THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Thursday, October 4, 2012 — Page 7
LETTERS No matter how debates come out, Romeny will still be Romney
Cutting mental health budget downshifts costs to our towns
To the editor, The debates begin on Wednesday and for some people this will determine who they vote for. A total of 4.5 hours debate time to find out who to vote for is not real smart in my opinion. Might as well flip a coin during the debates as you might get the same results. I still feel that the person I will vote for is the best overall man (in this case) for the job. Who they are and how they got there means a lot as to their character and core values. The president was able to take advantage of some outside help to earn degrees from Harvard. He also paid back any loans he had to get. His early jobs as a community organizer shows the type of person he would become. People in that type of work don’t go into it for the money but because they feel they can make a difference in peoples lives and to make those lives better. To be able to jump from that to becoming the president shows you the belief and faith people had in him. He sure didn’t appear to be any kind of war monger but looks can deceive — just ask bin Laden. He is the type to look before he leaps so he knows what he is getting himself into. Romney has shown us on numerous occasions he will leap first before he knows the facts. Sometimes he might be right but odds are against that he will be the majority of the times. Can we afford that? Romney is not a people person but a money man and he did do well at that. He might be good as an economic advisor but nothing more. The type of person Romney is doesn’t care about the worker but only the end product — which is CASH. A good president has to look at the whole business atmosphere so everyone has the chance to survive. Romney only looks at those who do survive and takes the assets of those who don’t without caring about the workers and their lives. He is guided by his own set of rules judging by some
To the editor, We strongly support Bob Lamb for election to the New Hampshire State Senate in District 2, because our district needs a leader who will truly work for the people of our state, and not against us. Our current state legislators congratulate themselves for reducing state spending, but don’t acknowledge that this results in increased costs to our towns and school districts. Besides the obvious examples of reduced funding to public schools and the elimination of shared revenues, one example that has impacted every town in the state is the decision to cut funding to mental health services in New Hampshire, which has led to the closure of facilities across the state and the discharge of patients who pose a risk to themselves and to others. Senator Jeanie Forrester voted in favor of this decision. Let us outline the consequences to towns across our state: A patient with severe mental and emotional illness is released from the hospital, has no family in the area and no group home to go to. She stops taking her medication and creates enormous burdens on the town’s welfare department, police department, emergency medical service, and Town Hall, as well as various nonprofit service agencies. She has substance abuse and behavioral problems so severe as to not be allowed in the homeless shelter, and would present a
of his investments. He partnered up with China to sell oil to Iran with a company called CNOOK, thought that was illegal, and sold his shares before the primaries. Also back in 1998, he was the only U.S. investor in a China sweatshop that made parts for U.S. appliances. He invested millions in a shop with over 3,000 young women workers, making 0.24 per hour, working 75-80 hours, seven days a week. This really smells. The companies name was Global Tech. He bought this through Bain by creating a company called Brookside (CEO & only employee) in Donguan, China. This is still in operation today. Of course early in his career while working with the Marriott Hotel chain found a way to avoid paying taxes w/ a tax shelter called “Son of Boss” Even now some of his biggest backers are from China businesses - Shelton Adelson in one, casino gambling is the business. Other casino are Romney backers too. Lastly more of his Bain backers include those that make voting machines and the software. Romney feels we need a military that will scare away others who mean us harm. I hate to tell him, even though our military is the best, those that mean us harm don’t scare easy. Any person who will go as far as becoming a suicide bomber is only scared of NOT fulfilling the mission. They want to become a martyr so by judging by the number of times this has happened they don’t scare easy so Romney’s theory of scarring others away is full of holes. So basically after the debate there is a winner and loser but that’s where more trouble begins. They will both still be the same person. Romney can be compared to the pitcher who throws a no hitter. Most end up in the Hall of Game but he could also be like Charlie Robertson or Len Barker. No hall and ended up with a losing record. Jon Hoyt Bridgewater
danger to people and property if she were placed in a local motel. Police Department records show numerous police contacts resulting from citizen complaints, but no criminal charges result. The former patient is repeatedly hospitalized and repeats the same patterns of behavior. This is not a hypothetical situation; it is a reality that we have seen in many of our towns. Towns lack the resources — financial and otherwise — to continue to deal with such individuals. Without direct and constant supervision, they stop taking their medication and return to substance abuse. Unfortunately, our towns have no recourse but to keep trying, because our Legislature has taken away any other options, and we cannot just leave these people to fend for themselves. Ultimately, the increased cost to the towns of the legislators’ decision will be increased costs to property taxpayers. Bob Lamb understands downshifting, he sees the impact decisions at the state level have on our towns, and he holds the American value of responsibility to one another. He has proven experience in dealing with complex budgets that will enable him to make funding decisions that are in the best interest of New Hampshire and its citizens. Please join us in supporting Bob Lamb for Senate District 2. Val & Jack Scarborough Plymouth
The Democrats have invited pure evil into our American house To the editor, Here on Saturday morning I was just reading a little about some of the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last month. Some fifty six Christian churches in the area put together welcome baskets and offered help with child care and transportation in a welcoming, southern hospitality spirit. The DNC rejected the Christians out of hand saying they held values contrary to the party’s platform on woman’s rights. A few days later these same Democrats welcomed about 200 Muslims who showed up for to pray for the convention. Now how absurd is that? Well apparently Sharia Law is more acceptable to Democrats then Christian values or perhaps the Dems are just ignorant of the Muslims values concerning women. Sharia law allows the cutting off of women’s noses for any excuse deemed by men, honor killing of women or girls by fathers/husbands/ brothers and the stoning to death of a woman accused of adultery or one who was raped. So there you readers can see where Democrats stand on woman’s
keep, it’s said). At this current moment the Obama government has a number of Muslims appointed to positions of influence or as welcome advises and every one of them is connected directly with the Muslim Brotherhood, a non-indcited co-conspirator to the Holy Land Charities, guilty of funneling money to Muslim terrorists involved with the attack on the twin towers. Obama himself has said that he will stand with the Muslims. How very women’s rights is that, given how Muslims view women? Politics creates strange bed fellows they say but this is beyond, way beyond, strange. Democrats have invited pure evil into our house all in the name of advantage in elections. They probably think they can control the evil that is Sharia but they are wrong. Those who follow that evil are fanatically dedicated to a world ruled by Sharia and will stop at nothing to achieve it. Beware Democrats, you too are regarded as enemies to be destroyed by these Muslims intent on world domination. Steve Earle
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