LETTERS: Tea party, Howard Dean and more
Tea party comments were condescending
Comments in a recent article show just how arrogant Conservative party chairman Edward Walsh and Brookhaven Conservative leader Richard Johannesen have become. How brazen and condescending to say tea party members are "new" and "still learning."
We are not new or learning anything. Simply, we are the people who are tired of backroom deals creating cross endorsements disenfranchising voters. We are discontented with politics as usual, where "leaders" compromise the core values of their party for personal gain. Maybe the real issue is that we are holding them accountable, something they are not accustomed to.
Nancy McGuigan
Dean is a fine choice for commencement
A recent writer complained because Howard Dean was chosen to give the commencement address at Hofstra University . Apparently Dean is too divisive for this individual. While he didn't state his preferences, every current political figure is divisive. Since it wasn't suggested we bypass them all, it seemed as though the choice was made from the wrong list.
Dean is a doctor and former governor who holds two degrees, one from Yale, the other from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Rather fitting for someone selected for this particular task. But alas, wrong list.
One question: What does the majority of the graduating class, having voted in the last election, think of Dean's selection?
Story on Marine was reminder of sacrifice
As a former Air Force officer from 1966 to 1970, I can tell you there were two types of duties I performed that were intensely emotional. One was reading aloud meritorious awards for bravery when an individual was honored. The other was making death notifications to the family of a fallen comrade.
Your feature story on First Sgt. Amber Kash of the U.S. Marine Corps brought back vivid memories . This marine performs her sacred duties at the highest level of professionalism. She brings comfort to the loved ones and she embodies the honor of the Corps.
It is a story that needed to be told, as the public all too often forgets - or ignores - the sacrifices of the fallen in a world so far, far away. We all need to be reminded, and Newsday did it well.
Tobin Rogers
Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 15: LI's top basketball players On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra and Matt Lindsay take a look top boys and girls basketball players on Long Island.
