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Published on Thursday, Jul 17, 2008
So Henry Ingleheart is displeased that the Beacon Journal ignored the recent Akron appearance of his hero, Glenn Beck.
This is the same Glenn Beck who voiced his disapproval of the Supreme Court's decision regarding terror suspects' rights by telling his radio audience that ''We're going to shoot them all in the head. If we think that they are against us, we're going to shoot them and kill them, period. Because that's the only thing we've got going for us is we can put them away and get information.''
Was this one of Beck's ''pronouncements'' at E.J. Thomas Hall that got a standing ovation? This is the kind of justice Beck said he would mete out if he were president.
Would it matter to him that the innocent would be murdered along with the guilty?
I listened to Al Franken's show on an Akron radio station before the Air America programming was unceremoniously replaced with a sports talk show format. Franken and other Progressive Radio commentators never said anything as monumentally hateful as that statement from Beck.
Which of Ingleheart's ''raving left-wing socialists'' ever publicly espoused such horrible vigilante behavior? Keith Olbermann has never even approached such blatant violence in any of his commentaries on MSNBC.
Such statements are not rare in Beck's history, however; he has uttered many other outrageously irresponsible diatribes on his radio and CNN shows. He and his fellow broadcast hate mongers are sure to make this presidential campaign a really ugly one. How sad it is that they have such adoring fans who will gladly cheer them on as they foul the airwaves with their verbal violence.
The good news is that there is solid evidence that listeners and viewers are turning away from Beck and his kind and paying more and more attention to rational and constructive programs.
Richard Kramer
Akron
Dreamer doing fine
after vicious attack
On the Fourth of July at Goodyear Metro Park a woman had two large dogs with her that she could not control.
I'm letting her know that my little 24-pound dog, Dreamer, is coming along fine after that woman's approximately 90-pound dog chewed out Dreamer's neck. She was badly hurt and in a lot of pain, but the woman left and didn't even try to find out if she was OK or not.
Sorry, but I feel that if you can't control your dogs in a park, then they shouldn't be there. Her dog could have as easily attacked a child.
I would make contact with the person if our dog had done that to someone else's dog. We are true animal lovers. We were very upset all that day.
Dreamer is well loved by all. She is not a fighter and she loves to play with other animals and children.
Dreamer has never bitten anyone or anything, and I'm sure she was shocked another animal would do that to her. She is a very loving dog.
One thing I ask, please don't try to take two large dogs that you can't control at the same time into public.
Children play there too.
Pamila Blancett
Barberton
Let oil companies
pay for road work
Why not eliminate gasoline taxes, but require the oil companies to maintain and extend our nation's roads and bridges?
After all, they get the profits with no responsibility.
R.W. Clayton Jr.
North Canton
Model airplanes inspire
our future pilots
A few words in regard to the park system's rather harsh stance against the model airplane flying club located next to the Summit County Fairgrounds.
It is unfortunate there is not a greater appreciation for the bigger picture here. The club offers the opportunity for the community at large to experience the fascination with flight.
That may not seem important right now, but you need to understand that the average pilot today is about 54 years old. There is coming a time when there will not be the manpower to operate our commercial jetliners.
We must have a way to interest our young men and women in the aviation community, and the flying club is one way to do that.
I am a pilot and I own an aircraft that I keep at Kent State. General aviation has had to fight the communities of Munroe Falls and Stow to keep that airport open.
Each year more and more airports are forced into closing because of communities' shortsightedness, and the fate of this club could be one more stain on a vital system.
The park system has many trails all over Summit County. Why is it so important that the parks put a trail in the exact spot that conflicts with the airspace used by the club?
If the park is to be enjoyed by all citizens, then surely a reasonable plan can be put in place to accommodate the various activities. Part of directing a big operation such as the park should be flexibility.
If Keith Shy and Carol Curtis hide behind enforcing park rules without adjusting for unique situations, then they should be replaced.
Where does the park system get its funding? I can tell you that if the parks do not relent, I will never vote for a park levy again and will actively campaign against any future park levies.
Paul J. Connor
Akron
Age of contempt
Sen. John McCain for president? We should remember that people cannot trust some politicians or TV newscasters over age 65.
Don Hamilton
Cuyahoga Falls
The growing crisis
in Ohio's health care
Physicians in our community, especially those providing primary care, are at serious economic risk.
Congress has enforced a 10 percent cut in Medicare, and the state of Ohio has refused to increase Medicaid payments since 1998.
What does this mean? Your physicians cannot see patients, pay their support staff and still ''make it'' economically.
We are seeing an aging population, a growing group of special needs children and a decreasing number of primary care physicians. The pressure is to see these needy folks in 10 minutes to 12 minutes, which is frustrating for the patients and their physicians who are trying to be competent and compassionate.
What are the options? Some physicians will leave to go to other communities, some will return for subspecialty training, and some will look for other career opportunities.
Medical schools are increasing enrollment but many students leave with huge debt, which clearly affects their choice of careers.
All of these factors are producing a perfect storm leading to a health-care crisis, and reform is imperative.
Robert T. Stone, M.D
Associate chair for community affairs
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron
Bok cartoon misses
the point about Obama
Now that your cartoonist, Chip Bok, is amusing himself by depicting Barack Obama as an enemy of the people — at least those people who gave us eight years of George W. Bush — your less perceptive readers deserve an explanation of why he so satirically dismisses Obama's community service as a negative criterion for the presidency.
Such commendable service, it would be easy enough to discover, is but one of many attributes upon which Obama has built his campaign.
Cartoonists are expected to deal in caricatures, but in this instance, as well as other attacks on Obama, Bok has actually caricatured his own uninformed view of the Democratic candidate.
Abe Zaidan
Fairlawn
Sheriff''s deputies are
presumed innocent
Judge not. In response to the Rev. John R. Beaty's July 8 letter (''Summit County sheriff no respecter of life'') regarding the five deputies charged in the death of an inmate and Beaty's lack of respect for Sheriff Drew Alexander, I think the good reverend should note that these deputies have not been convicted of — or pleaded guilty to — anything. Under their contract they are qualified to be paid.
Another man who was found to be guilty of nothing was once put to death simply because the public called for it. His name was Jesus — perhaps Beaty's heard of him?
Let the courts do their job, and if these deputies are convicted then they should pay the price. Until then, they are presumed innocent. As for the sheriff, I have nothing but good things to say about the way his depatment is run.
I only wish Beaty would have added his church affiliation so I would know to stay out of it.
Jim Kirn
Akron
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