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Letters to the Editor
THE MOST ENTERTAINING section of our small, weekly newspaper is the part containing Letters to the Editor. Every thing gets published, no matter how ludicrous, argumentative, or ignorant. I've come to suspect that the world's problems would disappear if only the politicians in charge would read and follow the advice of these letter writers.Of course, people with all the answers typically understand none of the problems. Where I live, there are a lot of global warming doubters. Their strident letters readily illustrate that they really haven't a clue what they're talking about. The ones citing the Almighty and quoting biblical text are the most hysterical.Utah has remained obtusely and intransigently Republican through GWB and the current congressional stumblebums. Anti-Obama letters proliferate. They obviously aren't getting their news from the same source as I am.Many of the letters take environmentalists to task. I live near a working coal mine that employs many of my neighbors. In addition, avid ATVers go bonkers at the suggestion they should be barred fgrom running rampant in any portion of our local wilderness areas, especially the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. People around here still hate President Clinton for designating it as a national monument, thus bringing into play federal laws protecting it from such rampages as thoughtless ATVers tearing up the land.Did I say the Letters to the Editor section of our local rag is entertaining? Perhaps I should say aggravating. Some reach levels of sheer stupidity that make one marvel at the fact that the authors achieved adulthood. Of course, as we all know, the two most commonly occurring things in the world are hydrogen and stupidity.
posted on Aug 25, 2013 7:21 PM ()
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