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October 19, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 19, 2011What’s point of ‘Occupy’ protests?

In 1962, John F. Kennedy said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” The occupation protests of Wall Street, Monument Square in Portland, Capitol Park in Augusta and other locations around the country and the world are examples of those peaceful revolutions in support of democracy and an economy that enables […]
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October 18, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 18, 2011Find something else for BIW to build

An Oct. 4 article said Moody’s bond rating service reported that federal contracts for building destroyers give economic stability to the Bath area. This has been true for years. It didn’t mention that the U.S. taxpayers are paying for the contracts. Nor did it say against what country the destroyers are expected to be used. […]
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October 17, 2011

Letters to the editor, Oct. 17, 2011Steve Jobs a genius, but flawed

Steve Jobs was brilliant, innovative, a visionary, a genius in the field of technology. He died too young. That said, I am puzzled by the weird, over-the top response to his death. It’s like a deification of the man. Candles are lit; flowers, notes and apples with a bite out of them are left at […]
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October 16, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 16, 2011Fireworks law causes sparks

The Maine Legislature should take charge of the fireworks question. Of course it is stupid to have some towns banning them and some not. My brother lost an eye with just a small firecracker when he was just a boy. Fireworks are childish. Left in the hands of professionals, they can be beautiful. Give the […]
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October 15, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 15, 2011Protesters, others all make points

It is so good to see local people putting aside their normal routines in an effort to improve the country’s financial distress. We will get better government when people demand it. Willingness to take to the streets in great numbers is an effective way to direct attention to problems and their solutions. Peaceful street protests […]

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October 15, 2011

Protesters, others all make points

– It is so good to see local people putting aside their normal routines in an effort to improve the country’s financial distress. We will get better government when people demand it. Willingness to take to the streets in great numbers is an effective way to direct attention to problems and their solutions. Peaceful street […]
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October 15, 2011

More Letters to the Editor, Oct. 15, 2011Registration vote important

Did Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster really believe the campaign slogan he coined last year — “Working People Vote Republican”? Because it would appear he and the rest of the state GOP establishment don’t want working people to vote, period. Why else are they so gung-ho about eliminating same-day voter registration? His allegations of voter […]
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October 14, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 14, 2011Baseball’s endless playoffs boring

I was disappointed when the Red Sox didn’t make it to the end-of-season climax of a summer of exciting baseball. But then the “post-season” began, and it goes on and on and on, beginning with teams that didn’t make it to the top after 162 games. What happened to the days when the winner of […]
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October 13, 2011

Letters to the editor, Oct. 13, 2011Voting advocate presses group’s case

Maine’s Speaker of the House Robert Nutting shows in a letter published Oct. 7 that he misunderstands the reason why the Protect Maine Votes coalition released the names of lawmakers who voted to end same-day voter registration despite having themselves used it to register to vote. We support same-day registration. It’s a law that has […]
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October 12, 2011

Letters to the Editor, Oct. 12, 2011Protesters should push tax-haven law

What I take issue with regarding the Wall Street and tea party protests is that they don’t offer any specific actions short of speeches to stop the greed of corporations, including their current efforts to avoid taxes on money hidden in offshore banks. As a start, I would urge everyone to call members of Congress […]

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