Something fishy going on at LNP with editorials

It takes a Democrat
After reading the Gil Smart March 22 column, "Elitism the way it used to be," I must say he is one of the best writers in your paper.

In 1929, I saw the long lines of people standing in the rear of our city hall to get a loaf of bread and a head of cabbage. We had 12 years of the GOP's Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover as presidents. It again will take a Democrat to get the economy rolling with the hope that the stimulus money will get the country working again for all the people.

Gil Smart, I would like to shake your hand.

-Henry R. Bonney, Reinholds

One problem, Mr. Bonehead. Calvin Coolidge was President from 1923-1929. Herbert Hoover was in office for less than a year. At best, that is 7 years of Republican Presidents. Do you really remember these things when you were six years old? Perhaps you've been getting your history lessons from Joe Biden, who believes FDR got on TV in 1929 to talk about the Great Depression.

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Ron:

Great to hear from you! My students told me you were in town; had I known, I would have made a point of coming to the discussion.

As for the banquet, I'm flattered by the request. Two concerns. First, the end of May is typically the end of our legislative session, which means that I may be tied up in Springfield during the banquet. I won't know the specific schedule for the year for another month probably. Of course, St. Louis is only an hour and a half from Springfield, so if I am in session, but the banquet is during down time for us, I'd be happy to come down.

The other concern is whether you really want to hear from a constitutional lawyer who is still trying to figure out all these rapid developments in technology.

Anyway, once you guys have a date, why don't you contact my assistant, Jennifer Mason, at senobama@XXXXX.XXXX, and we'll see what we can work out.

Your work sounds fascinating, and I look forward to hearing more about.

Barry

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Stem Cell Editorial Comments

I am writing regarding the recent decision by President Obama to ignore the bipartisan ethical line President Bush drew on stem cell research in 2001. President Bush's ethical line established the first time federal funding was used for embryonic stem cell research. His August 9, 2001 address changed the 1996 Clinton-era ban on federal funding of the research. The NIH (National Institutues of Health) resource for stem cell research states that 71 individual, genetically diverse blastocysts met the former President's criteria and from those privately-funded sources, about 60 stem cell lines were derived. Many scientists have been experimenting with these embryonic stem cells to no avail.

The primary reason for the federal limitations was described as "human cloning". Ironically, President Obama also stated in his decision that he is against human cloning.

As former President Bush stated "The initial stem cell researcher was at first reluctant to begin his research, fearing it might be used for human cloning. Scientists have already cloned a sheep. Researchers are telling us the next step could be to clone human beings to create individual designer stem cells, essentially to grow another you, to be available in case you need another heart or lung or liver. I strongly oppose human cloning, as do most Americans."

It is Obama's basic lack of scientific understanding that has led him to remove this bipartisan ethical line President Bush drew in 2001. He has done it under the guise of making science "non-political". Nothing could be further from the truth. Mr. President, when you remove something bipartisan and ethical, it becomes partisan and unethical.

Oh the irony

This week, Gil claims Republicans are blaming Democrats for the financial crisis.

Nevermind that Democrats have been the majority party since January 2007 (for over two years now) and that the DOW was then on its way soaring up to 14,000 under Bush and Republicans policies. Obviously, (according to Gil) this market mess is the fault of the Republicans.

Just ask Obama. He blames Republican policies for the financial crisis.

Obama blames Wall Street woes on Republican policies

Oh, but it must be OK for Obama to blame the other party's policies. Certainly, Gil can find some excuse to justify his total hypocrisy.

Personally, I think enough is enough with the partisan bickering Gil wants to engage in on a weekly basis. This financial crisis is here and needs to be solved. Obviously, Obama has not brought together both of the parties to solve this in a bipartisan manner. He has said urgency trumps bipartisanship. I say, BULLSHIT. Especially after he promised a new era of bipartisanship, openness and accountability. As did Nancy Pelosi.

Gil said "Rush likes to pretend the housing crash is all Barney Frank's fault. No way would banks have paired "creative" mortgages with risky borrowers without government pressure. That's 100 percent wrong. Banks were tripping over themselves to get in on the game."

And why do you think they were tripping over themselves? Because the government was making it appear very profitable for them to do this - and it might have been very profitable (for the CEOs).

Back to the acknowledged beginning of the subprime mortgage crisis



Gil cites two banks (out of how many US banks? 8,000? 9,000?) that were leaders in advancing the subprime mortgages, Washington Mutual and Countrywide. Kerry Killinger of Washington Mutual pulled out of the subprime mortgages in 2007 and was later fired. Countrywide is now in a series of lawsuits stemming from the crises.

According to a very liberal source, they were attracted to the subprime loans initially because of policies put in place by Andrew Cuomo, a Clinton appointee.

In what way is this financial crisis the fault of Republican policies?

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Gil invents the "anti-populist"

I suppose that Gil believes that Rick Santelli is an "anti-populist" because he believes Rick Santelli is not a common person.

In reality, Rick Santelli is a common person. By that, I mean that he is not involved in government, as far as I can tell. And what Gil ignores is that the populist title wasn't given so much as to Santelli as it was just him expressing populist views. For example, most people have mortgages if they own a home. Many "common people" invest in stocks or hold a few company shares. It isn't "uncommon". The Dow reflects on the economy which, in turn, affects everyone.

I think Santelli's revolt was a real wake-up call to the Obama administration and to the likes of Gil. Democrats aren't listening to the people or doing the will of the people. Neither is Arlen Specter, who is supposedly Republican. Overwhelmingly, his office received calls opposing this stimulus, yet he voted for it anyway because "we had to do something" (nevermind that the CBO said it would have actually been better to do nothing).

Shame on Arlen Specter and shame on the Democrat party who promised bipartisan efforts to fix this problem. Instead, they just barrelled ahead without a wink or a nod. Obama, who promised the bipartisanship, later justified his acts by saying that urgency trumped bipartisanship. He also promised legislation would be "transparent and open" and that the bill would be out before the vote several days. Obviously, Obama is not a man of his word.

It is a real shame that our country has come to this. Our American forefathers are rolling over in their graves.