Thank you CHP
On Feb. 20 my husband and I were on our way home from a VA appointment and we got stuck in the traffic due to the crash on Highway 20 by Blue Lakes. The officers were telling everyone to either go around to 175 Hopland or to get a hotel in Mendocino County. Our problem was my husband was very ill and strapped to a gurney in the back of the vehicle and he needed to get home to his medicine and his special hospital bed. During this time the VA was in contact with the CHP and the CHP was in contact with their supervisors to see what they could do to help.
I want to thank the VA, Mendocino CHP and the Lake County CHP for making it possible for us to get back to our home.
The Mendocino CHP escorted us to the Lake County line and the Lake County CHP got us as far as Blue Lakes, which was four miles from our home. Then the officer told us of a back road that we could take around Blue Lakes and into Scotts Valley that would get us home.
We do not know what we would have done without the help of these wonderful officers and the VA personnel. Again thank you very much.
—Lisa and John Alotta, Upper Lake
Plethora of wannabees
We seem to have a plethora of presidential wannabees trying to convince the American people that socialism is the way of a perfect future for the United States.
Has one of these wannabees recently visited any one of the top four socialist countries in the world and compared any of these countries to the United States? Note the names of these four countries and in parentheses you will find the political party controlling the country.
Considered as the top four socialist countries are People’s Republic of China (Communist Party of China), Republic of Cuba (Communist Party of Cuba), Laos People’s Democratic Republic (Lao People’s Revolutionary Party) and Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Communist Party of Vietnam).
Some think of Sweden as being a socialist country, however, that is not true, although the Swedish Social Democratic Party has won most elections in Sweden since 1932, the country has never adopted socialism as its official ideology.
All people should study the differences between socialist and non-socialist countries before jumping on a socialist political band wagon.. The one thing you will find is that the four countries listed above do not have a free press.
In the U.S., at this time, we find a very biased press. People who do not seek out a news media that reports both sides of the story are lead astray. We have seen that in the now on-going Jussie Smollett case where even wannabee Kamala Harris, along with many others, did not wait for the police investigation. Harris referred to what had happened as a ‘modern day lynching’ and she wants to represent all of us in Washington, D.C.
Now turn your sights on Venezuela. Is this the kind of country we want the U.S. to become? I suggest readers check out a May 29, 2018, Wall Street Journal article by Nathan J. Robinson, “What Venezuela Tells Us About Socialism.”
Study wannabee Bernie Sanders five years ago and you will find that at that time he was holding Socialist-ruled Venezuela up as an example of what the American dream should be. Makes one wonder just what he wants for the U.S. now.
If all readers study the history of each of the countries mentioned, they will have a greater understanding of what has happened and continues to happen in socialist and communist countries around the world.
Maybe, just then, they will want to stand up for and speak up for the United States of America.
—Leona M. Butts, Clearlake Oaks
Like Germany 1933
Every word out of Donald Trump’s mouth is a lie. Today America is like Germany in 1933. A would-be dictator is insanely incapable of telling the truth. Trump’s fascist liar-virus has infected everyone in his administration and right-wing media cronies (Just like the Nazi Party) who all play fast and loose with the truth. Talk about “trickle-down” policy, the only trickle-down that works is his gullible Brownshirt followers who blindly defend him with cries of “fake news” whenever they hear or read anything about him they disagree with or he has lied about it.
Just like Adolf, Trump uses fear to maintain his base. But as the great Franklin Roosevelt said: “The only thing to fear is fear itself, not the unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes reason.” For example, Trump screams that crime in border towns is at an all-time high to provoke fear but that is just another big lie. He stokes the bogeyman fear of socialism and communism that will supposedly cause his base to pay a few dollars more in taxes (but less if reasonable tax rates go into effect). But going to the doctor without going into bankruptcy is not socialism. And then there is the fear of Islam and Iran. Trump has cancelled the Obama plan to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Trump is a madman who bashes the American people over the head with fear. He has terrifying mental problems and for the sake of all humankind should be removed from office pronto.
—William Hui, Clearlake
