I think I got the point (“Our voices mattered on the worst bill ever,” Sept. 8). The bill (H.R. 2584 or Worst. Bill. Ever.) is bad. It should not pass. Please tell your representative. In fact, I agree that it’s a bad bill, and I’m glad to hear it’s gone away. However, no bill is […]
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American workers deserve respect
Labor Day should have reminded us how unions built the middle class
“The middle class would not exist without organized labor,” Vice President Joe Biden proclaimed, more than once, during his recent speech at the AFL-CIO 25th annual Labor Day picnic. He is entirely right. With our nation’s unemployment stuck at more than nine percent, with millions of Americans futilely looking for good jobs, the need for […]
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What’s something you’ve always wanted to do but have been afraid to?
Vanessa Vega student “Watch really scary movies.” Todd Badrak shop hand “Going underwater in a submarine.” Jon Puerling tutor “Get a tattoo. I’m a needlephobe” Rebekah Samanigeo student “Going down the escalator without holding Cynthia’s hand.”
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Do your homework on Red State candidates
Santa Maria
An interesting fact I’ve noticed about each of the Republicans vying to be president is that all talk about the excessive spending going on in Washington and that each in his or her way will end it all. Please note that all but one of them is from a Red State. Red being the fact […]
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Our voices mattered on the worst bill ever
Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club
In his letter (“Cut the propaganda,” Sept. 1), it’s clear that Ian Tanner missed the point of our Aug. 18 commentary, “Worst. Bill. Ever.”—namely that a Congressional spending bill freighted with non-budgetary anti-environmental amendments has nothing to do with spending and everything to do with corporate kowtowing, making Mr. Tanner’s retort (“the USA can’t afford […]
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Every litter bit counts
Don’t complain about trash along our roads: Pick it up!
I volunteer to pick up trash that litters our public roads. I am an organization of one, who does not represent an “Adopt a Highway” group, who has no legal obligations that would require me to do what I do. For me, it’s simply easier to pick up the litter instead of bitching about it. […]
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Who was your favorite elementary school teacher?
Gina Fergus retail sales “Mrs. Pomerance. She started out mean but earned my respect.” Ashlee Vaughn photographer “Mrs. Martinez. She was the most helpful.” Cynthia Gordon retired “Mrs. Jue. She was really nice, but she expected us to do our best.” Pam Jump florist “Mrs. Castle. She was a woman you wanted to emulate.”
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Cut the propaganda–or at least aim it somewhere else
San Luis Obispo
I disagree. H.R. 2584 is not the worst bill ever (“Worst. Bill. Ever.” Aug. 18). There are much worse, like H.J. Res. 114 of 2002, and H.R. 3162 of 2001. I agree that all of the causes you mention—like endangered species and clean water—are important. But I think you need to refocus your attention. It’s […]
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Don’t blame our weak-kneed, so-called ‘leaders’
San Luis Obispo
So, the late, great U.S. of A. endured months-long bloviating with a manufactured crisis revolving around “raising the debt ceiling”—a process so formulaic, so perfunctory, that it has been done more than 100 times in our nation’s history with no fanfare whatsoever. Even the idol and hater of government, Ronald Reagan, did it 18 times […]
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Kick Obama out for his Democrat-generating ploy
Orcutt
Obama’s backdoor amnesty deal with La Raza and the Hispanics to reward lawbreakers and ensure millions of future Democrat votes is nothing short of criminal. It’s like, “I’ve done my part to stop deportations. Now you do your part and vote for me in 2012.” This flagrant abuse of power has led Representative Steve King […]
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You don’t have to leave town for books
Santa Maria
In her article (“Libraries among the endangered species,” Aug. 11), Malory Ensor talks about students having to travel as far as San Luis and Santa Barbara to find such books as Farewell to Manzanar and A Separate Peace, which are on their required summer reading lists for school. What saddens me is that these students […]
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Sierra Club slams regulatory reform
House Republicans are wisely attempting to remove restrictions that needlessly hamstring business
Well, boohoo: The local chapter of the Sierra Club is outraged by Congress’s attempt to do something about unemployment and the economy. You would think from reading the spew by the chapter’s executive committee (“Worst. Bill. Ever.” Aug. 18), that Congress was hell bent on annihilating the planet. Birds will refuse to migrate, “evil” corporations […]
