Editor, Times-Union: This letter is in response to the letters by Don Guard and Don Kaiser published in the July 16 Times-Union's Letters section.
Mr. Guard and Mr. Kaiser, if Michael Moore and his fellow "Hollyweird" discontents were to leave the country, would you want all the other Americans who shared their opinions to leave the country as well? If your answers are yes, then you two should put on your water waders and swim trunks and prepare for a flood because a large portion of Americans are not happy with the way things are being run. Bush decided to declare an expensive war with an already over-burdened economy and under false pretenses. And as a result, more and more Americans are getting fed up with it because they are the ones who will have to foot the bill. Just because someone expresses discontent with the administration's handling of our country does not mean they should export themselves out of the country. That is ridiculous. Let us go back the mid 1950s and 1960s when the fight for civil rights was as hot as go-go boots and the twist.
Would you want Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all the people like him who were unhappy with the ludicrous racism and segregation of African-Americans to leave the country? America is supposed to be a democracy, right? "For the people, by the people." And it is through the people that things are going to change.
And finally, Mr. Kaiser, from reading your letter I can see that you are well-versed in history as you recalled the liberation of France by the Americans during World War II. And I am sure it was just a slight oversight on your part, but you seemed to have forgotten about France's important contribution to America during our war for independence from Britain. But just in case you are a little foggy on that event; let me refresh your memory. One fateful day on Feb. 6, 1778, France became our ally. And through our newfound ally came the money and military equipment America so desperately needed in our battle for independence. If it weren't for France, I am not so sure that America would have been victorious over the British.
So let us review what we have learned today. One, people who are angry at the administration should not leave the country. Be angry at the plumber, not his wrench. And two, France is not so bad after all.
Blake Dirks Warsaw via e-mail
Schools
Editor, Times-Union: There were 10 schools in Praire Towship in 1878. The first one cost $1,575. Today there are none. This old man is plum tuckered out trying to keep up with this fast moving world. However, I was able to get this letter through thw Internet by myself.
