Still doesn’t fit
The overall implication of Kevin Bracken’s November 3 letter is that Hillary Clinton did not lie to the American people about the video. However, the next day after the attack, according to State Department notes, she told Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil “the attack in Libya had nothing to do with the film … It was a planned attack — not a protest.”
Also, on the night of the attack HRC e-mailed her daughter and blamed the attack on an al Qaeda -like group. In other words, armed terrorists. Nothing was said about a video and yet Obama, at the same time was blaming an awful Internet video that had gone viral for the spontaneous protest and attack. Hillary went along with this and repeated Obama’s lies, unless of course, she was communicating with people that were close to her. Kevin Bracken’s time line explanation doesn’t pass the straight-face test or any other test.
Bill Kettenhofen, Kelseyville
Brown is an asset
I am very glad to see that Rob Brown is running for Supervisor again. He has been a very big asset for his district and the County of Lake as a whole. He is old school, with a down to earth attitude and thinking, and everyone is fortunate to have him and his ideas.
He always goes the extra mile to help everyone and he is always on top of everything. He also has an open door policy. You can talk to him anywhere at any time even on the street. He would take the time to talk to you without brushing you off and going about whatever he was doing. I appreciate that, and respect that even though I am not in his district.
I have known Rob Brown since he was very young and his attitude has never changed. He has always tried to work with the other board members and in most cases they have respected his opinion and his thoughts. If he decided not to run that would be a big loss for his district and the County of Lake. He has donated many hours of time and effort to help everyone, which is not the usual in this day and age
Some people like to complain about supervisors and about rules but he has always tried to make sure along with other board members that the state and their crazy ideas were not always stuffed down the counties throat without some kind of a fight.
He has grabbed the bull by the horns regarding all the fire problems and did whatever he could to help and to make sure that the locals worked with their equipment in the fire clean up versus hiring out of state or out of county. He has fought tooth and nail for all the local people. That is something Lake County and its residences should be proud of along with the other board members giving their support as well.
Thank you for listening.
Ron Rose, Lakeport
Weasel words strike again
In the recent past there has been much to-do about the (possible) relationship between “red” meat and processed meats of all kinds and sundry gastrointestinal cancers and other internal disorders. Big deal, of course they do, we eat them and process them to live and people have done so for many, many millennia. But we also have eaten, breathed, drunk, and immersed ourselves in things that have a (possible) relationship with bodily ailments.
Each time a (new) announcement is made, it is made with a liberal use of “weasel words” designed to stir up fright in the naive and panic in people with minor paranoia and no knowledge of probability. And they are used to bolster suppositions that may be, but have no quantitative foundation.
We all use weasel words in our conversations and daily life: May, might, could, possibly, and so on, because we have no knowledge (or courage) to make a firm commitment based on some degree of measurement and/or certainty. To say that eating red meat (may) cause cancer in .00001 percent of eaters (if nearly that much) tends to negate the scare value of the statement. Same with smoking, sun exposure, drinking, vaccines and such. It is not that we don’t know that they have a possible relationship to our bodily ailments, we simply cannot measure well enough to define whatever risk there might be. Then there is fact that these very small probabilities pale in comparison to the risks all of us face “just living” our lives.
Guff Worth, Lakeport
