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JOHN REECE
Pfafftown
Kind story
ANN S. RUTTER
Pfafftown
Advanced apologies
I would like to make my advanced apologies to the members of "Occupy Winston-Salem" (" 'This is a people's movement'," Oct. 9). Although I am definitely not one of the 1 percent wealthy people they are complaining about, I will not be able to hang out with them, since I will be working those days and trying to make a decent living for my family and me.
With the concept of work, you really don't have a ton of extra time to sit around downtown and whine to the government for more entitlements and handouts, and rage about the mean ol' 1 percent wealthy who won't send you a check because they have made more money than you. I will just continue to work my hardest in hopes that one day my hard work will pay off and send me to that top 1 percent. I think it feels better when you actually earn it.
STEVE SHORE
Pfafftown
Sum It Up
The Sum It Up question from last Sunday was: Do you think we're any closer to economic recovery?
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Seriously? Of course not.
JIM SOUTHERN
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The record corporate profits would indicate the economic recovery has been here for a while, but the high unemployment rate is painting a different picture — the recovery is miles and miles away. I doubt that there will ever be a full recovery until the outsourced jobs, particularly the manufacturing jobs, are replaced or restored.
BOON T. LEE
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Please, let's have some positive economic news. Negative news causes negative attitudes. Sometimes depression.
ELIZABETH R. ERVIN
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The explanation of oversold tickets for Chris
Paul's CP3 Foundation event was not only an embarrassment but an insult to our
community ("Foul-up leaves fans upset, WSSU
confused," Oct. 4). The gym seating capacity is posted on its wall; there was a
clear failure on the part of the professionally paid, state-employed leadership
at the school.
Having said that, I must commend the leaders for using prudent and simple
controls in the ticket-refund process. They required a photo ID. Applying that
same control to the voting process makes common sense to anyone who has a will
to "do it right."
Perhaps the Winston-Salem
State University leadership can pass on its tried and true experience to Gov.
Bev Perdue and others in Raleigh
who so oppose photo IDs for voting.
JOHN REECE
Pfafftown
Kind story
Congratulations to the
Winston-Salem Journal and most especially to Vanessa
Calvery and to all those involved in the rescue of Boo'kie, the Chihuahua
("Boo'kie is back home" Oct. 13). A wonderfully kind and heart-warming story is
hard to find these days.
ANN S. RUTTER
Pfafftown
Advanced apologies
I would like to make my advanced apologies to the members of "Occupy Winston-Salem" (" 'This is a people's movement'," Oct. 9). Although I am definitely not one of the 1 percent wealthy people they are complaining about, I will not be able to hang out with them, since I will be working those days and trying to make a decent living for my family and me.
With the concept of work, you really don't have a ton of extra time to sit around downtown and whine to the government for more entitlements and handouts, and rage about the mean ol' 1 percent wealthy who won't send you a check because they have made more money than you. I will just continue to work my hardest in hopes that one day my hard work will pay off and send me to that top 1 percent. I think it feels better when you actually earn it.
STEVE SHORE
Pfafftown
Sum It Up
The Sum It Up question from last Sunday was: Do you think we're any closer to economic recovery?
Seriously? Of course not.
JIM SOUTHERN
The record corporate profits would indicate the economic recovery has been here for a while, but the high unemployment rate is painting a different picture — the recovery is miles and miles away. I doubt that there will ever be a full recovery until the outsourced jobs, particularly the manufacturing jobs, are replaced or restored.
BOON T. LEE
Please, let's have some positive economic news. Negative news causes negative attitudes. Sometimes depression.
ELIZABETH R. ERVIN
Do you agree with N.C. House Speaker Thom
Tillis' suggestion that the state should perform random drug testing on some
welfare recipients? Respond to letters@wsjournal.com and put "Sum It
Up" in the subject header. Only signed entries please, no anonymous ones.
Briefer responses receive preference in print.
CORRESPONDENT OF THE WEEK
Stranger things
I remember when the tea party started how the media produced so much coverage of it but constantly got it wrong. They described it as a collection of know-nothing racists — but the tea party has prevailed, with deeply patriotic meaning, to become a potent political force.
The same thing will happen with Occupy Wall Street, no doubt. I already see conservatives saying that it's just a collection of college kids who don't want to work — never mind that there are no jobs for them.
Somewhere down the road we'll see who these people really are. Right now, they may not know themselves. They just know that things are bad and it's time to do something about it.
Wouldn't it be funny if the tea party and Occupy Wall Street joined forces? Stranger things have happened. Years ago, Republicans used to work with Democrats for the good of the country.
JANE GIBSON
Winston-Salem
I remember when the tea party started how the media produced so much coverage of it but constantly got it wrong. They described it as a collection of know-nothing racists — but the tea party has prevailed, with deeply patriotic meaning, to become a potent political force.
The same thing will happen with Occupy Wall Street, no doubt. I already see conservatives saying that it's just a collection of college kids who don't want to work — never mind that there are no jobs for them.
Somewhere down the road we'll see who these people really are. Right now, they may not know themselves. They just know that things are bad and it's time to do something about it.
Wouldn't it be funny if the tea party and Occupy Wall Street joined forces? Stranger things have happened. Years ago, Republicans used to work with Democrats for the good of the country.
JANE GIBSON
Winston-Salem
LTE #1...I've read that article several times and a similar article on MyFox8.com just to make sure I got a "fair and balanced" article, not just the "left wing Liberal media bias" of the Journal. Conclusion:
ReplyDeletePeople in the Pfafftown community must be over sensitive. The only thing I find insulting or embarrassing is that someone would use a controversy at a charitable event as some political statement about voter ID.
