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John Snyder’s article “What Obama is doing: Is it socialism? Not even close� is a bit misleading. Although it gives definitions and distorted half truths, it forgets to address the partnership between GE and the Obama administration, the recent government buyout or buy in of some automakers, and now the misleading health care reform, which will lead to a one payer system which the government will have commissions to lead. So, while the government may not have direct control of the
certain industries, they still have control, such as the passenger of the taxi, the passenger (US government) will pay the taxi driver (US industries). The story states about the US not owning more than 80% of the means of production again not directly, but by taxation they do. So, if a certain industry such as the coal industry isn’t playing the game, well, Obama said it during his campaign -- “he will bankrupt them,� therefore controlling who and what is produced under the guise of environmental concerns.
Under the title “Con game recon� in the June issue of LareDOS Mr. Snyder deals with an article published in a Nuevo Laredo daily that deals with “The Ten Benefits of Orgasm.� Mr. Snyder considers it low journalism, poor citizenship, and a type of two-faced reporting that may be irresponsible and misleading. If this is true then it also applies to the U.S. media, where it has appeared for years in numerous magazines and newspapers
Meg,
Although I travel too much to own a dog, I am a dog lover and your article in the July edition touched my soul. Thank you for sharing your deeply held feelings in such a positive uplifting way. Regards, Mark Lovelace
and it is still available in the Internet. According to Mr. Snyder the article is responsible or partially responsible for the population explosion in Mexico and the increase in the number of immigrants into the US and other countries. It can lead to unwanted pregnancies, to venereal diseases, HIV, socio-sexual psychoses, trauma, tensions, and legal quandaries. The article appeared in a local
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Also, in this story it states that the spending bill is needed to end the recession. That may be partially true but spending freely on projects that make no sense, like a Frisbee park in Austin. There is no mention of tax cuts for small businesses, the business that employs people. It is not so difficult to understand why we are in the situation we are in. We spend too much and when we get the margin call we don’t have the funds to pay it. So, according to Dr. Landeck, spending money we don’t have is the answer, having China own our debt and printing more
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money to increase inflation is the answer. I guess under this logic, when our budgets are tight and need more money, spend what you have because you will get more and charge up all your credit cards? I believe that we forget and are apathetic of the meaning of things. One trillion dollars is a lot of money. So Mr. Snyder and Dr. Landeck, when you try and debunk the socialism charges against a socialist let’s say the truth, not try and hide information because of our own political views. Alejandro Calderon
newspaper with a circulation of a few thousand -- half of it in Mexico and half in the U. S. How could it have a negative effect in Mexico and not in the U. S.? If the article constitutes irresponsible and misleading reporting, what about the US media, printed, electronic, and outdoors advertising, which are sexually oriented? What about the hundreds of magazines where the article is being printed? I think Mr Snyder thinks that
Dear Mrs. Ferguson,
Thank you for such a great, meaningful article in the July edition of LareDOS. Far beyond the fact that one of the greatest sights for a person is to read his/her name in print, I found your writings to state what most true Americans feel and want. I have no respect for Barack H. Obama’s attempts to correct this country’s economic problems by throwing money (primarily yours, mine, and specifically, our children and grandchildren’s) at them. I was vice president in charge of national sales with two different insurance companies, and I learned from experience that a majority of the agents I recruited always wanted lots of money upfront and were elated when they got it. However, when it came time to repay the upfront money with production, reality appeared. Obama and his cohorts are giving out money right and left with the excuse that the only way to get our economy back on track is by financially rewarding every endeavor with incredible amounts of borrowed money. The key word here is borrowed, AKA loan! I have already stated this above, so you know that incredibly higher taxes will be imposed on our loved ones in the not too distant future. We will be remembered fondly as family ancestors and discussed negatively when commenting about the inflation and taxation burden we left them.
Mexicans believe every thing they read in the press and cannot tell the difference between fact and fiction. If anybody was conned, it was Mr. Snyder. Conned enough to read it over some one’s shoulder. There is nothing in the article that promotes promiscuity, and as to the correlation between orgasmic pleasure and the population explosion, I can only surmise that Mr. Snyder failed Sex Ed. 101. Paul Cavazos
Dear Meg,
I’d like to know what gave Mr. Mike Herrera the authority to write an article on the situation taking place in France and related to the Muslim women. He should read more about the culture of the Middle Eastern people in order to comprehend what the situation is all about in France and the way Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is acting. Please make sure that before anyone writes an article in your paper that there is substance in the content to be exposed, otherwise it will make you look bad. Respectfully, Victor Nassar One does not have to be a graduate of the Wharton school of finance to understand that the obligation of a loan agreement is repayment and always at a cost of interest dependent upon the agreement accepted by the borrower. The problem with this current situation is that the borrower exercises complete control over not only the terms of the loan but commensurate approval to make the loan. Barack Hussein Obama is, in my opinion, a terrorist whose practices will live with us far longer than the impact of 9/11. This guy is bad news anyway you cut it ma’am! Sincerely, Henri D. Kahn WWW.LAREDOSNEWS.COM