Reader Comments
Issue 109 - June 11, 2008

Editor: Another excellent editorial, “Legal Lawlessness.” This article on judicial activism caught me on a day when I had just been found in Contempt of Court (for the third time actually) and facing another large monetary judgment. My crime? I raised and spent money putting measures on the ballot after a liberal Multnomah County judge, whose son is a teacher’s union president, granted the Oregon Education Association a blatantly unconstitutional injunction ordering me to stop raising and spending money putting measures on the ballot. I am getting so weary of the current judicial system. Judicial arrogance and activism is the norm here in Oregon. Here, the public employee unions have the most influence, even at the highest levels, and few judges will cross them. The editorial made one minor statement that is not accurate. In regard to our over-abundance of laws, he said that even God only needed Ten Commandments. There may have been only Ten Commandments written on the stone tablets and later stored in the Ark of the Covenant, but there were hundreds and hundreds of additional laws (clarifying the Big Ten) in the pages directly following Exodus Chapter 20. Laws always breed more laws and more laws breed more administrative rules. But in all fairness, Jesus actually boiled the Ten down to just two: Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. If we could all do that, there would be no need for laws at all. We would all be fighting over the chance to give the other guy the biggest piece, which is what the Apostle Paul was suggesting when he wrote that believers should stop suing one another and suffer wrongs, at least from other believers. Bill Sizemore, Oregon

Editor: Regarding “Legal Lawlessness,” Hitler did everything lawful. He just made a law he wanted and it was then lawful. Where do you think we are headed in this country? I have an idea! Diversify! Diversity will be the end of this country! Klinka

Editor: Thanks for taking the words right out of my mouth and giving some ammunition in your editorial, “Legal Lawlessness.” Yesterday, I dashed-off a query to visionamerica.com on a post on the nuts--emphasis nut--and bolts of impeaching these activist Judges who ignore the rule of law in reference to a post they ran about a year ago. There are few more in Massachusetts and elsewhere who need to be added to the public enemy list. Do we have a list of these sociopaths? Sincerely yours, Bud Spencer

Editor: “Legal Lawlessness” is a very good article on what is destroying our country. Our voting choices for President prove that government is moving in the wrong direction. It looks like the only way to save our country is for the people to pick up their arms and take back their rights. H.T., TN

Editor: Thank you for your article “Legal Lawlessness.” I support your position and I am sick and tired of Judges who have to get their names in the paper by overruling the law and the wishes of the majority. This new gay marriage in California is to start on June 14th which is now Flag Day. Is there any hidden symbolism in that? Sincerely yours, William O'Connor

Editor: “Legal Lawlessness” is a very well done article and fits in with the positions of http://vote-itz-ur-right.com and http://an-american-for-sovereignty.com that "We the People" need to gel together and stop mincing words and put forth action through the voting booth while we still have that power to wield. This is exactly why voting is so crucial and to give excuse as to why you didn't doesn't wash and America doesn't need it. America needs Americans exercising this God given right and freedom we have here in America to assure we have no Judges such as he sitting in such a high and to be honorable position. Boyd Lieberman, Kansas City, MO

Editor: “Legal Lawlessness is EXCELLENT!!! Thank you! Mark Evans

Editor: Some comments on Alan Caruba’s piece, “Ten Oil Truths.” In Fact Two, the author says current oil prices have nothing to do with supply and demand. In Fact Three, he says increasing demand from China and India is part of the problem. These two facts do not comport. Supply and demand have to be a factor to some degree. In Fact Ten, author says ExxonMobile profit margin is about 10%. I have never heard it to be that high. But, I did read recently that the industry average is 7.5%, certainly modest when compared to Microsoft at 33%. Finally, an analyst recently claimed that 20 years ago the US was using 18 million barrels a day. In 2006, the US was still using just 18 million barrels a day. He claimed that improving efficiencies in appliances, home construction, autos, etc have allowed the US to keep its barrel consumption stable. Can you confirm? J.E. Murray

I appreciate Alan Caruba’s “Ten Oil Truths and its accurate summation of the oil issue. Jack Canzonetta Warren, Oh

Editor: In his “Ten Oil Truths,” Mr. Caruba should have added that no new oil refineries have been built in about 20 years and we have lost about half of them since then. Please confirm these figures but there are only about half as many gasoline refineries left and together their production capacity is slightly less than was produced in 1985. No one wants to build one because of the overwhelming cost and environmental legal hurdles. Perhaps the government could build a few and operate them when private enterprise refineries are stretched to capacity. That way, consumers wouldn't be able to believe that oil refineries are being intentionally hobbled to drive the price of gas up. A

Editor: Great article by Alan Caruba, “Ten Oil Truths.” But I question Fact 2. Maybe I missed something but does not fact 3 deal directly with demand and facts 4,5,6,7,8,9,AND 10, deal directly or at least indirectly with supply? I think supply and demand have much to do with the cost of fuel. What don’t I understand? Sam Pacagri

Editor: Thanks for the great article on "Ten Oil Truths" by Alan Caruba. Ron Werkmeister, Corporate Testing Manager, ANSYS, Inc.

Editor: Thank you for the excellent article by Spencer Warren regarding James Stewart, a man we wish was the type for today’s movies. I live in Pennsylvania and have visited his museum and my granddaughters love his old movies. They were movies to laugh and cry in without the explicit sex and junk found in today’s movies. We mourn that Hollywood gives us no values to live up to, not many are any kind of role model, babies born to lovers instead of married couples to the applause of many. Where has the movie industry gotten with more movies of animals that talk and sing, but not many stories of bravery, dignity, or values or the good person winning? I am of course of the older and hopefully wiser generation. We had lives where authority was honored as well as lives well lived. Maybe you can encourage the movie makers to look back and see when life was better and more was expected of young folks. Thanks for reminding me of James Stewart, a man to be admired. Lois Deaton

Editor: I thoroughly enjoyed Spencer Warren’s article on Jimmy Stewart, who is one of my favorite actors and American patriots. Thank you. Sincerely, Joe Gregorio

Editor: I have opened and read all of the articles in the current issue of Conservativebattleline.com. Those you have featured are not only well written, but well-reasoned. Thank you for including me in your mailing list. John C. Graham

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