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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
Letter about welfare causes feeling of shame
It has been quite a while since I wrote a letter to the editor. “What is wrong with working for a living?” (July 17) provoked me. I thought about things and slept on it. When I got up, I felt the same: Shame. Even though I don’t really think I’ve done anything wrong. I get […]
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
Heat didn’t dissuade patrons of Arts Fest
Many friends of art traveled to downtown Waterville on Saturday to celebrate the 42nd year of Arts Fest despite the sweltering heat. It takes guts, determination, sacrifice and true loyalty to walk the blistering sidewalks to view paintings in spite of sweat trickling down, fog gathering in sunglasses, excess thirst caused by the beating sun […]
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
Paper should curtail online comments about tragedies
I would like to see the Morning Sentinel (and all newspapers) remove readers’ ability to comment online about the paper’s accident and tragedy articles. They should save their comments for politics and sports. People in close connection with these real-life happenings are quite vulnerable and shouldn’t have to read a stranger’s opinion and judgments during […]
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PublishedAugust 3, 2011
GE head not right person for job growth task force
Buried on page D4 of the July 26 Morning Sentinel was a small story about GE Healthcare’s “…moving its 100-year-old X-ray division to China…”. This is a rather straightforward, typical big-business approach to increase profitability. I know, since I used to work for GE. What confounds me is that President Barack Obama called on Jeff […]
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
Frary needs to shed his partisan loathing
It may be true that hostility is the reward for speaking certain truths. A wise man learns to accept this; a partisan, to embrace it. John Frary wrote a piece July 24 that truly paints an interesting portrait of our governor, but wraps it in partisan loathing that all but ensures the message won’t get […]
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
So what’s wrong with college kids voting?
I am outraged at Maine Republican Party Chairman Charles Webster’s witch hunt trying to find a few cases of voter fraud to justify taking away citizens’ right to register to vote on Election Day. The law already has been passed, and now he is conducting a private study to justify it. Why was this issue […]
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
Cutting MaineCare means higher private premiums
Gov. Paul LePage has once again made the claim that adults who live below 100 percent of the poverty line, or $908 per month, and working families living below 200 percent of the poverty level, or $3,089 per month for a family of three, should be cut from the MaineCare program. He justifies this cut, […]
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
Government can do a lot to fix money problems
Did anyone read the interesting article in the newspaper on July 4? This article confirms McDonald’s has started using its own oil from its vats to fuel vehicles in the Arab world. This is an option in the U.S. as well. So why do we not take advantage of our natural resources before we send […]
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
Leave smokers alone and go after the obese
With regards to Mark Pantermoller's letter (July 16), I don't know about leaf eaters, but I'm in full agreement that too many intrude where they are neither wanted nor required. Yeah, I smoke and am tired of this invasive witch-hunt. Now there's rumblings of making private clubs smoke-free.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2011
Norway attack shocking, uncharacteristic
I was shocked to hear about the problems in Norway. I worked near Oslo at various times and was exposed to the local culture over a 20-year period. I always felt very safe in the area because the people were very friendly and organized with not a hint of this type of chaotic behavior. Knowing […]
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