I just read the letter by Tony Moschetti (''Liberals sink to new lows with revisionist thinking,'' Aug. 10) and, as always, his letter was full of hatred and vindictiveness. Moschetti believes that the media and any individual who dares to think a liberal thought should be destroyed.
His letter raved about those who dare print or speak about the latest controversy regarding the dropping of the atom bombs on Japan. While I believe it was the right thing to have done, I respect those who present the facts (something Moschetti disregards) as to the history behind the decision. We now learn that many of the leaders of that time did not believe it was necessary. I saw every documentary and read much this month on the subject and thought it was presented fairly.
It is always a black-and-white situation with Moschetti, liberals versus conservatives. There can never be a middle ground. His hatred for those who think differently is beyond that of a rational thinking person. I have read his stupid letters for many years and have never found a sane thought in any of them. Even the most hardened conservative will not use the vile language, much less the reasoning process, he does.
On leaving this subject, I would leave Moschetti with two words, but unfortunately the paper will not print them. I leave it to Moschetti to fill in the blanks. With his depraved mind, I'm sure he can think of many. It should keep him busy for a long time.
Martin Siegel
Jamestown
News & Record
August 20, 1995
Sunday, August 20, 1995
Thursday, August 10, 1995
Liberals sink to new lows with revisionist thinking
Anyone who still doubts that liberalism stems from severe brain damage at birth, with continuing degeneration, need only read this newspaper. The latest from these mutants is the revisionist view of the events of World War II.
This sickening, constant, left-wing diatribe against our country, our way of life, our entire system, is an affront to all thinking people. These mindless fools would have us believe that World War II began in August 1945 rather than after the cowardly sneak attack by the Japanese in 1941, which killed and wounded thousands of Americans, including many civilians. These fools also want us to believe that the Japanese were ready to surrender.
The Japanese are people who got into airplanes and dove into our ships. They are people whose officers committed suicide rather than surrender. They are people who were still in hiding from two to five years after the end of the war rather than surrendering.
Where else but in the liberal mind would the enemy, the aggressor, the imperialist nation, become the victim? Instead of the endless interviews with the survivors of the atomic bombings, why not interviews with our survivors of the Bataan death march?
I suspect that in another 50 years, if the liberals have their way, there will be no mention of Pearl Harbor when discussing the events of World War II, only talk of the nuking of the poor, innocent Japanese.
It is hoped that one day some scientist will invent a pesticide that only affects liberals. He will be a Nobel Prize winner in any number of categories.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
August 10, 1995
This sickening, constant, left-wing diatribe against our country, our way of life, our entire system, is an affront to all thinking people. These mindless fools would have us believe that World War II began in August 1945 rather than after the cowardly sneak attack by the Japanese in 1941, which killed and wounded thousands of Americans, including many civilians. These fools also want us to believe that the Japanese were ready to surrender.
The Japanese are people who got into airplanes and dove into our ships. They are people whose officers committed suicide rather than surrender. They are people who were still in hiding from two to five years after the end of the war rather than surrendering.
Where else but in the liberal mind would the enemy, the aggressor, the imperialist nation, become the victim? Instead of the endless interviews with the survivors of the atomic bombings, why not interviews with our survivors of the Bataan death march?
I suspect that in another 50 years, if the liberals have their way, there will be no mention of Pearl Harbor when discussing the events of World War II, only talk of the nuking of the poor, innocent Japanese.
It is hoped that one day some scientist will invent a pesticide that only affects liberals. He will be a Nobel Prize winner in any number of categories.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
August 10, 1995
Sunday, July 09, 1995
Liberals compassionate and get facts right
Tony Moschetti (letter, June 17) says the premise of my May 21 letter regarding future increases in Medicare enrollments is a ''fallacious argument of the left.'' He then cites recent statistics to support this claim.
Regarding Medicare, approximately 33 million Americans are now age 65 or older; this figure is projected to reach 40 million by 2010 and 53 million by 2020.
