Rafael Perez is a leftist political shill. His Feb. 4 article on the supposed cult of Trump is laughable in its irony. For most of the article, one could substitute the name Joe Biden for Trump and it would equally apply as far as lock-step behavior and lack of critical thinking by supporters in the face of a politician’s lies and half-truths, self-interest and political parties holding each other hostage. Speaking of lock-step, Mr. Perez immediately infers that devotion to Trump has commonalities with some of history’s most vicious dictators, joining the current worn-out chorus of the liberals’ latest fear-mongering tagline to characterize Trump. Mr. Perez should consider that when one points their finger in such a pretentious way, they have three betraying fingers pointing back at themselves.
— Jim Brewster, La Habra
The tales of two parties
Ted Rall’s article of Feb. 4 “Both parties are lying to you” is no surprise and they have been lying to us for decades, as has the media. But Rall’s implication that the national debt is no big deal because the government can just print more money when they run out is deceptive at best.
This situation is not sustainable, and now, even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have publicly stated that it isn’t sustainable. Sure, the government can print more money but that will have dire consequences for the economy, eventually causing a collapse.
The inflation we are experiencing now will turn into hyper-inflation just as happened in many Third World countries such as Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
There are numerous other provable misstatements (or are they lies too) in Rall’s article but space doesn’t permit me to reply to them here.
— Wayne Stickle, Long Beach
Potholes
Re “California’s bumpy roads could soon get even worse” (Feb. 6):
Since we still have rivers of cars flowing down our roadways every day, and since we already have some of the worst roads in the country, and since we have one of the highest gas taxes in the country, why don’t we take care of the problem at hand.
Perhaps with careful planning and careful building, there might be enough money carefully funded to care for our roads with our high gas tax money. And perhaps we won’t need five workers to fill one pothole with a “boss” looking on.
— Janice Smalley, Castaic
![Re “Newsom discusses shoplifting incident he witnessed” (Feb. 2): Remember when President George H.W. Bush was roundly criticized for being out of touch when he seemed amazed by supermarket scanners, which had been in stores for years? Gov. Newsom just had one of those moments. He was shocked that someone at the Target where he was shopping walked out without paying. This kind of theft has been rampant in California for years, and he just noticed? I’ve witnessed it several times, as have friends and family, even in “safe” cities in Orange County. The problem is much more severe in […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-5.jpg?w=513 "Re “Newsom discusses shoplifting incident he witnessed” (Feb. 2): Remember when President George H.W. Bush was roundly criticized for being out of touch when he seemed amazed by supermarket scanners, which had been in stores for years? Gov. Newsom just had one of those moments. He was shocked that someone at the Target where he was shopping walked out without paying. This kind of theft has been rampant in California for years, and he just noticed? I’ve witnessed it several times, as have friends and family, even in “safe” cities in Orange County. The problem is much more severe in […]")
![No full-scale war in the Middle East I’m quite sure Biden’s commander in chief, Obama or whoever it is, doesn’t want a military conflict within Iran. Iran doesn’t want it either. Iran knowing the weakness of the U.S. under the Biden regime is just testing the waters. Iran denies responsibility for the drone attack; however, it funds the group responsible for it. It’s my thinking this will not cause a full-scale war in the Middle East, but when you’re dealing with terrorist countries, one never knows for sure. I’m hoping the next 2024 vote for POTUS will give us someone […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-3.jpg?w=513 "No full-scale war in the Middle East I’m quite sure Biden’s commander in chief, Obama or whoever it is, doesn’t want a military conflict within Iran. Iran doesn’t want it either. Iran knowing the weakness of the U.S. under the Biden regime is just testing the waters. Iran denies responsibility for the drone attack; however, it funds the group responsible for it. It’s my thinking this will not cause a full-scale war in the Middle East, but when you’re dealing with terrorist countries, one never knows for sure. I’m hoping the next 2024 vote for POTUS will give us someone […]")
![There is still nothing new under the Mideast sun Hark back to the days of the Barbary Pirates. When they would capture merchant shipping, crews, cargoes, kidnap Christians and other non-believers to be held for ransom or as slaves. Fast forward to today’s version of kidnapping, holding shipping, threatening perceived weaker neighbors, deep pockets, i.e. Iran’s nuclear deal, and continue to repeat. Once upon a time, Thomas Jefferson’s emissary threatened these actions and was ignored. Subsequently, the U.S. Marines went into Tripoli, captured and held the resident caliph. End of story. The current caliph has ignored the recent warning. Perhaps […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-2.jpg?w=513 "There is still nothing new under the Mideast sun Hark back to the days of the Barbary Pirates. When they would capture merchant shipping, crews, cargoes, kidnap Christians and other non-believers to be held for ransom or as slaves. Fast forward to today’s version of kidnapping, holding shipping, threatening perceived weaker neighbors, deep pockets, i.e. Iran’s nuclear deal, and continue to repeat. Once upon a time, Thomas Jefferson’s emissary threatened these actions and was ignored. Subsequently, the U.S. Marines went into Tripoli, captured and held the resident caliph. End of story. The current caliph has ignored the recent warning. Perhaps […]")
![Re “House panel OKs Mayorkas impeachment charges “ (Feb. 1): The New York Times is even worse than the Associated Press as a PR arm of the Democrats. Unbiased reporting has been abandoned by them both. In your front-page article on the pending Mayorkas impeachment, the N.Y. Times made its shamelessly aggressive agenda clear. My journalism professors would have blue-penciled this hack piece, sending it back to the writer with a stern warning. The writer says the Republicans “raced forward with a partisan indictment” of Biden’s border policies. Yes, the opposition does oppose. Shocked? They called it an “extraordinary escalation […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-1.jpg?w=513 "Re “House panel OKs Mayorkas impeachment charges “ (Feb. 1): The New York Times is even worse than the Associated Press as a PR arm of the Democrats. Unbiased reporting has been abandoned by them both. In your front-page article on the pending Mayorkas impeachment, the N.Y. Times made its shamelessly aggressive agenda clear. My journalism professors would have blue-penciled this hack piece, sending it back to the writer with a stern warning. The writer says the Republicans “raced forward with a partisan indictment” of Biden’s border policies. Yes, the opposition does oppose. Shocked? They called it an “extraordinary escalation […]")