Letters to the Editor

North County Times

We are privileged to live next to military

First, my thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the New York and Pennsylvania disasters.

I waited to see when this subject would come back up after watching it appear so many times last year - the fly zone for the military. Well, it did come up and I want a small part of say-so in it.

Come on, neighbors, what were you thinking? Anyone can see how close the Naval Weapons Station that leads to Camp Pendleton is. It's on our main road called Ammunition. What were you thinking?

We are privileged to live in San Diego, home of how many bases, how many military personnel, how many Navy ships that call our harbor home? Has anyone ever wondered why San Diego wasn't attacked? I have, and although I can't say it isn't a possibility, I am sure all this military support here made the terrorists think twice.

I hear that same noise every night and day. Yes, it rattles my windows, even interrupts my favorite TV show and sleep. And at times I have to remind myself that the noisy helicopter was once the sound of freedom to our men who served in previous wars. I would rather have them fly over me then to have to send them off to unknown enemy countries, as we might have to.

To the men and women of the military, I salute you all. My freedom is because of you. Bless you all.



Observations from the liberal left

Hillary Clinton, the standard bearer of left-wing liberalism, chose not to sing the national anthem at the day of prayer at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 23.

Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe columnist, on Sept. 19 said, "God cannot be all that happy with a nation that is 5 percent of the world's population and produces a quarter of Earth's carbon dioxide emissions, yet walks out of global warming talks." J. Howard Crews (Letters, Sept. 15) says, "It is true we as a people do incalculable violence to this land and Mother Earth, greater even than terrorists do to our own national psyche."

Richard Crews (Letters, Sept. 21) says, "In fact, there's only a 25 percent chance Bush will do the right thing. Every cloud has a silver lining; if the other Arab nations cut us off from their oil, our greenhouse gas output will certainly lessen."

These are just my observations of the statements of the liberal left.

You decide on what they mean, as always.


Valley Center

Terrorists have awakened our patriotic spirit

As Americans, our daily lives have been shaken, the near future is filled with anxiety and a shadow of sadness dims the surrounding light. What these madmen don't understand is that as Americans we will not cower in fear. Our patriotism was ignited by their horrendous act, and they have awakened the spirit that for a generation has passed in slumber.


