Letters, 8/29: Bush speaks the truth
On Monday, Aug. 21, I heard something I have never heard before. On ABC’s news at 11 a.m. on KFOR, a small portion of George Bush’s news conference was aired and I actually heard him tell the truth! A reporter asked him what Iraq had to do with 9/11 and he said “nothing.”
Of course, then he had a lot of babbling excuses why he thinks countless more of us should die in vain. It boggles my mind that some veterans think he is right. I am a veteran, and it sickens me to think what he has done to our country.
God forbid, another one like him might come along.
Rose Bouman, Lincoln
Time to leave Iraq
Iraq is broken, and even after billions of dollars and thousands of lives lost, the United States can’t put Iraq back together again. The U.S. needs to exit Iraq in order to focus on other problems: Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, etc.
Iraq needs to be divided into three regions: The north Kurdistan, a pro-West place for some U.S. forces to remain close; the south Shiite-controlled pro-Iranian region; and the Sunni middle area.
The U.S. needs to regain our European allies and stature as the world’s superpower. We need decisive leadership now!
Ed Schmersal, Lincoln
Why live in Lincoln?
Last week I was reminded again how difficult (financially) it is becoming to live in Lincoln. Two of us wanted to fly from Lincoln to Orlando in early October. The total round-trip price on Northwest Airlines out of Lincoln — $377 per person; out of Omaha — $170 per person. Fares on United Airlines were similar.
That’s too much of a difference for me to ignore, so we’re flying from Omaha. Apparently the airlines don’t want to do business in Lincoln either, or they wouldn’t entice customers to Omaha.
I even have to work in Omaha because no employers here will pay me a comparable salary. Even with commuting costs, I’m still way ahead. Gasoline is regularly 15 to 20 cents per gallon less in Omaha than Lincoln, and I could go on about better shopping and dining choices, easier-to-traverse infrastructure, etc.
The problem is I like living in Lincoln and have done so for 30 years, but more and more I have to question why. Omaha even has a sense of energy about it. Lincoln used to, but I certainly don’t feel the vitality in the air that I once did.
I’m sure there are many others like me who would eagerly bring their dollars back to Lincoln instead of working, flying from, shopping, dining, buying fuel, etc., elsewhere. It just shouldn’t have to be so difficult to do so.
Cindy S. Peterson, Lincoln
Highway built with speed
I would like to commend the person(s) who hired the road contractors who recently resurfaced Nebraska Highway 2. It should go on record as the fastest road project to reach completion in a timely manner in many years for our community.
I groaned when I first read about this upcoming project, thinking that yet another main roadway in Lincoln would be shut down and orange-coned for many months. What a delight to find out I was wrong.
How do we hire this same road crew to complete the “project” at Pine Lake Road and 56th Street?
Sharon Paul, Lincoln
Moul not a rubber stamp
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is bringing in national Republican leaders to help him in his re-election campaign. I hope my fellow voters will remember in November that almost all of these elected members of Congress, including Congressman Fortenberry, have been rubber-stamping the following Bush-Cheney-Rove agenda:
1. Give tax breaks to the super rich. 2. Do everything possible to get rid of Social Security and Medicare. 3. Basically ignore the country’s energy crisis while giving tax breaks to the oil companies. 4. Continue to sacrifice our soldiers and innocent civilians and waste billions of tax dollars on the Iraq war. 5. Misuse the threat of terrorism as often as necessary to scare us into letting Bush-Cheney-Rove take away our liberties and play with our lives.
The only way out of this quagmire is to vote for a change in November. We can contribute to this process by voting for Maxine Moul for Congress. She is a homegrown politician, well known for her dedicated service as the lieutenant governor of our state in the past.
Sitaram Jaswal, Lincoln
Of course, then he had a lot of babbling excuses why he thinks countless more of us should die in vain. It boggles my mind that some veterans think he is right. I am a veteran, and it sickens me to think what he has done to our country.
God forbid, another one like him might come along.
Rose Bouman, Lincoln
Time to leave Iraq
Iraq is broken, and even after billions of dollars and thousands of lives lost, the United States can’t put Iraq back together again. The U.S. needs to exit Iraq in order to focus on other problems: Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, etc.
Iraq needs to be divided into three regions: The north Kurdistan, a pro-West place for some U.S. forces to remain close; the south Shiite-controlled pro-Iranian region; and the Sunni middle area.
The U.S. needs to regain our European allies and stature as the world’s superpower. We need decisive leadership now!
Ed Schmersal, Lincoln
Why live in Lincoln?
Last week I was reminded again how difficult (financially) it is becoming to live in Lincoln. Two of us wanted to fly from Lincoln to Orlando in early October. The total round-trip price on Northwest Airlines out of Lincoln — $377 per person; out of Omaha — $170 per person. Fares on United Airlines were similar.
That’s too much of a difference for me to ignore, so we’re flying from Omaha. Apparently the airlines don’t want to do business in Lincoln either, or they wouldn’t entice customers to Omaha.
I even have to work in Omaha because no employers here will pay me a comparable salary. Even with commuting costs, I’m still way ahead. Gasoline is regularly 15 to 20 cents per gallon less in Omaha than Lincoln, and I could go on about better shopping and dining choices, easier-to-traverse infrastructure, etc.
The problem is I like living in Lincoln and have done so for 30 years, but more and more I have to question why. Omaha even has a sense of energy about it. Lincoln used to, but I certainly don’t feel the vitality in the air that I once did.
I’m sure there are many others like me who would eagerly bring their dollars back to Lincoln instead of working, flying from, shopping, dining, buying fuel, etc., elsewhere. It just shouldn’t have to be so difficult to do so.
Cindy S. Peterson, Lincoln
Highway built with speed
I would like to commend the person(s) who hired the road contractors who recently resurfaced Nebraska Highway 2. It should go on record as the fastest road project to reach completion in a timely manner in many years for our community.
I groaned when I first read about this upcoming project, thinking that yet another main roadway in Lincoln would be shut down and orange-coned for many months. What a delight to find out I was wrong.
How do we hire this same road crew to complete the “project” at Pine Lake Road and 56th Street?
Sharon Paul, Lincoln
Moul not a rubber stamp
Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is bringing in national Republican leaders to help him in his re-election campaign. I hope my fellow voters will remember in November that almost all of these elected members of Congress, including Congressman Fortenberry, have been rubber-stamping the following Bush-Cheney-Rove agenda:
1. Give tax breaks to the super rich. 2. Do everything possible to get rid of Social Security and Medicare. 3. Basically ignore the country’s energy crisis while giving tax breaks to the oil companies. 4. Continue to sacrifice our soldiers and innocent civilians and waste billions of tax dollars on the Iraq war. 5. Misuse the threat of terrorism as often as necessary to scare us into letting Bush-Cheney-Rove take away our liberties and play with our lives.
The only way out of this quagmire is to vote for a change in November. We can contribute to this process by voting for Maxine Moul for Congress. She is a homegrown politician, well known for her dedicated service as the lieutenant governor of our state in the past.
Sitaram Jaswal, Lincoln
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