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U.S. trade with China: plenty cost, little benefit

Re: “Chinese-U.S. relations strained despite vital economic bonds,” June 12

U.S.-China tensions are not confined to computer hacking. In every global trouble spot, Washington and Beijing are on opposite sides. The assertion in Dan Genz’s story that “vital economic bonds” offset these strategic concerns is untenable.

U.S.-China trade runs 5 to 1 in Beijing’s favor. The U.S. suffered a $256 billion deficit last year. China then loans the money back to the U.S., gaining again on the transaction.

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The flow of capital and technology gives Beijing the ability to act against American interests around the world. The latest Pentagon report on China’s military found that “China harvests spin-offs from foreign direct investment and joint ventures in the civilian sector ... to support military research, development and acquisition.”

The ties are vital to China, as they are funding its rise to world power. They are what the Chinese call “self-strengthening” measures. But they are “self-weakening” for the United States and must be curtailed.

William R. Hawkins

Senior fellow

U.S. Business and Industry Council

Senator misstates extent of domestic oil supply

Re: “Drill here, drill now,” Editorial, June 13

Your editorial correctly chastens Congress for its suppression of the domestic oil supply. It is Economics 101 that increasing demand without increasing supply moves you up the price curve. While it’s sad that so many in Congress fail to have a grasp of basic high school economics, we cannot forgive them for misstating reality.

Thus, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., was totally wrong when he said in a June 9 Washington Post online discussion that “we don’t have a sufficient reserve of oil in America to make an impact on our energy independence.”

As you correctly note, there are billions of barrels of oil Sen. Cardin and his ilk have put off-limits to U.S. consumers. Billions of barrels, Senator, can make an impact in the real world where, apparently, you do not reside. Stop drinking the partisan Kool-Aid and get with it.

Elizabeth and George Vary

Bethesda

Legal profession should clean its own house first

Re: “Criticism of legal system is short on facts,” From Readers, June 13

Here’s another esteemed member of the bar who doesn’t understand the difference between the convict Melvyn Weiss (and an attorney to boot!), who was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in restitution and fines, and a person who is a target of the IRS.

Kathleen Flynn Peterson, president of the American Association for Justice, admits that Examiner owner Philip Anschutz is only a target of the IRS, but sees no problem trying to smear the paper for not inking an editorial with the same pen it use for the editorial on the scurrilous Milberg Weiss law firm that resulted in four confessions (from attorneys, no less) to paying nearly $12 million in bribes that generated an estimated $250 million in tainted legal fees.

I’d rather see Ms. Peterson pen her disdain to the American Bar Association on how such law firms are mucking up our legal system and why the public generally holds lawyers in such disdain. She should be recommending congressional hearings — if only to prove Weiss was an abomination — rather than faulting The Examiner for an editorial about a convicted member of her “prestigious” field.

Remember, Ms. Peterson, law was made for man — not man for the law.

Martin Lulofs

Herndon

Too many Orange Line riders for too few buses

Re: “Metro reports delays on Orange Line,” June 11

According to the news reports regarding Wednesday’s Orange Line derailment, a six-car train holds approximately 800 people, but a shuttle bus holds 60. Shuttle buses run approximately every 25 minutes.

Rounding the figures, a six-car train carrying 800 people at rush hour multiplied by an average of eight trips per hour (averaging 7.5 minutes between trains) comes out to 6,400 people in one hour.

Multiply that times two hours (4 to 6 p.m.) equals 12,800 people. Assuming the 12 buses Metro sent to help can actually make two trips each in one hour, 24 busloads of 60 people equal just 1,440 per hour. Yikes!

Ellen Schenck

Washington

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9:33 AM MST on Wed., Aug. 20, 2008 re: "Letters: August 13, 2008"

 Liam Nolan said:
Dino Drudi's Aug. 20 letter, "Bush administration's intervention hypocrisy", makes more sense than most of the "professional" commentary about the Georgia/Russia conflict. Bush in his glass White House should not be throwing stones, especially when they are shaped like boomerangs.

