Obama should stop blaming GOP Re: “At a time of crisis, Obama plays politics,” Editorial, Aug. 9
President Obama, I respectfully suggest that now is not the time to blame the Republican Party, the Tea Party or any other body. I beseech you to enact and/or utilize your executive powers to do the following:
1. Call Congress back into session immediately.
2. Present your jobs and economic stimulus initiatives today.
3. Take your position to the court of public opinion early and often until our economy is headed in the right direction.
President Franklin Roosevelt set the precedent with his New Deal — which was his response to the Great Depression. Now is truly the time to lead. Please, for the sake of the country, do so!
Marvin E. Adams
Washington
Moran benefited from Mark Center choice
Re: “Drivers brace for BRAC traffic crush,” Aug. 8
As we approach BRAC disaster at the Mark Center on Sept. 15, Timothy Carney and Barbara Hollingsworth of The Washington Examiner should be praised for doing what no other local journalists were apparently willing to do: their jobs.
Hollingsworth’s timeline from January [“Still no exit strategy for Mark Center,” Jan. 4] showed how Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., did nothing to stop the Mark Center in Alexandria from being chosen. He has received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the Mark Center’s Realtor and construction company, which benefited from the choice.
Now that Moran has been loudly trying to delay the move to the Mark Center, Carney showed last month [“A Washington tale of money, access, and lobbying,” July 6] how he has gotten thousands more in contributions from the company that owns the buildings in Crystal City where the 6,400 workers who will be moved are currently working. That company is benefiting from Moran’s efforts to delay the move.
Using my own research and the research of Hollingsworth and Carney, I put together a flier exposing Moran’s part in the debacle and handed it out before one of his events last month. After his chief of staff told me we had it wrong, I told him to send me a rebuttal and I would publish it verbatim on my website. He has yet to send me anything.
So I will continue spreading the truth uncovered by The Examiner’s journalists so that Virginians will know who to thank next month when they’re sitting in traffic for two or three hours trying to get to work.
Tommy Valentine
Webmaster,
RetireJimMoran.com
Alexandria
Obama administration defended Rumsfeld
Re: “Judge allows American to sue Rumsfeld over torture,” Aug. 4
I am compelled to respond to this article because only negatives about the Obama administration are published on the front pages of most newspapers.
A former U.S. military contractor who says he was tortured during nine months in prison in Iraq wants to sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld personally for official misconduct.
The Obama administration represented Rumsfeld and argued that he cannot be sued personally, yet most editors do not feel this kind of news is important enough to be on the front pages of their newspapers.
Cargill Kelly
Manassas
