Nevadans not buying the Sun’s siren call
To the editor:
Publisher Sherman Frederick’s column in Sunday’s Review-Journal — in which he takes aim at Las Vegas Sun Editor Brian Greenspun for his stand on taxes — was right on. But there is one point that Mr. Frederick makes that sort of misses the mark when he talks about the Las Vegas Sun being distributed for the past two years with the Review-Journal.
Mr. Frederick states that readers have had a chance to compare the Sun’s editorials and positions to the Review-Journal’s, and guess what? He says they aren’t buying what the Sun is writing. But the fact that the Sun’s continued existence now depends on the Review-Journal should be proof enough that “nobody has been buying” Mr. Greenspun’s ideas or his newspaper, which extols them.
I don’t need a headache to remember how they feel. That’s why when “my” R-J arrives, I immediately throw out the Sun.
Great piece, Sherman!
Louis Frederick
NORTH LAS VEGAS
Liberal blather
To the editor:
Regarding Sherman Frederick’s column in this past Sunday’s Review-Journal: Thank you, thank you, thank you. You’ve renewed my belief that the Review-Journal’s leadership has its head screwed on right.
The comparison of Las Vegas Sun Editor Brian Greenspun’s intellectual capacity to that of Paris Hilton’s made my heart sing. I, for one (and I’m sure I’m far from alone), feel that the inclusion of the Las Vegas Sun in each day’s edition of this newspaper is purely a gift so we don’t have to use Review-Journal copy to catch droppings from a paint brush or perhaps less pleasant refuse. That’s all it’s worth.
As for the editorial “persuasion” of Mr. Greenspun and the Sun: If I ever a need to feed myself some bleeding-heart, liberal blather, I know just where I can find it on a daily basis. It’s not that the Review-Journal is without its share of left-wingers, but at least there’s an attempt to have balance.
So in closing, Mr. Frederick, thanks again for holding up the side of those of us who want to preserve the economy of the United States and the state of Nevada.
David P. Beechuk
HENDERSON
Breaking the law
To the editor:
Well, it’s beginning to look as if our esteemed elected officials are going to pass the immigration bill whether we like it or not. I guess when you have 12 million people breaking the law it’s OK to just give them a free pass. Especially when vote time comes around, they can say, “Look at what I did for you.”
I sincerely hope they convince enough of their new voters to keep them in office. Because I surely won’t vote for them. Makes me wonder: What other laws can we break in large enough numbers to get our officials to look the other way and pass laws to protect us?
In 2005, by the FBI’s own numbers, 786,500 people were arrested on marijuana charges alone. Federal surveys show that 40.1 percent of the population in America age 12 and up has used marijuana. That works out to roughly 121,150,742 people based on U.S. Census numbers. Is that a large enough number to change a law?
Apparently not.
And what if the number of murders rises? Will they be given special treatment? What about child molesters? Will they be a protected class?
Of course not. But that’s the point. Crime is crime, regardless of which crime is committed — whether it’s selling an illegal substance to your pre-teen kids, murder, rape or crossing our borders illegally.
The bottom line is this: By passing the immigration bill, Congress will be rewarding criminal behavior and rewarding the very criminal who committed the violation. Either reward all law breakers or none at all.
Don’t forget, the citizens who put you where you are vote, too.
DANIEL E. JOHNSTON
LAS VEGAS
Closed down
To the editor:
There is continual grumbling about taxes for schools and paying better salaries for teachers. I think the ultimate solution is to close all public schools. Let parents buy a computer for their kids and let them get their education via the Internet.
Some parents are now going to the Internet to find tutors — teachers from foreign countries such as India and Pakistan — for their students. It seems to be working and it saves a lot of public dollars.
VIRGIL SESTINI
LAS VEGAS
Water waste
To the editor:
I read recently about Rhodes Ranch Fun Zone Water Park.
What gives? They are telling many communities to ban all water fountains, and they are making us change our golf courses because there is a water shortage.
Excuse me, but look at all the pools in this Rhodes facility. Stop all this nonsense.
SHIRLEY BULAVA
LAS VEGAS