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12:11 PM MST on Sat., Aug. 16, 2008 re: "Letters: August 13, 2008"

 Nick Beddoes said:
Many women inclined to vote for John McCain really don't know where he stands on reproductive choice. A close look at his complete record by Sarah Blustain in the Aug. 27 issue of The New Republic shows that McCain is a 100% fundamentalist extremist on the subject. How any woman could vote for a guy who would deny all women their God-given right to freedom of conscience on such an important matter as what to do about an unintended or problem pregnancy is more than I can wrap my head around.

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11:32 AM MST on Wed., Aug. 13, 2008 re: "Letters: August 13, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
When Missy Smith states that "abortion causes psychological harm," does she also imply that miscarriage (a.k.a. "spontaneous abortion") also causes psychological harm?

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10:52 AM MST on Wed., Aug. 13, 2008 re: "Letters: August 13, 2008"

 Julia Banscoft said:
Re Missy Smith's 8/12 letter, her "Silent No More" web site contains no information about these alleged studies purporting to show that "abortion causes psychological harm". However, today's (8/13) New York Times reports that a new study from the American Psychological Aasociation shows that "there is no evidence that a single abortion causes significant mental health problems" and that "The best scientific evidence published indicates that among adult women who have an unplanned pregnancy, the relative risk of mental health problems is no greater if they have a single elective, first-trimester abortion or deliver that pregnancy." Further, Ms. Smith's "Silent No More" outfit is a function of Priests for Life and Anglicans for Life. In the real world, most Catholics and Episcopalians are pro-choice.

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11:26 AM MST on Tue., Aug. 12, 2008 re: "Letters: August 12, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
"What's after pre-K?" State-funded wet nurses, of course.

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10:52 AM MST on Tue., Aug. 12, 2008 re: "Letters: August 12, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Why would voters choose (or avoid) a President based on a technicality of birth? I don't care if MccCain was born on a military base, or a rural Panamaian hospital; he's lived here long enough to qualify. Same for Obama. This is one Constitutional article in need of amending. Maybe a 15-year residency requirement, with waivers for civil service in foreign lands.

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6:46 AM MST on Tue., Aug. 12, 2008 re: "Letters: August 12, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
The definition of "natural-born citizen" is vague in the Constitution and is being defined by legal cases. McCain's case has long been decided; hewas born on a military base. Obama's status is of question only if he was born in Kenya. To date his campaign has not shown a valid Hawaiian birth certificate.

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6:42 AM MST on Tue., Aug. 12, 2008 re: "Letters: August 12, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
"State-funded" pre-K programs are nothing more than yet another taxpayer burden. Studies that push pre-K are self-serving. The "state" already provides K-12 schools, and what we need is quality there. What's after pre-K? Babysitting from birth? If you decide to have children, it is not the village that is responsible for them, it is you.

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12:48 PM MST on Mon., Aug. 11, 2008 re: "Letters: August 11, 2008"

 Krystyna Korzybski said:
I disagree with Quin Hillyer's 8/8 editorial on tax aid to sectarian colleges. Anyone can see that church "related" universities like Georgetown, George Washington and American are about as secular as the University of Maryland, but "universities" like those of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson are "pervasively sectarian". (Remember Monica Goodling, the Robertson alumna in the recent Justice Department scandal?) Tax aid to students at Georgetown, GW and American are acceptable, but few taxpayers want to be taxed to help support colleges like those founded by Falwell or Robertson.

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11:22 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 11, 2008 re: "Letters: August 11, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
re "UN court has no jurisdiction" - I guess the UN is too busy interfering in domestic affairs to apply its international “peacekeeping” role to Russia and Georgia.

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10:36 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 11, 2008 re: "Letters: August 11, 2008"

 To Nick Beddoes said:
You're questioning a man's decision-making capability DECADES after being involved in a war. You can find plenty of modern-day decision-making gaffes to cite.