Regarding the 1990-1993 school lunch program, he says participation increased
.03 percent while spending increased 26.7 percent. Actually, participation increased 3 percent.
He doesn't mention inflation, but from 1990 through 1993 the Consumer Price Index rose 15.6 percent.
This program provides free lunches to children living below 130 percent of the poverty level, reduced-price lunches to children living 30 percent to 85 percent above poverty and a supplement to schools for lunches purchased by all other children.
The program's 1993 cost, per lunch, for these categories was $ 1.84, $ 1.44 and 30 cents respectively.
If liberalism is viral, as Moschetti suggests, its primary symptom is the willingness to look at complex issues like Medicare and poverty compassionately, honestly and from all perspectives.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
July 9, 1995
Regarding Medicare, approximately 33 million Americans are now age 65 or older; this figure is projected to reach 40 million by 2010 and 53 million by 2020.
Regarding the 1990-1993 school lunch program, he says participation increased
.03 percent while spending increased 26.7 percent. Actually, participation increased 3 percent.
He doesn't mention inflation, but from 1990 through 1993 the Consumer Price Index rose 15.6 percent.
This program provides free lunches to children living below 130 percent of the poverty level, reduced-price lunches to children living 30 percent to 85 percent above poverty and a supplement to schools for lunches purchased by all other children.
The program's 1993 cost, per lunch, for these categories was $ 1.84, $ 1.44 and 30 cents respectively.
If liberalism is viral, as Moschetti suggests, its primary symptom is the willingness to look at complex issues like Medicare and poverty compassionately, honestly and from all perspectives.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
July 9, 1995
Saturday, June 17, 1995
Can't these liberals ever get anything right?
I surrender. Liberalism must be viral since there is no known cure. I tried (letter, May 14) in the simplest terms to explain the difference between an increase and a cut as regards Medicare and the budget. My main point was the dishonesty of the debate.
Joe Fulfs (letter, May 21), in criticizing me once again, missed the point.
He doesn't dispute that spending 7 percent more is an increase. He uses the other favorite fallacious argument of the left. Yes, they are increases, but not big enough increases because of the zillions of new people coming into the programs.
Do people only come into these programs and never leave? There must be billions of people on these programs because apparently no one ever dies, graduates from school, or ever goes off the poverty rolls.
In fact, between 1980 and 1990, while the state's budget for public education went from $ 1 billion to more than $ 3 billion, the number of students declined by 100,000.
Fact: between 1990 and 1993 the number of children on the school lunch program increased from 24.6 million to 25.3 million, an increase of .03 percent, while spending on the program increased 26.7 percent (Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).
Fact: the school lunch program feeds more than twice as many children as are living in poverty according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
June 17, 1995
Joe Fulfs (letter, May 21), in criticizing me once again, missed the point.
He doesn't dispute that spending 7 percent more is an increase. He uses the other favorite fallacious argument of the left. Yes, they are increases, but not big enough increases because of the zillions of new people coming into the programs.
Do people only come into these programs and never leave? There must be billions of people on these programs because apparently no one ever dies, graduates from school, or ever goes off the poverty rolls.
In fact, between 1980 and 1990, while the state's budget for public education went from $ 1 billion to more than $ 3 billion, the number of students declined by 100,000.
Fact: between 1990 and 1993 the number of children on the school lunch program increased from 24.6 million to 25.3 million, an increase of .03 percent, while spending on the program increased 26.7 percent (Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture).
Fact: the school lunch program feeds more than twice as many children as are living in poverty according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
June 17, 1995
Sunday, May 21, 1995
GOP plan would cut Medicare benefits
Tony Moschetti (letter, May 14) argues that Republican Medicare spending proposals represent increases, not cuts. However, he overlooks the tremendous increase in the number of people who soon will become eligible for Medicare.
With this factored in, along with continued inflation of medical costs, the result of the Republican proposals will be senior citizens receiving fewer dollars per capita from Medicare than they do today - that is, there will be per capita cuts, not increases, in Medicare spending.
