My LTTE was published today

[Shadoobie]

I was a but angry (go figure) when I wrote it but it was cathartic. The letter after mine was even better. -Greg

"Voters will reap what they sow

America has spoken. While polls showed that more than 50 percent of people feel the country is heading in the wrong direction, America has voted to step on the gas. And the news was quick to respond. In the futures market, the cost of oil quickly jumped back over $50 a barrel after dropping in the days heading up to the election when polls showed Kerry overtaking Bush.

The White House is asking Congress to lift the debt ceiling to more than $8 trillion. I'll be sure to thank my children for loaning me their money so that I could have a tax cut. Congress is already talking about getting a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, as well as push through anti-abortion judge nominations.

The pundits are saying that this election was decided on many cultural and moral issues. You can't eat morality, though. In Ohio, 11,500 people will lose their jobs because of severe cuts in the state government. I guess Ohioans have not had enough job cuts to sway them to vote for Kerry.

According to the Federal Register, it appears that new rules have been put in place to strengthen the enforcement of selective-service registration. I wonder why the administration would do that. I am so glad to be living in a democracy, a form of government in which the people get what they deserve.

GREG RUTKOWSKI
DULUTH"

From: http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/editorial/10121468.htm

[lizzieforkerry]

1. Good

CAn I use some of it?

[Shadoobie]

7. Be my guest.

All the facts were linked from somewhere on DU. I actually put the original sources in my letter which I think gives it strength.

Greg

[gratefull4u]

2. Really good letter!

I hope we see many more like yours to let the people see exactly what they did by their ignorant vote.

[AllyCat]

3. Nice job!

This is terrific! My dad does this all the time in SC. His paper rarely publishes his letters, but when they do, he gets a slew of phone calls from nasty citizens who slam his dissent from the Bush regime.

Hope that doesn't happen to you. Keep us posted!

[Shadoobie]

8. Not in MN

I am fortunate to have found a new home in Minnesota (DFL Country). I used to live in Louisville, KY and got some choice responses to letters I got published there. Not as bad as your Dad, but I can sympathize.

Greg

[theorist]

4. Great job, but...

what the hell is up with the last one. I think he was making some good points from a Christian perspective, but I thought it was pretty even-handed until I got to the last paragraph. Did that guy even notice the swift boat smear? (among many others just as egregious)

What a moran! :wtf:

[DemMN]

5. You make me feel so proud

Great job, Greg! :bounce: It's great to see a fellow DUer get a LTTE published in the Duluth News Tribune. I live in the Duluth area too.

[Shadoobie]

9. Hi!

Nice to hear from a fellow Duluthian. :hi: I have lived here for just over a year but it feels like home.

Greg

[DemMN]

10. It's cold, but on the up side, it's mostly blue

:hi: Greg!

Denise

[libbygurl]

6. Excellent job! nt