WAR IN IRAQ
The other option: What if Saddam were alive?
Leonard Pitts’ column saying we should never have gone to Iraq raises a question neither he nor his ilk will answer (“We should not have been there,” Opinion, Oct. 27). What would Saddam Hussein be doing today, given the fact his mortal enemy (Iran) is trying to go nuclear? I think we know.
Mark Bain, Marietta
POLITICS
Bumper stickers aren’t a source for solutions
Wise solutions to important problems can rarely be described on a bumper sticker. What we hear from politicians, however, are largely bumper sticker slogans. Bumper sticker solutions are great theater — but they almost always produce flawed decisions. Public ignorance demands bumper sticker policies. We impatiently reject any solution that is balanced and carefully crafted to address the complexities of a problem. Those solutions are boring and hard to understand. We want something bold and simple — no matter how flawed.
I long for the day when (as enlightened citizens) we reject these bumper sticker solutions, and demand that they be replaced by a bumper sticker that simply says: “Think!”
Bill Fokes, Braselton
ELECTION 2011
Voting next month will make a difference
A general election is coming in November. Those who are registered should try their best to vote because this vote will count and voters will have a say.
Voting is a good way to be involved with all things that go on in life. If we don’t vote, we won’t be able to understand what goes on in our society. By getting involved, we get an understanding of just how things work.
Whether this is your first time to vote or you’ve been voting for several years, you’ll learn more about the voting process, about the candidates and, importantly, how both affect your life.
Barry Needham, Loganville
ECONOMY
Helping corporations is a way to help jobless
While I could agree on the seriousness of the employment situation in our country and in minority communities, I disagree with the solution suggested by Wanjiku Mwangi (“U.S. must act to halt downward spiral,” Opinion, Oct. 26).
I calmed myself once I realized that the writer has a Boston connection. One only has to recall the “Big Dig”— which busted the seams of an initial budget to cost billions. If progressives were given an unlimited government budget, they would exceed that.
If it is job growth that we want, let’s allow corporations to bring their money back into the country tax-free, eliminate or greatly reduce corporate taxes and crusade to shore up the soft skills of our young people.
Michael Murphy, MABLETON
