LETTERS

Letter: Was this front-page news?

Please excuse my limited view of the world, but with all that is going on around us, can the West Central Tribune really believe that a review of Sarah Palin’s new book is a front-page story?

November 19, 2009

Letter: Our beginnings as Americans

During this Thanksgiving season, it would serve us well to be reminded of our beginnings as Americans. One cannot escape the thoughts of men like William Bradford, who became dissatisfied with state-sponsored religion of the Church of England and the fines, arresting and imprisonment that the Christians of that time endured. The faith and courage of these English men and women who would bear much suffering and even death when they came to America is the beginning of our roots.

By Roxie Marcus, Prinsburg , November 18, 2009

Letter: Common sense has prevailed

This letter is in response to the West Central Tribune Oct. 27 article on the Big Stone II coal plant.

November 07, 2009

Letter: Definition of a progressive

In a fund-raising speech Bill Clinton said the elections of Nov. 3 are a referendum on Obama, the health care bill, and our progressive agenda. Hillary Clinton says, “I am a progressive, not a liberal.” Obama ran on change and the need to transform this country. McCain said, “Put country first.” While their emphases were different, Americans had a choice between progressive light and progressive heavy.

November 07, 2009

Letter: Saving souls for eternity

On Oct. 22, Congress passed a hate crimes bill which President Obama signed into law a couple days later. This was done mainly to placate his supporters from the far left.

November 07, 2009

Letters: The billionaires of baseball

Now that Joe Mauer, whom I consider to be a perfect example of “Minnesota Nice,” is going in for salary arbitration, wouldn’t it be nice if he could say, “Ah, shucks, $2 million a year is a great plenty for seven months’ work, who needs more than that?”

November 06, 2009

Letters: The kids are all right

In response to the letter by Lowell Tieszen from Raymond (Public Forum, Oct. 29): In your letter you refer to news stories regarding the murder and rape of little girls.

November 06, 2009

Letter: What’s wrong with Becker Ave.

What is wrong with Becker Ave. in downtown Willmar? I see nothing. So if it isn’t broke don’t fix it! There are many other things that may need fixing, if you have extra money.

By Mary Lou OlsonWillmar , November 05, 2009

Letter: Don’t ignore those in need

Roger Bauman (Public Forum, Oct. 30), a rugged individualist out of Vesta, has the mentality of a lone cowboy obviously picked up during the Bush administration. The townspeople of Vesta must scatter to the winds when he rides into town armed with the assault weapons that I am certain he must insist upon with the same Clint Eastwood clamped-jaw style that identifies his breed.

By Lee PaulsonGlenwood , November 05, 2009

Letter: The reality of capitalism

Numerous letters on this page have declared that there is no need for government to be involved in health care. They have indicated that private insurance companies are a better choice, and in a capitalistic society, the only choice for providing adequate, low-cost healthcare coverage. Yet, despite the existence of private insurance companies and the “limited” role of government in health care (Medicare, Medicaid, and MinnesotaCare, etc.), millions of Americans remain uninsured. Premiums continue to rise faster than wages and the rate of inflation. And those with health insurance pay excessively for those without, those who are forced to use the local emergency room as their primary health care provider.

By John Benson, Willmar , November 04, 2009

Letter: Time for welfare reform

Friday, Oct. 23, I was appalled to read an article in the West Central Tribune concerning the charges against Isidoro Martinez. He is charged with two felony counts for wrongfully obtaining assistance and for check forgery. This man obtained over $21,000 in assistance between Dec. 1, 2003, and Oct. 31, 2006. (Is that when he moved to North Dakota?) The article stated that Isidoro Martinez is “on the ‘list’” for being in our country illegally and, therefore, not able to work.

November 02, 2009

Letter: Proud of RCW’s football team

I want to say how proud we are of our RCW football team.

November 02, 2009

Letter: Thanks for Prime Time stories

I really enjoyed reading the stories written by all of the “over 55” set published recently in the Prime Time section of the West Central Tribune.

November 02, 2009

Letter: Confiscating our liberties

I just again read our Constitution and found nothing that says that Congress has the power to do what they are doing. They all, including the president, swore an oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

October 31, 2009

Letter: In defense of trapping

This letter is in response to Catherine Miller’s misunderstanding of trapping (Public Forum, Oct. 23). She stated that prior to coming to Minnesota, when she lived in Wisconsin she observed a lot of trapping activity on her daily walks during winter. During these walks she saw things that, if true, should have been reported to the Wisconsin DNR.

October 31, 2009