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Of Rackets & Talk Shows Dear Mr. Martin, Do I really have to change political parties to get into one of these sweet rackets like insurance or public utilities? You know the kind of scams I'm talking about - the ones that have the government ensure that you purchase their commodity, or if you happened to lose money in the 9/11 disaster, allows you to simply hike your rates. I did everything Consumers Energy suggested to lower fuel bills. Now I find they're going to hike rates yet again. They penalize proficiency. The point is that the Republicans seem to be the 'bagmen' for all these commodities. This is the same party that tries to convince us that America would be better off if we had only a one-party system - them! And while we're on the subject, where are all these liberal talk shows Republicans squawk about? They sure aren't in my radio range. Dave Barber used to be, until they kept firing hi all over the state. The last I heard him, very scratchy, was at a Mt. Pleasant station. Listening to WSGW is like getting Rush Limbaugh rehashed. God, is that a propaganda tool of 'W's' or what? Every time something unfavorable is revealed in the Republican camp, Art Lewis has a week of puffery, hoping his callers forgot, listening to dull subjects like the exchange rate of the dollar versus the peso, or one of the Dons at the Mackinaw Center drone on. I only listen to hear regular caller Bob Hirschman. It's plain to see why Lewis gets annoyed with him. He cannot intimidate or browbeat him with his conservative views, which equate to Limbaugh Republicanism. Hirschman proclaims his conservatism, too, but unlike Lewis and most other Republicans, he does not subscribe to the credo: A Republican can do no wrong nor a Democrat do any right. (I'm sure he won't mind my mentioning him in a favorable manner.) But what I think is Lewis' real beef with Hirschman is that he is a very eloquent speaker, much better than the host himself is. I recall a few years ago when Hirschman called the Dave Barber show in Flint. Right away, Barber was favorably impressed with Hirschman's articulate intelligence, and said so. I guess I'm just gonna have to break down and buy one of them radios that's touted as being able to receive all those interesting East Coast stations, Bubba. Sincerely, Charles Guoan Saginaw Words to Remember Dear Editor, I would like to begin this letter with a quotation from Dwight D. Eisenhower that he spoke on April 16, 1953. "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocked fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." With the current War in Iraq supposedly over, as President Bush has told us, I find it ironic that the death toll continues to climb every day. And while we have no money for police protection, more or better schools and teachers, better roads and garbage collection, we continue to spend millions of dollars each month on this foreign incursion. Meanwhile, compare allocations of the following funds to local services: $4,800 to the Saginaw Partnership Center; $345.00 to the Saginaw Jail Ministry; $522.00 to Mustard Seed Catholic Worker Homes for Mothers & Children; $522.00 to Michigan Peace Team, advocating for peace and justice; $522.00 to Daughters of Charity Nutrition Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; $522.00 to the Sisters of Notre Dame mission in Piura, Peru. Thus a total of $10,583.00 was given to the needs of those in financial distress. Sincerely, JF. Polem Saginaw DIOXIN MEETING The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM in the Freeland High School Auditorium located at 8250 Webster Road, Freeland, MI. The purposes of the meeting are: To introduce Dr. Henry Falk, the head of the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and give you an opportunity to ask him questions. To have Dr. Suzanne White, head of the Poison Control Center at Children’ Hospital in Detroit give you health information on dioxin and respond to comments or questions you may have regarding this contaminant. To answer any questions you have on the Public Health Assessments and
Exposure Investigation MDCH and ATSDR are conducting under a cooperative
agreement.
For more information about this meeting, please direct your calls to
Brendan Boyle, MDCH Toxicology and Response Section, 517-335-8138.
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The Review welcomes your letters and comments. Please send all correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Review Magazine, 318 S. Hamilton St., Saginaw, MI 48602. Or you can e-mail us online at acidpen@cris.com
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