Deep Six
It’s about time they deep six the Department of Corrections! (“Jails Go to the Sheriff,” The Fly, June 23). The sheriff will do a much better job. They should lay off all the correctional officers to save money.
Frank Maggiano Sr.
Snake Oil
I could be wrong, of course—but it sounds to me like this product [kombucha] existed for no other reason than to separate fools from their money (“Tea Party’s Over,” MetroNews, June 30). When such a product is found to exist, if there is any reasonable law we can use to take it off the market, we should do so. Sounds like the government got this one right.
I’m all in favor of freedom as a general rule, but selling snake oil to naive dolts doesn’t strike me as among our most cherished of liberties.
Kevin O’Keeffe
Unwinnable
Obama has basically continued with Bush’s policies. In Afghanistan, he went beyond Bush. He escalated the war. And he ordered more drone attacks on civilians in Pakistan in his one year in office than Bush had done during his last term. So, for the people of that region, Obama’s presidency has been a total disaster. And it’s not working.
One man’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter, and what some governments consider potential terrorists are simply those who don’t agree with government policies.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right. It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see. And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?
TedRudow III | Menlo Park
