Apathy, ignorance are destructive for new legislation

Adam Bascle’s article, “Political bickering doesn’t solve anything,” is a perfect example of someone who has no idea what they believe and, more importantly, what is best for the country.

What I think Bascle is referring to when he says, “The two major parties spend more time engaging in school yard trash talk,” is the first amendment right that, ironically, allows him to write an article promoting his disgust for people who wish to voice their opinion regarding destructive legislation.

For some reason, it upsets Bascle that “some angry conservative was going to respond the following day” to an article regarding support for the current health care proposal that, if passed, will contribute to the destruction of one of the greatest health care systems in the world.

Apparently, he proposes that we should all just get along, sit back, and let the radical politicians ram destructive legislation down our throats despite the fact that the majority of us Americans don’t support the measure.

Unfortunately, our friend Bascle doesn’t realize that his promotion of apathy and ignorance toward the current health care legislation will have long-term, detrimental effects on our country. And while he may think we should all just be nice and get along with one another, I urge everyone otherwise.

I urge everyone to understand and comprehend what exactly this health care proposal will mean to all of us and the future of our country.

And once we understand its destructiveness, I urge everyone to actively seek to destroy it, not sit back and let it destroy us.

Travis Johnson
Alpharetta
Economics

University needs to do basics to prevent flu

As the University Health Center has reminded us in their recent e-mail, one of the fundamental rules to preventing the spread of germs is washing your hands.

This is hard to do when there is no soap or hand sanitizer, as is the case with the women’s bathroom on the fifth floor of the Journalism building.

Four soap dispensers, all of them empty, and two of them have been empty for days. Considering the number of people who use this bathroom, I’d say the University has dropped the ball in helping us to stay swine-flu-free.

Before they start handing out masks at the Tate Center, maybe they should take care of the basics first.

Colleen Morrissey
Junior, Chevy Chase, Md.
International affairs and economics

No secret that Dems. like to raise taxes

Adam, are you kidding me? Yes, using the deaths of a terrorist attack to push your health care agenda is without a doubt trivializing them.

And other than a couple witty remarks, I feel that I kept the trash talking to a minimum.

And claiming that Democrats love to tax people? I didn’t know I was presenting any new information on that one.

Don’t tell me it is a lie either, because I actually have had to take a pay cut because my bosses (small business owners) are now taxed even more and they can’t afford to pay me as much as they used to.

Now you say “my party,” but no where in that article did I say I am a Republican. I just despise liberals and their take on things.

You just assumed I was a Republican and so I will just assume that you’re probably from the Walton side of Loganville, so I wouldn’t expect much more anyway.

The two parties don’t need to compromise, they need to disappear, along with 90% of the federal government.

I just got done working for four months in Washington, and trust me, you don’t want those people running such an important part of your life.

So with that said, go back to LeConte [Hall] and let the adults talk please.

How’s that for trash talking?

Robert Masino
Senior, Grayson
Economics