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LETTERS: Numbers don't lie about media bias

To the editor:

One week ago, the number 777 completely dominated the front page of the Review-Journal after the Dow Jones industrial average nose-dived.


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  • On Tuesday, however, you had to squint to find the number 936 on the front page. The story about the stock market's record rise was buried on Page 4A.

    If there was ever a better example of the left-leaning coverage by your newspaper, I don't know what it is. Every dope knows negative news on the economy helps the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama.

    Biased news is worse than no news.

    William Burrus

    LAS VEGAS

    Flawed endorsement

    To the editor:

    Approximately 99 percent of the time, I agree with the Review-Journal's editorials. I beg to differ that Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Gibbons is the "obvious choice" in the Seat D race, as stated in your Wednesday editorial.

    In 2003, he voted to disregard the Nevada Constitution in Guinn v. Legislature. Today he says that was a mistake.

    I choose to not be fooled twice.

    My vote is no, as to Justice Mark Gibbons.

    Jim McDaniel

    HENDERSON

    Defending Republicans

    To the editor:

    In response to the Monday letter to the editor from Tony Righellis, who asked, "Please, someone, tell me why am I a Republican?":

    You are a Republican because you still have hope that the Congress of the United States can be made to work the way it was intended to work. You look forward to bills being introduced and then discussed by the members of the Congress, not selected bills being prevented from even coming to the floor, as Democrats have done since becoming the majority. They have prevented discussions on, among other things, the bill introduced by Republicans that could have prevented this current credit meltdown with its requirement that both of the government-sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, must follow good accounting practices and maintain adequate reserves for all of the loans that they purchased.

    You understand that Democrats cause inflation because this is a way to increase taxes without changing rates, and that this causes great hardships for those who are retired and living on a fixed income.

    You understand that government is a parasite that produces no goods, It simply takes, and may redistribute, but much of the redistribution is given to those who are hired by the government, not to those in need.

    Charles J. Lingo

    HENDERSON

    Pay cut

    To the editor:

    The country is in deep financial trouble. There are people taking cuts in pay to keep their jobs, and others are losing their jobs. Why isn't Congress taking a cut in pay?

    Edward J. Finley

    LAS VEGAS

    A little background

    To the editor:

    Perhaps Debra Chevez-Spraul (Saturday letter) forgets that the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005 never became law because it never got put to a vote by the Senate then controlled by Sen. John McCain's Republican Party.

    As to his having been a co-sponsor of this legislation, he announced his co-sponsorship on May 25, 2006, 16 months after the bill was introduced.

    Marshall Strange

    MESQUITE

    Totally unqualified

    To the editor:

    Sen. Barack Obama comes across as arrogant, condescending, smug and anything but likable. Many persons find repugnant his audacious pretensions to an office for which he is massively unqualified.

    He glibly recites the problems of the world and immodestly implies he is uniquely qualified to solve them when, in fact, he has a track record of achieving exactly nothing. The gap between his lofty rhetoric and his meager record is colossal, a classic case of style over substance, and his positions on major issues change daily. I'm not sure who he is appealing to, but it isn't me.

    His allies, mostly America haters, include radical terrorists, raving-mad pastors, the super-rich far left, foreigners with mounds of money, ACORN and our politically poisoned media. Although he is relatively new to Congress, he is an earmark junkie who fits right in with its endemic corruption.

    Although his election would cost all Americans dearly, it is ironic that the 18- to 24-year-old set, who adore him, over time would end up paying the highest price for his divisive vision of radical socialism.

    Does the current stock market meltdown presage this possibility?

    Fred Charette

    LAS VEGAS

    Where do they stand?

    To the editor:

    Why should anyone in the 3rd Congressional District vote for either one of these so-called candidates? When you watch the television ads for Republican Rep. Jon Porter and Democratic state Sen. Dina Titus, the only thing we learn is that neither one is worthy of our vote.

    Where do they stand on the issues at hand (the bailout, the global economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Social Security, health care, etc.).

    Rep. Porter and Sen. Titus: Why do we vote for you?

    Tom Anton

    HENDERSON

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    decelyn Herzer wrote on November 03, 2008 08:29 PM: That's true! You dissect Obamma's record, its disgusting!


