OpinionSeptember 9, 2013
Speak Out 9/9/13
Your Labor Day editorial was disappointing, but that was to be expected. The working men and women are under assault in this country. Their wages have been stagnant for decades. Reprehensible right-to-work laws are making inroads. Fast-food workers can't make a living wage. Job exportation continues, unabated. Of course, had you told these truths in a relevant Labor Day editorial, your readership would have dropped by 89.7 percent...
Labor Day editorial
Your Labor Day editorial was disappointing, but that was to be expected. The working men and women are under assault in this country. Their wages have been stagnant for decades. Reprehensible right-to-work laws are making inroads. Fast-food workers can't make a living wage. Job exportation continues, unabated. Of course, had you told these truths in a relevant Labor Day editorial, your readership would have dropped by 89.7 percent.
Cutting it both ways
Just remember, if you didn't have so many ordinances mandating yards, yards of certain minimum sizes in certain areas, etc., the maybe an area community wouldn't be seemingly preoccupied with an apparent pernicious issue of grass clippings.
Down the drain
I find it funny that Jackson is cracking down on people leaving grass clippings in the street because it clogs the storm sewer system. For years, we have had a neighbor who blows leaves and every blade of grass on his side of the street over to our side and then down the storm drain. In fact, he just got done doing that this afternoon.
For the working people
Tell your greedy politicians, hell no to HB253. They want the American working people to pay for everything and give more to the rich, which has happened for the past 40 years or more. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the working people, and the working people are going to the poorhouse because of them.
Grass crimes
I do not blow my grass clippings into the street. I have a neighbor that blows or sprays her grass clippings and fallen leaves from her side of the street to mine. That's not nice.
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My calculus
Twice in the last week, our president has said chemical weapons changed his "calculus" in Syria. I think he meant calculation. Calculus is a study in mathematics that very few people truly understand. I was top of my class for three semesters of college calculus and one semester of differential equations. I have no idea how you would use calculus to quantify a mathematical solution to widespread violence in Syria, and I doubt our president could use calculus to solve the problem.
Downtown parking
The downtown Cape parking rules need to change immediately. A few months ago they put up a sign across from Mixing 10 and The Library that states your car will be towed after 6 a.m. This is a cost-vs.-risk situation. Someone who normally would go home with a friend if they had too much to drink now has to decide whether they want to risk driving home impaired or paying to get their car towed in the morning. Most would risk it, for they believe they won't get caught as well as not having to pay the $100-plus to get their car towed. This does nothing but put more impaired drivers on the road.
Premiums
If you're an older American not yet eligible for Medicare, please don't let anyone scare you about Obamacare by telling you that your health insurance premium is about to go through the roof. You're likely hearing this from someone who profiteered before the passage of Obamacare and doesn't want you to know that any increase in your health care premium (if there is one) will be offset by a tax credit. In addition, it could well be that your premium may actually drop.
Bush's fault
The pending loss of credibility of the U.S. in the all-important area of foreign policy can be placed squarely at the feet of George W. Bush and the ill-fated invasion of Iraq.
Softball season
The end of Cape's adult slow-pitch softball summer season has been depressing and difficult for me to cope. However, I take solace in knowing that just around the corner lies the fall season.
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