Letters to the editor: Trump, liberty, land exchange
Trump
Major television networks are doing a disservice to the American public by continuing to treat President Trump’s daily political rallies in the White House as legitimate press conferences. They’re supposed to give concerned citizens updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s difficult to watch pained expressions on the faces of legitimate medical professionals as they stand behind a president who’s giving medical advice viewers would expect from a 17th century medicine wagon huckster.
These talented medical experts will lose their own credibility if they continue to serve a political fraud who’s clearly more interested in getting re-elected than saving American lives. He promises one day to behave like a rational leader and promote their sensible, data-based recommendations to curb the crisis. The very next day, he urges moronic members of his political base to march in the streets and liberate their state from governors who are following his doctors’ guidelines.
The American people are smarter than this commander-in-chief and will eventually defeat the deadly pandemic by listening to real leaders like Gov. Andrew Cuomo. We should all be eternally grateful that Democrat Franklin Roosevelt was president rather than Donald Trump when America defeated threats much more deadly than coronavirus.
Sandy Jones, Boise
Liberty
I am writing this letter to express my support for Johnathan Eldredge, the owner of Middleton Fitness. The fact that he opened up his gym was a bold move that was necessary. It should also be known that he is taking safety precautions to protect his customers. We the people should never allow the government to control our livelihood, and the fact is the coronavirus is controlling our country. People will get sick; that does not mean that business owners and the workers of this country should go broke.
We do not need the government to tell us how to use common sense, and we need to get our economy up and running right away.
The fact is the unemployment in our country will be more detrimental to our nation than the coronavirus, so let’s take back our country for the good of all of us because the government can’t keep writing stimulus checks, and if the government can give something, they can take it away just as fast.
We the people run this country, and the government works for us. If we can’t work and pay taxes, then who will pay them to infringe on our civil liberties?
Michael Beck, Buhl
Mind Your Saddle
Gov. Little deserves much credit for standing strong on his order to hold human and business activity to a minimum, buying us some time to figure out how we will meet the challenges that come with the next wave of this virus—or some other crisis requiring people to be unified in their thoughts and actions. In this instance, he has exercised leadership and a character trait I look for in people, especially those I vote for—common sense.
The recent news that the Land Board is again considering the Central Idaho Land Exchange (CIX) is not. Gov. Little affirms land exchanges are dicey, and while may look good on the outside is wrong-minded, pushed by the private land owner. Timing says a lot.
A great American songwriter, John Prine, died from CoVid 19 in March. In 1975, he recorded “Saddle In The Rain”, thinking people understood it’s not a smart thing to do. The CIX is leaving our saddle in the rain. No fool, Prine included this song on his album, “Common Sense.”
Call Gov. Little with thanks for governing well, and voice your concerns about the CIX (208) 334-2100.
Marilyn Beckett, Moscow