Friends, Carolinians and countrymen, lend me your ears. I am here to tell you of the death of health care reform, not to praise it. Some politicians have chosen to side with the insurance industry against the general welfare of citizens. The evil that men do lives long after them, the good is often interred with their bones, so let it be with health care reform.

Our noble senator has told us that this reform was ambitious … our senator is an honorable man.

Health care reform was probably too ambitious. Held great promise to make care available to all of our countrymen, for young and old, rich and poor. But that was too ambitious … our senator is an honorable man.

To be fair, their goal was not to kill reform as much as to stop the Democrats from achieving success. To accomplish this, they slept with those that are spending $600,000 a day to bury the ambitious public option ... our senator is an honorable man, so are they all, all honorable men.

This reform is neither a Republican or Democrat ideology. It has more to do with our experience that the common man is more disposed to suffer, while the insurance industry is predisposed to keep their anti trust exemption ... our senator is an honorable man.

I do not write to disprove our senator’s position that holds health care out of reach of hard-working people. I write to express my beliefs that the public option was the only tool that would bring about real reform.

If you work with your hands for a living, are a veteran, teacher, student, nurse, Shakespearean actor, then the public option is for you. Call your representatives today. Your call might move them to be more than honorable men.

James Brigham

High Point


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We’re still stuck in Bush/Cheney muck

I am totally amused by a fellow letter writer’s request for critics of the Bush administration to sound off. To date, President Obama has salvaged nothing from Cheney and Bush. They gambled Las Vegas style. Thus, we Americans are harmed infinitesimally. The U.S. Constitution is damaged, the Supreme Court appears retarded for the assist to Cheney and Bush. The damage done during eight years of lawbreaking thrust us Americans to Third World status. The chairman of the Federal Reserve provided a supply of cheap money (1/2, 1 percent), thus assuring funding for foolish wars, foolish Pentagon spending for president Cheney/Bush. Watergate behavior, no foreign policy except threats and name calling. President Bush/Cheney legacy approaches Watergate smilingly and smellingly. Oh, you too Condoleeza. Eight-year Bush disaster for world dominance. The Bush leadership plan for world decline lives on with Cheney’s post-election idiotic diatribes as vice president emeritus. Drafted by Bush for divine direction.

Bob Blakeney

High Point


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Discontinue PART service, save money

The board of trustees of the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation and Executive Director Brent McKinney have discussed a stupid idea of free rides on PART buses.

The residents of several counties are now assessed a fee to subsidize riders, why should the people that use the PART buses ride free? Most people in the area do not ride the buses. If PART ridership is only 453,583 for a year, I suggest that the service be discontinued and the employees be terminated to save money.

Every official seeks grants for all the projects but apparently are mentally challenged because they can’t understand that taxpayers must pay for each grant. All grants and incentives should be stopped immediately. Taxpayers are burdened with excess taxes now and should not be expected to fund additional projects. We need to elect and appoint people that have the ability to make sensible decisions.

We expended millions on Dell and Fed Ex and now Dell is closing and Fed Ex has hired only a small number of employees. Wasted taxpayer money; don’t waste additional funds on PART.

Don Baker

Thomasville