The Columbus Dispatch printed this shit!!
Folks -
Do you think a newspaper is obligated to publish letters from the insane? Do you think it shows tolerance and compassion if they do? Are they required to publish insane rants from the entire political spectrum, and if they restrict publishing only to nuts somehow helpful to their political agenda, can they still claim to be tolerant and compassionate??
I've been wondering for some time. For years the Columbus Dispatch has been publishing letters from enlightened right-wing-nuts like Oscar below. They won't print brain-dead, ignorant, mean, obnoxious, stupid letters from insane lefties. It makes me wonder.
Of course, maybe the Uke Man is crazy himself. Read the letter below that appeared in the Nov. 3 Dispatch, and decide for yourself who needs to be committed. Depending on what you decide, write a nasty letter to the Dispatch ( letters@dispatch.com ) or me (leave a comment here).
- Uke Man
p.s. Notice that Oscar, as bigoted as he is, does believe in "reasonable" restriction of firearms. I guess that makes sense, since his hatefulness toward so many Americans would likely increase his chances of being shot come the revolution.
Some restrictions should apply to right to vote
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Just as the freedom of speech and the right to keep and bear arms can be restricted by reasonable laws, so the right to vote should have reasonable restrictions.
The right to vote should be granted to good citizens and should be denied to the following:
• All citizens who do not pay income taxes. Furthermore, all citizens should have to pay their income taxes in a lump sum once a year or, at most, quarterly, so a citizen would know just how much he has to pay to support the government. The idea that a company must confiscate the taxes with each paycheck treats citizens as incompetents. All Social Security taxes should be paid by the employee; the employer should pay the employee both halves, and the employee should pay it all, once a year or quarterly, the same as payroll taxes. Otherwise, the citizens have no idea how much the government is costing them.
• Anyone who has filed bankruptcy should be denied the right to vote until he has been solvent for at least five years, to show he is responsible with his own finances before he is allowed to vote for those who control the finances of the government.
• All citizens on the government dole, including those who receive government tax credits because they do not earn enough to pay income taxes, should be denied the right to vote, as should anyone on welfare, Social Security (after they have collected both halves plus 6 percent interest), Medicare, Medicaid or any other state or federal government handouts. Only those who pay for the government and do not receive government largess should be allowed to vote. Those on the dole are tempted to vote for those politicians who promise more of the same, and such disbursements from the public's purse are leading to the ruination of this country. To be truly free and independent, a citizen should be free and independent of governments.
• A citizen who does not have a basic understanding of history, mathematics, how the government works, the founding of our nation, the knowledge of where the government gets the money it spends and the knowledge needed to balance a checkbook. Citizens must know that it is basic that the government cannot spend more than it takes in, except by deficit spending, and the government cannot simply print more money when it needs it.
• Felons and mental incompetents. If a citizen does not qualify to own a firearm, he should not be allowed to vote. Voting is as important as defending your life. If you cannot be depended on to protect yourself from evil people, you should not be depended on to elect someone to rule over the lives of others.
• Elected government officials and government employees. Only those citizens involved in creation of capital, real wealth, should be allowed to vote. Although government employees pay taxes, they are not involved in creating products; their wages are paid with the taxes taken from the citizens creating products. And besides, there is no reason to allow (civil) servants to vote. The exceptions might be the postal workers and the military, as they are mentioned in the Constitution and do provide needed services.
• Homeless and the elderly housed in group homes who have no regard to the amount of property taxes they are costing the property owners.
This country is fast on the path of becoming the United Socialist Union of America unless we begin to put the brakes on and return it to a capitalistic country.
OSCAR G. SHEPHERD
Columbus
Do you think a newspaper is obligated to publish letters from the insane? Do you think it shows tolerance and compassion if they do? Are they required to publish insane rants from the entire political spectrum, and if they restrict publishing only to nuts somehow helpful to their political agenda, can they still claim to be tolerant and compassionate??
I've been wondering for some time. For years the Columbus Dispatch has been publishing letters from enlightened right-wing-nuts like Oscar below. They won't print brain-dead, ignorant, mean, obnoxious, stupid letters from insane lefties. It makes me wonder.
Of course, maybe the Uke Man is crazy himself. Read the letter below that appeared in the Nov. 3 Dispatch, and decide for yourself who needs to be committed. Depending on what you decide, write a nasty letter to the Dispatch ( letters@dispatch.com ) or me (leave a comment here).
- Uke Man
p.s. Notice that Oscar, as bigoted as he is, does believe in "reasonable" restriction of firearms. I guess that makes sense, since his hatefulness toward so many Americans would likely increase his chances of being shot come the revolution.
Some restrictions should apply to right to vote
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Just as the freedom of speech and the right to keep and bear arms can be restricted by reasonable laws, so the right to vote should have reasonable restrictions.
The right to vote should be granted to good citizens and should be denied to the following:
• All citizens who do not pay income taxes. Furthermore, all citizens should have to pay their income taxes in a lump sum once a year or, at most, quarterly, so a citizen would know just how much he has to pay to support the government. The idea that a company must confiscate the taxes with each paycheck treats citizens as incompetents. All Social Security taxes should be paid by the employee; the employer should pay the employee both halves, and the employee should pay it all, once a year or quarterly, the same as payroll taxes. Otherwise, the citizens have no idea how much the government is costing them.
• Anyone who has filed bankruptcy should be denied the right to vote until he has been solvent for at least five years, to show he is responsible with his own finances before he is allowed to vote for those who control the finances of the government.
• All citizens on the government dole, including those who receive government tax credits because they do not earn enough to pay income taxes, should be denied the right to vote, as should anyone on welfare, Social Security (after they have collected both halves plus 6 percent interest), Medicare, Medicaid or any other state or federal government handouts. Only those who pay for the government and do not receive government largess should be allowed to vote. Those on the dole are tempted to vote for those politicians who promise more of the same, and such disbursements from the public's purse are leading to the ruination of this country. To be truly free and independent, a citizen should be free and independent of governments.
• A citizen who does not have a basic understanding of history, mathematics, how the government works, the founding of our nation, the knowledge of where the government gets the money it spends and the knowledge needed to balance a checkbook. Citizens must know that it is basic that the government cannot spend more than it takes in, except by deficit spending, and the government cannot simply print more money when it needs it.
• Felons and mental incompetents. If a citizen does not qualify to own a firearm, he should not be allowed to vote. Voting is as important as defending your life. If you cannot be depended on to protect yourself from evil people, you should not be depended on to elect someone to rule over the lives of others.
• Elected government officials and government employees. Only those citizens involved in creation of capital, real wealth, should be allowed to vote. Although government employees pay taxes, they are not involved in creating products; their wages are paid with the taxes taken from the citizens creating products. And besides, there is no reason to allow (civil) servants to vote. The exceptions might be the postal workers and the military, as they are mentioned in the Constitution and do provide needed services.
• Homeless and the elderly housed in group homes who have no regard to the amount of property taxes they are costing the property owners.
This country is fast on the path of becoming the United Socialist Union of America unless we begin to put the brakes on and return it to a capitalistic country.
OSCAR G. SHEPHERD
Columbus
1 Comments:
Hi Tom,
Thanks for putting this on your blog. I was furious when I read this letter and was inspired by you to write a letter to the Dispatch. Of course, they won't print it, but maybe someone there will be forced to read it. Sondra
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