Mr. Editor
Enclosed is a revision of a letter previously submitted. You are the editor and make the decision on what to print but this letter is better than 99% of those you do print. Is not your editorial philosophy to “stir up the stew”? You do a lot of stirring. Only one person has commented to me personally about any of my letters but I welcome all comments, positive or especially negative. Generally, the average American and your readers are timidly uninformed. I welcome the opportunity to stir also, regardless.
Letter to the Editor
Daily Press
Re: “History repeats itself”, Alex Varga; “Second coming”, Tom Freeman. Letters to the editor, Daily Press, Monday, February 28, 2011.
Steve Williams, this reader is mad at you too. Where do you find these people? The only positive thing to say about these folk is that they have the courage to crawl out of there progressive cocoons and speak up. And what do we see and hear? Politically progressive octopuses whose arms are most adept at picking the pockets of the American taxpayer to further their big government agenda. Wikipedia informs us that the octopus is a very intelligent creature but two thirds of it’s neurons are located in their eight arms instead of their brains. The shoe seems to fit.
When a progressive talks about protecting jobs it is about public sector union jobs. The fate of the unemployed, the underemployed and those who have given up hopes for employment, are of no real concern. Our California experience is that the teacher, police, firefighter and correctional unions have been defrauding the taxpayers for the last thirty years. The theft has been dishonest because the unions give money to support the campaigns of the politicians sitting across the bargaining table. How can that be called bargaining? Would not the term “conflict of interest” be more appropriate?
Not only is the dollar their primary focus but they negatively intrude into the management of the various organizations they claim to serve. Intrusions that prevent the success of these organization. The failure of the California public school system with it’s monopolistic teacher tenure priority seem to be obvious. Full blown collective bargaining as defined by the Wisconsin and California unions, is not an American right nor is it the American norm.
Thankfully, right to work states that include the public sector in their legislation are doing better in this depressed economy. Their more business friendly climates works for the American worker. The painful truth for the progressive is that if you are unemployed, the best advice is to cross the state line and live in a right to work state. Our families have been forced to separate because the young folk understandably need a job. And if a government job is not their thing, they have to go to a business friendly state, which is not California.
That brings us to that “fringe conservative”, Californian, Ronald Reagan. He was not intimidated by anyone throwing around intended slurs like fringe. President Reagan knew that he was right and knew it would tick off the less informed (a gentle term). Maybe that is why so may of us relate and honor this man. Calling a spade a spade whether Republican or Democratic was his most admirable character trait. That is not to say that the second best president in our American history was a perfect president. Mr. Freeman correctly points that out for us. However, as a political philosopher and communicator, he was so very close to perfection.
If Ronald Reagan were president in our America, what would he say to the full blown public sector unions?
“Fire them all!” And we the fringe agree.
G.Goslaw
Victorville, Ca