    Debra Chevez-Spraul wrote on October 18, 2008 09:53 AM: Mr. Strange, thank you for reiterating John McCain tried to get the “Federal Housing Regulatory Reform Act of 2005” passed. This bill was first introduced on January 26, 2005. On that same date it was sent to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
    On May 25, 2006 John McCain presented the following to the Senate after hearing reports from Fannie Mae’s regulators; “Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were illusions deliberately and systematically created by the company’s senior management which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal”. He stated he was joining as a cosponsor to underscore his support of quick passage.of GSE reform legislation and urged his colleagues to do the same.
    As stated in my previous article, he warned of the dire consequences to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole and called on the Senate to swiftly act on this. He saw a scandal which would harm our economy and acted on it.
    In May 25, 2006 the House and Senate were controlled by the Democrats, and they voted this down.

    Debra Spraul


    Brent Miley wrote on October 17, 2008 12:38 AM: Z, I have seen zeitgeist it was very interesting, and I think every American kid in school should see it, could possibly change the world for the better.


    patrick wrote on October 16, 2008 07:19 PM: You know Tim, let me tell you a secret; its the phony attempts to distract the American public over issues like...God knows what, that has put McCain so far behind in the polls.

    All I have done, at least in this post, is say, then show, that the republicans changed the bankruptcy law. Now this is indisputable, so like a "good" republican, what do you do? Demonstrate that it was not true; no, you call names and say that I probably got the information from wikipedia. And when I point out that the Community Reininvestment Act, NOWHERE REQUIRES a bank to lend to anyone, you call me names (loony) and attempt to misdirect the argument.

    Don't you understand that this is the same type of nonsense that the American public, particularly the independents, have come out loudly and said "Enough" to.

    The problems that this country has today are too serious to people. They refuse to be distracted by such efforts to misdirect their attention.

    If you had any "reasonable" argument against what I said like "No the Community Reinvestment Act REQUIRED banks to lend" and then pointed out the specific language from the law it would be one thing. Or if you could say "no, the republicans DIDN'T pass the bankruptcy legislation which made it more difficult for people to declare bankruptcy" it would be a reasonable argument.

    As my law school profesors used to say: "If you have the facts on your side, argue the facts, if you have the law on your side, argue the law, if you don't have either the facts or the law on your side...bulls*&t"

    The republicans are without the facts or the law, and they are taking my professors advice to bulls$%t to heart instead.


    Z wrote on October 16, 2008 06:45 PM: I highly recommend it.


    Tim wrote on October 16, 2008 06:34 PM: anyone who does'nt believe in a world wide conspirasy, needs to find the timminator.he forgot pearl harbor,twin towers,ww1,ww2,kennedys assasination,the murder of his kids,lincoln and martin luther.did i miss any timmanator?how about the selection of hussien obama for pres?keep on the wikipedia,i'm sure that's where patrick gets his nonsense.wars will always happen,but who will be the good guy?terrorists?muslim fanatics?china,iran,north korea?lets fence off america,keep mexico out and if anyone messes with us,kick their a-sses.that work for you?or should we sell out our nation to the u.n.?you forgot that one.or is obama a secret cousin of the other obama?patrick,maybe you can help.your looney as a cartoon.our own worst enemy is?


    timinator wrote on October 16, 2008 06:07 PM: Z, no I haven't, but from reading the synopsis on Wikipedia, it sounds like a lot of interesting stuff is presented.

    Anyone who hasn't questioned the events involving the 1913 Jekyll Island meeting, the Zimmerman telegram, the 1929 currency deflation by the Fed, the McCollum Memo, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the July 1990 April Glaspie/Saddam Hussein meeting, and the collapse of WTC 7 and how they have all systematically brought this nation to the brink of ruin just isn't studying what is really going on.


    Z wrote on October 16, 2008 04:49 PM: timinator, have you seen zeitgeist the movie?


    timinator wrote on October 16, 2008 04:40 PM: dennis1944, you forgot to mention that Obama is about the most socialist Democrat in the Senate. Of course, McCain is about the most socialist Republican in the Senate.

    No matter which you choose, you will get a continuation of the welfare/warfare state. Neither of these candidates will change that, since they are beholden to the globalists that have supported them. Their votes for the Banker BS Bailout certainly proves that.

    Under either administration, the illegals will continue to flow across the border, your jobs will continue to be exported, the economy will continue to falter, the perpetual wars will become de rigeur, the dollar will become worthless, and the Constitution trashed.

    Congratulations, republicrats, you will have been fooled into electing the evil of two lessors for decades and your liberty will finally be gone.

    Welcome to fascist globalism, courtesy of the New World Order.


    joe f wrote on October 16, 2008 04:33 PM: Vote for Obama!

    I hope he wins and those socialist dems in congress wins too. So far since the dems won control of Congress we've had the largest increase of oil prices in history and the biggest stock meltdown (in dollars) in history.

    It took a Carter to get a Reagan.


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