I soon realized that Mr. Oliver was deeply deluded and/or vastly enriched by the eight years in which G.W. stole two elections, started two entirely unnecessary wars (making puppetmaster Cheney millions in no-bid contracts), bankrupting the country with tax cuts for millionaires, stopping much-needed stem cell research, tortured suspects in violation of the Geneva Convention, […]
Larry Stem
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Republicans to blame
Had the Republican/ religious/ extreme right not opposed every dime of family planning, free contraceptives and sex education in their high extremist zeal, this problem would be manageable, rather than the long-suffering taxpayer being saddled with more costs. If the Keating, Istook and Fallin loons representing the Heritage Foundation/ Catholic Church/John Birchers used some common […]
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‘Hardly surprised’
I am hardly surprised at Tom Furlong’s endorsement of the “Kern-pone logic” that the July 6 issue thankfully lacked! Furlong has the commonly held dream of his sect: that his God is the “majority” and that a Bible full of fairy tales proves it. Millions of Muslims and Hindus disagree. And as to the number […]
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Reactor reaction
First, he states nuclear plants in the U.S. “… are robust and designed to withstand significant natural disasters.” Isn’t that what the Japanese said as well? And aren’t those nuclear plants the same specs as U.S. plants? Plants that big business will not fund since the investments are so risky and the liability is so […]
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Attack corporate welfare, not unions
Here in Oklahoma, home of Gov. Mary Fallin and Republican House and Senate majorities, the working stiff has been bullied enough by the rich and the chamber of commerce, and looted by corporate welfare in the name of “jobs” — mostly minimum wage, nonunion and no retirement or insurance-type jobs. This must stop, and judging […]
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Decisions, decisions
Regarding Clifton Adcock’s “Raising Arizona” (News, Jan. 12, Gazette): Gov. Mary Fallin faces a huge dilemma when state Rep. Randy Terrill’s antiimmigrant bill reaches her desk. Does she veto it and risk infuriating her Tea Party supporters who elected her? Or does she sign it and infuriate the fat cats in the State Chamber of […]
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Don’t afford ink to ‘Faux News Ilk’
In answer to Tom Furlong’s letter (“Highly illogical”) of Nov. 24, 2010, in the Gazette: <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left: 0in”>For once, shockingly, I agree with Tom Furlong. I, too, do not understand why the Gazette affords ink to “illogical ideas” like those of Furlong and the Faux News ilk. <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left: 0in”>—Larry Stem <p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left: 0in”>Oklahoma City
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Keep on thinking
In answer to Jim Nichols’ letter (“Cooperation worked,” Sept. 27, Gazette), he should have kept on thinking. Had there been a Chilean Environmental Protection Agency, likely there would have not been a cave-in. There were plenty of lawyers, representing the miners’ families. At last count, they were shopping their story for $20 million. A government […]