The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Three LTTE's

The Good (from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3/19/06):

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Pharmacists have no right to pass judgment.

I have been privileged to be a pharmacist in Washington for 35 years. The Washington State Pharmacy Association does not speak for me.

If a pharmacist is free to cite his own moral, religious or ethical objections and decline to fill a prescription for Plan B, where else could these objections lead? Suppose we decline to fill Antabuse for alcoholics or Suboxone for heroin addicts? We could tell them to "just say no." How about we decline to fill any type of contraception prescription unless the person can also supply a certificate of marriage? We can echo our president and tell all others to practice abstinence. Emphysema or lung cancer? Sorry, but your abuse of tobacco precludes me from helping you.

A pharmacist's moral, religious or ethical convictions are his and his alone. He has no business seeking to enforce his views on patients.

Any legal prescription that is written by a duly licensed prescriber to any patient should be available in any pharmacy that is supervised by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy. That distinction includes every pharmacy in the state.

Denny Birk
Edmonds
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The Bad (from The Seattle Times, 3/19/06):
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We left in darkness

We are now fighting the greatest wear we have ever fought. Just because it's a different kind of war doesn't mean it is not a war.

Our reporters seem to lean to the left, except for Fox News. They do not want to face reality. How are they going to report when we have another 9/11? I know: It's all George Bush's fault!

During World War II, we always knew who the enemy was. Now the enemy could be our neighbor. In World War II, the war was confined to specific areas. Today the war is world-wide.

Until the left-wing press realizes this (if it ever does) the nation is under threat, not only by the enemy, but by ourselves.

Donald Bjorkman, ex-Marine
Mill Creek
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The Ugly (from the Seattle Times, 3/19/06):
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Pride of the military: Continuing the battle for everyone's freedom

Thank you for "President sticking to strike-first policy on enemies" , on the newly released national-security strategy. I think it obvious that all Americans should understand what their elected administration believes is the path we should follow.

Having read this report, I am reminded that I am a proud person. I am proud of my dad who was in the trenches of France as a first lieutenant platoon leader in World War I. Then, when World War II came along, he volunteered again and was a first lieutenant of military police in that war. I am proud of ny brothers-in-law who served as Navy and Marine officers in the South Pacific.

I am proud ot be a Marine. I am proud to be an American and I've never been more proud of my country than I am today.

No other country is making it a key part of its foreign policy to support the furtherance of freedom and democracy throughout the world. God bless America!

Henry Kroeger
Redmond
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The Good, the Stupid, and the Slightly Deranged, but that's only my opinion.

:thumbsup:

by the Republicans and the RW. Now if only the Democrats will take the offensive on issues we will win in Nov.

:popcorn:

Well, I have my combat boots on, and have been kicking my Senator's asses about the censure thing. We'll see.

Engaging people in conversation, and focusing on THIS FALL is what is needed now. I hardly give a thought to 2008 (except that it means the end is finally near for Bush -- if not sooner). We have to focus on now, not two years from now.

And I do think the authors of the second and third letters are part of a decreasing crowd.