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12:04 PM MST on Thu., Aug. 7, 2008 re: "Letters: August 6, 2008"

 Nick Beddoes said:
"Swiftboating"? Baloney! I didn't make this up. Read page 188 of McCain's own book and see for yourself.

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11:38 AM MST on Thu., Aug. 7, 2008 re: "Letters: August 6, 2008"

 To Nick Beddoes said:
Pretty lame swiftboating attempt, though it works as irony for those of us who sat through the nonsensical "decision-making" criticisms of Barack Obama during the Jared Wright media run.

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7:55 AM MST on Thu., Aug. 7, 2008 re: "Letters: August 6, 2008"

 Nick Beddoes said:
I'm a working-class white guy trying to decide who to vote for in Nov. Browsing thru John McCain's book Faith of my Fathers I got to page 188 and was surprized to read in his own words how he got shot down over Vietnam. Seems his plane's instruments told him a SAM missile was closing on him. He knew from his training that he should take immediate evasive action, but he chose to ignore the danger and his training and so he got shot down, losing an expensive plane and costing him 5 years as a POW, and all because he wanted to be macho. If he screwed up in that life and death situation, is he the kind of guy we want making important life and death decisions in the White House?

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7:57 AM MST on Tue., Aug. 5, 2008 re: "Letters: August 4, 2008"

 Asa C. Roberts said:
Regarding Amber Girard's note, I continually amazed at lack of foresight coming from some of these readers. I am all for the drilling and the research and development of alternative fuels, but process takes time. Does Ms. Girard realize that there currently millions of fossil fuel burning vehicles on the road? Would Ms. Girard just like us to place these cars in our driveway and let them sit there until a solution has been found? It's comments like these that leave me scratching my head in disbelief that some folks are content to whine and not come up with a viable solution.

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11:55 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Letters: August 4, 2008"

 Erica Backus said:
Angela McIntosh (letter, Aug. 4) is free to follow her conscience in dealing with a problem pregnancy. She should support the right of other women to follow theirs. My Webster's American Family Dictionary, intended for use by religious families, does not define a fetus as a person, nor does the Bible, nor does modern medical science. I find it curious that a woman would fall for fundamentalist male propaganda designed to perpetuate male dominance and limit women's freedom of religion and conscience.

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9:55 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Letters: August 4, 2008"

 Julia Banscoft said:
Angela McIntosh clings to her idea that embryos and early fetuses are "persons" (8/4 letter). If so, then we should celebrate conception days instead of birthdays and hold funerals for miscarriages. Government should issue conception certificates instead of birth certificates. Tax codes should start child exemptions at conception and social security eligibles should start getting checks nine months earlier. And churches should baptise miscarriages. C'mon Angela, get real.

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9:08 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Letters: August 4, 2008"

 Correcting Brad Botwin said:
Brad Botwin states, "There’s plenty of Montgomery tax dollars available for... making ladies’ rooms accessible for transgenders". I was not aware that such action requires many (or any) taxpayer dollars. You got your partisan talking points mixed up, Brad. Save us from Help Save Maryland, if this is somehow part of the campaign.

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7:52 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 4, 2008 re: "Letters: August 4, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
We should have been working on alternative fuels for the past 40 years. That said, drilling for domestic oil is critical until a viable alternative energy source is found. Those who believe that domestic drilling will damage the environment have been inhaling Al Gore's fumes.

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6:51 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Letters: July 25, 2008"

 The Answer said:
It was reported in today's (August 1, 2008) Washington Post that a detective with the sex crimes unit was arrested for solicitating a prostitute such much for Cathy Lanier's statement that the DC Police are the among the most professional in the nation, I could see if it was just one or two officers but in the past couple of months we have heard of dozens of officers who are facing criminal charges or disciplinary action, (KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MPD YOURE DOING A GREAT JOB)

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5:47 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Letters: August 1, 2008"

 The Answer said:
elect Mike Soh of Alexandira VA for DC Mayor

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11:19 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Letters: August 1, 2008"

 Katrina van Eck said:
I disagree with your editorial opposition to revival of the fairness doctrine. It would not inhibit or kill free speech but only provide for fair and balanced use of OUR PUBLIC airwaves. Rush Limbaugh could continue to rant all he pleases but the stations presenting him would have to allow for presentation of contrasting views, thus expanding, not contracting, free speech and promoting more intelligent discussion of public issues.

