Don’t give up on coal

How can the closure of the Centralia coal-fired power plant benefit us at a time when we need to cut dependance on foreign sources of energy? The fuel is all home-grown and is centrally located to cut transmission costs.

It is interesting when someone from the Sierra Club notes that we have plenty of other sources of power including the hydropower dams, nuclear power and waste-to-energy, all of which have been opposed.

I also wonder where they have been when they say we have had mild winters and low snowpacks.

Bill Johns

Cheney

The president just gave a speech on the economy and deficits. He spent much time justifying tax increases by constantly talking about “fairness.” Yet neither he, nor the multitude of liberals who constantly invoke the term, have ever explained their criteria for determining “fair.”

If the concept is so important, shouldn’t we know exactly how to compute “fairness,” know exactly when we reach “fairness” and, heaven forbid, avoid being “unfair”?

Communication only works if words have meaning. It is impossible not to conclude that the president and his party give the word no meaning; instead, it is just a blunt object with which to assault those considered enemies.

In contrast, the president never talks about limits to the amount of income government might take, either from any individual or from society as a whole. Obviously, because he believes there are no limits.

No matter how much of the people’s wealth is taken by the state, the president will want more. No amount will ever be enough.

Bill Manuel

Spokane