Letters to the Editor category, Page 392
Letter to the editor: How to end shutdown
If all the people who want to build Trump’s wall were to contribute $50,000 or $100,000 to the GoFundMe account to build the wall, there would be more than enough money to build it. After all, they saved tens of thousands of dollars in taxes from the great tax cut...
Letter to the editor: Will waxes woefully
In his column “Trump is a sad specimen” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE), George Will is a pompous, thesaurus-wielding arse and accomplishes nothing other than a name-calling “piling on” of Trump. It’s as if his “waxing intellectual” language is somehow educating a large politically illiterate electorate of this country. His rantings are...
Letter to the editor: Citizens ‘did build that’
Regarding Thomas C. Spallone’s letter “Cosmic luck” (Jan. 18, TribLIVE): Tom, our good fortune to have been born in America had little to do with random cosmic luck. We should remain extremely grateful that our parents were pro-lifers, which had an awful lot to do with our having been born...
Letter to the editor: Outright xenophobia
Thank you for publishing Paul Gernhardt’s letter “Why build the wall?” (Jan. 22, TribLIVE). My kudos to him for being forthright with his racism. Most proponents of the wall at least try and obscure their xenophobia in order to achieve their political goals. Gernhardt came right out with “The most...
Letter to the editor: Impeach Pelosi
In case you haven’t noticed, the Democratic party, led by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, has become the party of hate. While neither live in a walled mansion, both enjoy tight security provided by doormen, security guards, electronic devices, etc. Yet Pelosi says “walls are immoral.” Apparently, these so-called “leaders”...
Letter to the editor: Peduto making start to address gun violence
In their op-ed “Peduto, council should learn facts on gun violence” (Jan. 19, TribLIVE), Antony Davies and James Harrigan choose to consider the actions of Mayor Bill Peduto and the Pittsburgh City Council in endorsing various restrictions on semi-automatic weapons as “political posturing.” The issue of the right to bear...
Letter to the editor: Where are Toomey & Casey?
The silence from the respective offices of Pennsylvania Sens. Pat Toomey and Bob Casey related to the border wall, the Trump presidency and the myriad other problems facing our nation is deafening. Does anyone know where they stand on these difficult issues? My expectations are that our “leaders” take definitive...
Letter to the editor: Costs of immigration
Fentanyl is a deadly synthetic drug often mixed with other street drugs to make them more potent. It is largely manufactured in China and smuggled across our porous southern border by Central and South American gangs. It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. Heroin is a highly addictive...
Letter to the editor: Daft on the draft
I am writing to express in the strongest possible terms my disagreement with the conclusions expressed in Donald Boudreaux’s column ”Draft’s end most pro-freedom move of past 50 years” (Jan. 17, TribLIVE). I read it because I couldn’t imagine why the military draft would be a newsworthy topic. It ended...
Letter to the editor: Preventing pregnancy can stop abortions
I read the op-ed by Tara Murtha and Susan Frietsche (“Nothing ‘pro-life’ about overturning Roe v. Wade,” Jan. 12, TribLIVE) that advocated keeping abortion legal. I also read the op-ed by Maria Gallagher (“So much wrong with abortion ‘right’,” Jan. 12, TribLIVE), who wrote about how abortion kills a defenseless...
Letter to the editor: Where is my Democratic Party?
Whatever happened to the Democratic Party I registered with 60 years ago? What I see today in no way resembles the party I knew. I cannot remember a time when so much raw, ugly hatred was displayed by our politicians. It is hard to watch. What is really hard to...
Letter to the editor: Wall will work
Our government partially shut down because the Democrats refuse to compromise with President Trump. He wants to build a wall to slow down the flood of illegal immigrants entering our country. They don’t want to lose potential voters. Trump’s plan for a wall has been tried before, and it worked....
Letter to the editor: Punish politicians
When our children are growing up, we try to reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. Why do we put up with politicians who do the opposite? They push gun control laws that punish honest, law-abiding people while doing nothing to punish or deter criminals. The government shutdown punishes employees...
Letter to the editor: Love thy neighbor, Jesus commanded
A parable of the good Samaritan for our times: There was a talk show host who obtained an exclusive interview with Jesus Christ. Wanting to boost his station’s ratings, he asked Jesus, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?” Jesus replied, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your...
Letter to the editor: Emotion vs. sense
Paid vacation, not soup lines, is what those affected by the government shutdown were engaged in. All will get back pay. Surprise, a political party is obscuring truth with emotion for the purpose of power. Open borders, sanctuary cities, no photo IDs to vote, abortions all around, push God out...
Letter to the editor: Senators complicit
Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey were both complicit in the government shutdown. Neither did anything to get Sen. Mitch McConnell to bring the bills to the floor to end the shutdown. He will not do so until he gets permission from President Trump. What a disgusting individual. He is...
Letter to the editor: Entering totalitarianism
I can’t believe what Mayor Bill Peduto (and Pittsburgh City Council) are proposing — declaring that radio broadcasting must cease in the Pittsburgh region. They state that TV, iPhone, text messaging, magazines and newspapers will still be freely available. It only amounts to 20 percent or so of a rescission...
Letter to the editor: Anti-wall means anti-Trump
This tweeter not to be trumped is tweetered expressly for my conservative compatriots and for obstinate liberals conceivably capable of still being able to see the woods for the trees. You non-conservative Democrat politicians don’t give a rat’s fanny how many immigrants cross the border, how many terrorists, how many...
Letter to the editor: ‘Wall’ issue is a ‘will’ issue
The Bible is clear on how to handle immigrants. Exodus 22:21 says, “You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him.” This is repeated in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Exodus 12:49 says, “One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the foreigner who sojourns among you,” repeated in...
Letter to the editor: Democrats ridiculous
Regarding the letter “Trump bully & liar” (Jan. 14, TribLIVE): America is waking up to the ridiculous stance of the Democratic Party. All it would take to open the government is for the Democrats to approve the wall that they were all in favor of during previous administrations. Chuck Schumer...
Letter to the editor: Quit politicizing wall
I find it disturbing that the crisis of the wall (barrier?) has been politicized to this point. What I would like to see is Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and the rest of those who say there is no crisis bused to the border, where they can actually see what’s...
Letter to the editor: Romney has no courage
Oren Spiegler’s letter ”Romney’s courage” (Jan. 8, TribLIVE) praising Mitt Romney for standing up to President Trump demands a strong rebuttal. Spiegler states that Romney supports many of Trump’s policies, then lauds him for denouncing Trump for his personal and destructive behavior that is supposedly dividing America. Trump has been...
Letter to the editor: What if it were your kids?
I 100 percent agree with letter-writer Amy Kriss (“Catholic Church is not above the law,” Jan. 2, TribLIVE). I would like to ask the Rev. John Sweeney’s attorney, face to face, if Sweeney did this to his children, what would his response be? If he did this to my kids,...
Letter to the editor: 2 cheers for Gov. Tom Wolf
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, www.rggi.org) was established several years ago by Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont “to support the development and implementation of each RGGI State’s CO2 Budget Trading Program” using a cap-and-trade mechanism to lower greenhouse gas emissions. In...
Letter to the editor: Border crisis manufactured by past administrations
Yes, border security is a manufactured crisis. It was manufactured by past administrations and supported by President Obama and his administration’s policies. June Morrison Zelienople...
