Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Readers sound off on disco, the Unabomber, and Santa Christ
“If there was any deep division in the music scene in 1977, it wasn’t people scratching their heads at less than stellar releases from Kansas, Foreigner, Styx, or Steely Dan and Neil Young, it was the demise of live music as disco came to prominence. I could make the argument that Kansas, Nugent and other arena acts GAINED fans because people who hated disco REALLY hated disco (myself included).”
-comment on “Sucking in ’77”
“John Jansen’s comments made me think of some of the bad things white people have done. Timothy McVeigh! Terry Nichols! The Unabomber! Not to mention almost all the serial killers in the U.S.! And all those Arab terrorists — they’re Caucasian! I just don’t think we can afford to have white people running this country. They are way too dangerous.”
-comment on “The Battle for Pine County”
“I really used to be amazed how these individuals could be so blatant about who they really are, and yet have their assemblies still pour money into their pockets so they can live like movie stars…and then you have those who are of the new faith: CASHIANS and followers of Santa Christ.”
-comment on “Mac Hammond’s Living Word facing IRS investigation” MORE »
If, as the article states,
If, as the article states, “Numerous studies have linked childhood asthma attacks to air pollutants such as particulate matter and smog,” why not discuss the causes of particulate matter and smog?
I’m pleased to see the attention paid to environment-related childhood diseases, but since the article profiles a child with asthma, why do the authors pay more attention to lead rather than particulates?
Lead exposure is certainly a problem, but we need to be talking about how to get cars off the roads, too. We can’t keep expanding road capacity and expect our most vulnerable citizens to pay the cost.