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8:40 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 1, 2008 re: "Letters: August 1, 2008"

 Unity said:
In desponse to the statement, "Dual citizenship, like multiple languages, is just another step in shredding the unity that used to tie us all together"... This country has survived divisions between North and South, Black and White, Whigs/Republicans and Democrats. Surely, we can survive this.

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6:19 AM MST on Thu., Jul. 31, 2008 re: "Letters: July 30, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Years ago, dual citizenship was not allowed. What happened? How did this get changed? I don't remember a vote on the question. Dual citizenship, like multiple languages, is just another step in shredding the unity that used to tie us all together.

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8:52 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 30, 2008 re: "Letters: July 25, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Of course, disciplinary cases are down Chief Lanier -- you made a deal with the Union to stop investigating certain claims, you met in a close door meeting and you authorized the rehire of HOW MANY Criminals -- you are a JOKE and you have brought down the INTEGRITY of this POLICE DEPARTMENT -- Chief Ramsey may have lowered morale but YOU have lowered standards... You were found by Judge Huevelle NOT to know the meaning of Probable Cause. You were deemed to be at fault for the numerous FALSE ARRESTS YOU ordered. Please, you lie with statistics (or your staff) and then claim VICTORY. YOU have no INTEGRITY -- each night as you throw useless PUBLICITY TACTICS at crime, YOU show everyone just how little you know. Chief Ramsey did you a disservice when he FAILED to MAKE you COMMAND -- instead you were his failed project...getting 4 degrees in 4 years on the City's Dime, then placing restrictions on those that would follow -- CRABS In A Pot...you should be ashamed of yourself.

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4:40 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 29, 2008 re: "Letters: July 25, 2008"

 The Answer said:
Also the letter from Cathy Lanier states that "not only are we able to predict crime but" if the MPD was able to predict crime and was doing such a good job at it then there would not be any shootings, stabbing, or robberies or any crime for that matter because DC police were able to predict it and were already on the scene before it happens that statement she made has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard

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3:26 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 29, 2008 re: "Letters: July 29, 2008"

 The Answer said:
Based on the letter that was submitted to the examiner on 7-25-08 it appears that the DC govt, police chief Cathy Lanier, Mayor Adrian Fenty and attorney general Peter Nickels have all the answers and do not need the input of citizens in the district of columbia. They often act on policy matters without the input of citizens so why do they need citizens who fear of being retailiated against because the police failed to protect their loved one who may have been killed or assaulted to come forward, investigating is the job of detectives and apparently they dont want to do the police work that is necessary to solve crimes they want to sit back and wait for citizens to give this information (basically they want citizens to do their jobs.) Even police being blocks away from shootings has not caused the shooting to stop also I on Fox 5 news last night when a victim of a hit and run who was seriously injured stated that police have not even call her to take a report this is typical MPD

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12:40 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 29, 2008 re: "Letters: July 29, 2008"

 Amanda Vickers said:
If global warming is a myth, as your 28 July editorial has it, than how account for the rapid melting of the polar and Greenland icecaps and Asian glaciers? And if you are right, how could so many eminent scientists be so wrong? But you are right in attacking use of food crops for biofuel.

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8:38 AM MST on Fri., Jul. 25, 2008 re: "Letters: July 25, 2008"

 Nick Beddoes said:
Why didn't the Examiner report on Robert Novak's recent hit-and-run incident in D.C.? And why didn't the police cite him for leaving the scene of an accident? Is he too sacred a conservative icon to be held accountable for his actions?

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12:40 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "Letters: July 21, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Angela McIntosh is confused about many things.

