The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Three LTTE's

[SeattleGirl]

The Good (from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/19/06):

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Pharmacists have no right to pass judgment.

I have been privileged to be a pharmacist in Washington for 35 years. The Washington State Pharmacy Association does not speak for me.

If a pharmacist is free to cite his own moral, religious or ethical objections and decline to fill a prescription for Plan B, where else could these objections lead? Suppose we decline to fill Antabuse for alcoholics or Suboxone for heroin addicts? We could tell them to "just say no." How about we decline to fill any type of contraception prescription unless the person can also supply a certificate of marriage? We can echo our president and tell all others to practice abstinence. Emphysema or lung cancer? Sorry, but your abuse of tobacco precludes me from helping you.

A pharmacist's moral, religious or ethical convictions are his and his alone. He has no business seeking to enforce his views on patients.

Any legal prescription that is written by a duly licensed prescriber to any patient should be available in any pharmacy that is supervised by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy. That distinction includes every pharmacy in the state.

Denny Birk
Edmonds
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The Bad (from The Seattle Times, 3/19/06):
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We left in darkness

We are now fighting the greatest wear we have ever fought. Just because it's a different kind of war doesn't mean it is not a war.

Our reporters seem to lean to the left, except for Fox News. They do not want to face reality. How are they going to report when we have another 9/11? I know: It's all George Bush's fault!

During World War II, we always knew who the enemy was. Now the enemy could be our neighbor. In World War II, the war was confined to specific areas. Today the war is world-wide.

Until the left-wing press realizes this (if it ever does) the nation is under threat, not only by the enemy, but by ourselves.

Donald Bjorkman, ex-Marine
Mill Creek
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The Ugly (from the Seattle Times, 3/19/06):
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Pride of the military: Continuing the battle for everyone's freedom

Thank you for "President sticking to strike-first policy on enemies" , on the newly released national-security strategy. I think it obvious that all Americans should understand what their elected administration believes is the path we should follow.

Having read this report, I am reminded that I am a proud person. I am proud of my dad who was in the trenches of France as a first lieutenant platoon leader in World War I. Then, when World War II came along, he volunteered again and was a first lieutenant of military police in that war. I am proud of ny brothers-in-law who served as Navy and Marine officers in the South Pacific.

I am proud ot be a Marine. I am proud to be an American and I've never been more proud of my country than I am today.

No other country is making it a key part of its foreign policy to support the furtherance of freedom and democracy throughout the world. God bless America!

Henry Kroeger
Redmond
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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I'd call them

The Good, the Stupid, and the Slightly Deranged, but that's only my opinion.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Ha! I like that!

:thumbsup:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. We don't have to worry about the last two. Voters are getting worn down

by the Republicans and the RW. Now if only the Democrats will take the offensive on issues we will win in Nov.

:popcorn:

[SeattleGirl]

4. If only, indeed.

Well, I have my combat boots on, and have been kicking my Senator's asses about the censure thing. We'll see.

[DarkmoonIkonoklast]

5. Doing my bit, wish it was more, hope it's enough...

MMI proudly wear a "Jail Bush" button on my camo hat...
MMEverywhere I go, that button incites discussion... mostly supportive, often curious ("Why?"), once in a while, hostile.
MMMostly, it's the "kids" (bear in mind, I'm pushing 60, and - presumably -- have grandkids in addition to a now-draft-age son and a soon-to-be draft-age(17 this May) daughter, so I'm entitled to call these young adults "kids".) who respond. My usual tack is to engage them in discourse, determine what they know, incite their questions, and then, remind them that what they do THIS FALL(!!) will determine whether or not they, and their friends, will need to learn Arabic and the fine art of living with sand in the shorts!
MMMost of them are primed for the lesson. Most of them "get it".
MMI'm so damned sick of people worrying about "Who in '08?" and giving little or no attention to THIS FALL's upcoming -- and (IMHO) crucial -- election. I can only pray that these "kids" will inspire, not only their friends, but also their parents, their teachers and coaches, their clergy, and any other adults in their circles, to think more clearly about the stakes in this upcoming election, and to act accordingly.
MMAnd if, in fact, there do exist Powers Who might concern ThemSelves with the affairs of the puny inhabitants of this insignificant little world out in the Galactic boondocks, may They help us to corral the followers of that upstart brute "God" with the unspeakable name, and the passion for blood, pain and death, and help us prevent the oncoming atrocity!

[SeattleGirl]

6. What you're doing is great.

Engaging people in conversation, and focusing on THIS FALL is what is needed now. I hardly give a thought to 2008 (except that it means the end is finally near for Bush -- if not sooner). We have to focus on now, not two years from now.

And I do think the authors of the second and third letters are part of a decreasing crowd.