Letters, 5/1: Oil prices not from strikes
I had to write in after reading yet another article attempting to make excuses for the outrageous price of gasoline at the pumps.
The article in Monday’s paper referenced a strike outside the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland as a contributing factor to what we are seeing locally. I think this is ridiculous. Are we to believe that workers never went on strike, oil refineries were never attacked or burned or that oil pipelines never had to be repaired at a time when gasoline prices were reasonable?
There is really nothing we can do about this current situation except to take the time to express our concerns. I hear daily market reports that tell of improving economic conditions, and I am incredulous. These people obviously don’t realize how the high price of gasoline is affecting anyone in the working middle class. It is driving the cost of everything up. I don’t see how there can be an economic turnaround unless there is a reversal in the price of oil.
If most Americans looked at what they are spending this year as compared to last year on gas, groceries and other commodities, they would quickly realize that the government rebate checks do not even cover the difference.
Cheryl Kozisek, David City
See Nebraska this summer
I truly enjoyed reading the comments of John Rosenow in the Journal Star on Arbor Day, April 25; children are completely disconnected from nature in today’s consumer culture.
This summer, as your family is planning for a vacation, remember our many fine state parks. Don’t use your stimulus check to see some mouse in Florida; see Nebraska.
Working at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, I encounter scores of Omahans and Lincolnites who don’t know how to get to Bellevue or Bennet, let alone Nebraska City. If folks don’t even know how to get around our own state, this leads me to believe that Nebraskans are forgetting folkways that made our state great. Our small towns — Brainard, Hooper, Syracuse — are preserving our folkways; please, preserve them!
If you do consider going camping this summer and never have, start small; maybe a trip to Twin Rivers, before going to the sublime Sandhills lakes, Long Pine, Halsey Nebraska National Forest, or others. Practice setting up the tent before you leave, and don’t fret when you realize you forgot something, simply make do.
Take your vacation time to appreciate something more powerful and inspiring than some Epcot, mouse or so-called “magic” kingdom in Florida; explore the work of God in the still natural Nebraska.
Wesley Halvorsen, Syracuse
Smoyer is best choice
Brent Smoyer is the right person to represent District 25 in the state Legislature.
I have had the great pleasure to get to know Brent over the past few years. He has a vast knowledge of the issues facing the state of Nebraska and will work to find real solutions to the state’s problems. He is a born leader with the energy and motivation to make a difference in Lincoln. He also has the patience to listen to others in order to help all Nebraskans. Brent is the best conservative Republican in the race and will fight for low taxes, small government and family values.
With people like Brent Smoyer in the Legislature, we can be sure Nebraska will remain the “Good Life.”
Matthew Mimick, Lincoln
Wright can just leave U.S.
I would sincerely like to offer the Rev. Jeremiah Wright a prepaid, one-way plane ticket to any country of his choosing, since he can so easily “damn” the United States.
I wonder if he would enjoy such a rich life in a place less fortunate?
Susan M. Robeson, Brainard
The article in Monday’s paper referenced a strike outside the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland as a contributing factor to what we are seeing locally. I think this is ridiculous. Are we to believe that workers never went on strike, oil refineries were never attacked or burned or that oil pipelines never had to be repaired at a time when gasoline prices were reasonable?
There is really nothing we can do about this current situation except to take the time to express our concerns. I hear daily market reports that tell of improving economic conditions, and I am incredulous. These people obviously don’t realize how the high price of gasoline is affecting anyone in the working middle class. It is driving the cost of everything up. I don’t see how there can be an economic turnaround unless there is a reversal in the price of oil.
If most Americans looked at what they are spending this year as compared to last year on gas, groceries and other commodities, they would quickly realize that the government rebate checks do not even cover the difference.
Cheryl Kozisek, David City
See Nebraska this summer
I truly enjoyed reading the comments of John Rosenow in the Journal Star on Arbor Day, April 25; children are completely disconnected from nature in today’s consumer culture.
This summer, as your family is planning for a vacation, remember our many fine state parks. Don’t use your stimulus check to see some mouse in Florida; see Nebraska.
Working at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, I encounter scores of Omahans and Lincolnites who don’t know how to get to Bellevue or Bennet, let alone Nebraska City. If folks don’t even know how to get around our own state, this leads me to believe that Nebraskans are forgetting folkways that made our state great. Our small towns — Brainard, Hooper, Syracuse — are preserving our folkways; please, preserve them!
If you do consider going camping this summer and never have, start small; maybe a trip to Twin Rivers, before going to the sublime Sandhills lakes, Long Pine, Halsey Nebraska National Forest, or others. Practice setting up the tent before you leave, and don’t fret when you realize you forgot something, simply make do.
Take your vacation time to appreciate something more powerful and inspiring than some Epcot, mouse or so-called “magic” kingdom in Florida; explore the work of God in the still natural Nebraska.
Wesley Halvorsen, Syracuse
Smoyer is best choice
Brent Smoyer is the right person to represent District 25 in the state Legislature.
I have had the great pleasure to get to know Brent over the past few years. He has a vast knowledge of the issues facing the state of Nebraska and will work to find real solutions to the state’s problems. He is a born leader with the energy and motivation to make a difference in Lincoln. He also has the patience to listen to others in order to help all Nebraskans. Brent is the best conservative Republican in the race and will fight for low taxes, small government and family values.
With people like Brent Smoyer in the Legislature, we can be sure Nebraska will remain the “Good Life.”
Matthew Mimick, Lincoln
Wright can just leave U.S.
I would sincerely like to offer the Rev. Jeremiah Wright a prepaid, one-way plane ticket to any country of his choosing, since he can so easily “damn” the United States.
I wonder if he would enjoy such a rich life in a place less fortunate?
Susan M. Robeson, Brainard
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