Idiotic reality TV and the writers strike
To the editor:
Regarding the announcement by the Writers Guild of America that they will go on strike:
I wonder if they are in any way responsible for the creation, development and proliferation of the idiotic reality shows and survival shows that mercilessly infest our televisions and which are both a contributor to and a sad reflection of the dumbing down of our society.
If so, I hope they strike forever.
BOB COFFMAN
LAS VEGAS
On the water
To the editor:
I sympathize with Allen Dohra and the fact that he no longer fishes Lake Mead, but I can’t understand why (Saturday letter to the editor). As owner and operator of American Angler Fishing Guide Service, I fish Lake Mead somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 to 300 days per year and launch a 22-foot boat on each of these days.
Lake Mead is presently at 48 percent capacity and the useable launch ramps are in good shape, with plenty of water. Hats off to the Park Service for looking to the future and for replacing the old asphalt on the ramps with fresh new concrete each time the water level drops significantly.
If Mr. Dohra really misses fishing as bad as he indicates, maybe he should hire one of the local fishing guides to take him out for a day. It’s said that “God doesn’t deduct from the life of man, those hours spent fishing.”
Bob Wood
HENDERSON
Clinton diatribe
To the editor:
As I was reading Review-Journal Publisher Sherman Frederick’s attack on Bill Clinton (Sunday column), I wondered a couple of things:
First, why is Mr. Frederick so obsessed with this man’s sexual behavior? When I hear people get on the moral stump about sexuality, I think about Larry Craig’s attack on homosexuality. Makes you wonder.
Second, I wonder how Mr. Frederick could be so morally obtuse. I couldn’t help but think how a parent of a child lost in Iraq might judge his preoccupation with another man’s sexuality.
Or how the citizens of New Orleans might judge his concern with sexuality. Or how our Founding Fathers would judge the relative “yuck” factor of philandering and the suspension of habeas corpus. Or how the next generation of Americans enslaved by debt might weigh in on the issue.
David MacAlpine
LAS VEGAS
Bush’s fault
To the editor:
In response to Rodney T. Elkins’ Monday letter to the editor, “Soldiers tale”:
There seem to be many disturbing facts that Mr. Elkins is refusing to address regarding the war in Iraq. We are involved in this immoral and illegal war for one reason only — to satisfy the power-hungry and corrupt agenda of this current administration.
Thank God there is only one more year left before we can wave goodbye to this ship of fools.
I am sorry that Mr. Elkins and other like-minded conservatives believe that killing 12-year-old children is “OK” (torture, rape and murdering women are acceptable as well as long as they are in “our best interests”). Put the blame for the continuing genocide where it belongs: in the laps of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Jerry Crafton
LAS VEGAS
Military service
To the editor:
There was an article in Sunday’s Review-Journal headlined, “Admiral: Scrap upper age limits to sign up.” It contained one of the most frightening statistics that I have read in a long time.
The story included a quote from Vice Admiral John G. Cotton, who said that “72 percent of our nation’s youth are ineligible for military service.” He gave the reasons: drug use, lack of education and criminal records.
If, in fact, the admiral is correct, what’s to become of America?
Bruce Feher
LAS VEGAS
Islamic face
To the editor:
Thank you for your story about the Council on American-Islamic Relations that appeared on the cover of the Nevada section of Sunday’s Review-Journal. I hope it interests your readership in using CAIR as a resource in learning more about Islam from actual Muslims, and to put a “human” face on what has been negatively caricatured for political purposes.
I hope the council is successful in building bridges and is supported by fair- and open-minded Las Vegans.
Linda Turner
HENDERSON
Snooze fest
To the editor:
I totally agree with Beverly Frase’s Saturday letter to the editor. The Fremont Street Experience is boring.
I have friends visiting Las Vegas next week. They want to see Fremont Street Experience. I told them to put it at the end of their list of things to do here.
It used to be you could go to Fremont Street and experience a great overhead show with Sinatra, Elvis, Satchmo and other legends singing. Now you just get loud noise.
To those in charge of Fremont Street Experience: Stop the noise and put on a good show instead.
Ron Oliver
LAS VEGAS
