Look what we've got in the GOP
Look what we've got in the GOP
Well folks, that's some Republican Party we've got now. They brought us torture, an unjust war, imprisonment without trial -- and all this from the "law and order" party. Please.
But now we've got another right-wing Republican, married with children, charged and convicted of lewd behavior in an airport bathroom. This, on top of Mr. Foley (of salacious e-mails to children fame), the former may or of Spokane, Wash. (of using his office to entice young gay men on the Internet fame). All upstanding members of the Republican Party (or, shall we say, the party of closeted homosexuals, hypocrites and would-be child molesters).
Do you think any of them wish they would have been Democrats? I know most Republicans wish that were true. But it is not. Why? Because in the Democratic Party, where members think, as opposed to the Republican Party who would celebrate a bone-headed moron as long as he cuts taxes for the rich, these fakers would've never succeeded. Is there any group so easily swayed, so gullible, and so hypocritical as a bunch of Republicans? I don't think so.
Stephen P. Beisiegel
Schaumburg
A dose of reality in the checkout line
So Penny Novy of Buffalo Grove (Fence Post, Sept. 6) is annoyed that retired people, housewives and small children clutter up the grocery store at peak hours. She claims a conspiracy of inconsideration hampers her own ability to shop unencumbered.
My dear miss young and clueless Novy, folks who appear old are not necessarily retired. They, like my 73-year-old mother, may have to work. Moms with kids likely do have outside jobs, and those who bring babies to the store likely don't have a sitter or can't afford one. And by the way - F.Y.I. - it's illegal to leave even poorly behaved children at home alone or in the car while shopping.
Perhaps when Miss Novy grows up and advances into one of those undesirable groups, she will gain some empathy. Until then, please keep your "store police" name tag on. I'll be sure to gag my kids and stay well out of your way.
Gabriella Davis
Hoffman Estates
Writer should call on Peapod
In regards to Penny Novy's letter dated Sept. 6 about shopping in shifts.
Maybe she should start shopping at 2 a.m. because in one fell swoop she wrote a letter discriminating against the elderly, women, mothers and children. Another suggestion might be: If Penny doesn't like the retired people or "housewives" like myself running amok at the grocery store at 5 p.m., use Peapod -- they deliver!
Julie Gulo
Schaumburg
Who made writer the shopping cop?
To Penny Novy (Fence Post, Sept. 6): Are you kidding? Who died and made you the shopping police? Maybe you should do your shopping at 2 a.m.!
From not a senior citizen or parent of toddlers (just a generally tolerant person)...
Cindy Pawlowski Schaumburg