Letters to the Editor category, Page 349
Letter to the editor: Reelect Trump, keep making America great
President Trump was elected to office by more than 63 million Americans. He was elected to make our country prosperous again. To make our country safe again. To make our country respected again. He has accomplished these things and much more in spite of the constant opposition from the Democrats....
Letter to the editor: Lawmakers’ pay increase
Where would all the mediocre lawyers go for an increase in their standard of living if not into politics? Clem Zahrobsky Delmont...
Letter to the editor: Senate leaders not following Constitution
I was slightly misquoted in your story “Westmoreland County impeachment rally draws more than 100” (Dec. 17, TribLIVE) — an easy mistake to make on a cold and snowy street corner with car horns blaring in the background. Regarding the Congress, I didn’t observe, “They’ve said out loud they’re not...
Letter to the editor: We need a cleansing of Congress
Regarding the article “Report: U.S. misled public on progress in Afghanistan war”: Congress on both sides of the aisle should be ashamed of themselves and seriously consider resigning from office or not running for reelection. Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Mitch McConnell and Jim Sensenbrenner, along with the rest of the...
Letter to the editor: Anti-Trump protest not front-page news
One hundred never-Trumpers at a “rally” makes front-page news with a photo spread (“Westmoreland County impeachment rally draws more than 100,” Dec. 17, TribLIVE)! I’ve seen more people “protesting” at a school board meeting over moving a bus stop. Come on, Trib. Bob Goehring North Huntingdon...
Letter to the editor: Nadler & cronies dictators
President Trump “put himself before country” and lawmakers “cannot wait until the next election to address the threat” posed by his actions. These are comforting words to the plebs from the Honorable Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary. The benevolent chair and his cronies are looking...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s put-down of Thunberg shameful
Amid the thousands of Donald Trump’s tweets, rally rants and “whiny” letters, e.g. recently to Nancy Pelosi, one episode stands out: the recent contretemps vis-a-vis Greta Thunberg. This reveals the reality of Trump’s character in all its smallness. Greta Thunberg, 16, is a Swedish climate activist diagnosed with Asperger syndrome...
Letter to the editor: What’s happened to our country?
What has happened to this wonderful country of ours? Didn’t we come here to get away from dictators? Where we are free to believe as we wish? If I own a company and I don’t like the color blue and I tell my employees, “I don’t wish to see blue...
Letter to the editor: Presidential candidates should recuse selves
Apparently people are unaware of our system of government. One party cannot railroad a president who has not broken a law out of office. The Democrats are avoiding the judicial branch in their effort to get rid of President Trump. Many people think that Congress voting to impeach means he...
Letter to the editor: Indifference may end our republic
The end of an empire slowly creeps in unawares. It’s like a chronic case of indigestion repeatedly ignored until it’s diagnosed as stage 4 stomach cancer. And the prognosis for America the Beautiful could be terminal. Generations indoctrinated by a lifetime of the blue glow of television have been rendered...
Sounding off: Our politicians should all be independents
George Washington warned Americans about the evils of political parties and partisan politics in his Farewell Address to Congress. When I ran as a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, I did so because I saw how the two major parties and partisan politics were destroying our country,...
Letter to the editor: ‘Investing in children’ means more taxes
Property owners in New Kensington-Arnold School District should be seeing red (“New Kensington-Arnold preliminary budget spikes taxes, exhausts reserves,” Dec. 12, TribLIVE): They are being bled to death in school taxes. Ask the school board: How much did the football field renovation cost? How much money in the budget went...
Letter to the editor: On Biden blackmail, where’s outrage?
A widely available clip of a January 2018 video — rarely shown on network television — should end the impeachment farce. The clip not only absolves President Trump, but indicts the Obama administration for bribery, an actual impeachable offense. When the key perpetrator began campaigning for president, it became Trump’s...
Letter to the editor: Morals, decency & Trump
I was pleased to see that my letter (“Trump deserved World Series boos”) was appreciated by A. Atkinson (”Tired of Democrats’ letters”). While I respect his right to his opinion, does he honestly believe that will stop me from writing letters about who I feel is the worst and most...
Letter to the editor: ‘Impairment’ follows impeachment
I stayed up into the wee hours Dec. 12 to watch Jerry Nadler and his Judiciary Committee preside over the debate and vote over which articles of impeachment to bring before the House. Not to get tutti-frutti, but impeachment leads to impairment. The Democrats in Congress want to impair the...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment a banana republic farce
There were many listeners to the phone conversation. One collapsed at what he heard and told a whistleblower who blew his whistle — “the world must know of this evil.” President Trump surprised them by releasing the transcript, which anyone can read and judge for themselves as to whether there...
Letter to the editor: Trump, religion & debt
I’ve seen President Trump’s spiritual adviser. What a piece of work. Do you actually think Trump is a God-fearing, religious person? Do you actually believe Trump believes or knows the meaning of the Golden Rule? Trump thinks he is going to make America great again. Good slogan, but we’ve got...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s actions in Ukraine should be examined
The longer the impeachment process drags on, the more I am convinced of two things: Joe Biden did something bad in the Ukraine, and he had the help of some corrupt Ukrainian officials. The Republican House members and lawyers keep bringing up Biden’s dealings with Ukrainian gas interests. The Democratic...
Christmas greetings from local leaders
In celebration of Christmas, today’s letters to the editor are not to the editor at all. They are Christmas greetings from local leaders to our readers, the people of the communities they serve. This time of year is one in which we come together. It reminds us that we have...
Letter to the editor: Muslim-Christian connection
As a Muslim American, I wish my neighbors and the rest of America a very warm and happy holiday season. It’s a popular belief that Muslims are anti-Christian and that Christians are anti-Muslim. This notion is as bizarre as it is false. I admit, there are extremist elements on both...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment coup
In case you’ve been busy and have not seen the news, here’s a summary. For two months the Democrats concocting the impeachment of President Trump told us the reason for impeaching was “quid pro quo.” Then they discovered their base can’t grasp Latin, so they focus-group-tested “bribery” and fed us...
Letter to the editor: Impeachment-crucifixion comparison blasphemous
While I appreciate that the Tribune-Review accepts divergent opinions, I believe Frank A. Novotony Jr.’s letter comparing the impeachment to the crucifixion (“Impeachment like crucifixion,” Dec. 18, TribLIVE) goes beyond the pale, and especially during the Holy Season is blasphemous. Unlike Jesus, President Trump was not tortured, beaten and put...
Letter to the editor: Questioning Mike Tomlin’s calls
An open letter to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: Do you know which teams do not run the ball up the middle for the huge majority of first- or second-down plays? It’s the Super Bowl teams. Oh well, the only people who question your calls are the fans in the stands,...
Letter to the editor: Westmoreland bus proposal
I congratulate the Westmoreland County commissioners on proposing to run their own bus system. This will be at least a two-year journey to save money for the county taxpayers. Two years, to give them a chance to work out the inevitable bugs, since county government has never operated its own...
Letter to the editor: Term limits, impeachment & lobbyists
I thoroughly enjoyed Lori Falce’s column “Term limits are half the story” (Dec. 12, TribLIVE). There are a couple of things she did not include but are, I believe, important. Considering the brevity of term for a representative, how can the House logically be the initiator of impeachment? Secondly: Adapting...
