Letters to the Editor http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor Letters the Post-Dispatch runs are just the tip of the iceberg. More here. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en 1 Letters to the Editor http://images.stltoday.com/stltoday/images/yahoo/stl_pd_logo.jpg http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor 143 50 STLtoday.com A few words about Amtrak http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/a-few-words-about-amtrak/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/a-few-words-about-amtrak/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:03 +0000 Letters http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/?p=6199 Recently, my wife and I took the train to Kansas City. It was only the second time on a train for both of us. A couple years ago I went to Springfield, IL on a day trip with my grandson.…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/a-few-words-about-amtrak/feed/ Liberal media are hypocrites in characterizing threats against U.S. http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/liberal-media-are-hypocrites-in-characterizing-threats-against-us/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/liberal-media-are-hypocrites-in-characterizing-threats-against-us/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:59:00 +0000 Letters http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/?p=6197 There was an interesting juxtaposition of viewpoints regarding Nidal Malik Hasan and the Fort Hood massacre in the Post-Dispatch editorial page Sunday. The manner in which Charles Krauthammer addressed the issue compared to the direction taken by Leonard Pitts clearly…

]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/liberal-media-are-hypocrites-in-characterizing-threats-against-us/feed/ Thankful for representatives who voted for health care reform http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/thankful-for-representatives-who-voted-for-health-care-reform/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/thankful-for-representatives-who-voted-for-health-care-reform/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:57:08 +0000 Letters http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/?p=6195  I would like to take this opportunity to commend the Congressman for his vote on “Healthcare Reform”.

The Congressman has been there for all of us who work or have worked for USS many times in the past. He was there…
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Sarah Palin’s new book brings to mind an old truism: some of the best fiction is found in autobiographies.
 
Nothing that has gone wrong in Palin’s public life has ever been her fault. This book only carries on that lie. Again,…

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]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/letting-his-true-self-shine/feed/ Blunt should blame Big Pharma for H1N1 mess, not Obama http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/blunt-should-blame-big-pharma-for-h1n1-mess-not-obama/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/blunt-should-blame-big-pharma-for-h1n1-mess-not-obama/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:53:31 +0000 Letters http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/?p=6189 So Rep Blunt is mad about the shortage of HiNi vacine. He should be but he also should put the blame squarely where it belongs. He should call out his friends a big Pharma.
They took billions in federal money with a…
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I suppose that I am what is called an Independent, which both Republicans and Democrats despise.  I admit to leaning more conservative than liberal.  I usually try to stick to the old adage about staying away from discussions on religion…
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]]> http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/rep-emerson-seems-to-have-a-short-memory/feed/ Consumers have choices, as do companies http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/consumers-have-choices-as-do-companies/ http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/letters-to-the-editor/2009/11/consumers-have-choices-as-do-companies/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:07 +0000 Letters http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/letters-to-the-editor/?p=6183 Wednesday’s editorial page printed letters regarding Emerson Electric Company, more specific, letters regarding the Company’s CEO’s decision. It isn’t often that letters illustrate two sides to an issue.

Both sides of the issue are right. Mel Appleman states that it is…

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Regarding “Failure to Serve” (Nov 15, 2009), Roy Blunt blatantly blames the Obama administration for shortage of the H1N1 vaccine. He stated in his letter that he “is outraged by this incompetence”, and attempts to tie H1N1 to government run…

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