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Letters received in past week: 254

Letters published: 64

Hot issues: From Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, the Star received 57 letters opposing McCain's choice of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (18 approved). Three letters objected to the arrest of journalist Amy Goodman at the Republican National Convention. Three letters were disappointed with the UA football team's win against the Idaho Vandals (one approved).

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Re: the Sept. 2 guest opinion, "Palin nomination reflects core GOP values" by John F. Munger.

One can only wonder what goes on in the minds of our Republican brethren at times like these. Delegate and former Pima County Republican Party Chairman John Munger writes about Republican "core values" from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. After our eight-year experience with unfettered Republican core values, President Bush and his cohort, Dick Cheney, dared not show their faces at the convention lest they capsize the leaky yacht that is the Republican Party.

Munger's missive cannot be explained by mere hubris. Nay, obfuscation designed to perpetuate the Republicans' privilege and power is the only rational explanation.

Too bad, the worm has turned. Get used to it.

I support Barack Obama. He is putting the concept of social justice back into national political discourse. He believes that government should provide those services that maintain a healthy stable society: health care for all, social security, comprehensive public education, a fair tax system and a de-politicizing of medicine.

Unfortunately, each of these is being relentlessly attacked by conservative Republicans and far-right Christians.  

Government needs to seriously regulate commerce and banking. With the help of Democrats and enlightened Republicans, Obama will again provide regulatory agencies with real teeth. 

Obama's character and his belief in the Constitution and Bill of Rights will give him the strength to deal with increasingly powerful anti-democracy forces among many corporations and religious organizations.

Above all, he speaks in complete sentences with substance and relevance.

What a treat. What a change.

Last Sunday night, I noticed that the cars ahead of me were slowing down. Suddenly, my car was submerged in water. The street had flooded and water started to seep into my car. The engine quit and I began to float down Kino Parkway.

Someone from a city of Tucson truck saw me, and a man named Keith immediately turned around and came for me. I jumped out — the water was almost up to my waist — and walked to their truck. They drove me home.

Later, the guys from the city of Tucson unit came and picked me up and helped push my car to a side street where it was safe.

I want to thank the supervisor and all the men who helped me out so much that night. They went above and beyond the call of duty.

You guys rock.

Re: the Aug. 29 article "Unconventional Baptist churches not shy about sex."

I am appalled. The Star's article lacks pertinent information regarding the stance that the leaders of this church take on sex regarding whether it is to be between just a married couple or between any two people, regardless of their status.

In this day and age it is hardly admirable that a supposedly Christian church would belittle sex, a sacred gift from God, by aspiring to appeal to the hip, modernist, sexual viewpoint.

As a Catholic married woman and mother of two boys, I am certainly outraged that another so-called Christian church would perpetuate such inappropriate sexual propaganda.

Re: the Sept. 2 Guest Opinion by Gail Graham, "Homeowner associations in disrepute."

I have been on the boards of five homeowner associations in three states. HOAs can make wonderful communities (we only hear about the bad ones). They are, however, at the mercy of their boards. The worst can occur when a board whose members are self-serving, dishonest and disinterested in the law and the governing documents combine with an incompetent management company and homeowners who don't want to get involved.

HOA members should be aware that the management company and the lawyer work for the board, not the association. You pay for them but will not get any help from them.

The only way to control the association is for honest, community-minded people to participate. It takes a little time, and a little effort. It may require you to confront dishonesty.

It's your home and your investment. You can't expect to get more from it than you put in.

Re: the Sept. 2 article, "McCain, Palin get it: Earmarks encourage waste" by Tom Horne.

I'm wondering if Superintendent Tom Horne would like to take a mulligan on his praise for Palin's stance on earmarks. Perhaps he was unaware of the revelation that Palin hired a lobbying firm to secure millions upon millions of earmarks for her tiny little town while she was mayor.

Try reading something other than the Republican Party talking-points memo.

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