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Wow, the Post-Gazette's Nov. 25 editorial and op-ed pages included commentaries about
another giant corporate decision to eliminate more jobs and opportunities for Americans ("Bitter Medicine: General Motors Makes Painful Cuts to Save Itself," editorial); the reprehensible activities of Jack Abramoff and too many members of Congress ("Capital Sewer: The Abramoff Case Is Washington at Its Worst," editorial); and the amazing speed at which U.S. Rep. John Murtha was "swift boated" ("Ripple Effect:
John Murtha Is Wrong, But He Forced the Bush Team to Show True Colors," Leonard Pitts Jr. column).
The attacks on Rep. Murtha were done with a speed witnessed only when the actions or policies of George W.
Bush and company are challenged or called into question -- a speed remarkably absent in this administration's investigations
of Enron's Kenneth Lay, the anthrax mailings and who leaked CIA information, to name just a few unsolved mysteries.
The citizenry has a pretty successful "do not call" list ... perhaps we should start a "do not trust" list
beginning with President Bush, Vice President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld,
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Rep. Tom DeLay, Sen. Rick Santorum, corporate CEOs, etc., etc., including the once-revered
Supreme Court.
Marty Weixel, McCandless
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