Impact of immigration gets far too little attention
Eleven-plus percent unemployment in Nevada, yet Sen. (Harry) Reid votes "no" on e-verify. Go figure.
The United States permits millions of people each year from all over the globe to enter this country legally - background checks, criminal history, medical history, etc. All this, one would presume, is to help ensure that we get people that will be productive and show signs of assimilating into our society.
In my opinion, the negative impact of illegal immigration in Carson City gets far too little attention. Yes, we do get to read the sheriff's log and I conclude that there is a disproportionate number of Spanish surnames committing crimes. (Or perhaps I underestimate the number of Latinos in Carson City.)
So please, let's open direct and honest discussion on illegal immigration. Tell me the reason we in Carson City are better off for employing illegal immigrants? I haven't heard - since the high unemployment numbers - that Americans won't, or can't do the work that the people here illegally do.
Let's get behind the e-verify voluntary program, all employers large and small! There are enough legal, hard-working, qualified people who just want to support their families and country.
William S. Snyder
Carson City
To ensure bill gets read, include gov't workers
Regarding the health bill pending in Congress, it is very important for this bill to cover all members of Congress and all government workers. That is the only way we can be assured that every member reads the bill before voting on it.
Congress has the power to make laws for us that exempt them and that is not a safe situation. Every U.S. citizen should contact their representatives in Congress and request the health bill should cover all congressional members, government workers as well as the citizens of the U.S.
Vinnie Madrid
Minden
People entitled to opinions but not their own facts
The information in the letter from Charles Sheldon on July 12 regarding the voting records of Nevada's congressional delegation is both untrue and unsubstantiated. Additionally it shows a profound lack of understanding on the part of the Nevada Appeal of the legislative process - a real shame for the publication of note in Nevada's capital city.
I believe that everyone is entitled to their opinion, but to go out of your way to misinterpret facts which are so easily and readily available on the Internet is ignorant, and to print unverified ignorance is worse. It took me all of 5 minutes to look up the fact that Sen. Harry Reid voted 99 percent of the time in 2008, according to Congressional Quarterly. In 2007, he voted 100 percent of the time. As the majority leader, Reid maintains an office a few feet from the Senate floor and it is his responsibility to shepherd bills through the legislative process. As the chief legislative manager, he oversees almost all votes that happen in the Senate, making a 37 percent attendance rate impossible.
Mr. Sheldon is entitled to his opinion, clearly evident in his second sentence, but not to his own facts. The Appeal should hold itself to a higher standard and verify numbers presented as facts.
Taylor Anderson
Sparks
Reading the newspaper for both sides of issues
This letter to the editor is in response to a letter written July 9 chastising the Appeal for publishing Bill O'Reilly's and Michael Reagan's commentary.
I must have missed Obama putting Marian Woessner in charge of what the people in Carson City should read. If she is looking for far-left publications, I suggest she subscribe to the New York or Los Angeles Times.
I take the Appeal so I can read both sides of any issue.
Eddie Melendy
Carson City
Sometimes it's good for people to be annoyed
I feel Ms. Woessner's pain. Bill O'Reilly is a right-wing lunatic whose polemic efforts serve mostly to polarize the electorate, furthering the divide between Democrats and Republicans. Nevertheless, I do a cursory scan of his articles, bracing myself against the urge to hurl my coffee cup against the wall in exasperation.
Occasionally, though, I find myself delighted at what he writes. Two of his recent articles were particularly entertaining. One was about the changing American lexicon, and the other about Michael Jackson.
Ms. Woessner must accept that any opinion expressed in these pages is going to cause someone, somewhere, some heartburn (my contributions excepted, of course). Sometimes it's good to be annoyed.
Phil Stotts
Carson City
Urge legislators to vote for health care reform
I am an American for prosperity. I want prosperity for all, not just for the already wealthy. I want health care for all of us Americans.
Can the very wealthy, longest-standing democracy in the world afford it? Of course we can. We just have to get our priorities straight.
In our time, many of us see health care as essential to us as food, shelter, work and freedom of worship. Therefore, yes, we naturally want health care for everyone.
Call Sens. Reid and Ensign and Congressman Heller. Urge them to vote yes for health care reform.
Karen M. Priest
Carson City
When judgment time comes America will face consequences
In response to Ms. Mendez, and her defense of same-sex marriage: Dear Ms. Mendez, God hasn't changed His mind about marriage or who and what it's been established for. Nor has he changed his mind about adultery between a man and a woman, nor lying, stealing, coveting, blaspheming His holy name, idolatry, murder, etc.
You need to be concerned about what God says about these issues and not stay deceived as you are now. The other nations in history who practiced these sins, God judged severely. America is no different.
If we continue down this same path, as did other nations, how can we escape the judgment of God's righteous indignation against us? And I'm not just talking about sodomy either, but all sin.
Don't live by your feelings, Ms. Mendez, live by the truth of God's word. Feelings come and go, but God's word will abide forever. Read it for yourself, repent and believe the gospel that you, and all who hear, might escape the wrath of God's righteous judgment when you come to appear before Him on that day.
Rosalee B. Hinton
Carson City