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Voice of the people
Why would W.Va. vote for Republican?
As the election cycle enters its last few months, polls show that West Virginians will be voting again for the Republican candidate. This prompts me to ask, "What's wrong with West Virginians?"
Before we do that again, it's appropriate to pause and look at what it got us. George Bush and the Republican Party took the strongest economy in the world and ran it into a ditch, implemented a war that when finished will cost our country at least $3 trillion, squandered our national reputation and prestige, gave millions of dollars in tax breaks to oil companies, millions more in tax breaks to the rich, rewarded industries that ship jobs overseas, vetoed health insurance for indigent children, consistently vetoed an increase in the minimum wage and gave us an energy policy that has resulted in astronomical gas prices.
Can anyone argue that West Virginians are better off than before?
Now West Virginians stand ready to vote for John McCain, a man who has supported the above policies 95 percent of the time. As Hillary Clinton put it, "We don't need four more years of the last eight years."
So again I ask, "What's wrong with West Virginians?" Are they stupid?
Carolyn Karr
Huntington
Don't legalize fireworks in state
I am writing this in response to what I heard on my local news channel on Aug. 19.
There was a statement made about West Virginia legalizing fireworks because everyone is buying fireworks in Kentucky and Ohio anyway. There was a chemist on the show, and he stated how the injuries had gone down. Well, in my area, they have and that awful noise and gun smoke odor has, too. They have already legalized table games, that, no doubt, will gobble up the small paychecks of many West Virginians.
Please, whoever had this idea, please think it over. We don't need legalized fireworks. What's next, legalized dynamite fishing?
Ronald Hatfield
Kenova
Show some respect at funeral, cemetery
You know it's a sad day when you can't even bury a loved one without some people trying to start trouble at the funeral home or grave site. They just don't have any respect at all for the dead.
But I know our beloved brother was laughing at them from heaven. You people know who I am talking about.
This is to you, Richard. We love and miss you very much.
Micki Ferris
Willow Wood, Ohio
