Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2010

Your Letters

It's their fault

Based on the logic put forth in Mark Otto's letter -- Congress's 'great successes' on March 3 -- the sun rose this morning because Democrats controlled both houses of Congress.

What Mr. Otto fails to point out is that for the previous 13 years, Republicans controlled one or both houses of Congress. In that time, they passed three "emergency supplemental budgets" that were unfunded. Republicans oversaw the repeal of Glass-Steigle. This repeal allowed investment banks to use deposits guaranteed by taxpayer dollars and gamble with them on Wall Street. That's a big reason our economy is in the ditch.

As for Rep. Bob Etheridge, he has not hesitated to face his constituents and explain his positions. He has represented us with respect and fairness. I, for one, pity the Republican who thinks he can do a better job then Bob Etheridge.

Scott Taylor

Garner

What about American cars?

Recently, the news media on one of our local channels highlighted the Toyota Prius for several minutes during prime time. It was a long documentary describing how the Japanese people loved their Prius automobiles. We are talking about more than $10 million worth of free advertising on a weekend news program on an American television channel.

Also during 2009, the automobile journalists for the local newspaper gave more than 65 percent of their editorial coverage's to foreign automakers. American-made vehicles garnered about 35, but much of that coverage was about automobiles built in the middle of the past century.

During the Monday news hour on a local television channel, there was a long editorial about the Korean-made Hyundai.

I'm wondering if the Tokyo Sunday news had a long prime-time editorial about GM, Ford or Chrysler or the Seoul Sunday paper highlighted a story about our American-made vehicles.

You will not see articles in their papers nor long, expensive TV coverage that highlights our American-made vehicle. The citizens and media of these two countries are much more loyal to their country than our media.

Karl Barbee

Garner