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11:03 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "Letters: July 22, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Angela, when does life begin? From the moment of conception? What happens if the fertilized egg deosn't implant itself in the womb? What if some other miscarriage occurs? How far do we want to go with this line of thinking?

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9:51 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "Letters: July 22, 2008"

 Erica Backus said:
Angela McIntosh seems confused about what the word "person" means. The US 14th Amendment defines person as someone born or naturalized in the US. The Bible assigns personhood at birth, and modern science shows that what makes us persons occurs late in gestation, in the third trimester. Francois Quinson is out of line in calling pro-choice people "fanatics". We who are pro-choice hold that each and every woman should be free to follow her own conscience in cases of problem pregnancies. Those who oppose freedom of conscience and who would impose their theology on everyone are the real fanatics.

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9:13 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 15, 2008 re: "Letters: July 14, 2008"

 Julia Banscoft said:
As the parent of a daughter and a granddaughter, I resent Richard Retta's presumptuous assertions about reproductive choice (7/15 letter). According to him a fetus has the same rights as a woman. That is equivalent to saying that an egg is a chicken or that an acorn is an oak tree. If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. He should know a little more about science and the Bible before he spouts nonsense.

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12:25 PM MST on Sun., Jul. 13, 2008 re: "Introducing the home-delivered Sunday Examiner newspaper"

 Examiner Reader said:
Where is "Find a news rack icon" on your website? Need locations for 21050 zip.

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11:08 AM MST on Sun., Jul. 13, 2008 re: "Introducing the home-delivered Sunday Examiner newspaper"

 Examiner Reader said:
Received the new Examiner this morning, and, after looking at the revised design, I'd like to say, "BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Man, this paper stinks.

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11:53 AM MST on Sat., Jul. 12, 2008 re: "Letters: July 10, 2008"

 Erica Backus said:
G. Kaukaulas (July 10 letter) claims that abortion breaches divine law. He may believe that, but nowhere does the Bible say so. Genesis 2:7 says: "Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul". That means that something becomes a human person AT BIRTH. Exodus 21:22-25 shows that the life of a fetus is much inferior to that of a woman. Male dominated legislators should just butt out of women's decisions of conscience. And Nancy Wells' letter (same day) diaplays a similar ignorance of the Bible. She has no right to dictate what other women should decide under their particukar circumstances.

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12:26 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 11, 2008 re: "Letters: July 8, 2008"

 Kendall Stevenson said:
Quin Hillyer is right that this election will determine the makeup of the Supreme Court. As Justices Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts have already done considerable damage to our basic liberties, I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping that a President Obama will appoint justices who will uphold church-state separation, civil liberties abd civil rights.

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3:18 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 10, 2008 re: "Letters: July 10, 2008"

 Lakeforest Apt Resident said:
Why is Brad Botwin once again attributing violent criminal behavior to immigration status. The tragedy at Lakeforest Mall was the result of a robber who became a murderer. If convicted, he should be treated like any other 2nd-degree murderer. His immigration status is far less important to me. Would Mr. Botwin has been less offended if the murderer were a legal immigrant, or a native-born citizen, with gang ties? Would he feel less sympathy for the waiter victim, if he were an illegal immigrant?

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3:18 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 8, 2008 re: "Letters: July 7, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
I wonder if any of Mr. Tunes clients have read his letter? If so, they should take another look at their last tax return!!

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12:25 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 8, 2008 re: "Letters: July 8, 2008"

 Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Libe said:
The Examiner Reader defending the South Dakota law designed in inhibit free choice on abortion obviously knows little about neurobiology, law, or the Bible. As neurobiology shows, the most important component of human personhood is consciousness, and brain development does not allow that until some time after 28-32 weeks. As for the Judeo-Christian scriptures, they use the word "nefesh" for person and that refers to something that breathes, in other words, that is born. South Dakota's law is simply another attempt to gum up a woman's constitutional right to follow her own conscience.

