Winning the argument
Dear Editor:
How to win an argument without really trying is my message today. What I mean by "not really trying" is to avoid those annoying details like researching facts and identifying quoted parties.
Chimney Rock deserves designation
Dear Editor:
Western Colorado Interpretive Association was pleased with President Obama's recent designation of Chimney Rock as a National Monument. Located in southwest Colorado, Chimney Rock National Monument, contains 47,000 acres of dramatic rock formations and the remains of an ancient settlement. The designation will permanently protect Chimney Rock while bringing attention to the area, boosting tourism and helping the local economy.
Cowardly tactics won’t dissuade staunch Democrat
Dear Editor:
Delta County appears to abound with those who consider themselves constitutional experts and especially the "freedom of speech" clause. However, when comes the time to actually practice it themselves, that appears to be defined to mean, "Yes. I can speak and you should listen, but you should remain quiet, as I have spoken."
City can make better use of $20,000 ‘investment’
Dear Editor:
The walls of city hall are thick. They are rarely penetrated from without by prudent fiscal consideration and common sense, yet what emanates from within and easily passes through those walls is too often silly.
Consequences should reinforce responsibility
Dear Editor:
This summer vandalism forced the closure of the restrooms in Cedaredge Town Park and at High Country Park. Both were caused by juveniles.
Theft of signs may have unintended consequences
Dear Editor:
A word to those who took our Romney for President signs from various residences on Garnet Mesa in Delta a couple of weeks ago: I know that Romney for President of the United States signs are scarce seeing how so many good folks are wanting them to put in their yards. If you really wanted one to put in your yard, all you had to do was ask.
The difference
Dear Editor:
A few months back I wrote an article titled "The Bicycle." The basic premise of the article was the fact you could read all the books ever written about riding a bicycle, but you could never ride one until you actually got on one and learned to control it.
Obama is a symptom of what ails America
Dear Editor:
The danger to America is not Barack Obama, the danger is a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him (one with absolutely no apparent experience of anything whatsoever) with the presidency.
It will be far easier to limit and undo all of his horrible mistakes and his hundreds of "executive orders," than it will be to restore the necessary common sense and good judgement of a depraved electorate willing to elect such a man for their president.
Economy can’t take four more years of Obama
Dear Editor:
A central theme of the Obama campaign is that a Romney victory will be a return to the "failed policies of the past." Unlike most other campaign rhetoric, this is one claim that can be objectively evaluated.
Buying votes with ‘freebies’ is corruption
Dear Editor:
In the 1980s, I lived in a "dry county" (no liquor sold legally) in rural Kentucky. In many dry counties, the sheriff retired rich from bootlegger payoffs.