Mindset may get in way of seeking truth
House Speaker John Boehner has named Congressman Lynn Westmoreland, a Georgia Republican, to the select committee on Benghazi. Rep. Westmoreland was quoted as saying he would work “to present fair and honest conclusions.” In the same statement, he says we “deserve to know the truth, and who was behind covering up the events up to and after the attacks.” It seems the congressman has already made up his mind and won’t let facts get in the way.
ROSS COFFEY, DECATUR
Righteous indignation ignores history
I marvel at the righteous indignation Republicans demonstrate as they investigate the attack in Benghazi. Where were these curious minds when it was revealed the Bush administration went to war in Iraq on false pretenses and wishful thinking? Surely plunging a country into civil war and causing the deaths of more than 100,000 people should come close to requiring a congressional investigation. Oh wait, that was their lie. Silly me.
KRISTELLE M. TAYLOR, ROSWELL
Look at own assets before pushing tax hikes
An article in a recent edition of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution states that Pope Francis called for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the “economy of exclusion” that is taking hold today. These and other comments made recently by the pope have come under criticism because of their Marxist connections. For the Pope to call for the “legal” confiscation of individuals’ assets, by the use of government force, to satisfy his interpretation of his church’s idea of the economic inequality is a socialist idea. Most calculations of the wealth of the Catholic Church indicate that it is virtually impossible to estimate. However the church appears to have $170 billion in annual spending. Perhaps its leaders need to divest more of the church’s nontaxable wealth before asking our taxpayers to foot the bill for it own religious agenda.
J.A. JERNIGAN, ATLANTA
Poll smacks of liberal media bias
I would wager that an unbiased poll would reveal that nowhere near 50 percent of statewide voters can tell you who their Georgia state senator or representative is. Yet you expect us to believe a majority can name the former director of the state ethics commission? Do you really expect us to believe the AJC poll was unbiased? The front-page article, “Ethics issue follows Deal” (News, May 12) reminds me and others of something from the older USSR Pravda news agency. It is well known by native Georgians that, in Georgia, democratic candidates receive mega dollars in free campaign support from the biased reporting of the AJC.
WALT FARMER, MCDONOUGH
