Letters

We’re #1! We’re #1! – In COVID cases and deaths.

Do you ever wonder why it is that when Jesus said to feed/help the poor (neighbors) it is called Christianity, but when a politician says it it is called socialism.

As a 30-year veteran of teaching in higher education, I feel compelled to address Mr. Goehner’s baseless charge (“Not fooled by brainwashing,” Dec. 13) concerning the alleged banning of free speech at today’s colleges and universities.

I am getting a little irked by all of the letters attacking Cathy McMorris Rodgers for her support of the Texas lawsuit.

A woman spoke for many when she held up a sign saying “a disease which kills just one percent is not an emergency.” If this woman spends two weeks in a hospital with COVID-19, struggling for every breath, only to die in agony, this “one percent chance” will suddenly become a major emergency for her and her family.

Recently, I heard an interview with New York Times Science and Health reporter Donald McNeil. He suggested enlisting Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and other conservative journalists to promote mask-wearing, vaccination and social distancing to Fox News followers.

Thank you Lt. USNR, Stanley C. Parks for your letter about Pearl Harbor and World War II ("Why Americans must never forget Pearl Harbor," Dec. 15). Indeed, Pearl Harbor must never be forgotten.

How many times have we said those words with pride and confidence, without reflecting that we are setting ourselves the unending task of conflict resolution: one person’s liberty vs justice for another person. By including “for all” in the pledge, we have committed ourselves to building institutions to define and adjust the boundaries between liberty and justice. Now our simultaneous pandemic and political crises have stressed those institutions so far that many of us fear their collapse.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers claims it is “her mission to restore trust and confidence in representative government and the rule of law...,” but her support of Texas’ lawsuit to dismiss election results in key battleground states has damaged that trust.

Biden’s 4.5-point popular vote margin was decisive, although below what Fox polling projected. Pre-election, Republican FBI Director Christopher Wray praised states’ preparations; afterward, Republican Chris Krebs, Cybersecurity Agency head, pronounced the election "the most secure in American history." Officials in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Arizona, many of them Republicans, stoutly defended their states’ votes. All but one of Trump’s 50+ lawsuits were thrown out of court, often by Trump-appointed judges. The Supreme Court, with its 6-to-3 conservative majority, disdained hearing his case.

If Cathy McMorris Rodgers is going to do Trump's bidding and sign on to a frivolous lawsuit to overthrow a legitimate and validated election, you'd think she could get something for her blind loyalty: Like federal help for Malden.

What do we have to do to get Cathy Morris Rodgers fired and thrown in prison? After all she committed an act of treason when she and 105 other congressmen signed a bill to have the votes of four other states thrown out and Trump installed as president. This, by the U.S. Constitution , is an act of treason.

In record time a vaccine is here to help us through a health crisis. Our government took our tax dollars and hired pharmaceutical companies to create a vaccine at no risk to the companies. Their researchers used facts to create the vaccine. Now the vaccine will be given to everyone at no cost to the individual.

Like circus elephants moving in lock-step, joined trunk to tail, a large number of Republican (elephants) lawmakers (including "our” Cathy McMorris Rodgers) entered the main ring of the circus at the direction of the owner (Trump) and the ringmaster (McConnell).

“BIG MISTAKE.”

So here it is, weeks after the election and DJT still hasn't conceded. And he has also said he might not attend the swearing-in of Joe Biden. 126 Republican lawmakers, including our own CMR, signed on to a lawsuit brought by Texas. I am 60 years old and this is the dumbest and most disgusting thing I have seen from a president and other elected officials. Now there are riots in DC and over in Olympia. Come on people! Get a grip. Biden won. Trump lost. Democracy at work.

American citizens do not directly elect the president. Moreover, the presidential election in not a national one. It is a state-by-state election in which American citizens elect representatives in each state. These electors then meet and cast their states electoral votes to select which candidate will serve as president.

Seems odd the City Council can spend $400,000 for cars when the 4- or 5-year contract with the police is still outstanding. Arbitration will cost more than the $6 million that was in the budget for the contract. Probably closer to $10 million. But it is taxpayer money, not theirs. The citizens do not matter and as in the past, mob will rule the council. Seems high for an electric car. Mercedes cost less.

Spokane named a street after a local, historical, impactful person. Now 150+ years later, our emoting local city council, a council which is judging a historical act of almost 170 years ago, doesn't meet our 2020 values.