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12:14 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 8, 2008 re: "Letters: July 8, 2008"

 Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Libe said:
Lawrence Marsh (letter, July 8) is wrong in assuming that the US Constitution's religious freedom guarantees give government (i.e., the US Navy) authority to impose one-size-fits-all religious devotions on military cadets. In doing so the Naval Academy is running afoul of the First Amendment's establishment clause. Flaunting the Constitution is not showing a good example to future officers. The Navy should cease and desist.

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11:41 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 8, 2008 re: "Letters: July 8, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
It's wrong to describe South Dakota's law as anti-choice. It merely assures that women follow informed consent and that they know all aspects of what they choose to do. Mr. Doerr's definitions of "personhood" are nothing short of bizarre, as are his references to various Constitutional amendments. Liberals apparently believe that nothing exists until at least 28 weeks of gestation. In the vast majority of cases, once conceived, a human baby, if not aborted, develops systematically. It is folly to argue that until a baby can survive outside the womb, "personhood" does not exist. What are liberals afraid of, that if women understand all aspects of what they are considering, they will choose not to have abortions, and that industry will die?

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9:50 AM MST on Mon., Jul. 7, 2008 re: "Letters: July 7, 2008"

 Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Libe said:
Two letters on July 3 seeking to discredit evolution missed their target completely. So-called "Intelligent Design" creationism has no cradibility whatever in the science community and was found by a federal court in Pennsylvania to be thinly disguised religion and therefore unconstitutional in public schools. As for so-called "missing links", that term was obsolete generations ago as Mendelian genetics and now molecular biology have filled in the gaps that Darwin missed 150 years ago. Natural selection evolution is the only scientific explanation for the diversity of life still standing.

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10:44 AM MST on Tue., Jul. 1, 2008 re: "Letters: July 1, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
William Burt's argument against windmills raised some interesting points. "It would be shameful to destroy part of our 200-year heritage for the sake of building another symbol of our overconsumption" How about a trade? We close down some coal-fired power plants, reforest them and reclaim them as parks (like Theodore Roosevelt National Park), then build some wind turbines to replace the lost energy generation?

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2:48 PM MST on Tue., Jun. 24, 2008 re: "Letters: June 24, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Re. Letters June 24/08. Obama wants to be President so bad that he has accepted illegal money from the Chinese, which explains the current flood of Chinese and Far East immigrants in the U.S., taking American jobs, ruining our economy, and don't be surprised if they already vote!

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12:37 PM MST on Thu., Jun. 19, 2008 re: "Letters: June 18, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
to 12:11, how come your not gripping about the taxpayer bailouts for wallstreet and the huge amounts of money being stolen daily in the wars. crawl into your hole and the hell with your fellow man.

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1:48 PM MST on Sat., Jun. 7, 2008 re: "Letters: May 30, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
re: Standing up against the rhetoric Good for Fields! Glad to see there are young people in Chevy Chase of all places who don't pick up pom-poms for a candidate just because of being a "D" or "R" without really investigating where they come from and what they stand for. Kudos to you Mr. Fields!

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2:33 PM MST on Fri., Jun. 6, 2008 re: "Letters: June 6, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Comrade David Edwards has decided that there should be a limit on the number of SUVS allowed per household. Should we expect searches of homes for illegal SUVs (exceeding the proper quota) and what should be the punishment for transgressors?

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12:11 PM MST on Tue., May. 27, 2008 re: "Letters: May 27, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
D.C. needs to "fully fund year-round pre-K and kindergarten, after-school and full-time summer programs..." Classic liberal cradle-to-grave coverage. Let's add fulltime nannies, free babysitting, and whatever else taxpayers can fund to take responsibility off the "parents" who create the children.

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10:02 AM MST on Thu., May. 22, 2008 re: "Letters: May 21, 2008"

 Examiner Reader said:
Hats off to Mrs. Peterson for telling the truth because these people are devious, will lie to get what they want and are operating from the "dark side". Our children have nothing to do with their nebulous agenda. This is most unfortunate. The author will certainly be supported by thousands of teachers! Please carry on!

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