Dear Mr. Friedman:
So the world hates us, except of course when they have a major catastrophe, earthquake, Tsunami, etc., or need us to fix something somewhere in the world. We've been here for 250 or so years and have left the rest of world in the dust in terms of our economy and our military strength. We had to save full-grown Europe twice when we were still children and adolescents.
Who cares if they hate us, mostly because of their envy of our success?
"His own ideological bubble." Does that mean he does what he says he'll do? Does that mean he won't waste his presidency sucking up to vile terrorists such as Yassar Arafat? Arafat spent more time in the White house than did Hilliary. What good did it do. What long term affect did Jimmie's love affair with the terrorists have? What about all the Clinton Administrations dealing with North Korea do? Now the remnants of that administration criticize Bush for not doing what they did. What exactly is it they did right. They, like most deranged liberals, thought we could just sit down and talk with these people, let them male their nuclear weapons, don't attack terrorist strongholds, refuse the Sudanese offer to hand over O.B. Laden, give missile guidance technology to the Chinese, and so on and so forth. Gee, all of that worked out really well didn't it?
May his "ideological bubble" is simple common sense, and a recognition of what has been tried since "Jimmie's" beloved administration has made the world a much more dangerous place. And now they, instead of looking for a long-term solution, want yet another useless "cease fire", or let's give the terrorists time to regroup and rearm. Give me a break, please. We should re-arrange the world map without the Middle East. The terrorism and the Middle East conflict would cease. See how simple it is?
Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC
July 31, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Road widening
My previous letter concerned the pickpockets (City Clowncil & Mayoress) who continually have their hands in our pockets to fund their favorite projects, which usually benefit only a small percentage of city residents. A clowncil member suggested I should be happy because my street is to be widened. Happiness was not my reaction! My street, Old Winston Rd, runs from Crescent Ford for approximately 2 miles where it dead ends into two gas stations. Going north, Hartley Dr. is the only through street to N. Main. All others dead-end after a block or two. There is little traffic north of Hartley. If Old Winston Road carries so much traffic so as to require widening, why is the waiting time at the traffic signal at Hartley/ O.W.R more than twice as long for the O.W.R. traffic?
When O.W.R was a main route from High Point to Winston Salem via 311N, there was considerably more traffic. The new 311 Bypass, and Hartley Drive have eliminated most of that traffic. It’s now mostly local traffic. Spending millions to widen a road that goes nowhere is idiotic. I suspect that outdated traffic figures from pre-Hartley/311 bypass days were used to justify this needless project. Why are they doing this? Because they can steal our property without compensation, then force us to fund the project with tax dollars. Didn’t we fight a war for independence from this kind of government tyranny? No matter the state of the local economy, the outrageous cost of energy, or anything else that forces most of us to re-evaluate spending priorities, and postpone or cancel projects, the politicians are going to continue to view us as their bottomless piggy banks. They are not about to postpone or cancel any project no matter how unnecessary or senseless.
Tony Moschetti
Old Winston Rd
July 29, 2006
When O.W.R was a main route from High Point to Winston Salem via 311N, there was considerably more traffic. The new 311 Bypass, and Hartley Drive have eliminated most of that traffic. It’s now mostly local traffic. Spending millions to widen a road that goes nowhere is idiotic. I suspect that outdated traffic figures from pre-Hartley/311 bypass days were used to justify this needless project. Why are they doing this? Because they can steal our property without compensation, then force us to fund the project with tax dollars. Didn’t we fight a war for independence from this kind of government tyranny? No matter the state of the local economy, the outrageous cost of energy, or anything else that forces most of us to re-evaluate spending priorities, and postpone or cancel projects, the politicians are going to continue to view us as their bottomless piggy banks. They are not about to postpone or cancel any project no matter how unnecessary or senseless.
Tony Moschetti
Old Winston Rd
July 29, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
How about declaration against local whiners?
