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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Speak Up!

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IT WAS amusing to watch the hypocrisy during the war protest. The protest was not about the war, but a rally for the hate-the-president crowd. If it is human life that is your concern, why weren't you protesting the old regime in Iraq that murdered tens of thousands of its own— or do you think an American life is worth more than an Iraqi's?— C.C.S.
   

I WOULD THINK a report of 1,000 people marching in Albuquerque would warrant being on the front page.— M.S.
   

I SEE THAT the city has found a new way to discourage water conservation. If you cut winter water usage, most of the water you use the rest of the year will cost half again as much. Chalk up another one for the stupid bureaucrats! Let the water run in winter; the city parks do.— J.E.M.
   

ON THE FRONT page of the Journal there are two articles. The first says that the governor has declared a statewide drought. The second reports that an indoor water park is to open in 2007. Am I the only one who sees this as a major contradiction in priorities?— A.J.B.
   

WOW, $9 MILLION to landscape the Big I. Just add a few more of those giant pottery pots so we can admire them as we zip by at 65-plus mph. Plus the pots can be used to collect rain water.— R.M.L.
   

LANDSCAPE THE Big I? Heck no! People might think we're a first-class city and want to move here. Nobody wants that. Maybe we should close all the parks, too. They are just a nuisance anyway, attracting the graffiti artists and homeless. We don't need no stinking civilization!— M.B.
   

I READ WITH total disgust that the governor had vetoed $107,000 which would have helped the University of New Mexico expand its nursing program. UNM should get rid of Billy Sparks and use the salary savings to fund the nursing program.— C.W.
   

THE GOVERNOR said Jessica Simpson had "no special dietary requirements." "Thank goodness," said the homeless man living under the I-40 overpass.— M.I.T.
   

GOVERNOR, I just wanted to let you know that I, too, am a very unique individual. I can't quite walk on water, but I can sure float. I can't change water into wine, but I can change wine into water. Can I get one of those $80,000 do-nothing state jobs?— R.L.
   

ON I-40 WESTBOUND around the river, a sign says that the right lane ends. Yet dozens of cars stay in that lane (some even intentionally go in that lane), drive up to the end and expect drivers in the correct lane to let them in and get ahead of all the other cars that are in the proper lane. I refuse to let those other rude drivers in, but it seems I'm the minority— most let those idiots in ahead of everyone else!— J.M.D.