Profit was not main motive for GM takeover
Re: “Obama’s GM ‘success story’ is still a losing deal,” Editorial, Nov. 22
In response to this editorial drivel, why can’t Republicans think outside the puny box in which nothing that doesn’t earn a profit makes sense? Bailouts are not meant to make money, but to shore up the economy so that a million more people don’t get fired. Have the banks not taught us how much damage the so-called wisdom of the free markets can do when left to a blind, unregulated race for profit?
To a Democrat, saving GM doesn’t just mean keeping the company intact. It also means keeping as many people employed as possible until the economy is no longer in crisis. Letting the creditors have controlling interest in GM means dismantling and selling it.
Thousands of companies didn’t get a bailout and folded up. When you can’t fix everything, you put what resources you can where it will do the most good. The auto industry was exactly that, and it worked.
Vincent Miragliotta
Springfield
We ‘birthers’ are not going away
Re: “Military service is no immunization from lunacy,” From Readers, Nov. 23
Army surgeon Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, who is awaiting court martial, called me a few weeks ago for advice and we talked, cried, laughed and prayed for over an hour. He’s a real gentleman.
A few months ago, several researchers found a birth certificate from a gentleman who was born the day before Barack Obama at Kapiolani Hospital, the same hospital in Hawaii where Obama says he was born. They also found a birth certificate from a woman born the day after Obama’s birth date. Both birth certificates were the regular “long form” type, including the doctor’s name, etc.
Does anyone honestly believe that the hospital used the long-form birth record for all babies born on Monday, switched to the short-form Certification of Live Birth on Tuesday, then switched back to long-form records on Wednesday?
That’s just one small example of why we “birthers” won’t go away.
Gordon Smith
Medford, Ore.
Foreigner has no right to criticize U.S. laws
Re: “Death sentence is no longer necessary,” From Readers, Nov. 17
Why are you printing a comment from Paul Kokoski, a resident of Ontario, Canada, regarding his contention that the death penalty is no longer necessary here in the U.S.A.? He has nothing to say about it, as he is not a citizen of this country.
I don’t care what he thinks about our laws here. And it’s ridiculous for The Examiner to give him a forum.
Charles See
Crofton, Md.
