Point/Counterpoint

Her letter

Consuelo Devereaux
Grand Junction

I'm amazed at all of the uproar regarding President Barack Obama's health care plans. The anger and hostility shown at the town hall meetings is outrageous. To think that people find it necessary to wear guns, yell, scream and depict the president as a Nazi, is outrageous as well. I thought we were supposed to be a civilized nation.

The first President Bush and former President Reagan gave speeches to school children and I don't recall that being a problem. Yet, the current president, who happens to be African American, has to have his speech to the nation's children censored because parents want to know what “he” has to say before their children do. Do I detect a double-standard or is that what it appears to be — racism at its ugliest? Old habits, behaviors and prejudices die hard — what a legacy to pass on to future generations.

When Obama became president, he inherited a mess created by the former administration and I never hear criticism about Bush's role in that. In fact, thank the former administration for the thousands of wounded, maimed and disabled who fought for their country and the deaths of over 4,000 Americans and deaths of countless Iraqi's and servicemen and women from other nations — who no longer inhabit this earth. And yet, we don't see an end in sight for either the war in Iraq or in Afghanistan. Don't forget, 9/11 occurred during the former administration's reign as well.

The voters spoke when Obama was elected and he is now doing what he believes is best for this country. Voters can again have their say in 2012. Oh by the way, how many people who have a beef with the current administration returned your stimulus check? Just checking.

My response


Where is the concern?

DON PETTYGROVE
GRAND JUNCTION

In her letter titled “Hail to the Chief” Devereaux wonders about the uproar over the plans to take away freedoms and impose a national health care program by the administration. Why should the government fine someone for not buying insurance? If they get sick, don't take care of them and let them pay their own way.

She laments the loss of 4,000 volunteers that have died giving freedom to 25 million Iraqis, but fails to make any mention of the millions of innocent children aborted by liberals since Roe v. Wade. Where is your concern for them?

She points out that 9/11 occurred in the previous president's “reign” but fails to acknowledge that his predecessor had Osama offered to him but let him go to kill again. Had Clinton not passed on that chance over 3000 Americans would be alive today and we might not have had to go into Iraq at all.

Where is her concern for the people of Honduras that Obama wants to return to an unelected president? Where is her concern that our president has thrown Israel under the bus driven by the Palestinians? Where is her concern that our president bowed to another foreign leader?

Her comment of racism is just that, racist. There is no racism in our objections to the marxist direction he is attempting to take our country. The racism is in his administration and people like Devereaux that claim to see racism where none exists. That is the worst kind of racism there is.

Where is her concern that our president spends more time on national TV and flying around on Air Force One wasting fuel than he does in the White House attending to the affairs of state?