Rationality, buffoonery on national health plan
To the editor: I applaud Drs. Roland and Schwartzberg for their brilliant three-part commentary on health care reform. They offered rational arguments, based on reason and fact, supporting the desperate need to change our profit-driven system. Listening to the vitriol and buffoonery being churned out 24/7 about Nazis, death panels and European socialism, one would think that Germans are waiting on breadlines for food rations, that French citizens don’t own any of their own property, and that Swedes are in gulags as political prisoners. News flash: In all Western democracies, including ours, there are “social” programs in place to assure the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry. These include fire protection, police protection, public water and sewer systems, public education, waste collection, public roads, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, public libraries and so on.
» Full StoryLake Placid’s magic is in the people
government redistribute my personal wealth to give you potable water, educate your kid or save you from your burning house? Don’t forget your private road maintenance crew (only for the roads you personally use, of course!.
» Full StoryLight treatments brighten the ‘Winter Blahs’
To the editor:
Have you been feeling lousy lately? Fatigue, greater need for sleep, craving for sweets and starches, less energy and ability to concentrate, feeling “down” — these are all symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)...
The Pollutant Carcinogen Exposure Reduction Act
To the editor:
National legislation is needed that will provide for the establishment of a national public health education program which addresses the subject of pollutant carcinogen exposure reductio.
‘Government services’ are all failures
To the editor:
To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the legislature:
It is now official: You are all failures and completely unfocused.
1775 — Government established the U.S. Postal Service.
Elks host holiday party
To the editor:
Dear community children (ages 3-12):
It’s the holiday season once again. The Elks Lodge No. 1508 is again working hard for the community.
On Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 from noon to 2 p..
Frosty morning in Saranac Lake
Vets day in Htown hall
Helping Hands
The Prestons
Trees and steps
Debate in Plattsburgh
Big buck in Blue Mountain Lake
Wing Wars winners