Why would we want to get rid of Harry?
To the editor:
According to a recent poll by Vitale & Associates of Nevada voters ("Poll: Reid out if Lowden were to run," Tuesday), Republican Sue Lowden would defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Harry Reid by 6 percentage points in a head-to-head match up next year.
Sen. Reid, as the Senate majority leader, is the most powerful person in the Senate and a senior senator. And Nevada voters want to replace him? Should Nevada voters elect a new senator, that senator would be at the bottom of the totem pole in the Senate.
Why? But then, considering who Nevadans elected for governor, even after most of them knew who Jim Gibbons was, I think I'll save myself the frustration. All I can say is, with the kind of voters we have, I pity the state of Nevada.
I'm a Republican for Harry Reid.
Eleu Tabares
LAS VEGAS
Hail Democrats!
To the editor:
We voters should remind "The party of no" that there is nothing wrong with our memory.
We can remember George W. Bush promising to rely on the best science available before deciding to dump the most dangerous poisons in the world in our back yard -- and then signing off on Yucca Mountain despite numerous scientific doubts. We can remember Harry Reid standing up to President Bush and the Republicans and winning that fight.
We can remember that it was the Republicans who turned a surplus into a huge deficit and brought this country to the brink of disaster. We can remember President Bush lying to us about Iraq being responsible for 9/11 and being grossly misinformed about its weaponry. We can also remember the Republicans' irresponsible and ineffective handling of the war for the first five years.
We know that without Harry Reid and the Democratic Party backing the stimulus bill, the recession could have been much worse.
We know that fixing our broken health care system is not easy. But we also know that our present system is leading us to the poor house. Changes must be made, and only one party seems interested in making changes.
We know that Harry Reid has his imperfections -- who doesn't? But we also know that he is looking out for the interests of Nevadans and he has the power to fight the drug companies, the insurance industry and "The party of no."
Howard Ginsburg
LAS VEGAS
Patriotic protests
To the editor:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi did it again. She said she supported something without reading the document.
Several months ago, Ms. Pelosi took an oath "to protect and defend the Constitution." If she had read the document (it's a lot shorter than the health care legislation) she would have seen that the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech. Why? Because people such as John Adams (remember him, Ms. Pelosi?) knew that stifled speech meant a government out of control.
It seems that Ms. Pelosi needs to re-read her American history. The American revolution wasn't silent. It started with loud protests about government actions and even included a little party in Boston Harbor. (Does any of this sound familiar, Ms. Pelosi?)
Protesting is un-American? There are few things more American than protesting a government that is out of touch and won't respond to its citizens.
PHILIP COHEN
LAS VEGAS
Mine field
To the editor:
In regard to the proposed open pit mine that a foreign company wants to open in Henderson near Anthem:
This is not a good idea and would be an irresponsible move on the part of the BLM to allow to happen. Las Vegas and the valley suffer from a lot of air pollution, and this would make this 100 times worse. People with respiratory problems will have their problems exacerbated immensely due to the massive amounts of dust, pollution and toxic fumes coming from the machines used to process the materials from the open pit mines. Not to mention the noise pollution that would be coming from this mine that is in close proximity to senior citizens and other people of our diverse population.
Due to the high winds that we encounter here, this filth would be spread throughout our fair city. Also, we have been experiencing a drought here in Vegas for years now, and this mine would take a lot of water to use in its operation. We barely have enough for our residents, who need it to survive.
This is totally unacceptable. The mistakes made in allowing this to happen in California should not be repeated here in Las Vegas. Let's learn from others' mistakes so that history does not repeat itself here.
Aaron Honig
LAS VEGAS
