COMMENTARY
1 cartoonist irksome, but what about others?
Letters frequently printed in the AJC criticize Mike Luckovich’s cartoons.
Most of these critics suggest that Luckovich is not so smart, since he doesn’t espouse their values. The AJC prints two cartoons — “other views” — every day. Why should readers complain about Mike Luckovich’s views?
CATHERINE CARTER, DECATUR
COMMISSARIES
Government doesn’t support our veterans
Thank you for the recent article on military commissaries (“‘I feel betrayed,’ commissary shopper, veteran says,” Metro, July 28).
This was just one of the benefits discontinued for many military retirees. This particular benefit was cut due to the last round of base realignments and closures. My opinion is that this last round was completely unjustified. The ongoing cutbacks have left the uniformed services unable to fight a war on more than one front — and there are several dangerous fronts around the world.
During the Vietnam War period, the government supported the military (generally speaking), but the public did not. Today, the public supports the military very well, but the government does not. There has not been pro-military leadership in Washington in the past two and a half decades.
We were promised health care when we re-enlisted in the 1960s, and that didn’t happen. We were promised that we would be allowed to shop at commissaries — but that won’t happen, as they begin to close the commissaries.
FRED N. CHITWOOD, REX
EDUCATION
Rural school systems hard hit by budget cuts
Thank you for the recent articles on the financial woes of public school systems, and the impact that they are having on efforts to provide a quality education.
Please don’t stop yet. There is more to the story, if you will check with more of the school systems in the rural, southern part of the state. What you will find is that many have made every cut possible to to survive the state’s cuts. Even after trimming days of school and reducing personnel, the future remains bleak. Even in metro areas, school districts continue to face hard decisions due to the lack of funds. Some of these are already taxed to their limit and have nowhere else to look for help.
JOHN HOOPER, OXFORD
MIDEAST UNREST
Silence speaks loudly in Egypt’s latest crisis
I am truly impressed with the military’s actions in Egypt in stopping the continued descent by Morsi’s government into fanatical Islamic government. The overthrow of Mubarak was an action taken to benefit the masses — not to implement a harsh, religious form of control over the people.
Now there is hope that the men — and women — of Egypt can lead peaceful, productive lives in a safe environment without fear, punishment for disobedience, and no hope for their futures. I hoped to hear and read of the peaceful Muslims who respect all religions, and peoples expressing their support for this change in Egypt. All I hear is silence — which is speaking loudly right now.
BOB THOMAS, CUMMING
