Readers Write 12/15

POLITICS

We need to unite, give our president a chance

I am 83 years old, and have witnessed (and voted in) many elections. When I was younger, my feeling as I voted was that we were sending good, honest men and women to a good, honest body in Washington.

Recently, I have felt that, in both major parties, we were sending men and women concerned only with how to line their own pockets, and how to make the opposition look bad.

I am “on the way out,” to put it delicately, but I have children and grandchildren. What is this world going to be like for them, if we cannot get our politicians to start pulling together to change things? It would also be lovely to get the TV and radio liars off the air, and allow the cool breeze of truth and integrity to blow up on us.

We elected our president, and he is trying to juggle all this heavy furniture he inherited. Let’s give him a chance — better, let’s help him.

Geri Goodson, Sandy Springs

SECOND AMENDMENT

Alarmists’ predictions failed to materialize

Surprise, surprise!

After months of hand-wringing and fearful editorials about “guns in bars” and “guns in parks,” there is no evidence of gunfights in the bars; no shootouts at the restaurant over an overcooked steak, and no bullets flying at the parks.

I think the alarmists must be looking for something else to mass against, since their predictions of anarchy didn’t materialize. Fortunately, common sense and level heads have prevailed. Now, it is time to focus on a real problem and the time is right for a solution. Atlantans must work quickly to elect conservative leadership which will get the Police Department to make crime calls in less than two hours!

Bob Thomas, Cumming

SPORTS

Greenville’s coach should inspire us all

What a wonderful story about Greenville’s coach and football team (“Players, coach feed Greenville’s dreams,” News, Nov. 18). Coach Jeremy Williams’ life may end, but his attitude of doing the best that you can though seriously handicapped will live on as a lesson to the people of Greenville, and others who hear of him. We should have more front-page news of this sort.

Ed Wolak, Moreland

MEDIA

Boortz not the columnist your newspaper needs

You have added to the dumbing-down of Georgia by hiring Neal Boortz as a columnist. For example, “Hey, Sonny, how about the fast lane?” (Opinion, Dec. 5) would be normal thoughts for a 16-year-old. He would not consider that speeding drivers cause accidents — not necessarily when they are speeding but by making other drivers nervous and irritated.

It should be apparent that speeding causes many single vehicle accidents such as running off the road and into a ditch or against a tree. Speeding encourages other juvenile minds to do the same and is the cause of chain reaction incidents. Speeding causes roll-over incidents and loss of lives. If one knows anything about physics, the increased danger for every mile-per-hour added to one’s speed is so clear. If you folks need a columnist, hire one who thinks and writes like an intelligent adult.

William L. Fell, Athens