02/09/10 Letters to the Editor


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Obama the meeting crasher

To the editor -- While reading an article in The New American, "From Copenhagen: Obama Fails to 'Seal the Deal,'" written by William F. Jasper, Jan. 18 edition, I had an LOL moment. In fact I laughed so loud that my husband came out of another room to see what was so funny.

The article states, "In a secret meeting between Chinese, Indian and Brazilian heads of state, the door swung open revealing President Obama, who hadn't been invited but had arrived to crash the meeting. Several diplomats protested the intrusion, but Obama simply informed them he wouldn't accept them negotiating in secret."

Apparently our president's international policy differs greatly from his domestic policy when it comes to secrecy and meetings behind closed doors.

 

SANDI BELZER BRENDALE

Yakima

 

 

Restore open government

To the editor -- National security hesitancy and failures; citizens' constitutional rights for terrorists; unelected "czars"; TARP; 1,200-page bills approved without reading; nationalization of car manufacturing; $14.3 trillion debt (more than $43,000 per person). These are some of the results of disregarding 230 years of checks and balances, and discarding open congressional processes that include committee testimony, media publicity, public discussion, floor debate and building major initiatives incrementally.

It is time that our elected representatives listen to their constituents or be forcefully retired. Massachusetts led the way. Patty Murray runs this year -- will she remain part of the elite or listen to the electorate? Open legislative process or back-room bribes? Back to the Senate, or to the farm?

And how about Norm Johnson? As he doesn't listen to his 14th District constituents, I'll vote for Michele Strobel.

 

BOB WHITNEY

Yakima

 

 

'No' means we still suffer

To the editor -- Now that health care may be delayed, I want to hear the plan from the party of "no." The Americans going without are still out here and suffering. Their homes are gone, their jobs are gone and they have no way of taking care of their most basic medical needs. Americans without are still out here.

The only plan from the party of "no," as of today, is to slow down. Explain that plan to the Americans who must pick between taking care of their basic needs and taking care of their health requirements. The party of "no" has no plan.

You and I know that if they had a plan they felt was better than the one being offered, we would've heard about it by now. Their no means that things stay the same and those without continue to suffer.

 

EDDIE BROWN

Yakima

 

 

Perfect credit equals zilch

To the editor -- The other day I received my homeowners insurance renewal.

As always, it was more money, even though I had no claims. They said that the length of my credit history does not support a lower premium and that I had opened more accounts than optimal.

I'm 52 years old, own my home and have one credit card. So I pulled my report from all three credit companies. Just as I thought: My credit is perfect. However, I did learn that these companies keep all cards and loans on record for 10 to 20 years after you pay them off. The whole thing is a big scam and there's nothing anybody can do about it.

Pay your bills on time and they punish you. Don't pay on time and they punish you. It's big business. Why do you think every time you turn on the television it's an ad for free credit reports? Insurance companies and banks run this country. We're just sheep to the slaughter.

 

RICK LEA

Yakima

 

 

It's all about the money

To the editor -- Why are we losing library services in the Nile area? Is it money? Landslide? Money? Assumed lack of library patrons? Money? Internet service costs? Money? Yakima Valley Library's agenda? Money? Or other?

We would really like to have our library back.

 

JoANN PICKARD

Naches

 

 

This doesn't make sense

To the editor -- Will someone explain to me why George W. Bush, a fiscally conservative president, could pass a tax cut for the wealthy, while Barack Obama's proposed minor tax cut for the working man is labeled redistribution of wealth? I don't get it!

 

YVETTE O. CHEVRET

Yakima

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