The analogy Moschetti uses to educate us regarding the benevolence of the Republican proposals is a good one, but, again, he didn't factor in all of the necessary details. To be analogous to the Medicare situation, his scenario would need to include the family in question having had a child, or maybe twins, in the past year, during which time inflation was 3 percent to 5 percent. In such a situation, a 5 percent salary increase would be more than offset by inflation and the additional mouth(s) to feed, clothe and pay medical bills for; thus, the family's discretionary income would decline. This is exactly what will happen to many senior citizens under the Republican proposal - their Medicare benefits, discretionary income and standards of living will decline.
Medicare needs reform. What will best achieve that is to turn down the rhetoric, stop the name-calling and listen with an honest respect to the opinions of those who disagree with us.
Tony, you also will find that to be good for the soul.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
May 21, 1995
With this factored in, along with continued inflation of medical costs, the result of the Republican proposals will be senior citizens receiving fewer dollars per capita from Medicare than they do today - that is, there will be per capita cuts, not increases, in Medicare spending.
The analogy Moschetti uses to educate us regarding the benevolence of the Republican proposals is a good one, but, again, he didn't factor in all of the necessary details. To be analogous to the Medicare situation, his scenario would need to include the family in question having had a child, or maybe twins, in the past year, during which time inflation was 3 percent to 5 percent. In such a situation, a 5 percent salary increase would be more than offset by inflation and the additional mouth(s) to feed, clothe and pay medical bills for; thus, the family's discretionary income would decline. This is exactly what will happen to many senior citizens under the Republican proposal - their Medicare benefits, discretionary income and standards of living will decline.
Medicare needs reform. What will best achieve that is to turn down the rhetoric, stop the name-calling and listen with an honest respect to the opinions of those who disagree with us.
Tony, you also will find that to be good for the soul.
Joe Fulfs
Greensboro
News & Record
May 21, 1995
Sunday, May 14, 1995
Smaller annual increases aren't the same as cuts
It is little wonder that you in the mainstream media have little or no credibility with anyone having an IQ in the double digits. I can't figure out whether you are merely ignorant, or blatantly dishonest. You editorialize as to severe ''cuts'' in Medicare spending. Annual increases in Medicare spending are not cuts. There are no proposed ''cuts'' in spending, merely smaller annual increases. Are you not able to grasp that simple concept? Only inside the Beltway and on the editorial pages of the dishonest media are increases in spending labeled as cuts. But then trying to explain even simple concepts to liberals is akin to attempting to teach calculus to kindergartners.
Let me try once more, in a way that perhaps even your simple minds can understand. You go to your boss and ask for a 10 percent raise. He says that since you have such a difficult time understanding simple concepts, he is only going to give you a 5 percent raise. OK, now for the hard part. You now have to go home and tell your spouse. Do you tell her that you got a 5 percent raise or a 5 percent cut? No, this is not a trick question.
If the truth is on your side, why lie? Why do you continue to shill for the abject liars who make up the liberal wing of the Democratic Party? Just tell the truth once in a while. It may not support your agenda, but it is good for the soul.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 14, 1995
Let me try once more, in a way that perhaps even your simple minds can understand. You go to your boss and ask for a 10 percent raise. He says that since you have such a difficult time understanding simple concepts, he is only going to give you a 5 percent raise. OK, now for the hard part. You now have to go home and tell your spouse. Do you tell her that you got a 5 percent raise or a 5 percent cut? No, this is not a trick question.
If the truth is on your side, why lie? Why do you continue to shill for the abject liars who make up the liberal wing of the Democratic Party? Just tell the truth once in a while. It may not support your agenda, but it is good for the soul.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
May 14, 1995
Friday, February 24, 1995
Federal crime bills are all just a hoax
Are you guys the ones who advise the Keystone Kops in the White House? Your Feb. 12 editorial concerning the GOP crime bill was, if nothing else, amusing.
Of course the Republican crime bill is a hoax, just as President Clinton's crime bill was a hoax. Any federal crime bill is a hoax. Of course most of the crime that affects most of us is under state and local jurisdiction.
