They’re in charge, they know what’s best
To the editor,
In response to Ed Dornlas' Sunday letter supporting the Democratic health care bill, I couldn't agree more.
You conservative whiners need to just shut up and allow the government to establish a structure to improve our lives. I have always trusted the government to look out for my best interests, and it has never let me down. You are an idiot if you let something as trivial as the Constitution cloud your judgment.
As soon as the new health care reforms are in place, we can finally rid ourselves of the flatulent bovine menace that has been destroying our planet and making everyone fat.
We can tax cows out of existence.
Then we can tax out of existence other health problems such as automobiles, soft drinks, and even showers. Do you know how many people get hurt or die from falling in the shower every year?
Mr. Dornlas is right on the money: We all need to just shut up and let the new administration do what is best for us.
BILL EDWARDS
LAS VEGAS
To the editor:
If any of you didn't understand what this health care bill is about, letters like Ed Dornlas' should tell you.
There is a group of intelligentsia out there who think they know how to spend your money, feed your family and determine the kind of children you should have. For the first time in U.S. history, they have a majority in Congress and are implementing those "government knows best" policies step by step.
JOSEPH SCHILLMOELLER
LAS VEGAS
To the editor:
If you enjoy the long lines at the DMV or the post office you are going to absolutely love the ones at the government medical centers.
WAYNE VIOLETTE
LAS VEGAS
Donkey cartoon
To the editor:
Have you no shame? Your cartoon of a donkey as a suicide bomber (Michael Ramirez, Monday) labeled "Health Care Reform" and shouting "Obama Akbar" ("Obama is great") was over the top even for your perverted view of politics.
Come November, we'll see who has pursued a self-destructive strategy: Democrats who passed a modest fix for private health insurance (no single-payer system, no public option), or Republicans who believe they can count on resentment by those with health insurance and without serious health problems against those less fortunate than themselves.
Shame on you and all your right-wing ilk.
THOMAS CARROLL
HENDERSON
To the editor:
The Monday political "cartoon" by Michael Ramirez was the most distasteful, inflammatory, unintelligent and racist political opinion I have ever seen.
It is too bad our Founding Fathers did not include in the free speech amendment a requirement for good taste and a minimum two-digit IQ.
MICHAEL STILLEY
MESQUITE
The liberal brain
To the editor:
Once again, Review-Journal Publisher Sherman Frederick has ventured away from his area of expertise. In his Sunday column, "Studying the liberal brain," he is trying to explain liberals, of whom he has no real understanding, and the human mind, with which he seems to have limited contact.
His misunderstanding of the need for a 2,000-plus page health care bill is epic. He doesn't get that he and his conservative henchmen caused the bill to be a tome instead of a tweak. Any liberal will tell you the current Medicare bill should be amended by striking the words "over the age of 65."
With that stroke of a pen, Medicare for all would come to be. Simple and exactly what progressives have wanted all along.
On Jan. 20, 2009, the conservative mission was to muddle the health care issue and stall until it would affect the midterm elections. Kudos: They succeeded in doing just that -- no reform, just politics. They whined and complained until the bill hit 2,000 pages and whined and complained about going too fast on reform that was started with Teddy Roosevelt more than 100 years ago.
Mr. Frederick, if you and yours had let the Democrats govern, as they were overwhelmingly elected to do, we would have health care reform even you could understand: four words and two numerals shorter than what seniors have been using for 45 years -- paid for with the same money used to pay for private health care today, only without the profits and retirement parachutes.
TERRY DONNELLY
MESQUITE
To the editor:
In Sherman Frederick's Sunday column, he cites a study conducted by two Canadian psychologists and mentioned in an article in the Guardian newspaper. This study, which will appear in the upcoming issue of the journal Psychological Science, does compare the behavior of two groups of Canadian students. The division of the students into the two groups was made randomly, without regard to the students' political or social preferences.
The students were given no questions or options to reveal their political or social leanings. It is therefore impossible to determine the influence of the students' political preferences.
The statement "Turns out that these folks, as verified by this scientific study, share less than other people and are six times more likely to lie and cheat" is not true. I invite you to read the study, which can be found in the future articles section of the Web site of the journal Psychological Science.
ROBERT MONKS
LAS VEGAS
