• Job losses still outweigh job gains from stimulus
  The debate over the number of jobs created and jobs saved by stimulus spending misses the point.

• Obama should use brain, not gut, to set war policy
  In a recent column in the New York Times, David Brooks questioned President Barack Obama's ability to stick with his resolve to win in Afghanistan.

• Obama puts troops at risk with delays
  More than two months have passed since President Barack Obama's appointed general requested 40,000 additional troops to win the war in Afghanistan. Obama frequently flies out of Washington on our tax-paid airplane, still campaigning instead of staying in the Oval Office to work.

• Gross manipulation by insurance companies
  I have been shopping for health insurance.

• Bicyclists have rights, responsibilities on road
  As a certified cycling instructor for the League of American Bicyclists, my goal is to provide accurate information regarding cycling laws and cycling safety.

• Many positive benefits to socialized health care
  In response to negative articles published on "socialized" health care, I'd like to write something positive.

• Wilson doesn't want you to have his coverage
  Rep. Joe Wilson is making another one of his rounds to derail health care reform. He is adamantly opposed to government-run health care. I offer an informational piece directed to those of you who support his opposition to health-care reform.

• Stop giving Wilson soapbox for distortions
  It is a waste of time around here to try to correct inaccuracies and exaggerations made by Rep. Joe Wilson regarding proposed legislation on health care reform. (I would hesitate to call them "lies" because Wilson has already staked a claim on that word; it has helped him raise more than $2 million.)

• Profits shouldn't be factor in coverage
  Watching the members of Congress debate the health care provider issue has been most interesting.

• Democrats cry foul when the truth hurts
  Isn't it amazing that Democrats think that they and their media cronies are the only ones who have First Amendment rights? After attacking President George W. Bush and lying about him and the Republican Party for eight years, the Democrats are up in arms when someone tells the truth about this president and his socialistic programs.

• Jasper shelter ready to help animals in need
  This is Animal Shelter Awareness Week. Do you know where your animal shelter is?

• Cancel HBO after series is disrespectful to Jesus
  I'm amazed that there was not an uproar from all Christians and other faiths when Larry David urinated on the picture of Christ in his series "Curb your Enthusiasm."

• Get Congress, staff on government-run plan
  I'd like to see intelligent health care reform in this country, but I've never been in favor of a public health care system.

• Do the civilized thing; protect the health of all
  It is wrong that our great nation permits its citizens to work and save and obey the rules throughout their productive years, only to be left destitute and dependent on charity should their health fail or an accident befall them.

• Political pressure clear in DHEC's enforcement
  Thanks for your recent editorial on reforming the state Department of Health and Environmental Control.

• GED daytime offering could use new home
  We have been told that education is very important. Many jobs today require a high school diploma or GED (high school equivalent diploma.)

• Cost of health care bill simply doesn't add up
  The media have been reporting that the cost of the health care bill is estimated to be from $871 billion to more than $1 trillion. The magnitude of these numbers is mind-boggling.

• Southside residents should attend meeting
  The residents of the south side of Beaufort, particularly Mossy Oaks, should have raced to their calendars last Saturday to note the planned review of the comprehensive plan for this end of the city.

• Make cyclists move over if they won't voluntarily
  During the gas shortage in 1973, out of necessity I became a bicycle commuter from James Island to downtown Charleston five days a week.

• Tea Party Express comes to Beaufort in November
  I am part of the Beaufort Tea Party Committee, a group that has organized two events to inform citizens and rally those who oppose sharp increases in government spending and control in the banking, automobile and health sectors.

• FAA offers guidance to SC on accountability
  Hope floats as one federal entity earns high marks. Since the Federal Aviation Administration revoked the too-far-flying Northwest pilots' licenses, passengers can now board with renewed assurances of ethics carrying weight and consequences arriving on time.

• Capitalists share blame for capitalism's troubles
  A recent letter writer bemoaned the state of capitalism in 2009, blaming, as always, the current administration. I agree that capitalism is in trouble, but I see a different culprit. Capitalism is imperiled as a direct result of the actions of capitalists themselves.

• Teaching not a reason to award Bronze Star
  I was truly disappointed and saddened by the Oct. 24 article about a medical corpsman being awarded our nation's fourth highest military decoration.

• Literacy building block for critical life skills
  Kudos to the U.S. House of Representatives and co-sponsor Rep. John M. Spratt of South Carolina for designating Oct. 18-24 as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.

• Individuals can act to stop domestic violence
  Thank you for your editorial examining the appalling incidence of domestic violence in our state. Even more alarming is the fact that domestic violence is under-reported, and the true numbers may be tenfold greater than documented.

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