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Sleazy Carolinas political duo ought to start their own party
Looks like the Carolinas have cornered the market on political sleazebags. Every day it's something new out of these two.
I suggest they band together and form their own political party. Call it the “Cheatercrats” or maybe the “Infidelicans.”
John Sharp
Cornelius
In response to “Benefits being paid to dead Americans” (July 1):
You can't take it with you – unless it's Social Security check
How can we expect the government to administer national health care when they can't stop Social Security benefits to dead beneficiaries?
With that kind of track record, a lot of dead people will get health care provided long after they're dead and gone, especially in Chicago cemeteries where they're known to vote.
Stan Nelson
Matthews
In response to “In order to be a green city, don't be so cool” (June 29 Editorial):
Please, check back in on
overly chilly office lobbies
I hope that a month from now, the Observer will revisit the uptown office lobbies where excessively cool temperatures were found, including the Observer's 67.6-degree snack room. I'm not too optimistic that there will be many changes. It's going to take a lot of work to make Charlotte “more green and less cool.”
Steve Copulsky
Charlotte
In response to “What were Bobcats thinking? Fans will be booing in stands” (June 28 Forum):
Bobcats right to ignore Tar Heel-Duke rivalry in draft
The Bobcats were thinking about what scouts should think about when deciding to draft a player, winning. I am as big a Tar Heel fan as anyone, but the Bobcats made a decision based on the needs of the organization. The Bobcats drafted the best player and the person who could most help the team. They needed a shooting guard to back up Raja Bell. The Bobcats made the best business decision, not a decision based on college loyalty.
Kevin Canty
Charlotte
Federal food act will put small farmers at a disadvantage
However well-intentioned, the proposed Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) as written, will have the unintended consequence of making our food choices less safe because it includes the small farms growing and selling locally in their respective communities.
Small farms are not the problem, but one of the solutions to food quality and food safety.
Please do not let Congress place burdensome, unnecessary regulations on them.
Donna Thrasher
Charlotte
It's another example of how lobbyists are running Congress
The Food Safety Enhancement Act is yet another example of how big business' lobbyists have more representation in Congress than “we the people.”
This bill would impose unreasonable burdens on small farmers, increase the cost of locally grown food and stifle the small farming industry.
Government control of industrialized/mass food processing has not worked, as evidenced by the massive, multimillion-dollar food recalls. This bill will harm the people physically, financially and most importantly will harm the liberty of the people. It must be rejected.
Linda Caldwell
Charlotte
In response to “Madoff gets max: 150 years” (June 30):
Prison is too easy a sentence for Madoff; here's a harder one
Although he'll die in jail, Bernard Madoff got off easy. He'll have meals and lodging provided for the rest of his life and won't ever have to face his victims again.
A far more appropriate punishment would be to make him work off his debts to his victims, then go on a road trip to visit all his victims and pay them what he swindled from them.
I know he'll never be able to make full restitution for his crimes, but it's what he deserves.
Stephen V. Gilmore
Charlotte
One criminal's off to jail, but what about the politicians?
Now that Madoff is going to jail, I want to know when the Republicrat politicians are going to serve time for their mismanagement of the fruits of my labor. As a Libertarian in my 30s, I know I will never see a dime of what they take from me via scams such as Social Insecurity.
Jennifer Schulz
Fort Mill, S.C.
Ending Spanish classes? Excellent idea, if you ask me
The TV stations were active with news that the Rock Hill-area school board had cancelled Spanish classes for the coming year for lack of money.
I applaud this decision! Our children do not need to learn Spanish to enable them to communicate with the offspring of illegal immigrants. If they remain in our country, they should be required to speak our language.
J.R. Moore
Locust
In response to “Fame: I'm (not) gonna live forever” (June 30 Viewpoint):
Why ‘reject the noble' in your selections for Page 2A news?
As Cal Thomas wrote in his June 30 column, “Embracing the base while rejecting the noble will produce more of one and less of the other.”
The Observer seems only to embrace entertainers and politicians on Page 2A. Why do you ignore birthdays and personal notes of the noble science, mathematics, religious and philanthropic outliers?
Jeff Rothe
Charlotte