But I don't remember your editorials referring to the Clinton bill as a hoax.
I don't remember your referring to the assault weapons ban as being a hoax, as ''60 Minutes'' showed conclusively on a recent program.
The weapons were banned based on how they look, not what they do. Most of the banned weapons have been given slight cosmetic changes, renamed and now are legal to manufacture, sell and purchase even though they function exactly as the ''banned'' weapons functioned. Now that, my friends, is a hoax. I guess you didn't notice that one.
I guess we are so used to lies by the liberals that it has become an exercise in futility to attempt to refute them all. It would be a never-ending task, and, besides, you would have to hire someone to actually recognize the lies.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1995
Of course the Republican crime bill is a hoax, just as President Clinton's crime bill was a hoax. Any federal crime bill is a hoax. Of course most of the crime that affects most of us is under state and local jurisdiction.
But I don't remember your editorials referring to the Clinton bill as a hoax.
I don't remember your referring to the assault weapons ban as being a hoax, as ''60 Minutes'' showed conclusively on a recent program.
The weapons were banned based on how they look, not what they do. Most of the banned weapons have been given slight cosmetic changes, renamed and now are legal to manufacture, sell and purchase even though they function exactly as the ''banned'' weapons functioned. Now that, my friends, is a hoax. I guess you didn't notice that one.
I guess we are so used to lies by the liberals that it has become an exercise in futility to attempt to refute them all. It would be a never-ending task, and, besides, you would have to hire someone to actually recognize the lies.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
February 24, 1995
Wednesday, December 28, 1994
What a thinker
Tony Moschetti (''Hasn't the paper run enough stories on AIDS?,'' letter, Dec. 17), has certainly opened my eyes to how simple AIDS and AIDS-related death can be. Could we persuade Moschetti to share his thoughts about sickle cell anemia?
Mark Holder
Greensboro
News & Record
December 28, 1994
Mark Holder
Greensboro
News & Record
December 28, 1994
Saturday, December 17, 1994
Hasn't the paper run enough stories on AIDS?
The News & Record, in an attempt to maintain its politically correct posture, has trotted out another of the almost daily articles on AIDS. This one was headlined, ''Aids toll: Quilt passes, collects another panel.''
I'm sick and tired of reading about AIDS marches, AIDS quilts and the AIDS toll. Why not the syphilis toll? How about a herpes quilt? And why not a gonorrhea march? Why? Because AIDS is a politically correct behaviorally transmitted disease while the others are simply behaviorally transmitted diseases.
How smart does one need to be to understand just how simple it is to avoid having one's name on an AIDS quilt? For those who don't know, just send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and I'll tell you a few foolproof methods.
We have this relatively small group who continue to play Russian roulette and then are surprised when there is a bullet in the chamber. Do we have a Triad Health Project for those who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, then die of lung cancer? Of course not.
AIDS is not random. One has to do certain things to contract AIDS. Most of those actions are aberrant behavior. Just stop it and you won't contract AIDS.
What can be more simple than that?
We need to get the politics out of the AIDS debate. No other killer disease can be so easily eradicated from society as can AIDS. The gutless politicians have to stand up to the powerful gay lobbies who pay millions to keep this disease political.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 17, 1994
I'm sick and tired of reading about AIDS marches, AIDS quilts and the AIDS toll. Why not the syphilis toll? How about a herpes quilt? And why not a gonorrhea march? Why? Because AIDS is a politically correct behaviorally transmitted disease while the others are simply behaviorally transmitted diseases.
How smart does one need to be to understand just how simple it is to avoid having one's name on an AIDS quilt? For those who don't know, just send me a self-addressed, stamped envelope and I'll tell you a few foolproof methods.
We have this relatively small group who continue to play Russian roulette and then are surprised when there is a bullet in the chamber. Do we have a Triad Health Project for those who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day, then die of lung cancer? Of course not.
AIDS is not random. One has to do certain things to contract AIDS. Most of those actions are aberrant behavior. Just stop it and you won't contract AIDS.
