Letter: A comment on current events
Sen. John McCain’s pick for his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, has a 17-year-old, unmarried daughter who is pregnant. Now, that’s a historical first. The fact that an unmarried 17-year-old girl is expecting. I often wonder if “Mud Slinging 101” is a mandatory class for a political science or journalism major in college. The complaint that Palin is only 44 years old; does anyone remember how old JFK was when he was elected?
Headline — “Obama asks for donations for the Red Cross.” During the Katrina disaster the Red Cross had a booth selling coffee at $1 a cup. Some distance away the Salvation Army had a booth giving coffee away. This was just another political opportunity for Obama.
California’s farm laborers are leaving to look for work elsewhere. Couldn’t they be employed to help reinforce the Sacramento Delta? I’m quite sure they know how to use a shovel, place a rock, or use earth moving equipment. After all, the entire Delta was built using Chinese labor early in the 20th century. More jobs mean less welfare and these people are eager to work. They are proud and willing. They would rather work for their money than accept handouts.
California’s governor wants $2 billion in the budget for a study on what needs to be done to fix the Delta problems. I’m quite sure that a large part of this study has already been completed, as there was an estimate in 2000 of $8.6 billion to solve this problem. I find it hard to believe that figure was just picked out of a hat without previous forethought and study. By now that figure has probably almost doubled. Nothing will please everybody, so quit trying, just get it done before the worlds seventh largest economy, California’s, becomes a third world comparison.
Just think about what this nation has come to, politically. Integrity, for the national good and common sense, is in the dumpster, and seemingly not for recycle.
Larry Turner,
Madera
