Letters to the Editor
RGrenader
Published Letters: 12
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California
[Read the article: Arnold's big flameout]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The problem in the stae is we are a political 50/50 bar: Blue state on the outside (Southern California and the Bay Area) and red on the inside (everything else). Remember, we're the state that gave the country Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
The legislature is in potential gridlock with urban Democrats fighitng Republicians, but the real wild card is the ballot initiative process. Every election you have propositions targetd by special interist groups specifically desinged to cancel out the conflicting ballot initiative. The process was created to overcome the gridlock in the state legislature, and guess what, we're gridlocked again! Hijacked by special interists on both sides and the Governarator. Don't blame me, I voted for Arianna Huffington.
As a California voter all of my life, I am at the point where I will not sign any petition to place an initative on the ballot. All too often, the real intent of the measure is hidden, stealth virus like, in the details.
Yes we're a mess, but I am willing to be that our mess is similar to other state governments, there's just more of us.
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Why Bother
[Read the article: Signing away the Patriot Act]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]With the shameless manipulation, of what used to be law, in presidential signing statements, I have to ask:
Why bother with Congress at all? We should just annoint him King George the 1st and go on from there.
At lease we'd know what to expect from a despot rather than a selected official masquerading as one.
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Summer Vacating
[Read the article: Summer vacation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Achieving a state of maximum entrophy is a worthy cause.
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Run, Don't Walk
[Read the article: Should I stick with a failing business out of loyalty to my boss?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Look, I've been there and done that and let me tell you: You have got to look out for yourself. Loyalty does not meen diddly when you are out of work and missed a great opportunity.
If the company is on its last legs, your leaving will be a signal, might start the stampeed and you can save a few othres lives.
I've stayed around to the end, was the last person out the door turning off the lights, and know what it is like to miss out on something good due to misplaced loyality.
Run, Don't Walk.
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Leaving New York
[Read the article: I left New York for San Diego and now I don't know where I am]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Buddy Boy: Endless sunshine and palm trees? That's why we call it LaLa Land.
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Frozen Summer Drinks
[Read the article: No more gin and tonics!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Frozen Neon Citron
2 shots lemon vodka
1 oz Midori Melon
1/2 oz hpnotic
juice from 1 lime.
Place in blender filled with ice and whip.
Rum Cosmo Freeze
2 shots Bacardi O
2 shots Cranberry juice
Juice frm 1 lime
Place in blender filled w/ ice and whip.
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Sierra Nevada in the Summertime
[Read the article: The family that backpacks together]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I could not agree more. I have to spend a week a year above 8000 ft breathing clean air, surrounded by trees, boulders and the big shoulders of the Sierra Nevada.
Backcountry California is still a very, very special place.
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Jawbone
[Read the article: Why are Bluetooth headsets so lame?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You forgot, or maybe did not use one long enough, the unbelievably crappy construction you get for your $200 investment in a Jawbone. I had 2 self distruct when the plastic charger cover literally ripped off the back end of a carapace when disconnecting from the charger.
I like the sound quality, and the deisgn is heads over heels above the rest, but for long term usability, it sucks.
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The Wire
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"a vigilante who seems to represent the reckless but still principled justice of those unconstrained by a poisoned bureaucratic system"
THAT is a truly epic quote. Remember, "it's all in the game."
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Best Television Ever
[Read the article: Hot off "The Wire"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]McNulty sitting there, listening to the FBI describe him to the last detail was outstanding. I wonder if the season is going to end with McNulty having been fired for making up the serial killer case, thrown out by Beadie, living drunk under the bridge?
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Gas Tax Holiday
[Read the article: Much to be desired from McCainonomics]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just another "Country Club Republician" approach. Do you think for a moment that Oil Companies will not simply raise prices 5% and swallow the extra profit margin?
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Payback's a Bitch
[Read the article: Tennessee Dem leader suggests Obama has terrorist connections]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Come January '09, when the new Democratic majority congress is being assigned office space by the newly elected Speaker Hillary Clinton, Lincoln Davis is going to discover that his newly reassigned office space features his own urinal right next to his desk and a very nice black and white mini tile pattern on the floor.