What can be more simple than that?
We need to get the politics out of the AIDS debate. No other killer disease can be so easily eradicated from society as can AIDS. The gutless politicians have to stand up to the powerful gay lobbies who pay millions to keep this disease political.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
December 17, 1994
Wednesday, November 16, 1994
Perfect batting record maintained by Yardley
Who says no one is perfect? Rosemary Yardley's perfectly moronic column on Rush Limbaugh (Oct. 26) keeps her perfect record intact. This was the 252nd consecutive time she has been wrong in 252 attempts. Is that not perfection?
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
Perfect batting record maintained by Yardley
Who says no one is perfect? Rosemary Yardley's perfectly moronic column on Rush Limbaugh (Oct. 26) keeps her perfect record intact. This was the 252nd consecutive time she has been wrong in 252 attempts. Is that not perfection?
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
She tells us that Rush is irrelevant because he is primarily an entertainer.
Yet who is more entertaining than our former president Hillary Rodham and her faithless companion Slick? The voters certainly took them seriously on Election Night despite the fact that they mostly just entertain us.
As for relevance, a national phone poll of 1,000 voters on Election Night asked 21 questions, one of which was, ''Who do you think has been more straightforward in discussing issues of the election, Rush Limbaugh and talk radio (34.3 percent), national media (26.9 percent)?'' So who is more relevant as to how we receive information?
Another of the poll questions was, ''Do you consider yourself to be liberal
(16.4 percent), moderate (33.4 percent), or conservative (43.5 percent)?''
That would appear to show that the so-called mainstream media with its decidedly liberal slant is anything but mainstream.
I'd like to say goodbye to Slick and the Mrs., Jocelyn, Algore, Georgie boy Stefanflopoloser, Rosty (see you in court), the Speaker (should have been the listener), and of course, Mario Cumo, as the Rev. Jesse Jerkson calls him.
Finally, goodbye to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and the big city newspapers. We'll miss you if only for your entertainment value.
Rush is not only right, he is correct.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record
November 16, 1994
Friday, September 02, 1994
Sexton is not a racist
I think that it's about time that Deena Hayes (letter, Aug. 23) and the members of her dynamic new civil rights group give it a rest. These folks, plus Skip Alston and Earl Jones, act as if ignorance were a virtue regarding their unending trashing of Karen Sexton.
What is laughable is Jones calling Sexton a racist. Here is a man who gives the key to the city to Louis Farrakhan. Contrast that to Sexton, who has spent much of her free time working with children in the black community trying to make their lives a little better.
What is even more distressing is the apparent paranoia on the part of some in the black community. Rather than looking to solve the many problems in that community, such as the skyrocketing illegitimacy, crime and school dropout rates, they instead prefer to continue to use the racism scapegoat.
Does racism exist in our society? Of course.
Is it the reason for every problem in the black community? Not hardly.
Yet I have read letter after letter from black people who know nothing about Sexton calling her a racist when every bit of her life is a total contradiction of that point. These same folks then praise Jones.
Let's compare the records of the two and then determine who is a racist. The problem with too many black people is that they continue to want to look backward rather than forward.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record September 2, 1994
What is laughable is Jones calling Sexton a racist. Here is a man who gives the key to the city to Louis Farrakhan. Contrast that to Sexton, who has spent much of her free time working with children in the black community trying to make their lives a little better.
What is even more distressing is the apparent paranoia on the part of some in the black community. Rather than looking to solve the many problems in that community, such as the skyrocketing illegitimacy, crime and school dropout rates, they instead prefer to continue to use the racism scapegoat.
Does racism exist in our society? Of course.
Is it the reason for every problem in the black community? Not hardly.
Yet I have read letter after letter from black people who know nothing about Sexton calling her a racist when every bit of her life is a total contradiction of that point. These same folks then praise Jones.
Let's compare the records of the two and then determine who is a racist. The problem with too many black people is that they continue to want to look backward rather than forward.
Tony Moschetti
High Point
News & Record September 2, 1994
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