
Letter to the editor: Those who think differently are not enemies
I was truly saddened by Michael J. Kardell’s letter “Toomey should be thrown out of Republican Party” (March 12, TribLIVE). “They” don’t think exactly like me, so “they” are my enemies. The fact is that no one else thinks exactly like we do in all things. (Even Sen. Pat Toomey’s...
Letter to the editor: Orwell, Bradbury warned us
Have you seen and heard enough yet? I certainly have. I never thought that we would witness big tech silencing free speech or de-listing books whose subject they disagree with. A “woke” administration and Congress that appear more intent on advancing socialism and rewarding their friends than helping to make...
Letter to the editor: Commissioners misguided on gun-rights resolution
I have spent a lot of my lawyering years practicing and teaching civil rights. The Second Amendment is something I know a great deal about. That the Westmoreland County commissioners, or any county commissioners, should pass a resolution in support of the Second Amendment strikes me as a rather meretricious...
Letter to the editor: ‘Boys will be boys’ must end
The allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo involving sexual misconduct, intimidation and coercion are only symptoms of a boys-will-be-boys mentality that pervades our culture, excuses sexual discrimination, justifies degradation, minimizes assault and protects predators. It’s why so many turned a deaf ear and blind eye to President Trump’s obscene...
Sounding off: Our politically correct dinner tables
Liberalism always achieves the opposite of its stated intent. Proof is ever more government spending that yields less in return to taxpayers. This also is true for their politically correct, racial sensitivity ruse in terms of the “fairness and diversity” they claim to seek. Consider your pantry and grocery store...
Letter to the editor: Trump and Limbaugh
I hope everyone got a chance to see the latest reality TV show from the U.S. Senate, the theater of the absurd, Part II, also known as the acquittal of President Trump. I think it was the most brainless, spineless, gutless performance in the history of television. The vote was...
Letter to the editor: Remember Reschenthaler’s actions when voting
Once again Rep. Guy Reschenthaler has proved he has no interest in doing what’s right for the 14th Congressional District. He once again voted against the stimulus package. Numerous times since November he has voted against stimulus packages that would be beneficial to the people and businesses in the district....
Letter to the editor: Thoughts on Biden and more
We want to thank President Biden for the price jump in gasoline prices, which is on its way to $4 a gallon. In addition, it looks like we may have an open southern border once more, so we should get rid of President Trump’s wall. Now that we are defunding...
Letter to the editor: Antifa is unappealing
Huh? Frank Zalakar’s tautological composition affirming antifa as a “left-wing, anti-racist, anti-fascist, political movement relative with anarchy” (“Knowing right from left,” March 4, TribLIVE) is like saying fecal material on two pieces of white (racist?) bread is a sandwich. Crap sandwiches and antifa are equally unappealing. David A. Scandrol Lower...
Letter to the editor: Vaccine rollout failure shows need for competent candidates
Many times we have been let down by our public officials, but this vaccine rollout is their responsibility and their absolute failure. When candidates seek public office, they proclaim their desire to solve public issues; but instead of taking time to anticipate, investigate and address the issues, they quickly perfect...
Letter to the editor: A pig is a pig, no matter his looks
In her letter “What if Andrew Cuomo looked like John Edwards?” (March 11, TribLIVE), Maria Maliszewski seems to indicate that if a man looks like Edwards, nerdy and dorky looking, that he can get away with being a pig. A pig is a pig. And for the Trib to print...
