Economic Stimulus

Why not get serious about an economic stimulus and offer to match the expenditures in Iraq with rebate checks to the taxpayers drawn from the accounts of the profiteers like Haliburton, etc. While we're at it let's give the serving military a double share. If Haliburton can't afford it send a bill to the Saudi government for penalty fee for the practice of usury. Bush wants to give us all $600. What a joke! This guy squanders about $3,000 for every man, woman and child in the country on an historic blunder a now he wants to buy some friends for his last year of self inflicted misery.

John Gibson, Idiot

This guy takes low class to an all time new low. Heath Ledger dies, Gibson gloats. I can't wait to see if O'Reilly, Hannity or some of the other Fox "commentators" have an opinion on Gibson's self-destruction. They sure have opinions about Britney Spears' troubles.

Sean Hannity

Mr. Hannity should have read Paine's Common Sense in high school. It seems he is entirely unfamiliar with any of his writings. I know our school systems are pretty bad these days and I guess he is the typical result or he may have attended religious schools which are worse. They teach no logic at all. The kind of ignorance he demonstrates to his simple minded followers should be criminal for its dishonesty. What puzzles me most is that his radio callers address him as a "great American," a man who has never served anyone but himself. It is an insult to all the fallen real Americans.

Parade Magazine

Just got today's issue (Jan 6) which boast a cover story on Benazir Bhutto as though she were still alive. I know they print this rag far in advance but shouldn't a world class (supposedly) newspaper like the LA Times simply not distribute such an insult?

Cutting the size of government

I suggest the U.S. Postal Service be discontinued as it only benefits advertisers. Imagine when some future historian describes how thousands of people in grey uniforms roamed the country in years past, going to every house like Santa Claus, almost everyday, spreading tons of useless paper.

Another big savings could come from eliminating the U.S. Navy as it no longer serves a purpose. Beef up the Coast Guard but lets stop building these absurd multi-billion dollar floating targets called aircraft carriers. The argument is that we can project our power all over the world with these ships. They only get us in trouble as the inflated egos of our paid warriors seek to exercise their training in toy usage.

Solve the Social Security problem by eliminating retirement plans completely. We should all work at something, always. Your job will change according to your abilities but you should always contribute. Just when people get to be really smart and experienced and are ready to pass along their knowledge to the next generation we dump them on a scrap heap and throw money at them. All the while, they sit around and imagine how many diseases they have to fix and who should pay for it. The older people who are able should help take care of the ones who are not. They should also be heavily involved with raising the very young, as nature intended.