The truth about voter ID:
-96-Year-Old Black Woman Denied Voter ID in Tennessee.
-Scott Walker closes 10 DMV offices in Democratic Districts that could provide voter ID (and increases hours at DMV in Republican districts).
LTE #3..." I will just continue to work my hardest in hopes that one day my hard work will pay off and send me to that top 1 percent." Exactly what the 1% would like for you to believe. Besides OWS is not about the rich per se. It's about the systematic impoverishing of the United States. All apologies accepted.
ReplyDeleteAdvanced apologies? Don't worry abouy it. Unless you are a famous athlete, or entertainer, or about to introduce a new tech tool like facebook, your goal should be to stay a member of the 53%. The 1% stuff is a "man behind the curtain" misdirect.
ReplyDeleteLTE #1: Mr. Reece, Mr. Paul sponsored a CHARITY event, not a political rally supporting an issue that has ALREADY BEEN PUT TO REST. If your letter was an attempt a sarcasm, it's fallen flat.
ReplyDeleteLTE #3: Mr. Shore, the protesters aren't asking for a hand out, and certainly not a handout from the top 1% of the wealthiest. They are protesting the abuse of power by the top 1% of the wealthiest. YOUR sarcasm has fallen flat.
My response to next week's SUM IT UP comes this week: There is a long and closely held assumption that welfare recipients use OUR money given to THEM to buy drugs. That ASSumption is S-O-O-O demeaning. Y'all need to stop that!!! Look to your Left, and yes, Right. Maybe even someone YOU know personally. There are Americans who, through no fault of their own, have had to be on the dole, some for the first time in their lives.
Sum it up. Close to recovery? Not by a long shot. Until next years election renders its verdict, nothing is going to move. If the election goes right, capital will begin to flow here. If it goes wrong, capital will flow out of here.
ReplyDeleteThe drug testing policy has so far cost Florida about 10x as much as money spent on those who failed the test.
ReplyDeleteStranger things. Media tried to ignore the TEA Party in the beginning. Washington tried also. After it grew so large it could no longer be ignored so it had to be attacked and the members demonized. All for peacefully assembling and demonstrating. The TP has a message, a purpose and a bath. The early days of the OWS, when it was just college kids and recent grads, I saw some being interviewed and they had some common ground with the TEA Party. Alas, this was not to last as the entire movement has been coopted by the usual radical elements who waited for the opportunity. Now OWS will fully expose the White House for what its underlying purpose has been all along: never let a crisis go to waste. This, in the mind of the institutional Left is it. All is clear. If these college kids want to blame someone, maybe they need to start with their over indebted parents.
ReplyDeleteYears ago, Republicans used to work with Democrats for the good of the country.
ReplyDeleteJANE GIBSON
Winston-Salem
What's hilarious about your statement Ms. Gibson is that it implies that it's just the Republicans' responsibility to work with Democrats and not vice versa.
After the first two years of the Obama Administration, where the Democrats, in the majority by controlling all of congress and the presidency, rammed their ill conceived bills down the country's and Republicans' throats, the Republicans have little incentive to cooperate with the Democrats. The very effective 'allow no further harm' to the country by blocking Democrats on their perverse and ineffective spending spree has been good for the country. I hope it remains that way until we can remove 'the children' from congress and the presidency.
So, the next time you start babbling and writing like a nitwitted Democrat Ms. Gibson. Remember, cooperation is at least a two way street in politics.
whitewall....to add to your comment. These unemployed college students might want to look themselves in the mirror because of who they voted for in the last election. After all, we've plunged further into debt under Obama because of Democrats' spending. Business regulations are at an all time high, and the Obama Administration constantly threatens more taxes.
ReplyDelete'Hope and change you can believe in' has turned into a real life nightmare for these young people. Maybe, they'll be more careful about who they vote for in the next election.
Bucky...true about the students and their voting. They now know that elections do have consequences. They also might want to ask why college cost rise so fast compared to other commodities--even the cost of healthcare. Graduating broke with a religious studies or art history major may no longer pay off massive student loans. I don't blame them for being worried. In addition, with our current debt, those kid's future earnings are pretty much spoken for. Anyone under about 40 will soon figure out that their future self determination is at risk under present conditions. The needed change will need to be bold and one that is relevant to the 21st century world economy.
ReplyDeletewhitewall....I apologize for not commenting about your postings earlier. However, I agree with 99% of what you write, so it's hard for me to comment.
ReplyDeleteI like being negative like the Democrats are. Calling people names like the Democrats do constantly is just down my alley.
When they yell Bigot, Racist, and Ignorant. I yell Idiot, Nitwit, and Psychotic.
Somebody has to give it back to them.
Rush, you're an idiot. I call you an idiot as often as I can.
An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way.
Bucky...no problemo. I try to write in an agreeable fashion without too many names called...ad hominem anyway. I like being clear about what I write and try to be brief. The current condition of our politics is some of what I have been warning about for years. I am right at home on this current subject matter, as it is a comfort zone in an uncomfortable arena.
ReplyDeleteWe will now accompany some Jewish friends on a tour of a nearby academy. Shalom y'all.
ReplyDeleteyes, bucky, conservatives need you to keep the liberals in check. They are too busy calling each other "Cultists" and "Morons" Laughing my ass off. Which wing of the Republican Party do you most identify with, Bucky, the cultists or the morons? Or would you say you fall somewhere in between cultist and moron? Let's face it, Dr. Robert Jeffress is a bigot, and you don't hear me using that word. Besides name calling in politics is and old American tradition. Americans have never been a really nice people.
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