Letters - Saturday

Gays in military is complex
The Gazette’s July 20 article “Some allies accept gays” lists multiple reasons why the US government should lift the ban on gays serving in the  military — i.e., get rid of the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. The article shows a poll saying that 75 percent of Americans say the military should allow gay people to serve openly. I’m willing to bet that 95 percent of that 75 percent never served in the military. It also mentions that gays serving in the British, Australian and Israel militaries are a non-issue--no problem.

Gays serving in the military, like flying to Mars, is a great idea. But the devil is in the details — the details that the gay activists never want to discuss. For example, how do you arrange and monitor the showering facilities on a Navy aircraft carrier or destroyer so that straight males, straight females, gay males, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites, transgender (male), transgender (female) are ensured privacy? How do you berth overt gay males in ship’s berthing compartments full of macho homophobic males? These are some of the details.

The claimed benefits of integrating  gays in the Israel Defense Force (IDF) is questionable. Since that integration, Israel lost its first war — the 2006 Lebanon War. Following the war, Israel’s former defense minister Moshe Arens spoke of “the defeat of Israel,” saying Israel had lost “to a very small group of  5000 Hezbollah fighters, which should have been no match at all for the IDF.” The details of that have not been made public.

RP Smyth, Colorado Springs

Monitor elected officials
Our representatives and elected officials have quit listening to the people, they think that the people are not watching them or they know what’s best for us.  In Washington DC it’s politics as usual and they haven’t any principle nor do they have any courage. According to the Washington Post, here is how our elected officials acted on the NRA Carry bill.

“The slim margin was no accident: Other Democrats, such as Pennsylvania’s Bob Casey and Colorado’s Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, were said to have been willing to vote “no” if necessary.

Twenty minutes after the voting began, Bennet and Udall left the cloakroom together and walked into the chamber. Bennet went to the well to consult with Schumer, who indicated that it was safe for Bennet — a product of D.C.’s St. Albans School — to vote with the NRA. Bennet looked to Udall, who gave an approving nod, and cast his “aye” vote.”

Since Udall and Bennet need to consult with Charles Schumer before voting why are they in Washington, they do not speak for Colorado.

Ron Bowser, Colorado Springs

Stimulus won’t stimulate

Via wasteful entitlements, government provides an ongoing “stimulus package,” which only stimulates un-productivity, as will the current multibillion stimulus sham.

 What is received unearned never stimulates desire to earn. 

Jimmy Reed, Oxford, Mississippi

 

Security’s smelly situation?

As a resident of Security,  I am appalled as to how smelly our area has become in recent years due to the city’s poor sewer maintenance. 

I have a friend who works for the sewer plant in Denver and he said that there is no excuse for the bad odors that come from the Fountain plant.  This can be remedied by installing scrubbers to remove the offending odors.
Why should everybody have to suffer with such a disgusting odor when the city of Fountain is too cheap to do something about it?    

No wonder people who have their homes up for sale can’t sell them... would YOU buy a house in an area that smelled like a sewer?
Can’t SOMEONE do SOMETHING about this offensive situation?

Kelly Zajicek, Security, Colorado