It's time for a "Declaration Against Intolerable Black Paranoid Whiners."
These self-anointed "leaders" (an oxymoron) do their community a disservice by blaming all of their problems on white racists.
I did not see an outpouring of community support, crossing racial, ethnic and religious lines, for Willie Best like we saw for David Wray. Yet, there was no outrage from Concerned White Leaders at his ouster.
The decision was accepted and everyone moved on.
Apparently, the BPWs feel that if you are black, you can't be fired whether or not you are competent.
Apparently, the BPWs think that school authorities are going into classrooms and randomly picking out black students, who are simply quietly doing their lessons, and suspending them. It's not a secret that blacks create most of the discipline problems in our schools.
That's why they are suspended, not because they are black.
Not many of these black "leaders" could get elected dogcatcher in a district where the qualifications are more than simply being black. This is true not because they are black, but because they are out of the mainstream of society.
Make all candidates run countywide to test my theory.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
July 19, 2006
These self-anointed "leaders" (an oxymoron) do their community a disservice by blaming all of their problems on white racists.
I did not see an outpouring of community support, crossing racial, ethnic and religious lines, for Willie Best like we saw for David Wray. Yet, there was no outrage from Concerned White Leaders at his ouster.
The decision was accepted and everyone moved on.
Apparently, the BPWs feel that if you are black, you can't be fired whether or not you are competent.
Apparently, the BPWs think that school authorities are going into classrooms and randomly picking out black students, who are simply quietly doing their lessons, and suspending them. It's not a secret that blacks create most of the discipline problems in our schools.
That's why they are suspended, not because they are black.
Not many of these black "leaders" could get elected dogcatcher in a district where the qualifications are more than simply being black. This is true not because they are black, but because they are out of the mainstream of society.
Make all candidates run countywide to test my theory.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
July 19, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
City Clowncil is a joke
Following publication of my last letter blasting our tax happy City Clowncil, and their ringleader in picking our pockets, the Mayoress, I got phone calls from two of the good folks involved. One was all for the never-ending tax hikes for our citizens, some who have not had a pay raise in two or three years, and one (the only one) who voted against the budget. He told me that he was tongue lashed by the Mayoress for his no vote. She must be a Democrat! She should move to New Jersey and run for office, a place where the Democrats shut down the state by arguing over WHICH taxes to raise! If high taxes solve budget problems, why isn’t New Jersey rolling in dough?
The other clowncil member insisted that I was wrong when I said we pay considerably more for electricity than Duke Power customers, and that our rate increase was less than 1 percent. I sent him the figures from my bill, and cost per kilowatt-hour posted on the Duke Power website for my zip code. The difference was 18 percent. So with only a small increase, it’s now 19 percent! He also asked me which services I’d like to see cut. I asked him if he thought we had enough ball fields yet in High Point. I also asked what percentage of the residents used these ball fields. I also suggested that if people want more ball fields they should pay a usage fee just as golfers do at the two city courses. Why can’t they have their neighbors pay for their golf? Finally he suggested that since the street on which I live is to be widened, so I should be happy. That one really set me off, and I’ll explain why in my next letter.
Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC.
July 11, 2006
The other clowncil member insisted that I was wrong when I said we pay considerably more for electricity than Duke Power customers, and that our rate increase was less than 1 percent. I sent him the figures from my bill, and cost per kilowatt-hour posted on the Duke Power website for my zip code. The difference was 18 percent. So with only a small increase, it’s now 19 percent! He also asked me which services I’d like to see cut. I asked him if he thought we had enough ball fields yet in High Point. I also asked what percentage of the residents used these ball fields. I also suggested that if people want more ball fields they should pay a usage fee just as golfers do at the two city courses. Why can’t they have their neighbors pay for their golf? Finally he suggested that since the street on which I live is to be widened, so I should be happy. That one really set me off, and I’ll explain why in my next letter.
Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC.
July 11, 2006
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