Fighting for freedom
I just finished reading about the poor guy in Neville Island who got pushed around and charged with disorderly conduct at a political rally for our great president Bush. Editor’s two-cents worth in the Herald-Standard, Nov. 7, and summarily dismissed by District Justice Trikula. I’ll bet she wasn’t a Republican. Have you heard of the case of Don and Terri Adams, Oct. 2, 1998? They thought they could peacefully demonstrate for Clinton’s removal from office at a Democrat fundraiser in Philadelphia. They were severely beaten by union thugs and gangsters. When the police finally stepped in Don and Terri were prosecuted by the police and had to stand trial in criminal court. Incredible.
Except that this was all caught on video by television cameras. But I didn’t hear or see this in my faithful Herald-Standard paper, champion of the little people.
By the way, Ed Rendell was mayor and has already been forced to testify at a deposition that he invited Teamsters and gangsters onto city property, knowing that they had a history of violence, creating a lethal weapon against Terri and Don. All of this can be verified on the Web site www.judicialwatch.org. Thanks to a lot of uninformed voters, he is now governor. Let us be proud and support our governor or get your head beat in.
I did not vote for Rendell because I knew about him two years ago. Sorry, I read the wrong papers.
How about all the protesting when the great D.C. liberals took away your right to freedom of speech to criticize lying politicians 60 days before the election. Good men fought and died for this right, and all you patriots let them get away with it.
But your Herald-Standard stood in the gap and said no, no, you can’t do that. I forgot to read the paper that day. Never fear you brave souls, there is someone not near here in liberal Democratic country that is already fighting to take back the freedom of speech because, although it is not in your paper, it’s unconstitutional. So no one here needs fear of fighting for your rights. Someone else will do it?
Also three or four weeks ago the editor or his fill-in wrote a big story about being fair to the IRS. When you pay your taxes, if you can figure out the tax laws without a $6,000 or $7,000 computer, remember that the IRS is being used like the Gestapo. If you criticize someone like a Hillary Clinton or Ted Kennedy or Tom Dachle you suddenly have the IRS wanting your papers. They want to bankrupt you if you happen to be snotty to a politician. I can verify this too, but who cares?
James Mitchell
Uniontown
More calls, higher bills
When I was watching (on HSTV) the Fayette County Commissioner’s Oct. 1 meeting, I heard a lady questioning the large phone bill of Commissioner Vincent A. Vicites. Again on Oct. 29, a man was questioning the phone bills.
I have never met Commissioner Vicites but I have contacted him by phone several times to get advice on certain situations. He has always returned my calls with an answer to a problem or referred me to someone who could help me.
I am sure that he gets many, many calls from people like myself. Therefore, if he is returning all those calls, he would have many, many outgoing calls. He is fulfilling his obligations as a commissioner to help his constituents. Therefore, he would have a large phone bill.
Genevieve Logan
Connellsville